Here are the Super Rugby Team Sheets as they were announced for Week 1 of Super Rugby 2012.

The last of the team sheets, that of the Highlanders, came in this morning as they waited till the last minute due to some serious possible injury concerns.

Vodacom Super Rugby – Week 1

Blues

Crusaders

24 February at 08:35
  • Team: 15. Isaia Toeava, 14. David Raikuna, 13. Rene Ranger, 12. Benson Stanley, 11. Rudi Wulf, 10. Michael Hobbs, 9. Alby Mathewson, 8. Jerome Kaino, 7. Daniel Braid, 6. Chris Lowrey, 5. Ali Williams, 4. Anthony Boric, 3. Charlie Faumuina, 2. Keven Mealamu (Captain), 1. Tom McCartney
  • Replacements: 16. Pauliasi Manu, 17. Tevita Mailau, 18. Brad Mika, 19. Luke Braid, 20. Piri Weepu, 21. Hadleigh Parkes, 22. Sherwin Lee Stowers
  • Team: 15. Tom Marshall, 14. Sean Maitland, 13. Robert Fruean, 12. Ryan Crotty, 11. Israel Dagg, 10. Tyler Bleyendaal, 9. Andy Ellis, 8. Kieran Read (Captain), 7. Matt Todd, 6. George Whitelock, 5. Sam Whitelock, 4. Tom Donnelly, 3. Ben Franks, 2. Quentin MacDonald, 1. Wyatt Crockett
  • Replacements: 16. Corey Flynn, 17. Owen Franks, 18. Luke Romano, 19. Luke Whitelock, 20. Willi Heinz, 21. Patrick Osborne, 22. Adam Whitelock

Brumbies

Force

24 February at 10:40
  • Team: 15. Robbie Coleman, 14. Henry Speight, 13. Andrew Smith, 12. Christian Lealiifano, 11. Jesse Mogg, 10. Matt Toomua, 9. Nic White, 8. Ben Mowen (Captain), 7. Ita Vaea, 6. Peter Kimlin, 5. Sam Carter, 4. Leon Power, 3. Dan Palmer, 2. Stephen Moore, 1. Ben Alexander
  • Replacements: 16. Anthony Hegarty, 17. Ruaidhri Murphy, 18. Scott Fardy, 19. Michael Hooper, 20. Ian Prior, 21. Zack Holmes, 22. Joseph Tomane
  • Team: 15. Alifeleti (Alfi) Mafi, 14. Nick Cummins, 13. Winston Stanley, 12. Rory Sidey, 11. Napolioni Nalaga, 10. James Stannard, 9. Brett Sheehan, 8. Ben McCalman, 7. David Pocock (Captain), 6. Matthew Hodgson, 5. Nathan Sharpe, 4. Toby Lynn, 3. Salesi Ma’afu, 2. Nathan Charles, 1. Pekahou Cowan
  • Replacements: 16. Elvis Taione, 17. Kieran Longbottom, 18. Phoenix Battye, 19. Angus Cottrell, 20. Justin Turner, 21. Ben Seymour, 22. Samu Wera

Vodacom Bulls

Sharks

24 February at 19:10
  • Team: 15. Zane Kirchner, 14. Akona Ndungane, 13. Johann Sadie, 12. Francois Venter, 11. Bjorn Basson, 10. Morné Steyn, 9. Francois Hougaard, 8. Pierre Spies (Captain), 7. Jacques Potgieter, 6. Deon Stegmann, 5. Juandre Kruger, 4. Flip van der Merwe, 3. Werner Kruger, 2. Chiliboy Ralepelle, 1. Dean Greyling
  • Replacements: 16. Willie Wepener, 17. Frik Kirsten, 18. Wilhelm Steenkamp, 19. CJ Stander, 20. Jano Vermaak, 21. Louis Fouche, 22. JJ Engelbrecht
  • Team: 15. Riaan Viljoen, 14. Louis Ludik, 13. JP Pietersen, 12. Tim Whitehead, 11. Lwazi Mvovo, 10. Patrick Lambie, 9. Frederic Michalak, 8. Ryan Kankowski (Captain), 7. Marcell Coetzee, 6. Keegan Daniel, 5. Anton Bresler, 4. Steven Sykes, 3. Jannie du Plessis, 2. Bismarck du Plessis, 1. Dale Chadwick
  • Replacements: 16. Craig Burden, 17. Wiehahn Herbst, 18. Ross Skeate, 19. Jacques Botes, 20. Charl McLeod, 21. Meyer Bosman, 22. Paul Abraham Jordaan

