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| Highlanders vs Hurricanes | ||
|---|---|---|
| Date: | Friday 15 March | |
| Location: | Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin | |
| Kickoff: | 7:35pm (L), 5:35pm (AEDT) | |
| Highlanders | Hurricanes | |
| Tony Woodcock | 1 | Ben Franks |
| Andrew Hore | 2 | Motu Matu’u |
| Chris King | 3 | Ben May |
| Brad Thorn | 4 | Jeremy Thrush |
| Jarrad Hoeata | 5 | Jason Eaton |
| Joe Wheeler | 6 | Brad Shields |
| John Hardie | 7 | Karl Lowe |
| Elliot Dixon | 8 | Victor Vito |
| Aaron Smith | 9 | TJ Perenara |
| Colin Slade | 10 | Beauden Barrett |
| Hosea Gear | 11 | Julian Savea |
| Phil Burleigh | 12 | Tim Bateman |
| Jason Emery | 13 | Conrad Smith |
| Kade Poki | 14 | Alapati Leiua |
| Ben Smith | 15 | James Marshall |
| Reserves | ||
| Brayden Mitchell | 16 | Ash Dixon |
| Ma’afu Fia | 17 | Jeffery Toomaga-Allen |
| Jake Paringatai | 18 | James Broadhurst |
| T.J. Ioane | 19 | Faifili Levave |
| Fumiaki Tanaka | 20 | Chris Smylie |
| Lima Sopoaga | 21 | Tusi Pisi |
| Buxton Popoalii | 22 | Andre Taylor |
| Referee: | Francisco Pastrana (Argentina) |
| Waratahs vs Cheetahs | ||
|---|---|---|
| Date: | Friday 15 March | |
| Location: | Allianz Stadium, Sydney | |
| Kickoff: | 7:40pm (L, AEDT) | |
| Waratahs | Cheetahs | |
| Benn Robinson | 1 | Trevor Nyakane |
| John Ulugia | 2 | Adriaan Strauss |
| Paddy Ryan | 3 | Laurens Adriaanse |
| Sitaleki Timani | 4 | Lodewyk de Jager |
| Kane Douglas | 5 | Francois Uys |
| Dave Dennis | 6 | Frans Viljoen |
| Michael Hooper | 7 | Pieter Labuschagne |
| Patrick McCutcheon | 8 | Philip van der Walt |
| Brendan McKibbin | 9 | Sarel Pretorius |
| Bernard Foley | 10 | Johan Goosen |
| Peter Betham | 11 | Raymond Rhule |
| Berrick Barnes | 12 | Robert Ebersohn |
| Adam Ashley-Cooper | 13 | Johann Sadie |
| Lachie Turner | 14 | Willie le Roux |
| Israel Folau | 15 | Hennie Daniller |
| Reserves | ||
| Luke Holmes | 16 | Ryno Barnes |
| Jeremy Tilse | 17 | Coenie Oosthuizen |
| Mitchell Chapman | 18 | Ligtoring Landman |
| Lopeti Timani | 19 | Heinrich Brussow |
| Matt Lucas | 20 | Piet van Zyl |
| Ben Volavola | 21 | Riaan Smit |
| Rob Horne | 22 | Ryno Benjamin |
| Referee: | Garratt Williamson |
| Southern Kings vs Chiefs | ||
|---|---|---|
| Date: | Saturday 9 March | |
| Location: | Rugby Park, Invercargill | |
| Kickoff: | 5:35pm (AEDT) | |
| Southern Kings | Chiefs | |
| Schalk Ferreira | 1 | Toby Smith |
| Bandise Maku | 2 | Hikawera Elliott |
| Kevin Buys | 3 | Ben Afeaki |
| Darron Nell | 4 | Craig Clarke |
| Steven Sykes | 5 | Mike Fitzgerald |
| Cornell du Preez | 6 | Liam Messam |
| Petrus van der Walt | 7 | Tanerau Latimer |
| Jacques Engelbrecht | 8 | Ross Filipo |
| Shaun Venter | 9 | Tawera Kerr-Barlow |
| Demetri Catrakilis | 10 | Aaron Cruden |
| Sergeal Petersen | 11 | Aseli Tikoirotuma |
| Andries Strauss | 12 | Andrew Horrell |
| Ronald Cooke | 13 | Tim Nanai-Williams |
| Marcello Sampson | 14 | Lelia Masaga |
| Sarel Marias | 15 | Gareth Anscombe |
| Reserves | ||
| Edgar Marutlulle | 16 | Rhys Marshall |
| Jaco Engels | 17 | Pauliasi Manu |
| David Bulbring | 18 | Brodie Retallick |
| Daniel Adongo | 19 | Sam Cane |
| Nicolas Vergallo | 20 | Augustine Pulu |
| George Whitehead | 21 | Charlie Ngatai |
| Hadleigh Parkes | 22 | Patrick Osborne |
| Referee: | Nick Briant |
