Team Selection - Round 3 - Super Rugby

Blues  vs  Chiefs

Blues

15  Melani Nanai, 14  Matt Duffie, 13  George Moala, 12  TJ Faiane, 11  Rieko Ioane, 10  Bryn Gatland, 9  Augustine Pulu (c),  8  Akira Ioane, 7  Murphy Taramai, 6  Jimmy Tupou, 5  Scott Scrafton, 4  Patrick Tuipulotu, 3  Ofa Tu'ungafasi, 2  James Parsons, 1  Pauliasi Manu 

Replacements  :  16 Leni Apisai, 17  Alex Hodgman, 18  Michael Tamoaieta, 19  Gerard Cowley-Tuioti, 20  Jerome Kaino, 21 Sam Nock, 22  Daniel Kirkpatrick, 23  Michael Collins

Chiefs

15  Shaun Stevenson, 14  Sean Wainui, 13  Anton Lienert-Brown, 12  Johnny Faauli, 11  Solomon Alaimalo, 10  Damian McKenzie, 9  Brad Weber, 8  Taleni Seu, 7  Sam Cane (c), 6  Liam Messam, 5  Michael Allardice, 4  Brodie Retallick, 3  Nepo Laulala, 2  Nathan Harris, 1  Aidan Ross 

Replacements  :  16 Liam Polwart, 17  Karl Tu’inukuafe, 18  Angus Ta’avao, 19  Mitchell Brown/Luke Jacobson, 20  Lachlan Boshier, 21 Te Toiroa Tahuriorangi, 22  Tiaan Falcon, 23  Bailyn Sullivan/Declan O’Donnell

Reds  vs  Bumbies

Reds

15  Aidan Toua, 14  Chris Feauai-Sautia, 13  Samu Kerevi, 12  Duncan Paia’aua, 11  Eto Nabuli, 10  Jono Lance, 9  James Tuttle, 8  Caleb Timu, 7  Liam Wright, 6  Adam Korczyk, 5  Kane Douglas, 4  Izack Rodda, 3  Taniela Tupou, 2  Brandon Paenga-Amosa, 1  James Slipper

Replacements  : 16  Alex Mafi, 17  JP Smith, 18  Sef Fa’agase, 19  Harry Hockings, 20 Angus Scott-Young, 21  Tate McDermott, 22  Hamish Stewart, 23  Filipo Daugunu

Brumbies

 15  Tom Banks, 14  Henry Speight, 13  Tevita Kuridrani, 12  Kyle Godwin, 11  Chance Peni, 10  Christian Lealiifano,  9  Joe Powell, 8  Isi Naisarani, 7  Tom Cusack, 6  Lachlan Mccaffrey, 5  Sam Carter, 4  Rory Arnold, 3  Allan Alaalatoa, 2  Josh Mann-Rea, 1  Ben Alexander

Replacements  : 16  Robbie Abel, 17  Nic Mayhew, 18  Leslie Leuluaialii-Makin, 19  Blake Enever, 20  Lolo Fakaosilea, 21  Matt Lucas, 22  Wharenui Hawera, 23  Lausii Taliauli

Crusaders  vs  Stormers

Crusaders

 15  David Havili, 14  Seta Tamanivalu, 13 Jack  Goodhue, 12  Ryan Crotty, 11  George Bridge, 10  Richie Mo’unga, 9  Byn  Hall, 8  Jordan Taufua, 7  Billy Harmon, 6  Peter Samu, 5  Sam Whitelock (c), 4  Scott Barrett, 3  Michael Alaalatoa, 2  Codie Taylor, 1  Wyatt Crockett

Replacements  :   16  Andrew Makalio, 17  Chris King, 18  Oliver Jager, 19  Luke Romano, 20  Heoden Bedwell – Curtis, 21  Mitchell Drummond, 22  Mitchell Hunt, 23  Manasa Mataele    

Stormers

15  SP Marais, 14  Seabelo Senatla, 13  EW Viljoen, 12  Damian de Allende, 11  Raymond Rhule, 10  Dillyn Leyds, 9  Dewaldt Duvenage, 8  Nizaam Carr, 7   Cobus Wiese, 6  Siya Kolisi (c), 5  Pieter-Steph du Toit, 4  JD Schickerling, 3  Wilco Louw, 2  Ramone Samuels, 1  JC Janse van Rensburg

Replacements : 16  Dean Muir, 17  Steven Kitshoff, 18  Carlu Sadie, 19  Jan de Klerk, 20  Sikhumbuzo Notshe, 21  Kobus van Dyk, 22  Justin Phillips, 23  George Whitehead

Sunwolves  vs  Rebels

Sunwolves

 15  Robbie Robinson, 14  Akihito Yamada, 13  Timothy Lafaele, 12  Ryoto Nakamura, 11  William Tupou, 10  Hayden Parker, 9  Yutaka Nagare (c), 8  Edward Quirk, 7  Pieter Labuschagne, 6  Michael Leitch, 5  Willem Britz, 4  Sam Wykes, 3  Jiwon Koo, 2 Shota Horie, 1  Craig Millar.         