Chiefs

Highlanders

25 February at 08:35
  • Team: 15. Robbie Robinson, 14. Lelia Masaga, 13. Richard Kahui, 12. Sonny Bill Williams, 11. Tim Nanai-Williams, 10. Aaron Cruden, 9. Brendon Leonard, 8. Fritz Lee, 7. Sam Cane, 6. Liam Messam (Captain), 5. Brodie Retallick, 4. Craig Clarke, 3. Ben Afeaki, 2. Hikawera Elliott, 1. Sona Taumalolo
  • Replacements: 16. Mahonri Schwalger, 17. Toby Smith, 18. Michael Fitzgerald, 19. Tanerau Latimer, 20. Tawera Kerr-Barlow, 21. Andrew Horrell, 22. Asaeli Tikoirotuma
  • Team: 15. Ben R Smith, 14. Buxton Popoalii, 13. Tamati Ellison, 12. Phil Burleigh, 11. Hosea Gear, 10. Chris Noakes, 9. Jimmy Cowan, 8. Nasi Manu, 7. John Hardie, 6. Adam Thomson, 5. Nick Crosswell, 4. Josh Bekhuis, 3. Chris King, 2. Andrew Hore, 1. Jamie MacKintosh (Captain)
  • Replacements: 16. Jason Rutledge, 17. Bronson Murray, 18. Culum Retallick, 19. James Haskell, 20. Aaron Smith, 21. Lima Sopoaga, 22. Kurt Baker

Waratahs

Reds

25 February at 10:40
  • Team: 15. Adam Ashley-Cooper, 14. Tom Kingston, 13. Rob Horne, 12. Tom Carter, 11. Brackin Karauria-Henry, 10. Daniel Halangahu (Captain), 9. Sarel Pretorius, 8. Wycliff Palu, 7. Chris Alcock, 6. Dave Dennis, 5. Dean Mumm, 4. Kane Douglas, 3. Sekope Kepu, 2. Tatafu Polota-Nau, 1. Benn Robinson
  • Replacements: 16. Damian Fitzpatrick, 17. Paddy Ryan, 18. Lopeti Timani, 19. Jono Jenkins, 20. Brendan McKibbin, 21. Bernard Foley, 22. Nathan Trist
  • Team: 15. Luke Morahan, 14. Dom Shipperley, 13. Anthony Faingaa, 12. Ben Tapuai, 11. Digby Ioane, 10. Mike Harris, 9. Will Genia, 8. Jake Schatz, 7. Beau Robinson, 6. Scott Higginbotham, 5. James Horwill (Captain), 4. Rob Simmons, 3. James Slipper, 2. James Hanson, 1. Ben Daley
  • Replacements: 16. Albert Anae, 17. Greg Holmes, 18. Van Humphries, 19. Radike Samo, 20. Liam Gill, 21. Ben Lucas, 22. Jonathan Lance