| Crusaders vs Bulls | ||
|---|---|---|
| Date: | Saturday 16 March | |
| Location: | Ami Stadium, Christchurch | |
| Kickoff: | 7:35pm (L), 5:35pm (AEDT) | |
| Crusaders | Bulls | |
| Wyatt Crockett, | 1 | Morne Mellett, |
| Corey Flynn, | 2 | Willie Wepener, |
| Owen Franks, | 3 | Frik Kirsten, |
| Samuel Whitelock, | 4 | Flip van der Merwe, |
| Dominic Bird, | 5 | Juandre Kruger, |
| George Whitelock, | 6 | Deon Stegmann, |
| Matt Todd, | 7 | Arno Botha, |
| Kieran Read (c), | 8 | Pierre Spies (c), |
| Andy Ellis, | 9 | Jano Vermaak, |
| Dan Carter, | 10 | Morne Steyn, |
| Johnny McNicholl, | 11 | Jurgen Visser, |
| Ryan Crotty, | 12 | Wynand Olivier, |
| Robbie Fruean, | 13 | JJ Engelbrecht, |
| Tom Marshall, | 14 | Akona Ndungane, |
| Israel Dagg | 15 | Zane Kirchner |
| Reserves | ||
| Ben Funnell, | 16 | Chiliboy Ralepelle, |
| Joe Moody, | 17 | Werner Kruger, |
| Tom Donnelly, | 18 | Grant Hattingh, |
| Luke Whitelock, | 19 | Jacques Potgieter, |
| Willi Heinz, | 20 | Francois Hougaard, |
| Tyler Bleyendaal, | 21 | Louis Fouche, |
| Adam Whitelock | 22 | Jan Serfontein |
| Referee: | Chris Pollock |
| Reds vs Western Force | ||
|---|---|---|
| Date: | Saturday 16 March | |
| Location: | Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane | |
| Kickoff: | 6:40pm (L), 7:40pm (AEDT) | |
| Reds | Western Force | |
| Greg Holmes | 1 | Pek Cowan |
| Saia Faingaa | 2 | Nathan Charles |
| James Slipper | 3 | Salesi Ma’afu |
| Ed O’Donoghue | 4 | Toby Lynn |
| Rob Simmons | 5 | Hugh McMeniman |
| Ed Quirk | 6 | Angus Cottrell |
| Liam Gill | 7 | Chris Alcock |
| Jake Schatz | 8 | Richard Brown |
| Will Genia | 9 | Alby Mathewson |
| Quade Cooper | 10 | Sias Ebersohn |
| Chris Feauai-Sautia | 11 | Alfie Mafi |
| Ben Tapuai | 12 | Kyle Godwin |
| Anthony Faingaa | 13 | Winston Stanley |
| Luke Morahan | 14 | Pat Dellit |
| Jono Lance | 15 | Will Tupou |
| Reserves | ||
| James Hanson | 16 | Heath Tessmann |
| Albert Anae | 17 | Tetera Faulkner |
| Adam Wallace-Harrison | 18 | Phoenix Battye |
| Jarrad Butler | 19 | Ben McCalman |
| Nick Frisby | 20 | Mick Snowden |
| Michael Harris | 21 | Junior Rasolea |
| Aidan Toua | 22 | Jayden Hayward |
| Referee: | Angus Gardner |
| Sharks vs Brumbies | ||
|---|---|---|
| Date: | Saturday 16 March | |
| Location: | Kings Park | |
| Kickoff: | 5:05pm (L), 2:05am (AEDT) | |
| Sharks | Brumbies | |
| Tendai Mtawarira. | 1 | Scott Sio |
| Craig Burden | 2 | Stephen Moore |
| Jannie du Plessis | 3 | Ben Alexander |
| Anton Bresler | 4 | Peter Kimlin |
| Franco van der Merwe | 5 | Sam Carter |
| Marcell Coetzee | 6 | Ben Mowen (c) |
| Keegan Daniel (captain) | 7 | George Smith |
| Ryan Kankowski | 8 | Fotu Auelua |
| Charl McLeod | 9 | Nic White |
| Patrick Lambie | 10 | Matt Toomua |
| Odwa Ndungane | 11 | Joe Tomane |
| Francois Steyn | 12 | Christian Lealiifano |
| Paul Jordaan | 13 | Tevita Kuridrani |
| JP Pietersen | 14 | Henry Speight |
| Louis Ludik | 15 | Jesse Mogg |
| Reserves | ||
| Kyle Cooper | 16 | Siliva Siliva |
| Wiehahn Herbst | 17 | Ruaidhri Murphy |
| Pieter-Steph du Toit | 18 | Scott Fardy |
| Jacques Botes | 19 | Colby Faingaa |
| Cobus Reinach | 20 | Ian Prior |
| Meyer Bosman | 21 | Robbie Coleman |
| Lwazi Mvovo. | 22 | Clyde Rathbone |
| Referee: | Jonathan Kaplan |
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