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Week 3 of Super Rugby sees the Brumbies , Highlanders , Kings taking the free 4 points.
Super Rugby Friday starts the weekend with 3 games back to back.
| Blues V. Crusaders | ||
|---|---|---|
| Date: | Friday 01 March | |
| Location: | Eden Park, Auckland | |
| Kickoff: | 7:30pm (L), 5:30pm (AEDT) | |
| Blues | Crusaders | |
| Tom McCartney | 1 | Wyatt Crockett |
| James Parsons | 2 | Corey Flynn |
| Charlie Faumuina | 3 | Owen Franks |
| Callum Retallick | 4 | Luke Romano |
| Ali Williams (c) | 5 | Sam Whitelock |
| Steven Luatua | 6 | George Whitelock |
| Luke Braid | 7 | Matt Todd |
| Peter Saili | 8 | Kieran Read (c) |
| Piri Weepu | 9 | Andrew Ellis |
| Chris Noakes | 10 | Daniel Carter |
| George Moala | 11 | Israel Dagg |
| Francis Saili | 12 | Ryan Crotty |
| Rene Ranger | 13 | Robbie Fruen |
| Frank Halai | 14 | Adam Whitelock |
| Charles Piutau | 15 | Tom Taylor |
| Reserves | ||
| Quentin Macdonald | 16 | Ben Funnell |
| Angus Ta’avao | 17 | Joe Moody |
| Liaki Moli | 18 | Dominic Bird |
| Brendon O’Connor | 19 | Luke Whitelock |
| Bryn Hall | 20 | Willie Heinz |
| Baden Kerr | 21 | Tyler Bleyendaal |
| Jackson Willison | 22 | Tom Marshall |
| Referee: | Chris Pollock | |
| Assistant Referee 1: | Jonathon White | |
| Assistant Referee 2: | Sheldon Eden-Whaitiri | |
| TMO: | Ben Skeen |
| Waratahs V. Rebels | ||
|---|---|---|
| Date: | Friday 01 March | |
| Location: | Allianz Stadium, Sydney | |
| Kickoff: | 7:20pm (L, AEDT) | |
| Waratahs | Rebels | |
| Benn Robinson | 1 | Nic Henderson |
| Tatafu Polota-Nau | 2 | Ged Robinson |
| Sekope Kepu | 3 | Laurie Weeks |
| Mitchell Chapman | 4 | Hugh Pyle |
| Kane Douglas | 5 | Caderyn Neville |
| Dave Dennis (c) | 6 | Luke Jones |
| Michael Hooper | 7 | Scott Fuglistaller |
| Wycliff Palu | 8 | Scott Higginbotham |
| Brendan McKibbin | 9 | Nick Phipps |
| Bernard Foley | 10 | Kurtley Beale |
| Drew Mitchell | 11 | Richard Kingi |
| Tom Carter | 12 | Rory Sidey |
| Adam Ashley-Cooper | 13 | Mitch Inman |
| Tom Kingston | 14 | Lachlan Mitchell |
| Israel Folau | 15 | James O’Connor (c) |
| Reserves | ||
| John Ulugia | 16 | Shota Horie |
| Jeremy Tilse | 17 | Paul Alo-Emile |
| Paddy Ryan | 18 | Jordy Reid |
| Greg Peterson | 19 | Jarrod Saffy |
| Lopeti Timani | 20 | Nic Stirzaker |
| Matt Lucas | 21 | Angus Roberts |
| Ben Volavola | 22 | Tom English |
| Referee: | Rohan Hoffmann | |
| Assistant Referee 1: | James Leckie | |
| Assistant Referee 2: | Ed Martin | |
| TMO: | Matt Goddard |
| Reds V. Hurricanes | ||
|---|---|---|
| Date: | Friday 01 March | |
| Location: | Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane | |
| Kickoff: | 8:20pm (L), 9:20pm (AEDT) | |
| Reds | Hurricanes | |
| Greg Holmes | 1 | Ben Franks |
| Saia Faingaa | 2 | Dane Coles |
| James Slipper (c) | 3 | Jeffrey Toomaga-Allen |
| Rob Simmons | 4 | Jeremy Thrush |
| Ed O’Donoghue | 5 | Jason Eaton |
| Ed Quirk | 6 | Victor Vito |
| Liam Gill | 7 | Karl Lowe |
| Jake Schatz | 8 | Brad Shield |
| Ben Lucas | 9 | TJ Perenara |
| Quade Cooper | 10 | Beauden Barrett |
| Digby Ioane | 11 | Julian Savea |
| Ben Tapuai | 12 | Tim Bateman |
| Chris Feauia-Sautia | 13 | Conrad Smith (c) |
| Dom Shipperley | 14 | Alapati Leiua |
| Aidan Toua | 15 | Andre Taylor |
| Reserves | ||
| James Hanson | 16 | Motu Matu’u |
| Albert Anae | 17 | Reggie Goodes |
| Adam Wallace-Harrison | 18 | James Broadhurst |
| Radike Samo | 19 | Faifili Levave |
| Mick Frisby | 20 | Chris Smylie |
| Mike Harris | 21 | James Marshal |
| Luke Morahan | 22 | Reynold Lee-Lo |
| Referee: | Steve Walsh | |
| Assistant Referee 1: | Andrew Lees | |
| Assistant Referee 2: | Damien Mitchelmore | |
| TMO: | Steve Leszczynski |
There’s only one game on Saturday due to the Waratahs boys frocking up for some parade.
