Super RugbyIt is Round 5 of Super Rugby 2014 this weekend! We have 7 games in Round 5, with 2 games on Friday and 5 games on Saturday.

The Vodacom Bulls have a bye weekend.

In June / July 2014 the Antipion teams will catch up in played games with the South African counterparts, when the South African sides sit out for 1 Round.

The Combined Log will therefore be skewed for the majority of the competition and one has to question why individual countries are allowed to start such a long competition ahead of it’s rivals. In 2013 the Australian sides started a week early, but at least they had the excuse that they needed an extra week in the middle of the year to prepare for the British & Irish Lions series, which they lost.

 

Super Rugby – Round 5

Chiefs

DHL Stormers

14 March at 08:35
  • Team: 15. Gareth Anscombe, 14. Tim Nanai-Williams, 13. Charlie Ngatai, 12. Tom Marshall, 11. James Lowe, 10. Aaron Cruden (Captain), 9. Tawera Kerr-Barlow, 8. Liam Squire, 7. Tanerau Latimer, 6. Liam Messam, 5. Brodie Retallick, 4. Matt Symons, 3. Ben Tameifuna, 2. Mahonri Schwalger, 1. Jamie Mackintosh
  • Replacements: 16. Rhys Marshall, 17. Pauliasi Manu, 18. Josh Hohneck, 19. Michael Fitzgerald, 20. Tevita Koloamatangi, 21. Brad Webber, 22. Robbie Fruean, 23. Asaeli Tikoirotuma
  • Team: 15. Jaco Taute, 14. Kobus van Wyk, 13. Jean de Villiers (Captain), 12. Damian de Allende, 11. Gio Aplon, 10. Demetri Catrakilis, 9. Nick Groom, 8. Duane Vermeulen, 7. Schalk Burger, 6. Deon Fourie, 5. De Kock Steenkamp, 4. Ruan Botha, 3. Brok Harris, 2. Tiaan Liebenberg, 1. Steven Kitshoff
  • Replacements: 16. Stephan Coetzee, 17. Oliver Kebble, 18. Frans Malherbe, 19. Siya Kolisi, 20. Nizaam Carr, 21. Louis Schreuder, 22. Peter Grant, 23. Sailosi Tagicakibau

Melbourne Rebels

Crusaders

14 March at 10:40
  • Team: 15. Jason Woodward, 14. Lachlan Mitchell, 13. Tamati Ellison, 12. Mitch Inman, 11. Tom English, 10. Bryce Hegarty, 9. Luke Burgess, 8. Scott Higginbotham (Captain), 7. Scott Fuglistaller, 6. Sean McMahon, 5. Luke Jones, 4. Hugh Pyle, 3. Laurie Weeks, 2. Pat Leafa, 1. Toby Smith
  • Replacements: 16. Shota Horie, 17. Max Lahiff, 18. Paul Alo-Emile, 19. Cadeyrn Neville, 20. Colby Faingaa, 21. Ben Meehan, 22. Angus Roberts, 23. Telusa Veainu
  • Team: 15. Israel Dagg, 14. Nafi Tuitavaki, 13. Ryan Crotty, 12. Tom Taylor, 11. Johnny McNicholl, 10. Colin Slade, 9. Andy Ellis, 8. Kieran Read (Captain), 7. Matt Todd, 6. Luke Whitelock, 5. Sam Whitelock, 4. Luke Romano, 3. Owen Franks, 2. Ben Funnell, 1. Wyatt Crockett
  • Replacements: 16. Codie Taylor, 17. Tim Perry, 18. Nepo Laulala, 19. Dominic Bird, 20. Jordan Taufua, 21. Mitchell Drummond, 22. Kieron Fonotia, 23. Nemani Nadolo