DHL Stormers

Hurricanes

25 February at 17:05
Team: 15. Joe Pietersen, 14. Gio Aplon, 13. Bryan Habana, 12. Jean de Villiers, 11. Gerhard van den Heever, 10. Gary Van Aswegen, 9. Dewaldt Duvenage, 8. Nick Koster, 7. Duane Vermeulen, 6. Schalk Burger (Captain), 5. Andries Bekker, 4. Eben Etzebeth, 3. Brok Harris, 2. Tiaan Liebenberg, 1. Steven KitshoffReplacements: 16. Siyabonga Ntubeni, 17. Frans Malherbe, 18. De Kock Steenkamp, 19. Siya Kolisi, 20. Louis Schreuder, 21. Burton Francis, 22. Marcel Brache
  • Team: 15. André Taylor, 14. Cory Jane, 13. Conrad Smith (Captain), 12. Tim Bateman, 11. Alapati Leiua, 10. Beauden Barrett, 9. Chris Eaton, 8. Victor Vito, 7. Jack Lam, 6. Faifili Levave, 5. Jason Eaton, 4. Jeremy Thrush, 3. Ben May, 2. Dane Coles, 1. Tristan Moran
  • Replacements: 16. Motu Motu’u, 17. Jeffery Toomaga-Allen, 18. James Broadhurst, 19. Brad Shields, 20. TJ Perenara, 21. Dan Kirkpatrick, 22. Charlie Ngatai

MTN Lions

Toyota Cheetahs

25 February at 19:10
  • Team: 15. Jaco Taute, 14. Deon van Rensburg, 13. Alwyn Hollenbach, 12. Doppies la Grange, 11. James Kamana, 10. Elton Jantjies, 9. Michael Bondesio, 8. Joshua Strauss (Captain), 7. Derick Minnie, 6. Cobus Grobbelaar, 5. Franco van der Merwe, 4. Wikus van Heerden (Hendrik Roodt), 3. Pat Cilliers, 2. Callie Visagie, 1. JC Janse van Rensburg
  • Replacements: 16. Martin Bezuidenhout, 17. CJ van der Linde, 18. Hendrik Roodt (Stefan Greeff), 19. Warren Whiteley, 20. Tian Meyer, 21. Butch James, 22. Michael Killian
  • Team: 15. Hennie Daniller, 14. Dusty Noble, 13. Robert Ebersohn, 12. Andries Strauss, 11. Rocco Jansen, 10. Johan Goosen, 9. Tewis de Bruyn, 8. Davon Raubenheimer, 7. Nelis Labuschagne, 6. Heinrich Brussow, 5. Izak van der Westhuizen, 4. Andries Ferreira, 3. WP Nel, 2. Adriaan Strauss (Captain), 1. Trevor Nyakane
  • Replacements: 16. Hercu Liebenberg, 17. Lourens Adriaanse, 18. Waltie Vermeulen, 19. Ashley Johnson, 20. Piet van Zyl, 21. Sias Ebersohn, 22. Willie Le Roux

23 Responses to Super Rugby: Teams as they were announced for Week 1

  • 1

    So, 8 sides have been announced, 7 left to go.

  • 2

    Last ball NZ need 6

  • 3

    What drama SA win

  • 4

    19.6

    de Lange to Franklin, (no ball) 1 run, would you believe it? he’s bowled a front-foot no-ball, it was full outside off and Franklin hit it along the ground to long-off, the South Africans begin celebrating only to look up in horror at the standing umpire, they managed to take a couple as well

    19.6(free hit ball)

    de Lange to Southee, no run

  • 5

    South Africa 165/7 (20/20 ov)

    New Zealand 162/7 (20.0/20 ov)

    South Africa won by 3 runs

  • 6

    19.6

    de Lange to Southee, no run, de Lange holds his nerve, fires it in outside off and Southee misses with the swing to leg, AB collects and runs up to the stumps to prevent any runs and South Africa have pulled off an absolute stunner at Eden Park

  • 7

    The C word belongs to the Black caps after this game

    Presentations:

    Brendon McCullum: “South Africa put us under pressure and to their credit, they held their nerve. We just weren’t good enough at the end there, we faltered. The bowlers bounced back after an off-game last time out and most of our batting was pretty good. The last four or five overs, we didn’t get enough singles and it wasn’t our smartest finish to the game. Disappointing to not be able to give the folk of Canterbury the tribute we wanted to. I thought Jesse was outstanding for the majority of the innings, they slowed the pace to him in the last few overs and on his day he would normally finish that off.”

