all teams named for round 14,,,

hurricanes
1. Ben Franks, 2. Ash Dixon, 3. Ben May, 4. Jeremy Thrush, 5. Jason Eaton, 6. Faifili Levave, 7. Jack Lam , 8. Victor Vito (c), 9. TJ Perenara, 10. Beauden Barrett, 11. Julian Savea, 12. Tim Bateman,13. Reynold Lee-Lo, 14. Alapati Leiua , 15. Andre Taylor
Replacements: 16. Reggie Goodes,17. Jeffery Toomaga-Allen,18. James Broadhurst, 19. Brad Shields, 20. Chris Smylie, 21. Tusi Pisi, 22. James Marshall
v
cheifs
1 Pauliasi Manu, 2  Hika Elliot, 3  Ben Afeaki, 4  Craig Clarke ©, 5  Brodie Retallick, 6 Liam Messam. 7  Tanerau Latimer. 8  Matt Vant Leven, 9  Tawera Kerr-Barlow,  10  Aaron Cruden, 11  Asaeli Tikoirotuma,   12  Bundee Aki,  13  Charlie Ngatai, 14  Lelia Masaga, 15  Robbie Robinson
Replacements :   `16  Mahonri Schwalger, 17  Ben Tameifuna,  18  Michael Fitzgerald, 19  Nick Crosswell,  20  Augustine Pulu,  21  Dan Waenga,  22  Save Tokula

rebels
15 Jason Woodward, 14 Tom English, 13 Mitch Inman, 12 Rory Sidey, 11 Lachlan Mitchell, 10 Bryce Hegarty, 9 Nic Stirzaker, 8 Scott Higginbotham (c), 7 Scott Fuglistaller, 6 Jarrod Saffy, 5 Cadeyrn Neville, 4 Hugh Pyle, 3 Laurie Weeks, 2 Ged Robinson, 1 Nic Henderson.
Replacements: 16 Shota Horie, 17 Paul Alo-Emile, 18 Luke Jones, 19 Gareth Delve, 20 Jordy Reid, 21 Nick Phipps, 22 Kimami Sitauti.
v
stormers
15. Joe Pietersen, 14. Gio Aplon, 13. Juan de Jongh, 12. Jean de Villiers (captain), 11. Bryan Habana, 10. Elton Jantjies, 9. Louis Schreuder, 8. Nizaam Carr, 7. Siya Kolisi, 6. Deon Fourie, 5. Andries Bekker, 4. Eben Etzebeth, 3. Pat Cilliers, 2. Scarra Ntubeni, 1. Steven Kitshoff
Substitutes: 16. Martin Bezuidenhout, 17. Frans Malherbe, 18. Gerbrandt Grobler, 19. Don Armand, 20. Nic Groom, 21. Gary van Aswegen, 22. Gerhard van den Heever

force
15 Jayden Hayward, 14 Patrick Dellit, 13 Ben Jacobs, 12 Kyle Godwin, 11 Nick Cummins, 10 Sias Ebersohn, 9 Alby Mathewson, 8 Ben McCalman, 7 Chris Alcock, 6 Matt Hodgson (c), 5 Sam Wykes, 4 Toby Lynn, 3 Kieran Longbottom, 2 Heath Tessmann, 1 Pek Cowan
Replacements: 16 James Hilterbrand, 17 Tetera Faulkner, 18 Rory Walton, 19 Richard Brown, 20 Brett Sheehan, 21 Junior Rasolea, 22 Sam Norton-Knight
v
sharks
15. Riaan Viljoen, 14. Odwa Ndungane, 13. JP Pietersen, 12. Meyer Bosman, 11. Lwazi Mvovo, 10. Patrick Lambie, 9. Charl McLeod, 8. Keegan Daniel (captain), 7. Willem Alberts, 6. Marcell Coetzee, 5. Franco van der Merwe, 4. Anton Bresler, 3. Jannie du Plessis, 2. Kyle Cooper, 1. JC Janse van Rensburg
Substitutes: 16. Monde Hadebe , 17. Wiehahn Herbst , 18. Pieter-Steph du Toit, 19. Derick Minnie/Tera Mtembu, 20. Jean Deysel , 21. Tian Meyer, 22. Piet Lindeque