Hurricanes

Toyota Cheetahs

15 March at 05:35
  • Team: 15. James Marshall, 14. Alapati Leiua, 13. Conrad Smith (Captain), 12. Hadleigh Parkes, 11. Julian Savea, 10. Beauden Barrett, 9. Chris Smylie, 8. Blade Thomson, 7. Ardie Savea, 6. Faifili Levave, 5. Mark Reddish, 4. Jeremy Thrush, 3. Jeffery Toomaga-Allen, 2. Dane Coles, 1. Ben Franks
  • Replacements: 16. Motu Matu’u, 17. Chris Eves, 18. John Schwalger, 19. James Broadhurst, 20. Jack Lam, 21. TJ Perenara, 22. Matt Proctor, 23. Marty Banks
  • Team: 15. Willie le Roux, 14. Cornal Hendricks, 13. Johann Sadie, 12. Francois Venter, 11. Raymond Rhule, 10. Johan Goosen, 9. Sarel Pretorius, 8. Philip van der Walt, 7. Lappies LabuschagnĂ©, 6. Boom Prinsloo, 5. Francois Uys, 4. Lodewyk de Jager, 3. Maks van Dyk, 2. Adriaan Strauss (Captain), 1. Caylib Oosthuizen
  • Replacements: 16. Ryno Barnes, 17. Trevor Nyakane, 18. Rossouw de Klerk, 19. Andries Ferreira, 20. Jean Cook, 21. Shaun Venter, 22. Elgar Watts, 23. Hennie Daniller

Highlanders

Western Force

15 March at 08:35
  • Team: 15. Ben R Smith (Captain), 14. Richard Buckman, 13. Malakai Fekitoa, 12. Shaun Treeby, 11. Kurt Baker, 10. Lima Sopoaga, 9. Aaron Smith, 8. Nasi Manu, 7. Shane Christie, 6. John Hardie, 5. Joe Wheeler, 4. Jarrad Hoeata, 3. Chris King, 2. Liam Coltman, 1. Kane Hames
  • Replacements: 16. Ged Robinson, 17. Matias Diaz, 18. Craig Millar, 19. Josh Bekhuis, 20. Elliot Dixon, 21. Fumiaki Tanaka, 22. Hayden Parker, 23. Phil Burleigh
  • Team: 15. Jayden Hayward, 14. Luke Morahan, 13. Junior Rasolea, 12. Kyle Godwin, 11. Nick Cummins, 10. Sias Ebersohn, 9. Alby Mathewson, 8. Ben McCalman, 7. Matthew Hodgson (Captain), 6. Angus Cottrell, 5. Wilhelm Steenkamp, 4. Sam Wykes, 3. Kieran Longbottom, 2. Nathan Charles, 1. Pekahou Cowan
  • Replacements: 16. Heath Tessmann, 17. Tetera Faulkner, 18. Oli Hoskins, 19. Adam Coleman, 20. Brynard Stander, 21. Ian Prior, 22. Zack Holmes, 23. Marcel Brache

Brumbies

Waratahs

15 March at 10:40
  • Team: 15. Jesse Mogg, 14. Henry Speight, 13. Tevita Kuridrani, 12. Pat McCabe, 11. Robbie Coleman, 10. Matt Toomua, 9. Nic White, 8. Ben Mowen (Captain), 7. Jarrad Butler, 6. Scott Fardy, 5. Sam Carter, 4. Leon Power, 3. Ben Alexander, 2. Stephen Moore, 1. Scott Sio
  • Replacements: 16. Josh Mann-Rea, 17. Ruan-Henry Smith, 18. Jean-Pierre Smith, 19. Jordan Smiler, 20. Locky McCaffrey, 21. Michael Dowsett, 22. Andrew Smith, 23. Lionel Cronje
  • Team: 15. Israel Folau, 14. Alofa Alofa, 13. Adam Ashley-Cooper, 12. Kurtley Beale, 11. Peter Betham, 10. Bernard Foley, 9. Nick Phipps, 8. Wycliff Palu, 7. Michael Hooper, 6. Dave Dennis (Captain), 5. Kane Douglas, 4. Jacques Potgieter, 3. Paddy Ryan, 2. Tatafu Polota-Nau, 1. Benn Robinson
  • Replacements: 16. Tola Latu, 17. Jeremy Tilse, 18. Sekope Kepu, 19. Will Skelton, 20. Stephen Hoiles, 21. Brendan McKibbin, 22. Rob Horne, 23. Matt Carraro

