Non-Australian Super Rugby Matches - Round 5

[waiopehu oldboy]

Hurricanes v Kings - Westpac Stadium, Wellington

Referee: Brendon Pickerill
Assistant Referees: Nick Briant, Kane McBride
TMO: Aaron Paterson

The Kings must have already shipped more points in Rounds 1-4 than anyone in Super Rugby history & you'd have to think another thrashing awaits........

Coach Boyd seems to have lost patience with Julian Savea who can't even make the 23, Jason Woodward gets his spot. Victor Vito is injured so there's a few changes in the 4-8 department.

Hurricanes: 15. James Marshall, 14. Cory Jane, 13. Willis Halaholo, 12. Ngami Laumape, 11. Jason Woodward, 10. Beauden Barrett, 9. TJ Perenara, 8. Blade Thomson, 7. Ardie Savea, 6. Vaea Fifita, 5. Mark Abbott, 4. Michael Fatialofa, 3. Jeff To'omaga-Allen, 2. Dane Coles (c), 1. Chris Eves. 16. Ricky Riccitelli, 17. Loni Uhila, 18. Ben May, 19. Geoff Cridge, 20. Callum Gibbins, 21. Te Toiroa Tahuriorangi, 22. Vince Aso, 23. Matt Proctor.

Kings have made five changes.

Kings: 15 Jurgen Visser, 14 Luzuko Vulindlu, 13 Stefan Watermeyer, 12 Shane Gates (vc), 11 Malcolm Jaer, 10 Louis Fouché, 9 Ntando Kebe, 8 Jacques Engelbrecht, 7 Stefan Willemse, 6 CJ Velleman, 5 JC Astle, 4 Steven Sykes (c), 3 Jacobie Adriaanse, 2 Edgar Marutlulle, 1 Sti Sithole
Replacements: 16 Martin Bezuidenhoudt, 17 Justin Ackerman, 18 Tom Botha, 19 Schalk Oelofse, 20 Chris Cloete, 21 Kevin Luiters, 22 Elgar Watts, 23 JP Du Plessis

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

Sunwolves v Bulls - Singapore National Stadium

Referee: William Houston
Assistant Referees: Shushei Kubo, Aki Aso
TMO: Takashi Hareda

Sunwolves: 15 Riaan Viljoen, 14 Viliami Lolohea, 13 Harumichi Tatekawa , 12 Yu Tamura, 11 Akihito Yamada, 10 Tusi Pisi, 9 Kaito Shigeno, 8 Tomas Leonardi, 7 Andrew Durutalo, 6 Yoshiya Hosoda, 5 Liaki Moli, 4 Hitoshi Ono , 3 Takuma Asahara, 2 Shota Horie (c), 1 Keith Inagaki, 16 Futoshi Mori,17 Masataka Mikami, 18 Shinosuke Kakinaga, 19 Shinya Makabe, 20 Ed Quirk, 21 Yuki Yatomi, 22 Mifiposeti Paea, 23 Yasutaka Sasakura

Bulls: 15 Warrick Gelant, 14 Jamba Ulengo, 13 Jesse Kriel, 12 Burger Odendaal, 11 Bjorn Basson, 10 Tian Schoeman, 9 Rudy Paige, 8 Arno Botha, 7 Jannes Kirsten, 6 Roelof Smit, 5 RG Snyman, 4 Jason Jenkins, 3 Marcel van der Merwe, 2 Adriaan Strauss (c), 1 Lizo Gqoboka, 16 Bandise Maku, 17 Trevor Nyakane, 18 Pierre Schoeman, 19 Nicolaas Janse van Rensburg, 20 Nic de Jager, 21 Piet van Zyl, 22 Francois Brummer, 23 Jan Serfontein

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

Sharks v Crusaders - Growthpoint Kings Park, Durban

Referee: Jaco Peyper
Assistant Referees: Jaco van Heerden, Cwengile Jadezweni
TMO: Johan Greeff

Last year serial meathead Jan Deysel got himself red-carded & watched his mates get butchered 52-10. One imagines they'll try to keep 15 on the field at all times & look to dish out some payback............

Sharks: 15 Willie le Roux, 14 JP Pietersen, 13 Paul Jordaan, 12 Andre Esterhuizen, 11 Lwazi Mvovo, 10 Joe Pietersen, 9 Cobus Reinach, 8 Philip van der Walt, 7 Jean-Luc du Preez, 6 Marcell Coetzee, 5 Stephan Lewies, 4 Etienne Oosthuizen, 3 Coenie Oosthuizen, 2 Franco Marais, 1 Tendai Mtawarira (c), 16 Kyle Cooper, 17 Juan Schoeman, 18 Lourens Adriaanse, 19 Hyron Andrews, 20 Daniel du Preez, 21 Michael Claassens, 22 Garth April, 23 Odwa Ndungane

Crusaders: 15. David Haviili, 14. Johnny McNicholl, 13 Kieron Fonotia, 12 Ryan Crotty, 11 Nemani Nadolo, 10 Richie Mo’unga, 9 Andy Ellis, 8 Kieran Read (c), 7 Matt Todd, 6 Jordan Taufua, 5 Sam Whitelock, 4 Scott Barrett, 3 Owen Franks, 2 Codie Taylor, 1 Joe Moody, 16 Ben Funnell, 17 Wyatt Crockett, 18 Mike Ala'alatoa, 19 Luke Romano, 20 Jimmy Tupou, 21 Tim Boys, 22 Mitchell Drummond, 23 Ben Volavola

