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Super Rugby Round 18 Picks - Starting Teams 9 views
16 June 2011 by The Swede Eaters
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It is do or die for teams with Super Rugby Round 18 having some mouth watering battles. The Bulls vs Sharks is the game of the round!
Super Rugby Round 18 brings the curtain down on the season for nine teams, while only the top six will survive to battle for the title. There are plenty of mouth watering clashes with the Bulls vs Sharks set to be a winner takes all battle in Pretoria. It looks like only one of these two Super Rugby powerhouses will survive unless there is some sort of trickery. This week will see teams that have already qualified for the finals like the Blues, Crusaders and Stormers playing derby matches, but any thought of collusion must go out the window. After all the effort that some teams have made to travel through the volcanic ash, the last thing that players from teams who will be eliminated is to put in a bad performance. It is the last chance for players to push for Rugby World Cup selection, while there are plenty of players who are putting on their team jersey for the last time. Players will leave as part of the exodus after the Rugby World Cup 2011, so there will be plenty to play for. Surely the two local derbies per country this round are enough incentive for teams even out of the reckoning, to give 100 percent, rather than let their opponent take their opportunity to get ahead of them in the pecking order for national honours. The other factor with derbies are the large number of tight games and upsets. You are never out of the running in tipping competitions with so much at stake!
For www.testrugby.com managers I have included the named teams so make sure your players are taking the field and not injured or suspended! It is time to take chances if you need to make up ground!
For the record my Top Six will be the Stormers, Reds, Blues, Crusaders, Bulls and Waratahs.
Teams: Blues vs Highlanders
Time: 17/06/2011 19:35
Venue: Eden Park
Pick: Home team by 13 & above
Teams: Rebels vs Western Force
Time: 17/06/2011 21:30
Venue: AAMI Park
Pick: Away team by 12 & under
Teams: Chiefs vs Reds
Time: 18/06/2011 17:30
Venue: Waikato Stadium
Pick: Home team by 12 & under
Teams: Crusaders vs Hurricanes
Time: 18/06/2011 19:35
Venue: Westpac Stadium
Pick: Home team by 13 & above
Teams: Waratahs vs Brumbies
Time: 18/06/2011 21:30
Venue: Stadium Australia
Pick: Home team by 12 & under
Teams: Bulls vs Sharks
Time: 19/06/2011 03:05
Venue: Loftus Versfeld
Pick: Home team by 12 & under
Teams: Cheetahs vs Stormers
Time: 19/06/2011 05:10
Venue: Free State Rugby Stadium
Pick: Away team by 12 & under
The starting teams - make sure you check all your players are playing.
BLUES vs HIGHLANDERS , AUCKLAND, FRI 09:35
Blues -15 Jared Payne, 14 Joe Rokocoko, 13 Benson Stanley, 12 Luke McAlister, 11 Lachie Munro, 10 Stephen Brett, 9 Chris Smylie, 8 Peter Saili, 7 Luke Braid, 6 Jerome Kaino, 5 Ali Williams, 4 Anthony Boric, 3 John Afoa, 2 Keven Mealamu (c), 1 Charlie Faumuina.
Subs: 16 Tom McCartney, 17 Tevita Mailau, 18 Chris Lowrey, 19 Sean Polwart, 20 Alby Mathewson, 21 Winston Stanley, 22 Sherwin Stowers.
Highlanders: Jamie Mackintosh (C), Jason Rutledge, Chris King, Jarrad Hoeata, Tom Donnelly, Adam Thomson, Alando Soakai, Nasi Manu, Jimmy Cowan, Tony Brown, Siale Piutau, Shaun Treeby , Kendrick Lynn, Matt Saunders, Ben Smith.
Reserves: Mo Schwalger, Bronson Murray, Josh Bekhuis, Nick Croswell, Aaron Smith, Robbie Robinson, Telusa Veainu
REBELS vs FORCE, MELBOURNE, FRI 11:40
Rebels: Mark Gerrard, Richard Kingi, Afusipa Taumoepeau, Stirling Mortlock (capt), Cooper Vuna, Danny Cipriani, Nick Phipps, Gareth Delve, Michael Lipman, Jarrod Saffy, Adam Byrnes, Alister Campbell, Greg Somerville, Ged Robinson, Nic Henderson. Res: Adam Freier, Laurie Weeks, Kevin O'Neill, Tim Davidson, Lachlan Mitchell, Peter Betham, Julian Huxley.
Force – 15 Patrick Dellit, 14 Alfie Mafi, 13 Mitch Inman, 12 Rory Sidey, 11 David Smith, 10 James Stannard, 9 Brett Sheehan, 8 Richard Brown, 7 David Pocock (c), 6 Matt Hodgson, 5 Sam Wykes, 4 Ben McCalman, 3 Matt Dunning, 2 Nathan Charles, 1 Kieran Longbottom.
