all teams named for qualifiers finals

Super Rugby Qualifier A 20 July 2013

Crusaders
15 Israel Dagg, 14 Tom Marshall, 13 Ryan Crotty, 12 Tom Taylor, 11 Zac Guildford, 10 Dan Carter, 9 Andy Ellis, 8 Kieran Read (c), 7 Matt Todd, 6 George Whitelock, 5 Sam Whitelock, 4 Luke Romano, 3 Owen Franks, 2 Corey Flynn, 1 Wyatt Crockett.
Replacements: 16 Ben Funnell, 17 Joe Moody, 18 Luke Whitelock, 19 Richie McCaw, 20 Willi Heinz, 21 Tyler Bleyendaal, 22 Adam Whitelock.
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Reds

1 Greg Holmes, 2 Saia Faingaa, 3 James Slipper, 4 Rob Simmons, 5 James Horwill (c), 6 Eddie Quirk, 7 Liam Gill, 8 Jake Schatz, 9 Will Genia (vc), 10 Quade Cooper, 11 Chris Feauai-Sautia, 12 Jono Lance, 13 Ben Tapuai, 14 Dom Shipperley, 15 Ben Lucas
Replacements : 16 Albert Anae, 17 Jono Owen, 18 Ed O’Donoghue, 19 Radike Samo, 20 Beau Robinson, 21 Nick Frisby, 22 Luke Morahan

Venue: AMI Stadium, Christchurch, New Zealand
Referee: Jaco Peyper (South Africa)
Assistant referees: Garratt Williamson (New Zealand), Mike Fraser (New Zealand)
Television match official: Vinny Munro (New Zealand)

Super Rugby Qualifier B 21 July 2013

Brumbies
15 Jesse Mogg, 14 Henry Speight, 13 Tevita Kuridrani, 12 Christian Lealiifano, 11 Clyde Rathbone, 10 Matt Toomua, 9 Nic White, 8 Ben Mowen (c), 7 George Smith, 6 Peter Kimlin, 5 Sam Carter, 4 Scott Fardy , 3 Ben Alexander, 2 Stephen Moore, 1 Scott Sio.
Replacements: 16 Siliva Siliva, 17 Ruan Smith, 18 Fotu Auelua, 19 Colby Faingaa, 20 Ian Prior, 21 Andrew Smith, 22 Joe Tomane
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Cheetahs
1 Coenie Oosthuizen, 2 Adriaan Strauss, 3 Lourens Adriaanse, 4 Lodewyk de Jager, 5 Ligtoring Landman, 6 Heinrich Brussow, 7 Lappies Labuschagne, 8 Philip van der Walt, 9 Piet van Zyl, 10 Rian Smit, 11 Raymond Rhule, 12 Robert Ebesohn, 13 Johann Sadie, 14 Willie le Roux, 15 Henry Danniller
Replacements: 16 Ryno Barnes, 17 Trevor Nyakane, 18 Waltie Vermeulen, 19 Boom Prinsloo, 20 Sarel Pretorius, 21 Elgar Watts, 22 Ryno Benjamin

Venue : Canberra Stadium, Canberra, Australia
Referee: Glen Jackson (New Zealand)
Assistant referees: Rohan Hoffmann (Australia), James Leckie (Australia)
Television match official: Matt Goddard (Australia)

howdy yall, sorry if this got ur hopes up, but just wanted to let u know that the coaces are delaying the naming of thier teams in a bid to not give away any info which might give other teams an advantage. hopefully this dosent effect our fantasy tournys too much.

luke romano from the crusaders and nick white the halfback from the brumbies are battaling injuries in a bid to be fit for the finals and white has confirmed that george smith is a definate 100% starter.
considering the average perofrmance of smith in the thrid lions test due to a head knock and his starting on the bench last week, he might be worth some serious consideration.

anyway good luck to all ur teams both fantasy and officially and i will be cheering the crusaders and cheetahs hard this weekend, :o)

Crusaders: 15 Israel Dagg, 14 Tom Marshall, 13 Ryan Crotty, 12 Tom Taylor, 11 Zac Guildford, 10 Dan Carter, 9 Andy Ellis, 8 Kieran Read (c), 7 Matt Todd, 6 George Whitelock, 5 Sam Whitelock, 4 Luke Romano, 3 Owen Franks, 2 Corey Flynn, 1 Wyatt Crockett.

