Check out all the starting lineups and squads for this weekend’s Vodacom Super Rugby pre-season fixtures.
FRIDAY
Chiefs vs Blues
Chiefs – 15 Damian McKenzie, 14 Sean Wainui, 13 Quinn Tupaea, 12 Tumua Manu, 11 Sean Stevenson, 10 Kaleb Trask, 9 Te Toiroa Tahuriorangi, 8 Pita Gus Sowakula, 7 Mitchell Karpik, 6 Mitchell Brown, 5 Tyler Ardron, 4 Laghlan McWhannell, 3 Reuben O’Niell, 2 Samisoni Taukei’aho, 1 Ryan Coxon.
Subs: 16 Bradley Slater, 17 Ollie Norris, 18 Ross Geldenhuys, 19 Naitoa Ah Kuoi, 20 Lachlan Boshier, 21 Lisati Milo-Harris, 22 Orbyn Ledger, 23 Solomon Alaimalo, 24 Tiaan Falcon, 25 Leroy Carter, 26 James Thompson, 27 Tupou Vaa’i, 28 Aidan Ross, 29 Simon Parker, 30 Josh Lord, 31 Donald Maka, 32 Bailyn Sullivan, 33 Dylan Nel, 34 Robb Cobb, 35 Alex Nankivell.
Blues – 15 Matt Duffie, 14 Mark Telea, 13 Tamati Tua, 12 TJ Faiane, 11 A J Lam, 10 Otere Black, 9 Jonathan Ruru, 8 Akira Ioane, 7 Blake Gibson, 6 Waimana Riedlinger-Kapa, 5 James Tucker, 4 Jacob Pierce, 3 Marcel Renata, 2 Kurt Eklund, 1 Alex Hodgman.
Subs: 16 Ezekiel Lindenmuth, 17 Tevita Mafileo, 18 Ray Niuia, 19 Luteru Tolai/ Soane Vikena, 20 Sam Caird, 21 Aaron Carroll, 22 Josh Goodhue, 23 Dalton Papalii, 24 Tom Robinson, 25 Tony Lamborn, 26 Hoskins Sotutu, 27 Sam Nock, 28 Lewis Gjaltema, 29 Stephen Perofeta, 30 Jordan Hyland, 31 Harry Plummer, 32 Tanielu Tele’a, 33 Joe Marchant, 34 Emoni Narawa, 35 Zarn Sullivan.
Reds vs Rebels
Reds –Forwards: Dane Zander, Brandon Paenga-Amosa, Alex Mafi, Sean Farrell, Efi Ma’afu, Taniela Tupou, Dave Feao, Josh Nasser, Angus Blyth, Lukhan Salakaia-Loto, Ryan Smith, Tuaina Taii Tualima, Angus Scott-Young, Liam Wright, Harry Wilson, Seru Uru.
Backs: Tate McDermott, Moses Sorovi, Isaac Lucas, James O’Connor, Hamish Stewart, Hunter Paisami, Chris Feauai-Sautia, Filipo Daugunu, Jock Campbell, Ilaisa Droasese, Bryce Hegarty, Lawson Creighton.
Rebels – 15 Harry Jones, 14 Harry Potter, 13 Ben Woollett, 12 Ben Hughes, 11 Glen Vaihau, 10 Andrew Deegan, 9 Theo Strang, 8 Pat Morrey, 7 Mahe Vailanu, 6 Matt Gicquel, 5 Trevor Hosea, 4 Esei Ha’angano (c), 3 Fereti Sa’aga, 2 Declan Moore, 1 Cameron Orr.
Subs: 16 Mees Erasmus, 17 Matt Gibbon, 18 Cabous Eloff, 19 Matt Wilshire, 20 Gideon Koegelenberg, 21 Isaac Kailea, 22 James So’oialo, 23 Reece Fuller, 24 Jamie Glynn, 25 Will Lewesi, 26 Mosese Tuipulotu, 27 Siaosi Asofolau.