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

Jaguares v Stormers - Velez Sarsfeld, Buenos Aires

Referee: Chris Pollock
Assistant Referees: Jamie Nutbrown, Federico Anselmi
TMO: Santiago Borasni

Jaguares: 15 Joaquín Tuculet, 14 Matías Orlando, 13 Matías Moroni, 12 Jeronimo de la Fuente, 11 Lucas González Amorosino, 10 Nicolás Sánchez, 9 Martín Landajo, 8 Leonardo Senatore, 7 Tomás Lezana, 6 Pablo Matera, 5 Tomas Lavannini, 4 Matías Alemanno, 3 Felipe Arregui, 2 Agustín Creevy (c), 1 Santiago García Botta, 16 Julián Montoya, 17 Roberto Tejerizo, 18 Enrique Pieretto, 19 Guido Petti, 20 Facundo Isa, 21 Gonzalo Bertranou, 22 Santiago González Iglesias, 23 Santiago Cordero

Stormers: 15 Cheslin Kolbe, 14 Kobus van Wyk, 13 Johnny Kotze, 12 Juan de Jongh (cc), 11 Leolin Zas, 10 Kurt Coleman, 9 Nic Groom, 8 Nizaam Carr, 7 Siya Kolisi, 6 Sikhumbuzo Notshe, 5 JD Schickerling, 4 Eben Etzebeth, 3 Frans Malherbe (cc), 2 Scarra Ntubeni, 1 JC Janse van Rensburg, 16 Bongi Mbonambi, 17 Oli Kebble, 18 Vincent Koch, 19 Jan de Klerk, 20 Schalk Burger, 21 Louis Schreuder, 22 Jean-Luc du Plessis, 23 Huw Jones

 

[Brumby Runner]

Few comments on the officials.

Force probably shouldn't be looking for any favours from Mike Fraser. Have not been impressed with his officiating at all this year.

The Cru can count their lucky stars that Jaco will be assisted by a different TMO this week. Super Rugby probably couldn't stand another farce like last week.

I hope Houston continues to show good form in Singapore. IMO he has been the pick of the Aussie refs this year.

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

First 25 mostly HorrorCanes & 19-3 then the wobbles set in, HT 19-17. Shoulda been 22-10 but Bogan missed a relative sitter. Breeze looks fairly strong by non-Wellywood standards, Kings would have to fancy their chances given how far Foucher can kick it.................

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

Perenara ignores three unmarked players outside him & takes the contact, 'canes knock on. 25-20 & Kings look like they may collect their first point of the season.

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

OK, 'canes no longer in danger of losing & Kings probably not gonna get the losing BP but it's 4 tries to 2 & 'canes would surely have been budgeting on taking all 5 from this so they've got roughly 2:30 to manufacture something.

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

Forward pass, no try, scrum Kings. Penalty Kings, lineout on 'canes 10m line. Overthrown, Bogan goes 60m for the BP try. FT 42-20.

HorrorCanes never really in danger of losing but, geez, if @Dan54 started that with a full head of hair he's got bald patches right now! Perfectly timed bye for them, too.

 

[Sully]

Do you have Bogans in NZ? What's the equivalent?

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

Yes, we have Bogans in NZ. Also KFC & Red Rooster, Burger King & Maccas (not to mention Fords & Holdens). Pretty sure "Bogan" is yet another little piece of NZ that you lot have adopted/ kidnapped & raised as if it were your own...........

 

[Sully]

Yes, we have Bogans in NZ. Also KFC & Red Rooster, Burger King & Maccas (not to mention Fords & Holdens). Pretty sure "Bogan" is yet another little piece of NZ that you lot have adopted/ kidnapped & raised as if it were your own.....

adopted? kidnapped? I don't know what you mean.

 

[Sully]

Seems to have come from Melbourne and is actually a Aboriginal word.

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

Really? Always thought it was an English corruption of an Irish word.

As for the adopted/ kidnapped thing, there's the small matters of the original pavlova recipe, Phar Lap's hide, any number of Strayan bands who are actually kiwi (Dragon & Crowded House spring immediately to mind), our diveball team becoming "Australasian" every time the Strayan one exits a Diveball World Cup......

 

[MarkJ]

any number of Strayan bands who are actually kiwi (Dragon & Crowded House spring immediately to mind)

Hang on, Crowded House were formed in Melbourne and 2 out of 3 members were Australian - how does that make them Kiwi?

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

^^^^^^^^^ It's called irony, bro.

 

[Sully]

I'm happy to call crowded house Kiwi. That Finn boy was the real brains behind the whole thing. You can have Pavlova too.

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

^^^^^^^^^^ if you promise to stop calling Rusty a kiwi every time he biffs someone but Strayan next time he wins an Oscar or suchlike, you got yourself a deal

 

[Sully]

^^^^^^^^^^ if you promise to stop calling Rusty a kiwi every time he biffs someone but Strayan next time he wins an Oscar or suchlike, you got yourself a deal

Great actor but a bit of a wanker. He's a Kiwi.

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

Highlights (& I use that in the broadest possible sense )