crusaders
1 Wyatt Crockett, 2 Corey Flynn, 3 Owen Franks, 4 Luke Romano, 5 Sam Whiteloc k, 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 Tom Marshall, 15 Tom Taylor
Replacements: 16 Ben Funnell ,17. Joe Moody, 18. Dominic Bird ,19. Luke Whitelock, 20 Willi Heinz, 21 Adam Whitelock, 22 Israel Dagg
v
blues
1  Tim Perry, 2  Keven Mealamu, 3  Angus Ta'avao, 4  Culum Retallick, 5  Ali Williams, 6  Stevcen Luatua, 7  Luke Braid, 8  Peter Saili, 9  Piri Weepu, 10  Chris Noakes, 11  George Moala, 12  Jackkson Willison,  13  Rene Ranger, 14  Frank Halai, 15  Charles Piutau
Replacements 16  Quintin Macdonald, 17  Sam Pratley, 18  Anthony Boric, 19  Brendon O'Connor, 20  Jamison Gibson-Park, 21  Baden Kerr, 22 Francis Saili

waratahs
15 Israel Folau. 14 Cam Crawford, 13 Adam Ashley-Cooper, 12 Rob Horne, 11 Drew Mitchell, 10 Bernard Foley, 9 Brendan McKibbin, 8 Wycliff Palu, 7 Michael Hooper, 6 Dave Dennis (capt) 5 Kane Douglas, 4 Sitaleki Timani, 3 Paddy Ryan, 2 Tatafu Polota-Nau, 1 Benn Robinson
Replacements: 16 John Ulugia, 17 Sekope Kepu, 18 Will Skelton, 19 Mitchell Chapman, 20 Matt Lucas, 21 Berrick Barnes, 22 Peter Betham
v
brumbies
1  Scott Sio, 2  Stephen Moore,  3  Ben Alexander, 4  Scott Farley, 5  Sam Carter, 6  Peter Kimlin, 7  George Smith, 8  Ben Mowen, 9  Nic White, 10  Matt Toomua, 11  Joseph Tomani, 12  Christian Lealiifano, 13  Tevita Kuridrani, 14  Henry Speight, 15  Jesse Mogg
Replacements :  16  Siliva Siliva, 17  Ruan Smith, 18  Fotu Auelua, 19  Colby Faingaa, 20  Ian Prior, 21  Pat McCabe, 22  Robbie Coleman

bulls
15 Jurgen Visser, 14 Akona Ndungane, 13 JJ Engelbrecht, 12 Jan Serfontein, 11 Lionel Mapoe, 10 Morne Steyn, 9 Francois Hougaard, 8 Pierre Spies (c), 7 Dewald Potgieter, 6 Deon Stegmann, 5 Juandre Kruger, 4 Flip van der Merwe, 3 Frik Kirsten, 2 Chiliboy Ralepelle, 1 Morne Mellet.
Replacements: 16 Callie Visagie, 17 Werner Kruger, 18 Grant Hattingh, 19 Arno Botha, 20 Jano Vermaak, 21 Louis Fouche, 22 Bjorn Basson.
v
highlanders
15 Ben Smith, 14 Tino Nemani, 13 Tamati Ellison, 12 Shaun Treeby, 11 Hosea Gear, 10 Colin Slade, 9 Aaron Smith, 8 Mose Tuiali'i, 7 John Hardie, 6 Joe Wheeler, 5 Jarrad Hoeata, 4 Brad Thorn, 3 Chris King, 2 Andrew Hore (c), 1 Jamie Mackintosh.
Replacements: 16 Liam Coltman, 17 Tony Woodcock, 18 Elliot Dixon, 19 TJ Ioane, 20 Fumiaki Tanaka, 21 Hayden Parker, 22 Jason Emery.

