Hurricanes v Blues

Hurricanes Team:

15 Andre Taylor, 14 Cory Jane, 13 Conrad Smith (captain), 12 Tim Bateman, 11 Julian Savea, 10 Beauden Barrett, 9 TJ Perenara, 8 Victor Vito, 7 Karl Lowe, 6 Faifili Levave, 5 Jason Eaton, 4 Jeremy Thrush, 3 Jeffery Toomaga-Allen, 2 Dane Coles, 1 Ben May.
Reserves: 16 Motu Matu’u, 17 Reg Goodes, 18 Jack Lam, 19 Brad Shields, 20 Chris Eaton, 21 Charlie Ngatai, 22 Alapati Leiua.

Blues Team:

15 Hadleigh Parkes, 14 Rene Ranger, 13 Benson Stanley, 12 Ma’a Nonu, 11 George Moala, 10 Michael Hobbs, 9 Piri Weepu, 8 Peter …

Blues v Reds

Blues Team:

Hadleigh Parkes, George Moala, Rene Ranger, Ma’a Nonu, Rudi Wulf, Gareth Anscombe, Piri Weepu, Peter Saili, Luke Braid (captain), Daniel Braid , Filo Paulo, Ali Williams, Charlie Faumuina, Tom McCartney, Tevita Mailau.
Reserves: James Parsons, Angus Ta’avao, Liaki Moli, Chris Lowrey, Alby Mathewson, Michael Hobbs, Benson Stanley.

Reds Team:

15 Luke Morahan, 14 Dom Shipperley, 13 Digby Ioane, 12 Mike Harris, 11 Rod Davies, 10 Ben Lucas, 9 Will Genia, 8 Scott Higginbotham, 7 Liam Gill, 6 Beau Robinson, 5 James Horwill (captain), 4 Rob Simmons, 3 James Slipper, 2 James Hanson, 1 Ben Daley.…

Some cracking games of rugby this weekend, starting with the Highlanders v Blues in Dunedin. Blues have history and desperation on their side, but not much else. Last year’s champions and this year’s pace setters meet when the Reds take on the Stormers at Suncorp. Against a clinical Crusaders side, the Stormers played well in their first loss of 2012. While the Reds have finally shown some glimpses of form, we are picking the Stormers to come storming back to top the table.

Arch rivals Crusaders and Hurricanes square off in Wellington, with the Crusaders starting to show some of …

Highlanders v Blues

Highlanders Team:

Tamati Ellison, Kade Poki, Phil Burleigh, Shaun Treeby, Hosea Gear, Mike Delany, Aaron Smith, Nasi Manu, James Haskell, Adam Thomson, Jarrad Hoeata, Josh Bekhuis, Chris King, Andrew Hore, Jamie Mackintosh (captain).
Reserves: Jason Rutledge, Ma’afu Fia, Doug Tietjens, Culum Retallick, Jimmy Cowan, Chris Noakes, Kurt Baker.

Blues Team:

15 Hadleigh Parkes, 14 George Moala, 13 Rene Ranger, 12 Ma’a Nonu, 11 Benson Stanley, 10 Gareth Anscombe, 9 Alby Mathewson, 8 Peter Saili, 7 Luke Braid (captain), 6 Chris Lowrey, 5 Filo Paulo, 4 Ali Williams, 3 Charlie Faumuina, 2 Tom McCartney, 1 Tony Woodcock.
Reserves: …

Blues 23 v Sharks 29

Blues Scorers:

Tries: Woodcock, Stanley
Conversions: Anscombe 2
Penalties: Anscombe 2
Drop Kick: Anscombe

Sharks Scorers:

Tries: Sykes, Burden, Daniel, Whitehead
Conversions: Lambie 3
Penalty: Lambie

W Force 18 v Waratahs 23

W Force Scorers:

Tries: Sheehan, Mafi
Conversion: Harvey
Penalties: Harvey 2

Waratahs Scorers:

Tries: Kingston, Dennis
Conversions:McKibbin 2
Penalties: McKibbin, Barnes 2

Crusaders 31 v Stormers 24

Crusaders Scorers:

Try: Taylor
Conversion: Taylor
Penalties: Taylor 8

Stormers Scorers:

Tries: De Jongh, Habana
Conversion: Pietersen
Penalties: Grant, Pietersen 2

Brumbies 37 v Rebels 6

Brumbies Scorers:

Tries: McCabe, Hooper, Fardy 2, Mowen
Conversions: Lealiifano …