Here are your Super Rugby line-ups and kick off times for the day.
Highlanders v Reds (08h35)
Highlanders: 15 Ben Smith (co-captain), 14 Waisake Naholo, 13 Malakai Fekitoa, 12 Jason Emery, 11 Patrick Osborne, 10 Marty Banks, 9 Aaron Smith, 8 Nasi Manu (co-captain), 7 John Hardie, 6 Elliot Dixon, 5 Mark Reddish, 4 Tom Franklin, 3 Ross Geldenhuys, 2 Ash Dixon, 1 Brendon Edmonds.
Replacements: 16 Liam Coltman, 17 Josh Hohneck, 18 Ma’afu Fia, 19 Joe Wheeler, 20 Dan Pryor, 21 Fumiaki Tanaka, 22 Hayden Parker, 23 Kurt Baker.
Reds: 15 Lachie Turner, 14 Chris Kuridrani, 13 Samu Kerevi, 12 Anthony Fainga’a, 11 Chris Feauai-Sautia, 10 James O’Connor, 9 Will Genia, 8 Jake Schatz, 7 Liam Gill, 6 Adam Thomson, 5 Marco Kotze, 4 Dave McDuling, 3 Sam Talakai, 2 Saia Fainga’a, 1 James Slipper (captain).
Replacments: 16 James Hanson, 17 Ben Daley, 18 Sef Faagase, 19 Tom Murday, 20 Curtis Browning, 21 Nick Frisby, 22 Sam Johnson, 23 Campbell Magnay.
Western Force v Hurricanes (13h00)
Western Force: 15 Luke Burton, 14 Luke Morahan, 13 Kyle Godwin, 12 Solomoni Rasolea, 11 Marcel Brache, 10 Zack Holmes, 9 Alby Mathewson, 8 Ben McCalman, 7 Brynard Stander, 6 Angus Cottrell, 5 Steve Mafi, 4 Sam Wykes (captain), 3 Tetera Faulkner, 2 Nathan Charles, 1 Pekahou Cowan.
Replacements: 16 Heath Tessmann, 17 Chris Heiberg, 18 Oliver Hoskins, 19 Rory Walton, 20 Kane Koteka, 21 Ian Prior, 22 Sias Ebersohn, 23 Mitchell Scott.
Hurricanes: 15 James Marshall, 14 Cory Jane, 13 Rey Lee-Lo, 12 Ma’a Nonu, 11 Julian Savea, 10 Beauden Barrett, 9 Chris Smiley, 8 Victor Vito, 7 Brad Shields, 6 Ardie Savea, 5 James Broadhurst, 4 Blade Thomson, 3 Ben Franks, 2 Dane Coles (captain), 1 Reggie Goodes.
Replacements: 16 Brayden Mitchell, 17 Jeffery Toomaga-Allen, 18 Chris Eves, 19 Mark Abbott, 20 Callum Gibbins, 21 TJ Perenara, 22 Matt Proctor, 23 Nehe lner-Skudder.
Cheetahs v Blues (19h10)
Cheetahs: 15 Willie le Roux, 14 Cornal Hendricks, 13 Francois Venter, 12 Michael van der Spuy, 11 Raymond Rhule, 10 Joe Petersen, 9 Sarel Pretorius, 8 Willie Britz, 7 Teboho Mohoje, 6 Jean Cook, 5 Francois Uys (captain), 4 Carl Wegner, 3 Coenie Oosthuizen, 2 Torsten van Jaarsveld, 1 Danie Mienie.
Replacements: 16 Stephan Coetzee, 17 Burrie Uys, 18 Nicolaas van Dyk, 19 Tienie Burger, 20 Johannes Prinsloo, 21 Tian Meyer, 22 Willie du Plessis, 23 Johann Sadie.
Blues: 15 Lolagi Visinia, 14 Melani Nanai, 13 Charles Piutau, 12 Hamish Northcott, 11 Tevita Li, 10 Ihaia West, 9 Jimmy Cowan, 8 Jerome Kaino, 7 Brendon O’Connor, 6 Luke Braid, 5 Patrick Tuipulotu, 4 Josh Bekhuis, 3 Charlie Faumuina, 2 James Parsons, 1 Tony Woodcock.
Replacements: 16 Matt Moulds, 17 Ofa Tu’ungafasi, 18 Angus Ta’avao, 19 Steven Luatua, 20 Akira Ioane, 21 Jamison Gibson-Park, 22 Simon Hickey, 23 Francis Saili.