cheetahs
15 Hennie Daniller, 14 Willie le Roux, 13 Johann Sadie, 12 Robert Ebersohn, 11 Raymond Rhule, 10 Elgar Watts, 9 Piet van Zyl, 8 Philip van der Walt, 7 Lappies Labuschagne, 6 Heinrich Brussow, 5 Francois Uys, 4 Lood de Jager, 3 Lourens Adriaanse, 2 Adriaan Strauss (c), 1 Coenie Oosthuizen.
Replacements: 16 Ryno Barnes, 17 Trevor Nyakane, 18 Ligtoring Landman, 19 Boom Prinsloo, 20 Sarel Pretorius, 21 Riaan Smit, 22 Rayno Benjamin.
v
reds
1. Greg Holmes, 2. Saga 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. Digby Ioane, 12. Anthony Faingaa, 13. Chris Feauai-Sautia, 14. Rod Davies, 15. Luke Morahan
Reserves: 16. James Hanson 17. Ben Daley 18. Ed O’Donoghue 19. Jarrad Butler 20. Beau Robinson 21. Ben Lucas 22. Ben Tapuai

howdy all,

special congrats to oimatey who is now sarugbys sole rep in the foxsport cup challenge, im sure all the boys will be cheering for him hard this week, :o)

regarding the teams this week in round 14, the kings have a bye and the sharks have announced their team very early this week,
and here is a link with all the match officials for rnd14
www.sarugby.com/forum.cfm

match of the round looks to be the blues v crusaders and the waratahs v brumbies, but theres also a good conference v conferece rumble with the reds v cheetahs.

good luck to everyones teams in both fantasy rugby and the spXV, especially oimatey, :o)

Sasue

I had some time to spare and looked at the Cup progression by both oi-matey and the players that beat you, Rooinek and myself in the various rounds and put a threadon it on site.

From it it was clear that Round 12 was a dream round for most members and Round 13 mostly a disaster.   Roinek cae down in pointa by a smaller percentage than the other members from our league did - but we all suffered badly.

I do not know what to do this weekend.   The Hurricanes are returning fromn SA and they will suffer from jet lag when they play the Chiefs.   So maybe I should just keep my Chiefs players unaltered, with the exception of getting rid of Anscombe - or make three other changes and leave him on the bench - if I need to make some other unexpected changes.   What must be do with Brier? he will be gone till after the Lions tour I assume.   May have to sell him to.  

Another bad egg is Ben Smith and the Highlanders - they struggled against the Kings and I can see the Bulls slaughtering them.   And then the million dollar question as well - what will happen between the Reds and the Cheetahs.   On form the Reds should beat them easily - but coming from Australia and having to play at high altitude in Bloemfontein is fraught with problems.

Not sure about the Waratahs - Brumbies game - it could be more difficult for the Brumbies than their first encounter was.   I give the Rebels a very good chance to beat the Stormers - they are indeed in disarray.  I think the Sharks may just beat the Western Force though.

Lastly the Blues - Crusaders game - a very hard one to call.   However, I am going to stick my neck out and say the Crusaders are going to beat the Blues fair and square.  That presents me with another problem - I do not have ant Crusader players in my fantasy selection and may end up with real problems if I try and change the locks to bring in Romano.   May go for Carter to replace Anscombe though - but that would largely depend on what teams are announced.

I think all the SA teams will be announced by tomorrow afternoon - SA time - but with two Sunday games involving the Highlanders and the Reds and the Brumbies, Blues and Crusaders playing on saturday - it is highly likely that the fantasy deadline will be missed by some teams.   Especially the Brumbies and Blues are always lethargic in announcement of teams and the Highlanders is notorious in the relevant regard.