Replacements: 16 Ben Funnell, 17 Joe Moody, 18 Luke Whitelock, 19 Richie McCaw, 20 Willi Heinz, 21 Tyler Bleyendaal, 22 Adam Whitelock.

*update*

crusaders have been updated, :o)

crusaders team look the goods, should be too strong for the reds in chch, but the kiwis do bring out the best from mackenzies reds, but not in chch.
McCaws inclusion is a nice bonus, he will be a little rusty though so he will only be as good as 2 reds players instead of 4 which is his normal going rate, :oP
i really like the looks of the crusaders bench, all are super rugby seasoned players.

If the Crusaders lose it's going to poo poo on a lot of peoples fantasy teams.

I already have 5 of them. Could go to 6 easily.

Dagg

Carter

Whitelock

Romano

Matt Todd

*update*

reds have been updated, :o)

@mikey,
yeah after looking at that reds team, im even more convinced of a crusaders victory too, with everything going the crusaders way with home advantage, players and head to head records, its hard to look past the crusaders, but theres no team in the entier spXV better suited for this encounter against those odss then fat boy mackenzies reds.

i also love ur optimisim regarding the cheetahs, cos i wrote them off big time. i hope im wrong though even if it comes at the expense of my testrugby team, easy to say when ur sitting 7th i guess, LMAO, :oP

@mikey,

"Another thing the "C's" are dominating all other letters of the alphabet this week so the Crusaders and Cheetahs for this week."

BAWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHA, :oD
that might have to be the single greatest reason for why a team will win this weekend, :o)

hope ur dreams come true, and u know what else, if i was allowed to have the cheetahs win but at the expense of the crusaders losing, i would go with that too, as IMO chiefs wont lose in hamilton during the finals.
a cheetahs to do number like they did on the blues??? in order for them to do that they need home ground advantage, they faced only one top 6 team away from SA and were subsquently destroyed.
i maybe sounding like a parrot, but the cheetahs 2013 draw was a huge stepping stone for their first finals appearance.

my flyhalves are going to be carter and leilafano, i expect them to both be in the semis.

ive got de jager and whitelock in my foxsport team with carter (brumbies lock) on the bench, but i might swap carter and de jager around considering the good performances of carter.
simmons as u mentioned is also another good option and im seriously considering him now too.

*update*

cheetahs have been updated, :o)

nice looking team from the cheetahs, is francois uys injuered??? his partnership with de jager has been very dependable for the cheetahs, im a big fan of both these players, but de jager especially.

still convinced that brumbies will win easy, but GO CHEETAHS GO - KICK ARSE.

Still have 4 spots to fill, but it will probably be 2 cheetahs, 2 Brumbies, and the rest Crusaders on my team.

That Cheetah Brumbie game is a toss up. If both teams bring their best I believe the Brumbies will win. The problem is though, if the Brumbies don't bring their "A" game, the Cheetahs will win.

Looking back on it the Force game last week had all the ingredients of a classic trap game for the Brumbies with so many of their players coming off one of the most emotionally draining Test series ever and facing a well-rested team on the other side of the Australian continent that they were supposed to beat easily. 

This week will be different as they are another week removed from the Lions tour, its the playoffs and they had a big snotklap wake-up call last week. It would be an exceptional feat in my mind for the Cheetahs to pull off a victory. Brumbies superior kicking game and big wingers will be the difference makers.

 Crusaders (on paper) cannot loose they seems to be a shadow All Black team.  So my choice here will be Crusaders.

Cheetahs have been the thorn in the side of many a team, even on their away games.  And just because Jake has a big mouth I will be rooting for the Cheetahs.

Brumbies: Jesse Mogg, Henry Speight, Tevita Kuridrani, Christian Lealiifano, Clyde Rathbone, Matt Toomua, Nic White, Ben Mowen (capt), George Smith, Peter Kimlin, Sam Carter, Scott Fardy, Ben Alexander, Stephen Moore, Scott Sio Res: Siliva Siliva, Ruan Smith, Fotu Auelua, Colby Faingaa, Ian Prior, Andrew Smith, Joe Tomane.

Brumbies: 15 Jesse Mogg, 14 Henry Speight, 13 Tevita Kuridrani, 12 Christian Lealiifano, 11 Clyde Rathbone, 10 Matt Toomua, 9 Nic White, 8 Ben Mowen (c), 7 George Smith, 6 Peter Kimlin, 5 Sam Carter, 4 Scott Fardy , 3 Ben Alexander, 2 Stephen Moore, 1 Scott Sio.