    AB de Villiers: “Amazing team effort, really proud of the men, we hung on at the end there. Really tough batting first and assessing what was a good total, we lost momentum in the middle overs, unfortunately we had a slow start with ball in hand but I told the guys to hang in there. I truly believe Marchant has got it, he has big match temperament, I think the whole team has that and we managed to get a few wickets to turn things around. We do feel very good about the win, but we want to play a certain standard of cricket and we still need to do that more consistently.”

    Johan Botha is the Man of the Match: “It was a bit short straight but I thought I was in with a chance, if you can hit a good length you’re in with a chance as guys just look to hit straight. These small boundaries are very interesting, good balls do go for six in New Zealand but you just have to hope you can get it right.”

    Michael Cabral sums up the South African feedbacks flying in (apart from the C word, of course): “Great coverage! Sitting in the office screaming at my computer hasn’t left me in good standing with the boss, though! Thought SA had duffed it with the no-ball in the the dying seconds of the game, but can’t believe NZ let us come back like that. It seems the pressure is getting to them…”

  • 8

    Stormers team:

    15 Joe Pietersen, 14 Gerhard van den Heever, 13 Bryan Habana, 12 Jean de Villiers, 11 Gio Aplon, 10 Gary van Aswegen, 9 Dewaldt Duvenage, 8 Nick Koster, 7 Duane Vermeulen, 6 Schalk Burger (c), 5 Andries Bekker, 4 Eben Etzebeth, 3 Brok Harris, 2 Tiaan Liebenberg, 1 Stephen Kitshoff.
    Replacements: 16 Siyabonga Ntubeni, 17 Frans Malherbe, 18 De Kock Steenkamp, 19 Siya Kolisi, 20 Louis Schrueder, 21 Burton Francis, 22 Marcel Brache.

  • 9

    @ Loosehead:Rynhardt Elstadt failed a late fitness test, which is why Etzebeth is in, and Habana is retained at 13 after JdeJ’s injury.

    Well there is no more to say, bar bring on the match, and lets see how they pack down. The time for talking is over now, and it is at the end of the weekend when we will see how all the teams have fared, and when the real debates begin! Go Stormers!

  • 10

    Lions: Taute, V Rensburg, La Grange, Hollenbach, Kamana, Jantjies, Bondesio, Strauss, Minnie, Grobbelaar, VdMerwe, vHeerden/Roodt,Cilliers, Visagie, Janse van Rensburg.
    Subs: Bezuidenhout, Adriaanse/Vd Linde, Rood/Greef, Whiteley, Meyer, James, Mapoe

  • 11

    Hello I see with Super 15 back its been a bit quiet on the 6 nations news front so here is Scotland team to face France at Murrayfield on Sunday:
    15 Stuart Hogg 14 Rory Lamont 13 Sean Lamont 12 Graeme Morrison 11 Lee Jones 10 Greig Laidlaw
    9 Mike Blair 1 Allan Jacobsen 2 Ross Ford (Edinburgh Rugby) CAPTAIN 3 Geoff Cross 4 Richie Gray
    5 Jim Hamilton 6 John Barclay 7 Ross Rennie 8 David Denton
    Substitutes
    16 Scott Lawson 17 Ed Kalman 18 Alastair Kellock 19 Richie Vernon 20 Chris Cusiter 21 Duncan Weir 22 Nick De Luca
    So these changes from last game starting team sees Stuart Hogg make his first start Rory Lamont to wing in place of injured Max Evans, Graeme Morrison at centre for Nick da Luca and Mike Blair for Chris Cusiter both on bench and John Barclay in for injured Alasdair Strokosch, also good to see Richie Vernon on the bench hope he can come on and make a big impact!