Lions

Blues

15 March at 15:00
  • Team: 15. Coenie van Wyk, 14. JW Jonker, 13. Deon van Rensburg, 12. Stefan Watermeyer, 11. Courtnall Skosan, 10. Marnitz Boshoff, 9. Francois de Klerk, 8. Warren Whiteley (Captain), 7. Willie Britz, 6. Jaco Kriel, 5. Franco van der Merwe, 4. Franco Mostert, 3. Julian Redelinghuys, 2. Robbie Coetzee, 1. Schalk (FS) van der Merwe
  • Replacements: 16. Willie Wepener, 17. Corne Fourie, 18. Ruan Dreyer, 19. Luvuyiso Lusaseni, 20. Warwick Tecklenburg, 21. Ross Cronje, 22. Elton Jantjies, 23. Ruan Combrinck
  • Team: 15. Benji Marshall, 14. Frank Halai, 13. George Moala, 12. Pita Ahki, 11. Charles Piutau, 10. Chris Noakes, 9. Piri Weepu, 8. Steven Luatua, 7. Luke Braid (Captain), 6. Brendon O’Connor, 5. Tom Donnelly, 4. Patrick Tuipulotu, 3. Charlie Faumuina, 2. James Parsons, 1. Tony Woodcock
  • Replacements: 16. Tom McCartney, 17. Sam Prattley, 18. Angus Ta’avao, 19. Liaki Moli, 20. Jordan Manihera, 21. Bryn Hall, 22. Simon Hickey, 23. Jackson Willison

Cell C Sharks

Reds

15 March at 17:05
  • Team: 15. SP Marais, 14. JP Pietersen, 13. Sibusiso Sithole, 12. Francois Steyn, 11. Lwazi Mvovo, 10. Patrick Lambie, 9. Cobus Reinach, 8. Ryan Kankowski, 7. Willem Alberts, 6. Marcell Coetzee, 5. Stephan Lewies, 4. Anton Bresler, 3. Jannie du Plessis, 2. Bismarck du Plessis (Captain), 1. Tendai Mtawarira
  • Replacements: 16. Kyle Cooper, 17. Dale Chadwick, 18. Lourens Adriaanse, 19. TBA, 20. Lubabalo Mtembu, 21. Charl McLeod, 22. Heimar Williams, 23. Jaco van Tonder
  • Team: 15. Aidan Toua, 14. Rod Davies, 13. Chris Feauai-Sautia, 12. Mike Harris, 11. Lachlan Turner, 10. Quade Cooper, 9. Will Genia, 8. Jake Schatz, 7. Liam Gill, 6. Ed Quirk, 5. James Horwill (Captain), 4. Rob Simmons, 3. Greg Holmes, 2. Saia Faingaa, 1. James Slipper
  • Replacements: 16. James Hanson, 17. Ben Daley, 18. Jono Owen, 19. Ed O`Donoghue, 20. Beau Robinson, 21. Nicholas Frisby, 22. Ben Tapuai, 23. Dom Shipperley

152 Responses to Super Rugby 2014: Weekend Teams – Round 5 (Final Revision)

  • 31

    Puma wrote:

    Danm tpoosj again.
    Jaje. = Jake

    Hey Puma, who you calling a poosj?
    Overjoy
    You sound like a Capie

  • 32

    Have changed the predictive text on this ipad but it still just changes stuff. Useless using this to work from.

    Post 29 should read: Damn typos again… Worry

  • 33

    @Django Goldchained
    Make sure you phone SB
    Approve

  • 34

    @ nortierd:
    Overjoy @ nortierd:
    I was about to ask Pooms if he had taken his teeth out 😆

  • 35

    31 @ nortierd:
    Hahaha Overjoy usung the ipad and it just changes everything useless to work from especially me that make enough tpos as it is….haha.. Happy-Grin

  • 36

    Sharks_forever wrote:

    @ nortierd:
    @ nortierd:
    I was about to ask Pooms if he had taken his teeth out

    I thought he fell over the tuin dwergies again
    Overjoy

  • 37

    Crikey damn mistakes all over the show. Useless ipad… Tired

  • 39

    24 @ Sharks_forever:

    I think Jannie is okay it semed more so when beast was replaced by Chadwick. Well that was my feeling. I could be wrong. Where is Herbst? Remeber him slotting into LH fo awhile last year and done a superb job there.

