- Team: 15. Ben R Smith (Captain), 14. Richard Buckman, 13. Malakai Fekitoa, 12. Phil Burleigh, 11. Patrick Osborne, 10. Lima Sopoaga, 9. Aaron Smith, 8. Nasi Manu, 7. Shane Christie, 6. Elliot Dixon, 5. Joe Wheeler, 4. Brad Thorn, 3. Ma’afu Fia, 2. Liam Coltman, 1. Kane Hames
- Replacements: 16. Ged Robinson, 17. Matias Diaz, 18. Chris King, 19. Jarrad Hoeata, 20. TJ Ioane, 21. Fumiaki Tanaka, 22. Hayden Parker, 23. Shaun Treeby
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- Team: 15. Marty Banks, 14. Alapati Leiua, 13. Conrad Smith (Captain), 12. Hadleigh Parkes, 11. Julian Savea, 10. Beauden Barrett, 9. Chris Smylie, 8. Faifili Levave, 7. Ardie Savea, 6. Jack Lam, 5. James Broadhurst, 4. Mark Reddish, 3. Jeffery Toomaga-Allen, 2. Dane Coles, 1. Ben Franks
- Replacements: 16. Ash Dixon, 17. Chris Eves, 18. John Schwalger, 19. Mark Abbott, 20. Blade Thomson, 21. TJ Perenara, 22. Matt Proctor, 23. André Taylor
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It is Round 6 of Super Rugby 2014 this weekend! We have 7 games in Round 5, with 2 games on Friday and 5 games on Saturday.
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@Pietman.
Sharks team announced.
Marais
JPP
S’bura
Fransie
Mvovo
Pat
Cobus
Kanko
Alberts
Marcell
Lewies
Bressler
Jannie
Bissie
Beast
Cooper
Chadwick
Adriaanse
Oosthuizen
Tera
Charl
Timo
Esterhuizen
So think Timo in for the first time probably covering for Odwa. Will probably cover wing and fullback. Very good to see Esterhuizen there. Big and strong like Fransie.
1 @ Fern:
Fern is that your place by the dam? Great view that.
Most of the changes are injury forced:- Willie Wepener starts in place of Robbie Coetzee and Mark Pretorius, 2012 u/20 Bok hooker, comes in to debut from the bench- Stephan de Wit, another rookie, comes in on the bench in place of Warwick Tecklenburg who failed a concussion test- Lionel Mapoe comes in on the bench in place of Elton Jantjies, who gets a full run with the Vodacom Cup team
15. Coenie van Wyk, 14. JW Jonker, 13. Deon van Rensburg, 12. Stefan Watermeyer, 11. Courtnall Skosan, 10. Marnitz Boshoff, 9. Faf de Klerk, b. Warren Whiteley (c), 7. Willie Britz, 6. Jaco Kriel, 5. Franco van der Merwe, 4. Franco Mostert, 3. Julian Redelinghuys, 2. Willie Wepener, 1. Schalk van der MerweReplacements: 16. Mark Pretorius, 17. Corne Fourie, 18. Ruan Dreyer, 19. MB Lusaseni, 20. Stephan de Wit, 21. Ross Cronje, 22. Lionel Mapoe, 23. Ruan Combrinck
Apart from Mapoe the other players returning from injury, Michael Bondesio, Alwyn Hollenbach, Andries Coetzee, all get a run in the Vodacom Cup match against the Blue Bulls
Team Sheets updated, the only side not yet known for the weekend, is the Chiefs.
Chiefs
Jamie MackintoshMahonri SchwalgerBen TameifunaMichael FitzgeraldBrodie RetallickLiam MessamSam CaneLiam SquireTawera Kerr-BarlowAaron Cruden ©Asaeli TikoirotumaTom MarshallTim Nanai-WilliamsMils MuliainaGareth AnscombeRhys MarshallPauliasi ManuJosh HohneckKane ThompsonTanerau LatimerAugustine PuluAndrew HorrellAnton Lienert-Brown
Talking them up?
Coach Richard Graham said the team had travelled early to Johannesburg to get as much preparation at altitude as possible before the game against the revitalised Lions, who he feels are nothing like the franchise that was dumped from the competition last year.
Dangerous: Lions five-eighth Marnitz Boshoff.
The Lions have won three of their five matches so far this season and defeated the Blues last weekend in Benji Marshall’s first start for the Aucklanders.
The year out certainly woken the Lions up.
Graham highlighted five-eighth Marnitz Boshoff as he discussed the new breed of Lions which bear no resemblance to the perennial wooden-spoon contenders they were before their one-year hiatus in 2013.
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-union/union-news/queensland-reds-wary-of-roaring-lions-20140318-hvk0s.html#ixzz2wUXFQRT3
Flip Van der Merwe is out for the Bulls this weekend. See he has picked up a injury. Looks like Paul Willemse will start.
So thinking Victor will captain now doubt.
From the ‘Investor’s’ point of view
Stormers at the Brumbies: Brumbies aren’t that great, Stormers aren’t THAT bad the way I saw them last two matches
The Stormers’ bench is good for a garbage time tries, that’s a concern
Referee Jackson, Brumbies by 5 to 8
Cheetahs at the Blues
Only question here is by how much?
Blues by 15+
The Reds at Ellis Park
The Blues got away with just about anything against the Lions, that funny try approved by Berry was a meager compensation, playing at altitude is never easy for Aussie teams and Jantjies dropped out of the match 23 which isn’t exactly a body blow by any account 😉
Lions by 4 to 7
The Sharks at Loftus
The Bulls should take it, Sharks’ last two victories were gifted them by two scoundrels, the Bulls only weak spots are the reserve hooker and Hougaard
Bulls by 10 to 13
@ Hondo:
You Bulls supporters are seriously funny okes, whenever the Sharks win it is the ref…..
So I take it that IF by some miracle the Sharks win it can only be that there was a scoundrel of a ref that gave them the win???
Ya swear a can of the best….
@ Sharks_forever:
haha hondo is the furthest thing from a bulls supporter you will get.
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