  • 12

    @ Bullscot:

    Howzit Bulscot, long time no speak.
    But the rugby has finally arrived, so hopefully we will see more of each other here on RT, time zones permitting.

  • 13

    Hou Eben Etzebeth van Stormers dop vanjaar…..as hy enigsins na sy oom Cliffie aard (Springbok rofstoeier),om van oorlede oom Skattie Etsebeth nie eens te praat nie,gaan die vonke spat. hoor my lied!!!!!!
    Woeste manne daai….legendes in die Kaapse sportkringe.

  • 14

    @ Pietman,

    Weet nie van sy familie verbintenisse nie, maar die klong speel hard. hou hom al sedert die junior Bokke dop. Hy kan beslis diep spore trap. Jammer hty en Bekker sak agter so power voorry. Miskien moet hy Bloemfontein toe trek, sodat hy saam di Bok stutte van die Toekoms kan sak. Coenie, Marcel, en selfs Nyakane lol

  • 15

    @ Cheetah4eva:
    Jisja.
    Nee, ek glo nie enige Etzebeth was al innie binneland nie! Daai ouens is alombekend daar in Epping se wereld….kan jou baie legendariese stories vertel, ek het saam met hulle opgegroei daar in die Kaapse Noordelike voorstede toe die Kaap nog Kaap was, wille manne broer, wille manne!
    Eben se oom Cliffie het onlangs die Golden Oldies wereldkampioenskap vir stoei in Switserland in die swaargewigafdeling gewen….en hy is al n perd van innie 60.

  • 16

    @ Pietman,
    My oupa was ‘n rofstoei man, hy was lank SA kampioen gewees, en Jan Wilkens, het destyds in sy gymnasium in Bloem geoefen voor hy wêreld bekend geword het. My oorlede oupa was Nic van Schalkwyk, van Bloemfontein gewees. kyk hy was ook ‘n man wat kon klap lol

  • 17

    heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeelp!! soekie poolcodes vir die superrugby (superbru).

  • 18

    17 @ Ashley:
    Kyk op die Home Page, op die SuperBru widgets in die regter sidebar, dis alles daar!

  • 19

    @ Cheetah4eva
    Ons het blogger gehad op Voldy destyds, ook n Vrystaatondersteuner(‘TheHef’).
    Sy oupa was Bull Hefer,en hy het altyd baie stoeistories met ons gedeel. ‘Mr X’,die gemaskerde ou, was n Natalse voorryman. Lukas van Biljon en Jaco van Schalkwyk(N.OVS en Lions, is beide Springbokstoeiers),ek dink Doppies le Grange ook.
    Clifford Etzebeth was WP-slot(soms voorry),so dis n groot dag vir die Etzebeths met Eben wat nou in sy oom se voetspore volg.

  • 20

    Only the Highlanders squad not announced yet!

  • 21

    Busy watching the Bulls vs Stormers 2010 Super Rugby Final on SuperSport 1…. with one eye, might I add.

    Ek kry sommer weer van voor af lekker!

  • 22

    21@ grootblousmile:
    Why torture yourself in that way?

    I have a DVD of the 1993 Super 10 final, Currie Cup Final, MTN Night Series Final and Lion Cup final if you want to spend a nice quiet Friday watching quality Rugby in front of the TV tomorrow.

    Alternatively, if something more modern is to your tast I have the story of the 2011 Currie Cup. A bit boring though in that the team at the top of the log NEVER changed.

  • 23

    12@ Pietman:
    Hello Pietman sorry I didn’t get back to you yesterday, after I posted went on to post on a Bulls thread and then had to dash to get into the office, catch up again next time schedules allow us both to be about at same time hear, hows it going out there? Enjoy the start of Super 15.

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