Replacements  :  16  Atsushi Sakate, 17  Keita Inagaki, 18  Asaeli Ai Valu, 19  James Moore, 20  Yoshitaka Tokunaga, 21  Fumiaki Tanaka, 22  Harumichi Tatekawa, 23  Ryuji Noguchi

Rebels

15  Dane Haylett-Petty, 14  Hack Maddox, 13  Tom English, 12  Reece Hodge,  11  Sefa Naivalu, 10  Jack Debreczeni, 9  Will Genia, 8  Amanak Mafi, 7  Angus Cottrell, 6  Lopeti  Timani, 5  Adam Coleman  (c), 4  Matt Philip, 3  Jermaine Ainsley, 2  Jordan Uelese, 1  Tetera  Faulkner

Replacements  :  16 Anaru Rangi,  17  Fereti  Sa’aga, 18  Sam Tlakai, 19 Geoff Parling,  20  Ross Haylett-Petty, 21  Colby Fainga'a,  22  Michael  Ruru,  23  Billy Meakes

Sharks  vs  Waratahs

Sharks

15  Lwazi  Mvovo, 14  Kobus van Wyk, 13  Lukhanjo  Am,  12  Andre Esterhuizen, 11  Sbu Nkosi, 10  Robert du Preez, 9  Louis Schreuder, 8  Keegan Daniel, 7 Tyler  Paul, 6  Jacques Vermeulen, 5 Stephan Lewies, 4  Ruan Botha (c), 3  Thomas du Toit, 2  Franco Marais, 1  Tendai Mtawarira 

 Replacements  :   16  Akker van der Merwe, 17  Juan Schoeman,  18 John-Hubert  Meyer, 19  Hyron Andrews,  20  Tera Mtembu, 21  Cameron Wright,  22  Marius Louw, 23  Curwin Bosch

Waratahs

15  Israel  Folau, 14  Andrew Kellaway, 13  Lalakai Foketi, 12  Kurtley Beale, 11  Curtis Rona, 10 Bernard Foley, 9  Jake Gordon, 8  Jed Holloway, 7  Michael Hooper (c), 6  Michael Welsh, 5  Tom Staniforth, 4  Ned Hanigan, 3  Paddy Ryan, 2  Damian Fitzpatrick, 1  Tom Robertson

Replacements  :   16  Hugh Roach, 17  Harry Johnson-Holmes, 18  Nick Palmer, 19  Nick Palmer, 20  Will Muller, 21  Mitch Short, 22  Bryce Hegarty, 23  Alex Newsome

Bulls  vs  Lions

Bulls

15  Divan  Rosssouw, 14  Travis Ismaiel, 13  Jesse Kriel, 12  Burger Odendaal  (c)  11   Johnny Kotze,  10  Handré Pollard, 9  Andre Warner, 8   Hanro Liebenberg,7  Thembelani Bholi, 6   Roelof Smit, 5   Lood de Jager,  4  RG Snyman ,  3 , Frans van Wyk,  2  Jaco Visagie,  1  Pierre Schoeman

 Replacements :  16  Adriaan Strauss,  17   Lizo Gqoboka,  18   Conraad van Vuuren, 19 , Nic de Jager,  20   Marco van Staden,  21  Embrose Papier,  22   Marnitz Boshoff,  23   Duncan Matthews

Lions

 15  Andries Coetzee, 14  Sylvian Mahuza,  13  Lionel Mapoe,  12 Rohan Janse van Rensburg 11  Aphiwe Dyantyi, 10  Elton Jantjies, 9  Ross Cronje, 8  Warren Whiteley (c), 7  Franco Mostert, 6  Cyle Brink, 5  Marvin Orie, 4  Andries Ferreira, 3 Ruan Dreyer, 2  Malcolm Marx, 1  Jacques van Rooyen

Replacements  :  16  Robbie Coetzee, 17  Dylan Smith, 18  Jacobie Adriaanse, 19  Lourens Erasmus, 20  Marnus Schoeman, 21  Marco Jansen van Vuren, 22  Harold Vorster, 23  Madosh Tambwe 