Replacements: 16 Siliva Siliva, 17 Ruan Smith, 18 Fotu Auelua, 19 Colby Faingaa, 20 Ian Prior, 21 Andrew Smith, 22 Joe Tomane.

Rathbone starts at the expense of Tomane who is on the bench.

Edit: CC beat me to it! Come on Cheetahs!

*update*

brumbies have been updated, :o)

im a little baffaled with white starting rathbone over tomane too, tomane is by far the way better winger.
no surprises regarding the brumbies team other then that selection though, no surprises reagrding any of the teams IMO.

i have to admit, knowing that ive got a finite number of transfers adds a bit of excitment to the testrugby fantasy, and thats something that fox sport should consider doing as well.
my team will be chock block full of crusaders with a sprinkle of brumbies players.

but thats all teams named so good luck gentlemen and start ur fantasy engines, :o)

My teams . . .

Testrugby

FR Adriaan Strauss

FR Stephen Moore

LK Peter Kimlin

LK Luke Romano

LF Kieran Read

LF Ben Mowen

HV Christian Lealifano

HV Dan Carter

CT Tevita Kuridrani

CT Ryan Crotty

OB Israel Dagg

OB Jesse Mogg

Foxsport

PR James Slipper, Coenie Oosthuizen (Ben Alexander)

HK Adriaan Strauss (capt) (Siliva Siliva)

LK Peter Kimlin, Luke Romano (Rob Simmons)

LF Ben Mowen, Kieran Read, Lappies Labuschagne (Liam Gill)

SH Will Genia (Andy Ellis)

FH Dan Carter (Ben Lucas)

CT Robert Ebersohn, Tevita Kuridrani (Ben Tapuai)

OB Tom Marshall, Israel Dagg, Jesse Mogg (Willie Le Roux)

As much as I want the Cheetahs to win, as you can see from my selections, my head says otherwise. I think it'll be home wins from here on in meaning the Chiefs will beat the Bulls in the final in Waikato. The Bulls are going to regret that loss to the Hapless Stompies!

I might as well do the same.. 

MARSHALL

I'm not that patriotic.

First of all I don't want the Bulls to win anything. Hate the bastards!! Could care less whether they're South African.

Nor the Brumbies and Reds cause they're ozzies ... so it boils down to the Cheetahs, Crusaders and Chiefs.

Cheetahs tops my list.

@mikey,
 
the hiding that the crusaders gave the chiefs wasnt in hamilton, it was in christchruch. the crusaders lost to the chiefs in hamilton earlier this year and also in the semifinals this year.

i agree with rooy, IMO its going to be home teams from here on out, but the crusaders v chiefs or the crusader v bulls will be again IMO te only possible exception but 70-30 in the home teams favour.

havent finsihed my teams, but will post it here too when finalised.

I'm splitting the Cheetahs and Brumbies players. I took two cheetah players because I think if the Brumbies make mistakes the Cheetahs will capatilize.

Here's my testrugby team.

Stauss

Moore

Romano

Sam Whitelock

Lappies

Matt Todd

Dan Carter

Leaiifano

Ryan Crotty

Blank...

Dagg

Tom Marshall

testrugby
FR: stephen moore, adriaan strauss
LK: sam whitelock, peter kimilin
LF: lappies labuschange, kerean read
HV: dan cater, christain leilafano
CT: ryan crotty, tevita kuridrani
OB: israel dagg, jese mogg

foxsport
PR: coonie oosthuize, james slipper, (r) scott sio
HK: adriaan strauss (c), (r) stephen moore
LK: peter kimlin, sam whitelock, (r) lodewyk de jager
LF: lappies labuschange, kerean read, liam gill, (r) jake shatz
HV: andy ellis, (r) nick white
FH: dan carter, (r) matt toomua
CT: ryan crotty, robert ebherson, (r) tevita kuridari
OB: israel dagg, jese mogg, tom marshall, (r) clyde rathbone

superbru
crusaders by 13
brumbies by 18

would have liked to recruit a few more cheetah players for my testrugby team, but it still feels like a crusaders and brumbies weekend.

GO CROSADERS & CHEETAHS!!!