Tweet
Highlanders 9 – 3 Reds
32mins
Highlanders 17 – 10 Reds
74mins
Final score Landers 20 – 13 Reds
Fulltime
20 – 13
@JarsonX (Comment 4) : beat you by 50 seconds 🙂
@robdylan (Comment 5) : Lol Rob you poacher
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Damn you Mtn 😈
Highlanders by 5
Force by 3
Blues by 3
Force 3 – 5 Canes
16 minutes.
wow that Canes srum is sick! Are the Force that bad, or is Plumtree that good??
Force 3 – 12 Canes
30 minutes.
Half Time
Western Force 6 – 15 Hurricanes
@JarsonX (Comment 8) : Don’t think the Force are going to be doing you any favours today mate.
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Force 6 – 18 Canes
44 minutes.
3 weeks in a row that the Farce has screwed me over 👿
Force 6 – 21 Canes
55 minutes.
Force 6 – 28 Canes
62 minutes.
Force 6 – 35 Canes
65 minutes.
Force 13 – 35 Canes
78 minutes.
FULL TIME
WESTERN FORCE 13 – 42 HURRICANES
So 3 foreign away wins for the Highlanders. Thats a good return for Plum and his boys.
@JarsonX (Comment 16) : 3 unforced errors
@West Indies Cricket Board (Comment 23) : 😆
@Salmonoid the Subtle (Comment 22) : Hurricanes, you mean.
@Salmonoid the Subtle (Comment 22) : The Canes do look strong this year. Maybe it’s not a case of the Bulls being really bad, maybe it’s just a case of the Canes and Stormers being really good this year.
@Ben (Comment 25) : 😳 Yes Canes.
@Ben (Comment 26) : ‘Canes beat the Lions….we beat the Lions.
Almost impossible to read anything into any of these wins. Whoever pitches on the day can get the victory.
@Salmonoid the Subtle (Comment 22) : …and then in true Plum style, they end up losing most of their home games 😈
But, credit to Plum for exposing the talent contained within this ‘Canes team. They’ve always had the talent but never quite played to their potential. Thus far it seems to be a different story.
By the way guys. Which two teams are we not playing against this season?
@Ben (Comment 30) : Blues and Brumbies
@andredewaal (Comment 31) : Thanks.
Cheetahs 7 – 0 Blues
23 minutes.
Cheetahs 7 – 7 Blues
26 minutes.
Cheetahs 12 – 7 Blues
35 minutes.
Cheetahs 12 – 14 Blues
38 minutes.
Half Time
Cheetahs 12 – 14 Blues
This game can still go either way, but the Blues are starting to look very threatening.
Cheetahs 19 – 14 Blues
55 minutes
Raymond Rhule has been poor today.
Cheetahs 19 – 21 Blues
66 minutes.
Cheetahs have missed 28 tackles. Blues 8.
Cheetahs 22 – 21 Blues
71 minutes.
Cheetahs 22 – 24 Blues
74 minutes.
@Ben (Comment 40) : and what about CHAnd CO both Boks,what a joke,how do the Tjietas/Naka justify playing in SR
Cheetahs 25 – 24 Blues
79 minutes.
@Ben (Comment 40) : when last did he lay a decent game for his ream?
@benji (Comment 45) : Who and who now?
West with a drop goal after the hooter….. No good.
Play and team ,I just as bad as them
FULL TIME
CHEETAHS 25 – 24 BLUES
Hendriks and Coenie
Cheetahs very lucky to win this one. Blues had like 70% possession and the Cheetahs had to make just about 3 times the tackles that the Blues had to make. Blues with a few unforced errors in the red zone.
Credit where it’s due though. Cheetahs took their chances. The Blues didn’t.
@benji (Comment 52) : Coenie got motm. Hendriks was okay. He scored a nice try though.
Kak teams drag you down to their level that’s why they often win better teams.
I’m starting to dislike the Cheatahs more than the Bulls.
Sharks need to save up all their pocket money and buy Willie le Roux.
Bit of hate on here for the Cheetahs but they were the more composed of the two teams tonight and got the win as a result. Congrats to the Cheetahs and thanks for not giving a NZ team an easy four points away from home.
Summary of today’s results.
HIGHLANDERS 20 – 13 REDS
WESTERN FORCE 13 – 42 HURRICANES
CHEETAHS 25 – 24 BLUES
@JarsonX (Comment 55) : I could never ever ever ever! 😈
@vanmartin (Comment 57) : Seems we’ll just have to take care of revenge all by our selves 😆