Super 14 teams: Round 5
11 Mar 2010
Keo.co.za brings you the teams as they are announced.
CHIEFS vs CRUSADERS, HAMILTON, FRIDAY 08:35
Chiefs – 15 Mils Muliaina (c), 14 Lelia Masaga, 13 Richard Kahui, 12 Callum Bruce, 11 Sitiveni Sivivatu, 10 Stephen Donald, 9 Brendon Leonard, 8 Colin Bourke, 7 Tanerau Latimer, 6 Liam Messam, 5 Craig Clarke, 4 Romana Graham, 3 Nathan White, 2 Aled de Malmanche, 1 Sona Taumalolo.
Subs: 16 Vern Kamo, 17 Toby Smith, 18 Culum Retallick, 19 Luke Braid, 20 Junior Poluleuligaga, 21 Mike Delany, 22 Dwayne Sweeney.
Crusaders – 15 Jared Payne, 14 Sean Maitland, 13 Robbie Fruean, 12 Ryan Crotty, 11 Zac Guildford, 10 Daniel Carter, 9 Kahn Fotuali’i, 8 Kieran Read, 7 George Whitelock, 6 Richie McCaw (c), 5 Isaac Ross, 4 Brad Thorn, 3 Owen Franks, 2 Ti’i Paulo, 1 Wyatt Crockett.
Subs: 16 Corey Flynn, 17 Ben Franks, 18 Sam Whitelock, 19 Thomas Waldrom, 20 Willi Heinz, 21 Adam Whitelock, 22 Colin Slade.
WARATAHS vs LIONS, SYDNEY, FRIDAY 10:40
Waratahs – 15 Sosene Anesi, 14 Lachie Turner, 13 Tom Carter, 12 Berrick Barnes, 11 Drew Mitchell, 10 Daniel Halangahu, 9 Luke Burgess, 8 Wycliff Palu, 7 Phil Waugh (c), 6 Dave Dennis, 5 Kane Douglas, 4 Dean Mumm, 3 Al Baxter, 2 Tatafu Polota-Bau, 1 Benn Robinson.
Subs: 16 Damien Fitzpatrick, 17 Sekope Kepu, 18 Will Caldwell, 19 Ben Mowen, 20 Josh Holmes, 21 Kurtley Beale, 22 Rob Horne.
Lions – 15 Earl Rose, 14 Tonderai Chavhanga, 13 Walter Venter, 12 Doppies la Grange, 11 Wandile Mjekevu, 10 Carlos Spencer, 9 JP Joubert, 8 Todd Clever, 7 Derick Minnie, 6 Cobus Grobbelaar (c), 5 Willem Stoltz, 4 Franco van der Merwe, 3 Kevin Buys, 2 Hannes Franklin, 1 Heinke van der Merwe.
Subs: 16 Charles Emslie, 17 JC Janse van Rensburg, 18 Jacques Lombaard, 19 Robert Kruger, 20 Jano Vermaak, 21 Burton Francis, 22 Wigan Pekeur.
BRUMBIES vs SHARKS, CANBERRA, SATURDAY 10:40
Brumbies – 15 Adam Ashley-Cooper, 14 Pat McCabe, 13 Stirling Mortlock, 12 Christian Lealiifano, 11 Francis Fainifo, 10 Matt Giteau, 9 Josh Valentine, 8 Stephen Hoiles (c), 7 George Smith, 6 Rocky Elsom, 5 Mark Chisholm, 4 Ben Hand, 3 Salesi Maafu, 2 Stephen Moore, 1 Ben Alexander.
Subs: 16 Huia Edmonds, 17 Guy Shepherdson, 18 Justin Harrison, 19 Mitchell Chapman, 20 Patrick Phibbs, 21 Matt Toomua, 22 Tyrone Smith.
Sharks –15 Stefan Terblanche, 14 Odwa Ndungane, 13 Adrian Jacobs, 12 Riaan Swanepoel, 11 JP Pietersen, 10 Andy Goode, 9 Ruan Pienaar, 8 Ryan Kankowski, 7 Willem Alberts, 6 Jacques Botes, 5 Johann Muller, 4 Steven Sykes, 3 John Smit (c), 2 Bismarck du Plessis, 1 Beast Mtawarira.
Subs: 16 Craig Burden, 17 Jannie du Plessis, 18 Alistair Hargreaves, 19 Jean Deysel, 20 Keegan Daniel , 21 Rory Kockott, 22 Waylon Murray.