  • 40

    Jakes desperation is showing, he has always been able to put up a confident exterior, but it is obvious he is under massive pressure, because of the expectations on his shoulders. No rotation at all while he continuously talks about the “squad” and “squad system”.

    A lot can be said about “keeping momentum”, but that should mostly apply to the latter part of the competition, all the while giving guys like beast and jannie some off time here and there, because they will play most of the incoming tour test matches…

    The wheels are going to come off this train pretty dramatically.

  • 41

    MacroBull wrote:

    The wheels are going to come off this train pretty dramatically.

    Probably whilst on tour.

  • 42

    Need to gamble to either get back in the top of superbru or fall out of the bus, going for a Stormers win.

  • 43

    MacroBull wrote:

    Jakes desperation is showing, he has always been able to put up a confident exterior, but it is obvious he is under massive pressure, because of the expectations on his shoulders. No rotation at all while he continuously talks about the “squad” and “squad system”.

    A lot can be said about “keeping momentum”, but that should mostly apply to the latter part of the competition, all the while giving guys like beast and jannie some off time here and there, because they will play most of the incoming tour test matches


    The wheels are going to come off this train pretty dramatically.

    Your statement doesn’t make sense. Why should he start resting players after 4 rounds in which they had a week of? It makes more sense to keep them playing together for now as it will make the team only better.
    They can start obvious rotations once the players actually need the rest. If other teams rotate players at this stage I can promise you it is either because of injuries or the incumbents are kak. What do you have to say about that “My Lady”?

  • 44

    MacroBull, you and Nortie seems desperate for Jake to do something different for reasons only known to yourselves. Would you enjoy it if the Sharks lose this weekend? Honest question!

  • 45

    Snoek wrote:

    MacroBull, you and Nortie seems desperate for Jake to do something different for reasons only known to yourselves. Would you enjoy it if the Sharks lose this weekend? Honest question!

    I wouldn’t, I’m picking them to win and have 4 Sharks in my fantasy team.
    The only reason I have for wanting them to do well is when I pick them, so at least I’m honest, I don’t support them, but if I can benefit then I’m all for it, no other reason.

  • 46

    SHarks team:

    This is interesting – 14. JP Pietersen, 13. S’bura Sithole
    JP played center before and also in Japan, think they might swop around a bit ingame

    Very strong side, they need to make a statement against the Reds

  • 47

    Scrumsaam wrote:

    Need to gamble to either get back in the top of superbru or fall out of the bus, going for a Stormers win.

    Also going for upsets – Stormers win and Blues win

  • 48

    @ Gena_ZA:
    Blues won’t be an upset, i also picked them. think the Blues will come out running this weekend.

  • 49

    An upset would be picking the Force, Rebels ,Reds and Stormers
    Not many giving them any chance

  • 50

    nortierd wrote:

    An upset would be picking the Force, Rebels ,Reds and Stormers
    Not many giving them any chance

    And add the Brumbies to that list

  • 51

    @ nortierd:
    Thats why i am picking the Stormers they’ll be the best chance of an upset.

  • 52

    Scrumsaam wrote:

    @ nortierd:
    Thats why i am picking the Stormers they’ll be the best chance of an upset.

    Yep, Stormers, Force and Reds given no chance
    Stormers have won in Hamilton so should have an outside chance, Force is like a box of chocolates, never know what you gonna get, and the Reds don’t have a snowballs chance in hell of beating the best SA side in the midst of their golden era
    Wink

  • 53

    BLOEMFONTEIN. – Die Cheetahs se uitdaging om vanjaar die Superrugby-reeks te wen, is byna net so groot soos diĂ© een om Johan Goosen se kontrak aan die einde van 2014 te verleng.

    Sport verneem dié 21-jarige Springbok-losskakel is bo-aan die inkopielys van verskeie spanne wat glo die Bulle, Toulon en klubs in Japan insluit.