Jaguares  vs  Hurricanes

Jaguares

15  Joaquin Tucuilet. 14  Bautista Delguy, 13  Matias Orlando, 12  Bautista Ezcurra, 11  Emiliano Boffelli, 10  Nico;as Sanchez, 9  Gonzalo Bertranou, 8  Tomas Lezana, 7  Javier Ortega   Desio,, 6  Pablo Matera (c), 5  Matias Alemanno, 4   Marcis Cremer, 3   Nauhel Tetaz  Chaparro, 2  Augustin Creevy, 1  Felipe Arregui

Replacements  :   16  Julian Montoya, 17  Javier Diaz, 18  Juan Pablo Zeiss,  19  Guido Petti, 20  Jaun Manual Leguizamon,  21  Martin Landajo, 22  Juan Martin Hernandez, 23  Sebastian  Cancelliere      

Hurricanes

15  Jordie Barrett, 14  Julian Savea, 13  Matt Proctor, 12  Ngani Laumape, 11  Ben Lam, 10   Beauden Barrett, 9  TJ Perenara, 8  Gareth Evans, 7 Ardie Savea, 6  Brad Shields (c), 5 Sam Lousi, 4  Vaea Fifita, 3  Ben May, 2  Ricky Riccitelli, 1  Chris Eves

Replacements  :  16  James O'Reilly, 17  Fraser Armstrong, 18  Alex Fidow, 19  Michael Fatialofa, 20  Blade Thomson, 21  Jamie Booth, 22  Jackson Garden-Bachop, 23  Vince As

 Bye   -    Highlanders

Mikey who are all the new players on Ruckers league 2 ?

Still grumpy over benching the top scorer for the round but who would put Reiko Ioane on the planks for a complete unknown ?At least his price will go up !

Yeah those new players made me go down a bit in the rankings lol. At 16 atm. I am on 417 atm. Should be scoring over 450 when scores are finalized. Landers have a bye this weekend. SO taking B Smith out.

Should of made his brother captain Mike lol. He got me 60. I made a poor captain choice too. Made Kwagga Smith Captain. Did not score well enough. That and my canes loosing bad end to the WE. And FYI Kwagga Smith has been suspended for four weeks. For fantasy players out their who have him in their team.

Thanks - he has to go then.  I will go for Ioane at loosie since Ardie Savia was also a dead loss.   May keep Ardie and Rieko Ioane though - they ran up against a very inspired Bulls team and may have an easier task against the Jaguares,      

Yeah Canes I don't think were prepared for that. Should bounce back this WE. I am looking at Hooper, Whitely, or Malfi from the Rebels to replace Smith. Haytty Penny from the Rebels for Smith.

Koos

There is nothing about a suspension of Kwagga on either Planet Rugby, Rugby365 or News24 - so it may be fake news.

I also made huge mistakes in benching players and having duds in  the starting line-up 

I see Mr Kombus your up against some of my kids ,strangely enough only one of whome has ever watched a game of rugby [ ABs at Suncorp with me !]

I have to check see if I have Kwagga ,are we sure hes not suspended ? It would have it in his game stats eh ?

Nope Im good ,looks like I swapped him out for Ardie Savea .

It has suddenly become very interesting. All the top boys like Clevermike, BlackPower, Wardad, JustWin, Oimatey and Redneck have to work really hard to get into the medals.

It's still early days though ... I'll be keeping a beady eye on them. 

Gooooooooooooo Giantssss!!!

Oh yeah sorry guys I just realized I Was reading an old article from Last August. When they beat the Canes in the semi I Think it was. And was suspended for four weeks . Carry on. 

Lions Updated

K Smith injured? Have to transfer him out. Frees up some cash too.

Blues:

1. Manu 2. Parsons 3. Tungafasi 4. Tuipolutu 5. Scrafton 6. Tupou 7. Taramai 8. A Ioane 9. A Pulu 10. Gatland 11. R Ioane 12. Faiane 13. Moala 14. Duffy 15. Nanai

16. L Apisai 17. Hodgman 18. Tamoaieta 19. Cowley-Tuioti 20. Kaino 21. Nock 22. Kirkpatrick 23. Collins

Hey Mr Kombius ! Yeah thats one of my boys and two of my girls,only my boy has ever seen a game of rugby and my girls like to pick some players based on their profile pic but it seems to work for them [ they have been playing a while and managed to come 5th for the week a while back which out of 35,000 players who all know more about rugby than them is pretty darn good !].I do enjoy the rare wins I get against them though ,we have a running bet each year ,one year the wee horrors got to pick my profile pic but the less said about that the better !

Beandork you will of course be happy to see me on the top eh ? hehehehe....