BULLS vs HIGHLANDERS, PRETORIA, SATURDAY 17:05
Bulls – 15 Zane Kirchner, 14 Gerhard vd Heever, 13 Stephan Dippenaar, 12 Wynand Olivier, 11 Francois Hougaard, 10 Morné Steyn, 9 Fourie du Preez, 8 Pierre Spies, 7 Dewald Potgieter, 6 Derick Kuün, 5 Victor Matfield (c), 4 Danie Rossouw, 3 Werner Kruger, 2 Gary Botha, 1 Gurthrö Steenkamp.
Subs: 16 Bandise Maku, 17 Rossouw de Klerk, 18 Flip van der Merwe, 19 Deon Stegmann, 20 Jacques-Louis Potgieter, 21 Jaco van der Westhuyzen, 22 Pedrie Wannenburg.
Highlanders – 15 Israel Dagg, 14 Ben Smith, 13 Kenny Lynn, 12 Jason Shoemark, 11 Fetu’u Vainikolo, 10 Matt Berquist, 9 Sean Romans, 8 Steven Stephano, 7 Alando Soakai, 6 Tim Boys, 5 Tom Donnelly, 4 Josh Bekhuis, 3 Chris King, 2 Jason MacDonald, 1 Jamie Mackintosh.
Subs: 16 Jason Rutledge, 17 Bronson Murray, 18 Hayden Triggs, 19 John Hardie, 20 Scott Cowan, 21 Robbie Robinson, 22 James Paterson.
STORMERS vs HURRICANES, CAPE TOWN, SATURDAY 19:10
Stormers –15 Joe Pietersen, 14 Sireli Naqelevuki, 13 Jaque Fourie, 12 Juan de Jongh, 11 Bryan Habana, 10 Peter Grant, 9 Dewaldt Duvenage, 8 Duane Vermeulen, 7 Francois Louw, 6 Schalk Burger, 5 Andries Bekker, 4 Anton van Zyl, 3 Brok Harris, 2 Tiaan Liebenberg, 1 Wicus Blaauw.
Subs: 16 Deon Fourie, 17 JC Kritzinger, 18 De Kock Steenkamp, 19 Pieter Louw, 20 Ricky Januarie, 21 Lionel Cronje, 22 Gio Aplon.
Hurricanes – 15 Cory Jane, 14 Tamati Ellison, 13 Conrad Smith, 12 Ma’a Nonu, 11 David Smith, 10 Willie Ripia, 9 Piri Weepu, 8 Rodney So’oialo, 7 Scott Waldrom, 6 Victor Vito, 5 Michael Paterson, 4 Bryn Evans, 3 Neemia Tialata, 2 Andrew Hore, 1 Jacob Ellison
Subs: 16 Dane Coles, 17 John Schwalger, 18 Jeremy Thrush, 19 Karl Lowe, 20 Tyson Keats, 21 Aaron Cruden, 22 Alapati Leiua.
REDS vs WESTERN FORCE, BRISBANE, SUNDAY 08:30
Reds – TBC
Force – TBC
33 Comments
9 Mar 2010, 11:11 am
Co nomments about these Dragons!
9 Mar 2010, 17:10 pm
Can’t believe that cretin Walsh is reffing the Stormers game…at least it’s not against an ozzie side..!
10 Mar 2010, 01:26 am
@Storm outta hell:
He’s easily the best Anzac ref.
10 Mar 2010, 09:23 am
Steve Walsh…. eish
10 Mar 2010, 09:36 am
Stormers vs Hurricanes should be a cracker…
Hurricanes in the country a week longer, should be more settled and hurting after their lost to the Cheetahs…
Difficult…difficult match awaits the Stormers…
10 Mar 2010, 09:42 am
@Blouste: Yep…’Canes a far stronger side than last week…but expect Stormers to up their game…score more tries when the game opens up,and beastial defence…you wanna win on superbru Stormers by 13..!
10 Mar 2010, 09:44 am
@Storm outta hell:
He he he…you sound confident…
Hope your right !!!
10 Mar 2010, 09:48 am
@Blouste: Quietly confident..but I don’t think Stormers are getting enough kudos for everything they’re getting right…even Bulls will find it very difficult to score against them right now
10 Mar 2010, 09:52 am
@Storm outta hell:
Well you have reason to…
I just think the one time they were tested,they fell short…
But hey they are doing well and after this weekend I for one will have a more definate opinion about them….
Next week the Cheetahs right ?
10 Mar 2010, 09:58 am
@Blouste: Yep…Brumbies forgettable…but they started with January which cost them from the start…Cheetahs gonna be a HUGE derby…I will be there..licking chops in anticipation..!!
10 Mar 2010, 10:00 am
Into week 3
Hi there everyone, Im sitting here in Manly at our hotel and week 3 is upon us. We leave by bus for Canberra tomorrow to play the Brumbies and Im sure you are all aware of how much we need a win. Last weekend was hard for us but so to have been the previous 3 weeks. For me to sit here and write about reasons and excuses for our Waratah loss would be futile, if we want results we need to control our own destiny, keep 15 men on the field and score from opportunities we create. That being said I am happy we made good progress last week and played a game far better suited to the players we have. With this we can grow and return the pride this great franchise deserves.