Waratahs vs Highlanders
Waratahs – 15 Mark Nawaqanitawase, 14 Cam Clark, 13 Lalakai Foketi, 12 Karmichael Hunt, 11 Alex Newsome, 10 Mack Mason, 9 Jake Gordon; 8 Jed Holloway, 7 Charlie Gamble, 6 Lachlan Swinton, 5 Tom Staniforth, 4 Ryan McCauley, 3 Harry Johnson-Holmes, 2 Robbie Abel, 1 Tom Robertson.
Subs: 16 Damien Fitzpatrick, 17 Tetra Faulkner, 18 Pat Tafa, 19 Will Harris, 20 Carlo Tizzano, 21 Rory O’Connor, 22 Nick Champion De Crespigny, 23 Angus Bell, 24 Andrew Tuala, 25 Chris Talakai, 26 James Ramm, 27 Joey Walton, 28 Mitch Short, 29 Will Harrison, 30 Ben Donaldson, 31 Triston Reilly, 32 Michael McDonald.
Highlanders – 15 Josh McKay, 14 Tima Fainga’anuku, 13 Sio Tomkinson, 12 Josh Ioane, 11 Scott Gregory, 10 Mitch Hunt, 9 Kayne Hammington; 8 Tearili Ben-Nicholas, 7 James Lentjes, 6 Sione Misiloi, 5 Pari Pari Parkinson, 4 Jesse Parete, 3 Josh Iosefa-Scott, 2 Nathan Vella, 1 Ayden Johnstone.
Bulls vs Lions
Bulls – 15 Richard Kriel, 14 Jade Stighling, 13 Marnus Potgieter, 12 Franco Naude, 11 Sebastiaan Jobb, 10 David Coetzer, 9 Marco Jansen van Vuren; 8 Ewan Coetzee, 7 Adre Smith, 6 Ruan Steenkamp, 5 Jean Droste, 4 Ian Groenwald, 3 Madot Mabokela, 2 Louis van der Westhuizen, 1 Dayan van der Westhuizen.
Subs: 16 Corniel Els, 17 Kudzwai Dube, 18 Eduan Swart, 19 Carl Els, 20 Janko Swanepoel, 21 Jaco Labuschagne, 22 Phillip Potgieter, 23 Keagan Johannes, 24 Vaughan Isaacs, 25 Dawid Kellerman, 26 Diego Appollis, 27 Jay-Cee Nel.
Lions –15 Muzi Manyike, 14 Jan-Louis la Grange, 13 Wandisile Simelane, 12 James Mollentze, 11 Stean Pienaar, 10 Shaun Reynolds, 9 Dillon Smit, 8 Diaan Schoonees, 7 Jo-Hanko de Villiers, 6 MJ Pelser, 5 Wilhelm van der Sluys, 4 Darrien Landsberg, 3 Carlu Sadie, 2 Marko Janse van Rensburg, 1 Nathan McBeth.
Subs: 16 PJ Botha, 17 Leo Kruger, 18 Asenathi Ntlabakanye, 19 Adrian Alberts, 20 Travis Gordon, 21 FranckeHorn, 22 Tinus Combrinck, 23 Louritz van der Schyff, 24 Prince Nkabinde, 25 Mandisi Mathiyane, 26 Dameon Venter, 27 Boitumelo Tsatsane.
Sharks vs Russia
Sharks – 15 Thaakir Abrahams, 14 Mtungwa Mapantsela, 13 DJ Falconer, 12 Murray Koster, 11 Ayanda Kunene, 10 Jordan Chait, 9 Cameron Wright, 8 Phepsi Buthelezi, 7 Celimpilo Gumede, 6 Evan Roos, 5 Jordan Sesink-Clee, 4 Lunga Ncube, 3 Kutha Mchunu, 2 Craig Burden, 1 Juan Schoeman.
Subs: 16 Cullen van der Merwe, 17 Bundisa Ndlovu, 18 Michael Kumbirai, 19 Jandre Labuschagne, 20 Andisa Ntsila, 21 Kwanda Dimaza, 22 Grant Williams, 23 Jaden Hendrikse, 24 Le Roux Malan, 25 Rynhardt Jonker, 26 Lwandile Menze.