    Die jagseisoen open amptelik eers 120 dae voor ’n Suid-Afrikaanse rugbyspeler se kontrak by sy unie verstryk.

    Die meerderheid plaaslike spelers se kontrakte verstryk op 31 Oktober wat beteken dat daar eers van 1 Julie amptelik met ’n speler soos Goosen onderhandel mag word.

    Dit gebeur wel dat unies vooraf net voelers na ’n speler uitsteek, wat glo die geval met die Bulle en Goosen was.

    Sy agent, Anthony Johnson, het gister die Bulle se belangstelling in Goosen aan Sport bevestig.

    “Ons ondersoek alle opsies vir Johan. Die Bulle het nog altyd in Johan belanggestel, maar hulle sal moet wag tot die oordragtydperk vir plaaslike spanne,” het hy gesĂȘ.

    “Die Cheetahs het aangedui dat hulle Goosen wil behou. Ons neem nou geen besluite nie en dis belangrik dat Johan nou speeltyd kry. Ons sal sy vordering die volgende twee maande dophou en dan ’n besluit neem.”

    Die Franse klubspan Toulon, vir wie verskeie Bokke soos Juan Smith, Bryan Habana en Bakkies Botha speel, soek ’n opvolger vir Jonny Wilkinson en Goosen se naam word as ’n sterk aanspraakmaker genoem.

    Meer as een Japanse klubspan soek ook ’n losskakel van wĂȘreldgehalte en kan die deur vir Goosen oopmaak om daar te gaan speel.

    Die Cheetahs sal bewus wees van die belangstelling en uiteraard alles in die stryd werp om Goosen te behou.

    Aangesien die Cheetahs sy werkgewer is, verhinder niks hulle om nou reeds amptelik met hom te onderhandel nie.

    Goosen sukkel wel vanjaar met sy bestendigheid in die Super-reeks, maar hy het teen die Bulle gewys waarom hy wĂȘreldwyd as ’n wedstrydwenner beskou word.

    Op ’n gegewe dag kan hy enige teenstander met sy skopskoen en aanvallende spel verniel.

    Die groot uitdaging vir die Cheetahs sal wees om Goosen dieselfde salaris aan te bied wat hy by ’n unie soos die Bulle sal verdien.

    Die aanvallende spelpatroon van die Cheetahs, vrye teuels wat hy gegun word op die veld en goeie leefstyl in Bloemfontein is wel faktore wat Goosen se besluit kan beĂŻnvloed.

    Hy is ook seker dat hy hier die eerstekeuse-losskakel is en genoeg speelkans sal kry om sy plek in die Bok-span te herwin.

    * Verskeie ander unies is in dieselfde bootjie as die Cheetahs met sekere van hul top-spelers.

    Sport verneem ook dat die Haaie-losvoorspelers Keegan Daniel en Jean Deysel glo nĂĄ die Super-reeks saam met die agtsteman Ryan Kankowski en vleuel JP Pietersen op pad is na Japan.

    Fukken poachers! The-Incredible-Hulk

  • 54

    @ Scrumsaam:
    😆 srumsaam, kom nou boet, beating the Chiefs in their own back yard?? of course it would be a huge upset, to be honest I would even think twice about the Sharks chances against the Chiefs down under.

    To make matters worse you have quite a few injuries to key positions, like your TH.

  • 55

    @ Loosehead:
    Loskoppietjie, maak nie saak wat ons doen of se nie boet, die swak Rand maak seker spelers sal oorsee gaan speel

  • 56

    Sharks_forever wrote:

    @ Loosehead:
    Loskoppietjie, maak nie saak wat ons doen of se nie boet, die swak Rand maak seker spelers sal oorsee gaan speel

    I am referring to the Bulls cnuts!

  • 57

    @ Loosehead:
    😆 ok vloek them boet that’s fine lol

  • 58

    Helllooooooooooooo

    All the team sheets are now complete!

  • 59

    @ grootblousmile:
    HEllooooooooooooooooooooooo 😆

  • 60

    59 @ Sharks_forever:
    How’s the Notebook, since I gave it WINGS?

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