Hurricanes

1. Ben Franks, 2. Ash Dixon, 3. Ben May, 4. Jeremy Thrush, 5. Jason Eaton, 6. Faifili Levave, 7. Jack Lam , 8. Victor Vito (c), 9. TJ Perenara, 10. Beauden Barrett, 11. Julian Savea, 12. Tim Bateman,13. Reynold Lee-Lo, 14. Alapati Leiua , 15. Andre Taylor

Replacements :16. Reggie Goodes,17. Jeffery Toomaga-Allen,18. James Broadhurst, 19. Brad Shields, 20. Chris Smylie, 21. Tusi Pisi, 22. James Marshall

Ready for a big Thrashing

Chiefs

 1 Pauliasi Manu, 2  Hika Elliot, 3  Ben Afeaki, 4  Craig Clarke ©, 5  Brodie Retallick, 6 Liam Messam. 7  Tanerau Latimer. 8  Matt Vant Leven, 9  Tawera Kerr -Barlow,  10   Aaron Cruden, 11  Asaeli Tikoirotuma,   12  Bundee Aki,  13   Charlie Ngatai, 14  Lelia Masaga, 15  Robbie Robinson
 
Replacements :   `16  Mahonri Schwalger, 17  Ben Tameifuna,  18  Michael Fitzgerald, 19  Nick Crosswell,  20  Augustine Pulu,  21   Dan Waenga,  22  Save Tokula

San Cane - the only 7 in Hansen's training squad is apparently suffering from "back strain"  - wonder how long he will be out of circulation?

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The injury to O'Connor is problematic insofar as a replacement is concerned.   In view of the Lions situation I think he will be out of Super Ruby until after the Lions tour - so I wil haveto relace him.   Center replacement is a problem - since most centers are actually reflected in Foxport in different positions.  

I am desperate and even thinking of selecting Meyer Bosman at center - since there is NO CERTAINTY that Jan Serfontein would play either.   I think that may be the better choice - since Jantjies is going to play - neutralizing De Villiers and all te other centers in New Zealand has problems and the one star at center - Leafitano is reflected as a flyhalf. The only other option is Inman - maybe that would be the way to go.   What do you people think?

Rebels: 15 Jason Woodward, 14 Tom English, 13 Mitch Inman, 12 Rory Sidey, 11 Lachlan Mitchell, 10 Bryce Hegarty, 9 Nic Stirzaker, 8 Scott Higginbotham (c), 7 Scott Fuglistaller, 6 Jarrod Saffy, 5 Cadeyrn Neville, 4 Hugh Pyle, 3 Laurie Weeks, 2 Ged Robinson, 1 Nic Henderson.

Replacements: 16 Shota Horie, 17 Paul Alo-Emile, 18 Luke Jones, 19 Gareth Delve, 20 Jordy Reid, 21 Nick Phipps, 22 Kimami Sitauti.

Stompies: 15. Joe Pietersen, 14. Gio Aplon, 13. Juan de Jongh, 12. Jean de Villiers (captain), 11. Bryan Habana, 10. Elton Jantjies, 9. Louis Schreuder, 8. Nizaam Carr, 7. Siya Kolisi, 6. Deon Fourie, 5. Andries Bekker, 4. Eben Etzebeth, 3. Pat Cilliers, 2. Scarra Ntubeni, 1. Steven Kitshoff

Substitutes: 16. Martin Bezuidenhout, 17. Frans Malherbe, 18. Gerbrandt Grobler, 19. Don Armand, 20. Nic Groom, 21. Gary van Aswegen, 22. Gerhard van den Heever

Bulls: 15 Jurgen Visser, 14 Akona Ndungane, 13 JJ Engelbrecht, 12 Jan Serfontein, 11 Lionel Mapoe, 10 Morne Steyn, 9 Francois Hougaard, 8 Pierre Spies (c), 7 Dewald Potgieter, 6 Deon Stegmann, 5 Juandre Kruger, 4 Flip van der Merwe, 3 Frik Kirsten, 2 Chiliboy Ralepelle, 1 Morne Mellet.

Replacements: 16 Callie Visagie, 17 Werner Kruger, 18 Grant Hattingh, 19 Arno Botha, 20 Jano Vermaak, 21 Louis Fouche, 22 Bjorn Basson.