Stormers vs Kings
Stormers –15 David Kriel, 14 Seabelo Senatla, 13 Michal Hazner, 12 Cornel Smit, 11 Leolin Zas, 10 Jean-Luc du Plessis, 9 Godlen Masimla, 8 Johan du Toit, 7 De Wet Marais, 6 Jaco Coetzee, 5 Ben-Jason Dixon, 4 Hilton Lobberts, 3 Frans Malherbe (c), 2 Bongi Mbonambi, 1 Ali Vermaak.
Subs: 16 Schalk Erasmus, 17 Leon Lyons, 18 DJ Putter, 19 Ruan Laubser, 20 Hannes Gous, 21 Paul de Wet, 22 Abner van Reenen, 23 Sihle Njezula, 24 Lyle Hendricks.
Kings – 15 Masixole Banda, 14 Christopher Hollis, 13 Sibusiso Sithole, 12 Tertius Kruger, 11 Yaw Penxe, 10 Bader Pretorius, 9 Theo Maree, 8 Lusanda Badiyana, 7 Bobby de Wee, 6 Luyolo Dapula, 5 JC Astle (c), 4 Gideon van Niekerk, 3 Rossouw de Klerk, 2 Alandre van Rooyen, 1 Xandre Vos.
Subs: 16 Robin Stevens, 17 Schalk Ferreira, 18 Ig Prinsloo, 19 Aston Fortuin, 20 Jerry Sexton, 21 Riaan Olivier, 22 Stefan Ungerer, 23 Courtney Winnaar, 24 JT Jackson, 25 Edmund Ludik, 26 Andell Loubser.
SATURDAY
Jaguares vs Georgia
Jaguares – Forwards: Santiago Grondona, Marcos Kremer, Bautista Pedemonte, Rodrigo Bruni, Tomas Lezana, Lucas Paulos, Guido Petti; Matias Alemanno, Lucio Sordoni, Santiago Medrano, Santiago Socino, Agustin Creevy, Juan Pablo Zeiss, Mayco Vivas, Nahuel Tetaz Chaparro. Backs: Jaquin Diaz Bonilla, Domingo Miotti, Juan Cruz Mallia, Santiago Chocobares, Matias Mornoi, Santiago Carreras, Mateo Carreras, Bautista Delguy, Sebastian Cancelliere, Emiliano Boffelli, Joaquin Tuculet.
Hurricanes vs Crusaders
Hurricanes – 15 Chase Tiatia, 14 Kobus Van Wyk, 13 Vince Aso, 12 Peter Umaga-Jensem, 11 Jonah Lowe, 10 Jackson Garden Bachop, 9 Jamie Booth; 8 Brayden Lose, 7 Du’Plessis Kirifi, 6 Vaea Fifita, 5 James Blackwell, 4 Liam Mitchell, 3 Tyrel Lomax, 2 Ricky Riccitelli, 1 Fraser Armstrong.
Subs: 16 James O’Reilly, 17 Kianu Kereru-Symes, 18 Pouri Rakete-Stones, 19 Xavier Numia, 20 Joel Hintz, 21 Scott Scrafton, 22 Taine Plumtree, 23 Hamilton Burr, 24 Josh Southall, 25 Devan Flanders, 26 Caleb Delaney, 27 Jonathan Taumateine, 28 Logan Crowley, 29 Fletcher Smith, 30 Ben Lam, 31 Ngani Laumape, 32 Billy Proctor, 33 Wes Goosen, 34 Trent Renata.
Crusaders – 15 Will Jordan, 14 Manasa Mataele, 13 Braydon Ennor, 12 Dallas McLeod, 11 Leicester Faingaanuku, 10 Brett Cameron, 9 Ereatara Enari; 8 Whetukamokamo Douglas, 7 Billy Harmon, 6 Tom Sanders, 5 Cullen Grace, 4 Mitchell Dunshea, 3 Oliver Jager, 2 Brodie McAlister, 1 Isi Tuungafasi.