As hard as the losing is for a team, this one we have has a great group of guys in it who enjoy each others company, even though the so called experts seem to think we have a rift in the camp but I suppose a lack of rugby knowledge would lead to such an assumption! Our coach, Plum, as distressed as any coach would be has been brilliant in his management of the poor start so far and these valuable yet difficult lessons learnt so far will stand him in good stead when the Sharks start to dominate again.
We head out tomorrow and have had a good stay here in Manly over the last 10 days, we split into 4 groups last night for a team dinner outing and by 9-30pm were all in the hotel lobby having a coffee together. Its amazing that of the 4 groups 3 opted for pizza and only 1 group headed for the popular Ribs and Rumps!!! It has to be said that a few of the big boys might have tucked into a second pizza but rest assured I wasn’t one of them!!!
Anyway, Im out of here, we have our off day today and the boys are resting up nicely. We are going to head to the cinema later to try see the Oscar winning Hurtlocker. We saw Blind side a few weeks ago and reckon the Beast needs to go play a little NFL!!! All the best to everyone out there and a big thank you for all the positive support you have given on the site and Twitter, much appreciated
from John Smit website
10 Mar 2010, 10:00 am
@Storm outta hell:
He he he…enjoy !!!
10 Mar 2010, 10:05 am
@Kritik: Captain fantastic .. must not get soppy on us now
10 Mar 2010, 10:42 am
@ Storm outta hell: Walsh against a kiwi side might actually help the stormers as he is so pissed off with anything kiwi at the moment. I hope you give the canes a snot klap by 20
10 Mar 2010, 10:46 am
@cheetah jou lekker ding: I sure hope so…thankfully you’ve knocked some of the stuffin’ outta them..!
10 Mar 2010, 13:21 pm
Johannesburg – Springbok No 8 Pierre Spies has cautioned against high expectations for the Vodacom Bulls this weekend in their Vodacom Super 14 match against the Highlanders.
Much is expected from the defending champions as they return from a weekend off to face the New Zealand side, especially after the Highlanders lost 33-0 to the Stormers last weekend, but Spies, now fit again after injury kept him out of the Waratahs game, was erring on the cautious side.
The reason is simple. Last year, in Dunedin, the Bulls arrived full of confidence after dismantling the Hurricanes in Wellington a week earlier, and met a physical and intense Highlanders side that hit them hard. The Bulls lost 36-12 that day, and Spies remembers it well.
So much so that much of the team talk this week is about not letting the standards slip, and making sure a repeat of last year’s performance doesn’t happen again, especially with the Highlanders sure to come out firing to make up for their poor performance in Cape Town.
“We have to make up for last year,” Spies said, “In Dunedin; they really came at us last year and gave us a good beating. This year we will take some aspects out of the Stormers game and their other two games and concentrate on making sure we play our best rugby this week.
“The Stormers played really well against them, but we expect the Highlanders to be a lot better this week once they get to Loftus.” Spies admits while it is nice to be on top of the log after four rounds, there are still a number of weeks ahead in the competition, with the Bulls still not close to where they want to be in this competition.
“We’ve had a good three weeks, but technically we can improve a lot, especially in the standards we want to reach as a team. We set very high standards for ourselves and while the results have been good for us so far, we want to attain the standards we set for ourselves,” he explained.
“The fact that we are conceding so many points is not a good sign for us; luckily we have scored a lot as well. It is definitely something we’re working on – it doesn’t help to score fifty but to let in so many on the other side. It is a focus point for us, to tighten up the defence but to continue scoring on attack.”
As for the injury, Spies smiles when he says he is “itching to play again” but concedes there is a bigger picture at play.
“Any rest is always good in a tough competition like this and for me the break came at a very good time. I’m really itching to get onto the field again and can’t wait,” he adds.
“It’s nice that we’re still on top, but it can change so quickly, so we need to keep out momentum and ensure we win our home games while we are here to give ourselves that advantage. Anything we can do to make the team win is all that matters.”
10 Mar 2010, 14:10 pm
Johannesburg – The return of Springbok loose forwards Pierre Spies and Dewald Potgieter to the starting line-up for Saturday’s Super 14 rugby match against the Highlanders at Loftus Versfeld is the main selection news from the Blue Bulls camp.
Spies comes in for Danie Rossouw who moves to lock in place of Flip van der Merwe who drops to the bench.