Chiefs:

1. Aidan Ross 2. Nathan Harris 3. Nepo Laulala 4. Brodie Retalluck 5. Michael Allardice 6. Liam Messam 7. Sam Cane 8. Taleni Seu 9. Brad Webber 10. Damian Mckenzie 11. Solomon Alaimalo 12. Johnny Fa'auli 13. Anton Leionart Brown 14. Sean Wainui 15. Shaun Stevenson

16. Liam Polwart 17. Karl Tu'inukuafe 18. Angus Ta'avao 19. Mitchell Brown 20. Luke Jacobson/Lachlan Boshier 21. Te Toiroa Tahuiriorangi 22. Tiaan Falcon 23. Bailyn Sullivan/Declan O'Donnell 

Brumbies:

1. Ben Alexander 2. Josh Mann-Rae 3. Allan Alaatoa 4. Rory Arnold 5. Sam Carter 6. Lachlan McCaffrey 7. Tom Cusack 8. Isa Naisarini 9. Joe Powell 10. Christian Leiafano 11. Chance Peni 12. Kyle Godwin 13. Tevita Kuridrani 14. Henry Speight 15. Tom Banks

16. Robbie Abel 17. Nic Mayhew 18. Leslie Leuluaialii 19. Blake Enever 20. Lolo Fakaosilea 21. Matt Lucas 22. Wharenui Hawera 23. Lausii Taliauli 

Reds:

1. James Slipper 2. Brandon Paenga-Amosa 3. Taniela Tupou 4. Izack Rodda 5. Kane Douglas 6. Adam Korczyk 7. Liam Wright 8. Caleb Timu 9. James Tuttle 10. Jono Lance 11. Eto Nabuli 12. Duncan Paia'aua 13. Samu Kerevi 14. Chris Feauai-Sautia 15. Aidan Toua

16. Alex Mafi 17. JP Smith 18. Sef Fa'agase 19. Harry Hockings 20. Angus Scott-Young 21. Tate Mcdermott 22. Hamish Stewart 23. Filipo Daugunu

Thanks gentlemen for the help  My internet commection went on the blink last night and was only restored about two hours ago,

FYI Wes Goosen is out this week for the Canes injured. Jordie Barrett comes in as cover. He may get a start, while likely he gets a bench spot. 

Saders:

1. Wyatt Crockett 2. Codie Taylor 3. Micahel Alaatoa 4. Scott Barrett 5. Sam Whitelock 6. Peter Samu 7. Billy Harmon 8. Jordan Taufua 9. Bryn Hall 10. Richie Mo'unga 11. George Bridge 12. Ryan Crotty 13. Jack Goodhue 14. Seta Tamanivalu 15. David Havili

16. Andrew Makilo 17. Chris King 18. Olvier Jager 19. Luke Romano 20. Hieden Bedwell-Curtis 21. Mitchell Drummond 22. Mitchell Hunt 23. Mansa Mataele 

Crusaders Updated.   Poor Stormers might just get quite a few penalty points through poor old Wyatt Crockett penalty donations. 

Rebels Updated.   Since three of the games are in SA and Argentina we will have to wait for team announcements later today  and so will be the Stormers and Sunwolves,  

Stormers Updated.   This is the worst Stormers team I have seen for years,  Lleyds at flyhalf and a clueless set of loosies as well - the only real lo osies in the squad is Van Dyk and Wiese and only one of them is starting.  Not starting with Kitshoff is a self-destruction project as well.   The sooner the Stormers get rid of Fleck as coach the better it would be for the team. 

Teams still outstanding are -

Hurricanes

Help with updating  will be sincerely appreciated.

Kitsoff not starting? One of the Best Props in the world atm imo. Screws my fantasy team up a tad. 

Luke

I would not worry about Kitshoff - he will get ample playing time - my guess is at least 40 minutes. or even more.

I have more serious problems than that - with Kwagga  out.  I guess he will soon return to the sevens squad - especially with the Commonwealth games coming up.  

I will replace Smith with Ioane and will replace Speight with Bridge.   The third change will be a toss-up without too much money available. ..     

Yeah i am looking at Bridge and possibly Jordie Barrett if he starts. 

Luke

I would rather look at McKenzie if you do not have him in the squad.

Luke

I would rather look at McKenzie if you do not have him in the squad.

I also think the Hurricanes will have a top class game against the Jaguares and that the Waratahs would suffer in Durban.   The Crusaders will have a ball against the useless Stormers and so will the Brumbies against the Reds - that type of expectations do influence my selections.        

Waratahs updated

Bulls and Sharks  Updated - no change in team from last Saturday

Sunwolves Updated

ABF - we need your help badly as to the Hurr icanes and Jaguares teams