Subs: 16 Ben Whittaker, 17 Tetera Faulkner, 18 Tom Hockings, 19 Jono Jenkins, 20 Mark Swanepoel, 21 Willie Ripia, 22 Cameron Shepherd
CHIEFS vs REDS, HAMILTON, 07:30
Chiefs :1. Ben May , 2. Aled de Malmanche , 3. Nathan White , 4. Craig Clarke , 5. Romana Graham , 6. Liam Messam , 7. Tanerau Latimer , 8. Fritz Lee , 9. Brendon Leonard , 10. Stephen Donald , 11. Sitiveni Sivivatu , 12. Dwayne Sweeney , 13. Save Tokula , 14. Lelia Masaga , 15. Mils Muliaina (Captain)
Reserves: , 16. Hika Elliot , 17. Ben Afeaki , 18. Culum Retallick , 19. Matt Vant Leven , 20. Tawera Kerr-Barlow , 21. Tim Nanai-Williams , 22. Jackson Willison
Reds squad to play Chiefs
Forwards: Ben Coridas, Ben Daley, Saia Faingaa, Liam Gill, James Hanson, Scott Higginbotham, Greg Holmes, James Horwill (c), Radike Samo, Jake Schatz, Rob Simmons, James Slipper, Adam Wallace-Harrison
Backs: Will Chambers, Quade Cooper, Rod Davies, Will Genia (vc), Jono Lance, Dallan Murphy, Ian Prior, Dom Shipperley, Caleb Ralph, Ben Tapuai.
CRUSADERS vs HURRICANES, WELLINGTON, SAT 09:35
Crusaders team 1. Ben Franks . 2. Corey Flynn . 3. Owen Franks . 4. Brad Thorn . 5. Sam Whitelock . 6. George Whitelock . 7. Matt Todd . 8. Kieran Read (c) . 9. Andy Ellis . 10. Dan Carter . 11. Zac Guildford . 12. Ryan Crotty . 13. Robbie Fruean . 14. Brent Ward . 15. Tom Marshall
16. Quentin MacDonald . 17. Wyatt Crockett . 18. Luke Romano . 19. Jonathan Poff . 20. Willi Heinz . 21. Matt Berquist . 22. Tu Umaga-Marshall
Hurricanes team: 1. John Schwalger,2. Andrew Hore (c) ,3. Neemia Tialata,4. Jeremy Thrush,5. James Broadhurst,6. Faifili Levave,7. Jack Lam,8. Victor Vito,9. Piri Weepu,10. Aaron Cruden,11. Hosea Gear,12. Ma'a Nonu,13. Alapati Leiua,14. Julian Savea,15. Cory Jane
Reserves:16. Laurence Corlett,17. Anthony Perenise,18. Jason Eaton,19. Mark Reddish ,20. Chris Eaton,21. Jayden Hayward,22. Richard Buckman
WARATAHS vs BRUMBIES, SYDNEY, SAT 11:40
Waratahs – 15 Kurtley Beale; 14 Lachie Turner, 13 Ryan Cross, 12 Tom Carter, 11 Afa Pakalani; 10 Daniel Halangahu, 9 Luke Burgess; 8 Dave Dennis, 7 Phil Waugh (c), 6 Dean Mumm, 5 Sitaleki Timani, 4 Pat O’Connor, 3 Al Baxter, 2 Tatafu Polota-Nau, 1 Benn Robinson.
Subs: 16 John Ulugia, 17 Jeremy Tilse, 18 Dan Vickerman, 19 Chris Alcock, 20 Hugh Perrett, 21 Josh Holmes, 22 Sosene Anese.
Brumbies – TBC
BULLS vs SHARKS, PRETORIA, SAT 17:05
Bulls – 15 Zane Kirchner, 14 Gerhard van den Heever, 13 Jaco Pretorius, 12 Wynand Olivier, 11 Bjorn Basson, 10 Morne Steyn, 9 Francois Hougaard, 8 Pierre Spies, 7 Dewald Potgieter, 6 Deon Stegmann, 5 Victor Matfield (c), 4 Bakkies Botha, 3 Werner Kruger, 2 Chiliboy Ralepelle, 1 Dean Greyling.
Subs: 16 Gary Botha, 17 Rossouw de Klerk, 18 Flip van der Merwe, 19 Danie Rossouw, 20 Fourie du Preez, 21 Francois Brummer, 22 Akona Ndungane.
Sharks – TBC
CHEETAHS vs STORMERS, BLOEMFONTEIN, SAT 19:10
Cheetahs – 15 Hennie Daniller, 14 Riaan Viljoen, 13 Robert Ebersohn, 12 Barry Geel, 11 Rayno Benjamin, 10 Sias Ebersohn, 9 Sarel Pretorius, 8 Davon Raubenheimer, 7 Ashley Johnson, 6 Johan Wessels, 5 Martin Muller, 4 Francois Uys, 3 WP Nel, 2 Adriaan Strauss (capt), 1 Coenie Oosthuizen.
Subs: 16 Ryno Barnes, 17 Lourens Adriaanse, 18 Izak van der Westhuizen, 19 Pieter Myburgh, 20 Tewis de Bruyn, 21 Corné Uys, 22 Riaan Smit.
Stormers – 15 Gio Aplon, 14 Jean de Villiers, 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 (c), 5 Andries Bekker, 4 Rynhardt Elstadt, 3 Brok Harris, 2 Tiaan Liebenberg, 1 Wicus Blaauw
Subs: 16 Deon Fourie, 17 Frans Malherbe, 18 Anton van Zyl, 19 Nick Koster, 2o Louis Schroeder, 21 Johann Sadie 22 Conrad Jantjes.
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