On the other flank Derick Kuun is retained ahead of Deon Stegmann. “This is in accordance with our squad system and the agreement with players,” said Bulls coach Frans Ludeke at the team announcement on Wednesday.
“Every one of the players has been playing good rugby. The squad system is working well and all the players understand it.”
Ludeke has selected Stegmann and another loose forward, Pedrie Wannenburg, on the bench. He views the breakdown play of the Highlanders as one of their strong points for which he has made provision with the inclusion of the two additional loose forwards in a bench that boasts five forwards.
Prop Bees Roux was originally selected as one of the replacements but cut his eye against the scrumming machine on Wednesday morning. He is replaced on the bench by Rossouw de Klerk, who moves up from the Vodacom Cup side.
The versatility of wing Francois Hougaard who can cover at scrumhalf and the two backs on the bench, Jacques-Louis Potgieter and Jaco van der Westhuyzen who can cover the positions of flyhalf and centre in the case of Potgieter and fullback and flyhalf in the case of Van der Westhuyzen has made more backs on the bench an unnecessary luxury.
Springbok scrumhalf Heini Adams will therefore play for the Vodacom Blue Bulls in what could be a crunch match against the Golden Lions in Johannesburg on Saturday.
The Bulls team is: Zane Kirchner, Gerhard van den Heever, Stephan Dippenaar, Wynand Olivier, Francois Hougaard, Morne Steyn, Fourie du Preez, Pierre Spies, Dewald Potgieter, Derick Kuun, Victor Matfield (capt.), Danie Rossouw, Werner Kruger, Gary Botha, Grthro Steenkamp.
Substitutes: Bandise Maku, Rossouw de Klerk, Flip van der Merwe, Deon Stegmann, Pedrie Wannenburg, Jacques-Louis Potgieter, Jaco van der Westhuyzen.
10 Mar 2010, 15:14 pm
@Blouste: I think this is wise and mature speak from Spies. A more cynical person would say this exhibits a lack of confidence amongst the Bulls but it shows they’re not taking anything for granted. I can see the Bulls giving the Landers a snotklap of note.
10 Mar 2010, 19:08 pm
Copy and paste day at the office?
10 Mar 2010, 19:57 pm
There’s someone missing from the Waratahs team sheet. Their player 23 – Paul Marks and player 24 – Matt Goddard.
11 Mar 2010, 07:56 am
Carlos back in the starting line-up……. What is Dickie thinking? For all the King’s know-how, surely the development of Burton should be top-priority, the mind boggles.
11 Mar 2010, 11:33 am
Sharks team has been named on their site.
15. Stefan Terblanche
14. Odwa Ndungane
13. Adi Jacobs
12. Riaan Swanepoel
11. JP Pietersen
10. Andy B Goode
9. Ruan Pienaar
8. Ryan Kankowski
7. Willem Alberts
6. Jacques Botes
5. Johann Muller
4. Steven Sykes
3. John Smit
2. Bismarck Du Plessis
1. Beast Mtatawira
16. Craig Burden
17. Jannie Kannie Scrumnie
18. Al Hargreaves
19. Jean Deysel
20. Keegan Daniel
21. Rory Kockott
22. Waylon Murray
11 Mar 2010, 11:35 am
The biggest problem for the bulls is complacency and after reading what spies said i hopr their heads are firmly on the ground because complacency has ruined many a teams past results so go bulls and do what kzn king shark has suggested give the highlanders a lekker snotklap.
11 Mar 2010, 11:36 am
@Oubaas2009: Bollocks!!!!
11 Mar 2010, 11:39 am
@stormer in a teacup: go have a look sharksrugby,co,za
11 Mar 2010, 11:39 am
I forgot to add i hope the rest of the SA teams also win and make it a good day for SA rugby.
11 Mar 2010, 11:41 am
@stormer in a teacup: Not a comment on your comment, boet.
11 Mar 2010, 11:43 am
@blueboy: Likewise..!
11 Mar 2010, 11:44 am
@blueboy: Great to hear mutual respect and support from the different fans!
11 Mar 2010, 12:14 pm
Spies says “last year in Dunedin…….” we got spanked SO badly we forgot we were in Palmerston North !
11 Mar 2010, 12:28 pm
@Black Panther: mate, lots of fans here already given the game to the Bulls… 80 minutes before the final whistle even blows…
11 Mar 2010, 15:48 pm
@poppa69:
Luckily you/fans/people on this blog don`t decide if the Bulls will win or loose this weekend. The players themselves make that call. So a few over excited/arrogant supporters don’t bother me at all. The Bulls stay humble and down to earth , just as Spies has said…. And they are looking forward for revence.
But I silently believe the Bulls will thrash them this weekend…
11 Mar 2010, 15:50 pm
@DAN_MAN:
Revence = Revenge
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