Cheetahs: 15 Hennie Daniller, 14 Willie le Roux, 13 Johann Sadie, 12 Robert Ebersohn, 11 Raymond Rhule, 10 Elgar Watts, 9 Piet van Zyl, 8 Philip van der Walt, 7 Lappies Labuschagne, 6 Heinrich Brussow, 5 Francois Uys, 4 Lood de Jager, 3 Lourens Adriaanse, 2 Adriaan Strauss (c), 1 Coenie Oosthuizen.
Replacements: 16 Ryno Barnes, 17 Trevor Nyakane, 18 Ligtoring Landman, 19 Boom Prinsloo, 20 Sarel Pretorius, 21 Riaan Smit, 22 Rayno Benjamin.

Delighted to see Lappies back - great help in my selections

Crusaders

1. Wyatt Crockett ,2. Corey Flynn ,3. Owen Franks ,4. Luke Romano ,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. Tom Marshall ,15. Tom Taylor

Replacements : 16. Ben Funnell ,17. Joe Moody, 18. Dominic Bird ,19. Luke Whitelock, 20. Willi Heinz, 21. Adam Whitelock, 22. Israel Dagg

Dagg on bench again. Surely Piutau is getting serious consideration as AB fullback. 

CM - what about Willison (Blues - supposed to be starting over Saili) or Horne (Waratahs)? Horne gives you the option of someone who is probably playing Round 17. Neither one has plus match-ups this week however

oi-matey

Thanks for the advice.  I think Horne would be the better option of the two.   I am also thinking about bringing in Fuglistaller or Hodgson in as a loosie as well for the purpose of Round 17.

Dagg was in bad form all games he played in and I do not think that they would play him against the French.   They would prefer - I believe - a player like Piuitau who is more of a running and attacking full back in any tests against the French.     

*update*

crusaders, bulls, cheetahs, stormers, chiefs, hurricanes, rebels have all been updated, :o)

in regards to dagg, to think that he wouldnt be selected for the All Blacks is viable only if current form is the one and only basis for selection.
hansen has proved many times that its not and while dagg is a little out of touch, i would be shocked if hes not fullback for the first test.
All Blacks main problem for the future is the No12, so ben smith to start on the wing with dagg at fullback, this covers us for the outside backs and prob saili or ranger for the bench.

Sas - I see your point on Dagg and Hansen's selection history and it will probably happen but I hope it doesn't - he hasn't earned it this year.

I'm assuming you think Nonu and Smith start at center?

As is normally the case with team announcements the following teams are still not annunced:-

*    Reds

*    Highlanders

The Highlanders is are serial offender insofar as late team announcements are concerned.   The programme printers must really hate the buggers and I can assure you I share that feeling.

I have only one  player left in the Foxsport selections which are in teams awaiting confirmation, namely Will Genia.

The Reds and the Highlanders - being in SA - will probably announce their teams sometime today (SA time).

In the meantime I have searched the Franchises websites and the local newspapers for the required info and found nothing on the two  outstanding teams.  Any other suggestions will be welcomed.

I have at present four injured players on the bench.   If the above three players (Genia, Folau and Cowan) are in their teams to be announced, I will be able to replace 1 of those four players this Round and two  in the next Round  - especially in view of the upcoming Round 17.   I will replace one player this round with a player I am sure will not be in the Wallaby squad - possibly Inman, but will wait for the Wallaby squad announcement to deal with the others.  Hearing some doubts whether Labuschagne will in fact take the field - I will make a certain bench selection to cover that eventuality..