Subs: 16 Harry Allan, Andrew Makalio, 17 Michael Alaalatoa, 18 Ethan Roots, 19 Alex Ainley, 20 Samipeni Finau, 21 Tom Christie, 22 Sione Havili, 23 Mitchell Drummond, 24 Fergus Burke, 25 Fetuli Pawa, 26 Rameka Poihipi, 27 Inga Finau, 28 Fasi Fuatai, 29 Dan Hollinshead.
SUNDAY
SHARKS vs STORMERS
Sharks – Forwards: Hyron Andrews, Thomas du Toit, Mzamo Majola, JJ van der Mescht, John-Hubert Meyer, Tera Mtembu, Ox Nche, Sikhumbuzo Notshe, Tyler Paul, Dylan Richardson, Le Roux Roets, Kerron van Vuuren, Ruben van Heerden, Henco Venter, James Venter.
Backs: Lukhanyo Am, Curwin Bosch, Boeta Chamberlain, Andre Esterhuizen, Aphelele Fassi, Marius Louw, Makazole Mapimpi, Lwazi Mvovo, Sbu Nkosi, Sanele Nohamba, Louis Schreuder, Madosh Tambwe, Jeremy Ward.
Stormers – 15 Dillyn Leyds, 14 Sergeal Petersen, 13 Ruhan Nel, 12 Rikus Pretorius, 11 Edwill van der Merwe, 10 Damian Willemse, 9 Herschel Jantjies, 8 Siya Kolisi (c), 7 Ernst van Rhyn, 6 Nama Xaba, 5 David Meihuizen, 4 Salmaan Moerat, 3 Neethling Fouche, 2 Scarra Ntubeni, 1 Steven Kitshoff.
Subs: 16 Chad Solomon, 17 Kwenzo Blose, 18 Wilco Louw, 19 Hilton Lobberts, 20 Ben-Jason Dixon, 21 Thys Kitshoff, 22 Godlen Masimla, 23 Jean-Luc du Plessis, 24 Seabelo Senatla, 25 Michal Hazner, 26 David Kriel.
BULLS vs LIONS
Bulls – 15 Warrick Gelant, 14 Johnny Kotze, 13 Cornal Hendricks, 12 Burger Odendaal (c), 11 Rosko Specman, 10 Morne Steyn, 9 Ivan van Zyl, 8 Josh Strauss, 7 Muller Uys, 6 Wian Vosloo, 5 Juandre Kruger, 4 Andries Ferreira, 3 Wiehahn Herbst, 2 Jaco Visagie, 1 Simphiwe Matanzima.
Subs: 16 Johan Grobbelaar, 17 Gerhard Steenekamp, 18 Mornay Smith, 19 Ryno Pieterse, 20 Ruan Nortje/Jean Droste, 21 Embrose Papier, 22 Chris Smith, 23 Divan Rossouw, 24 Dylan Sage, 25 Manie Libbok, 26 Jeandre Rudolph, 27 Abongile Nonkontwana, 28 Tim Agaba.
Lions –15 Tiaan Swanepoel, 14 Jamba Ulengo, 13 Duncan Matthews, 12 Dan Kriel, 11 Courtnall Skosan, 10 Elton Jantjies (c), 9 Andre Warner, 8 Len Massyn, 7 Vincent Tshituka, 6 Marnus Schoeman, 5 Marvin Orie, 4 Ruben Schoeman, 3 Jannie du Plessis, 2 Pieter Jansen, 1 Dylan Smith.
Subs: 16 Jan-Henning Campher, 17 Sti Sithole, 18 Frans van Wyk, 19 Roelof Smit, 20 Cyle Brink, 21 Morne van der Berg, 22 Manuel Rass, 23 Tyrone Green, 24 Jo-Hanko de Villiers, 25 Wilhelm van der Sluys, 26 Jan-Louis La Grange, 27 Wandisile Simelane.
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