| Chiefs v Cheetahs | ||
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| Date: | Saturday 02 March | |
| Location: | Waikato Stadium, Hamilton | |
| Kickoff: | 7:35pm (L), 5:35pm (AEDT) | |
| Chiefs | Cheetahs | |
| Pauliasi Manu | 1 | Trevor Nyakane |
| Hika Elliot | 2 | Adriaan Strauss (c) |
| Ben Afeaki | 3 | Lourens Adriaanse |
| Michael Fitzgerald | 4 | Lood de Jager |
| Brodie Retallick | 5 | Francois Uys |
| Liam Messam (c) | 6 | Frans Viljoen |
| Sam Cane | 7 | Lappies Labuschagne |
| Fritz Lee | 8 | Phillip van der Walt |
| Augustine Pulu | 9 | Sarel Pretorius |
| Aaron Cruden | 10 | Johan Goosen |
| Asaeli Tikoirotuma | 11 | Raymond Rhule |
| Bundee Aki | 12 | Robert Ebersohn |
| Tim Nanai-Williams | 13 | Johan Sadie |
| Lelia Masaga | 14 | Willie le Roux |
| Gareth Anscombe | 15 | Hennie Daniller |
| Reserves | ||
| Rhys Marshall | 16 | Ryno Barnes |
| Ben Tameifuna | 17 | Coenie Oosthuizen |
| Craig Clarke | 18 | Ligtoring Landman |
| Tanerau Latimer | 19 | Boom Prinsloo |
| Tawera Kerr-Barlow | 20 | Piet van Zyl |
| Charlie Ngatai | 21 | Riaan Smit |
| Patrick Osborne | 22 | Ryno Benjamin |
| Referee: | Mike Fraser | |
| Assistant Referee 1: | Garratt Williamson | |
| Assistant Referee 2: | Glen Jackson | |
| TMO: | Vinny Munro |
And that leaves us with the South African home games in the wee small hours of Sunday morning.
| Bulls v Force | ||
|---|---|---|
| Date: | Saturday 02 March | |
| Location: | Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria | |
| Kickoff: | 5:05pm (L), 2:05am (AEDT) | |
| Bulls | Force | |
| Morne Mellet | 1 | Pek Cowan |
| Chiliboy Ralepelle | 2 | Nathan Charles |
| Werner Kruger | 3 | Salesi Ma’afu |
| Flip van der Merwe | 4 | Toby Lynn |
| Juandre Kruger | 5 | Hugh McMeniman |
| Arno Botha | 6 | Angus Cottrell |
| Jacques Potgieter | 7 | Matt Hodgson (c) |
| Pierre Spies (c) | 8 | Richard Brown |
| Francois Hougaard | 9 | Alby Mathewson |
| Morne Steyn | 10 | Sias Ebersohn |
| Bjorn Basson | 11 | Alfie Mafi |
| Wynand Olivier | 12 | Kyle Godwin |
| Lionel Mapoe | 13 | Winston Stanley |
| Sampie Mastriet | 14 | Nick Cummins |
| Zane Kirchner | 15 | Will Tupou |
| Reserves | ||
| Willie Wepener | 16 | Heath Tessmann |
| Frik Kirsten | 17 | Tetera Faulkner |
| Grant Hattingh | 18 | Sam Wykes |
| Jean Cook | 19 | Ben McCalman |
| Jano Vermaak | 20 | Chris Alcock |
| Louis Fouchè | 21 | Mick Snowden |
| Jan Serfontein | 22 | Jayden Hayward |
| Referee: | Jason Jaftha | |
| Assistant Referee 1: | Lourens van der Merwe | |
| Assistant Referee 2: | Sieg van Staden | |
| TMO: | Johan Greeff |
| Sharks v Stormers | ||
|---|---|---|
| Date: | Saturday 02 March | |
| Location: | Kings Park, Durban | |
| Kickoff: | 7:10pm (L), 4:10am (AEDT) | |
| Sharks | Stormers | |
| Tendai Mtawarira | 1 | Steven Kitshoff |
| Craig Burden | 2 | Deon Fourie |
| Jannie du Plessis | 3 | Frans Malherbe |
| Anton Bressler | 4 | De Kock Steenkamp |
| Franco van der Merwe | 5 | Andries Bekker |
| Marcell Coetzee | 6 | Siya Kolisi |
| Jean Deysel | 7 | Rynhardt Elstadt |
| Ryan Kankowski | 8 | Duane Vermeulen |
| Cobus Reinach | 9 | Nic Groom |
| Patrick Lambie | 10 | Elton Jantjies |
| Lwazi Mvovo | 11 | Bryan Habana |
| Francois Steyn (c) | 12 | Damian de Allende |
| Paul Jordaan | 13 | Jean de Villiers (c) |
| JP Pietersen | 14 | Gio Aplon |
| Louis Ludik | 15 | Joe Pietersen |
| Reserves | ||
| Kyle Cooper | 16 | Martin Bezuidenhout |
| Wiehahn Herbst | 17 | Pat Cilliers |
| Pieter-Steph du Toit | 18 | Don Armand |
| Jacques Botes | 19 | Nizaam Carr |
| Charl McLeod | 20 | Louis Schreuder |
| Meyer Bosman | 21 | Peter Grant |
| Odwa Ndungane | 22 | Gerhard van den Heever |
| Referee: | Jonathon Kaplan | |
| Assistant Referee 1: | Jaco Peyper | |
| Assistant Referee 2: | Cobus Wessels | |
| TMO: | Shaun Veldsman |
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