Blues

1  Tim Perry, 2  Keven Mealamu, 3  Angus Ta'avao, 4  Culum Retallick, 5  Ali Williams, 6  Stevcen Luatua, 7  Luke Braid, 8  Peter Saili, 9  Piri Weepu, 10  Chris Noakes, 11  George Moala, 12  Jackkson Willison,  13  Rene Ranger, 14  Frank Halai, 15  Charles Piutau

Replacements

16  Quintin Macdonald, 17  Sam Pratley, 18  Anthony Boric, 19  Brendon O'Connor, 20  Jamison Gibson-Park, 21  Baden Kerr, 22 Francis Saili

Nothing really unexpected - although Moala is in judicial trouble and I would have preferred Francis Saili to Willison     

Brumbies

1  Scott Sio, 2  Stephen Moore,  3  Ben Alexander, 4  Scott Farley, 5  Sam Carter, 6  Peter Kimlin, 7  George Smith, 8  Ben Mowen, 9  Nic White, 10  Matt Toomua, 11  Joseph Tomani, 12  Christian Lealiifano, 13  Tevita Kuridrani, 14  Henry Speight, 15  Jesse Mogg

Replacements :  16  Siliva Siliva, 17  Ruan Smith, 18  Fotu Auelua, 19  Colby Faingaa, 20  Ian Prior, 21  Pat McCabe, 22  Robbie Coleman      

Waratahs: 15 Israel Folau. 14 Cam Crawford, 13 Adam Ashley-Cooper, 12 Rob Horne, 11 Drew Mitchell, 10 Bernard Foley, 9 Brendan McKibbin, 8 Wycliff Palu, 7 Michael Hooper, 6 Dave Dennis (capt) 5 Kane Douglas, 4 Sitaleki Timani, 3 Paddy Ryan, 2 Tatafu Polota-Nau, 1 Benn Robinson.

Replacements: 16 John Ulugia, 17 Sekope Kepu, 18 Will Skelton, 19 Mitchell Chapman, 20 Matt Lucas, 21 Berrick Barnes, 22 Peter Betham.

Western Force: 15 Jayden Hayward, 14 Patrick Dellit, 13 Ben Jacobs, 12 Kyle Godwin, 11 Nick Cummins, 10 Sias Ebersohn, 9 Alby Mathewson, 8 Ben McCalman, 7 Chris Alcock, 6 Matt Hodgson (c), 5 Sam Wykes, 4 Toby Lynn, 3 Kieran Longbottom, 2 Heath Tessmann, 1 Pek Cowan.

Replacements: 16 James Hilterbrand, 17 Tetera Faulkner, 18 Rory Walton, 19 Richard Brown, 20 Brett Sheehan, 21 Junior Rasolea, 22 Sam Norton-Knight.

*update*

force, waratahs, brumbies & blues have been updated, thanks boys, :o)

i wonder if dan palmer is injured??? white has pretty much said he will only be playing his top team from now on, so im guessing he is. IMO sio/moore/alexander is a far better frontrow anyways.

i wonder if kev will be able to last at least 60mins against the crusaders, he might be keen to continue his rugby career fir as long as he can, but his body might have the final say. prob better if it does and save hansen an uncomfortable chat between now and the RWC.

@oimatey,
if both nonu and smith are fit, i do think they will be hansens first choice. i can live with nonu TBH, hes not in form, but hes the best All Black 12 at the moment and always perform once in black.
players like francis saili have prob been in better form, but form not convincing enough to walk in and be the incumbent, so nonu via default almost gets it but luckily as i mentioned, he always performs when playing for the All Blacks.

conrad smith on the other hand is a different story, given the form that ranger is in at the moment, IMO now is the perfect time to start that transition and give ranger as much gametime as possible to start building his All Black resume, especially with the RWC only 2 years away.
snake has been a very loyal and excellnt player for the All Blacks, but its the perfect time for a changing of the guard. not going to happen though which is a shame.

Sasuke, Palmer's exclusion is something of a mystery even if you read the article on Rugbyheaven where they talk about his "absence".

They don't mention any injury nor do they mention any other reason for him not being picked, they just talk about him being "ruled out" and what a "massive blow" it is. Something very fishy going on there!

Edit: Perhaps not so fishy after all. Just checked on Planet Rugby and they quote Joke White as saying: ". . . the Brumbies wouldn't lose any impact with the loss of Palmer, who is being rested from the matchday 22 for precautionary reasons due to a foot niggle. "

@rooy,

thanks for that, i just read the article and there really are going to be some mouthwatering clashes in this game, but aussie darbies have a habbit of letting us down, i dont think that will be the case here though with micheal cheika making real headways with the waratahs pro attacking policy.

do u know much about ruaan smith the saffa prop who will be on the brumbies bench???

It looks to me mor and more thatthe Reds and the Highlanders are only going to announce their teams tomorroq (SA time) - which team announcement will be after the closing toime for the fantsy sport competition.   There is really nothing we can do - but hope that the players we selected are in fact in the teams to be announced.   My only problem is Genia - but I do not expect that he would be out of the Reds team sheet. 

Sasuke, I missed your question earlier but I can tell you that I know nothing about Ruan Smith other than he was with the Force last year and hardly got any game time.

Ou Maaik, I also have Will Genia as well as James Slipper in the FoxSport Fantasy comp and I have Quade Cooper in my Testrugby team and I'll be very surprised if any of those don't start.

i cant imagine mackenzie not playing his star players, especially against the cheetahs and in SA no less. top that of with he wont have the services of his stars for too much longer, and its even more reason for the reds to have as strong a team as possible.

@rooy,
so he played for the force, thats a still a lot more then i knew about him, lolz, :oP

do u think theres a chance that we might get unlimited transfers in testrugby for round 17, the way we did during round 1???
would make things a hell of lot easier selection wise now if that was the case.

I hope they are proud of their accomplishment CM !

My real poser is TJ Ioane whom I fear will be replaced or platoon with Tuiali'i

 Reds Team:

1. Greg Holmes, 2. Saga 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. Digby Ioane, 12. Anthony Faingaa, 13. Chris Feauai-Sautia, 14. Rod Davies, 15. Luke Morahan

16. James Hanson

17. Ben Daley

18. Ed O’Donoghue

19. Jarrad Butler

20. Beau Robinson

21. Ben Lucas

22. Ben Tapuai

oi-matey

You are a star - where did you find that team????   I tried everything and got nowhere.   Anyway I am just editing tit to make it easier for the inserting thereof by Saue.

Reds

 1. Greg Holmes, 2. Saga 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. Digby Ioane, 12. Anthony Faingaa, 13. Chris Feauai-Sautia, 14. Rod Davies, 15. Luke Morahan

Replacements  :  16. James Hanson,17. Ben Daley,18. Ed O’Donoghue,19. Jarrad Butle,20. Beau Robinso, 21. Ben Lucas. 22. Ben Tapuai

Anyway - I now feel slightly better - the one Reds player I have  in my selections (Genia) is in fact playing.

No let me try the Highlanders website and the Otago paper again and see what comes up

*update*

reds have been updated, :o)

fingers crossed that highlanders name thier team in time aye, or even better that theres no crazy surprises, :o/

 CM - I find the easiest to just go to google and type in "reds rugby" or "highlanders rugby" or whatever and peruse the articles. 

Will have to make a decision here soon on the Highlanders.

Oi-matey

I do the same - but the team must have been posted on the website after my previous visit to the site.

The stuff on the Highlanders site is a week old - and the same article I referred to previously is still the latest news on team selection.

Highlanders: 15 Ben Smith, 14 Tino Nemani, 13 Tamati Ellison, 12 Shaun Treeby, 11 Hosea Gear, 10 Colin Slade, 9 Aaron Smith, 8 Mose Tuiali'i, 7 John Hardie, 6 Joe Wheeler, 5 Jarrad Hoeata, 4 Brad Thorn, 3 Chris King, 2 Andrew Hore (c), 1 Jamie Mackintosh.

Replacements: 16 Liam Coltman, 17 Tony Woodcock, 18 Elliot Dixon, 19 TJ Ioane, 20 Fumiaki Tanaka, 21 Hayden Parker, 22 Jason Emery.

*update*

all teams have been updated, thanks rooy. :o)

glad to see whoppa starting, woddys the better All Black, but whoppas the better the highlander, huge mistake the way jospeh handled him.

tj om the bench is forcing me to end this now and go make some changes to my team, o_O