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1996 SUPER 12 FINAL This article was published in the NZ Herald on May 27, 1996, following the inaugural Super 12 final. It was written by South African rugby writer Dan Retief. To paraphrase Dr Danie Craven’s farewell to New Zealand after the 1956 Springbok tour: “It’s all yours, Auckland.” The best compliment for a compelling performance from the Auckland Blues rugby side on Saturday was uttered by Natal’s assistant-coach, Hugh ReeceEdwards: “The only excuse we have is that we have no excuses at all. We were simply beaten by a better team on the day.” Gary Teichmann and his men failed at the final hurdle of an epic tournament simply because they turned over too much possession to a team whose ball retention is exceptional. Auckland scrummaged superbly, tackled ferociously and built their performance on the five pillars of pace, enterprise, ball retention, rugged tackling and that human pile driver, Jonah Lomu. A potential 14-point turnaround, when Henry Honiball was unable to link with his support after a scything break in the 21st minute, resulting in Lomu turning defence into devastating attack, was probably the point the scales dipped
irretrievably away from Natal. But for me, it was Lomu’s bristling attitude which set the pattern. Out of sorts until it mattered, Lomu got involved from the start, with Auckland’s opening penalty coming off a ruck he set up. His try that followed was confirmation of his awesome potential and must have dealt a debilitating psychological blow to the Natal Sharks. From that moment a clinically efficient Auckland team pounded out a clarion warning to South African rugby. The Blues may supply as many as 11 players to the All Black team for the tri-nation series which looms in July, and it is not a comforting though that they comfortably dispatched South Africa’s leading two provincial teams on successive Saturdays. The Aucklanders provided a chilling reminder of the exceptional pool of talent from which All Black coach John Hart will be able to pick his test squad, and one wonders at the thoughts which must have coursed through Scottish coach Jim Telfer’s mind as he watched this supreme demonstration of the rugby he so admires. With All Black bluebloods Zinzan Brooke and Michael Jones setting the example, Auckland’s big hits
rattled and scattered a Natal pack and destroyed their normal in-depth support of the ball carrier. While Australian referee Wayne Erickson was lax in punishing Auckland’s offsides and cunning killing of the ball on the ground, these are minor quibbles. Even the most optimistic supporter of the Sharks would be the first to admit that it did not make much difference. The playing of the Super 12 under the recent law dispensations has shown that rugby has evolved into a game of winning, using and never surrendering possession, and Auckland certainly were superior in this aspect. While the game showcased the core of the All Black side, it was not a true reflection of the strength of Springbok rugby. Mark Andrews, Andre Joubert and James Small are automatic choices for the Boks, while Honiball, Teichmann, John Allan and Andre Le Roux will have advanced their claims with outstanding consistency in the Super 12 series. But the unpalatable truth is that Springbok coach Andre Markgraaff faces a difficult task in arriving at the correct First XV, especially with many of the 1995 World Cup side either injured or out of form.
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WHERE ARE THEY NOW? BY WYNNE GRAY
It’s been 20 years since the Blues took home the inaugural Super 12 title against the Sharks at Eden Park. Ever wondered what those foundation Blues players are doing now? NZ Herald reporter Wynne Gray had a look through the archives to see where our original team has ended up. Sadly, fullback Jarrod Cunningham died in 2007, five years after being diagnosed with a form of motor neuron disease. An All Black trialist, he played five years for London Irish before his illness was detected and he returned home to Hawkes Bay. Last November Jonah Lomu died a day after returning with his family from ambassadorial duties at the World Cup. BACKS Adrian Cashmore runs a meat processing business in Dunedin after dabbling in real estate and supermarkets. Eroni Clarke is involved in social work in Auckland and mentors many under-privileged people. Greg Cooper has returned to Dunedin to sell real estate after seven years coaching with NEC in Japan. James Kerr teaches at Te Rangi, a rural Bay of Plenty school with a roll of about 100. John Ngauamo moved to the Gold Coast more than a decade ago and operates in the fitness industry.
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Cameron Rackham had playing spells at Suntory and Benetton, now involved in primary produce in Auckland. Michael Scott owns and operates New World supermarket in Clendon. Waisake Sotutu is a regional development coach with the Auckland Rugby Union. Carlos Spencer was with the Kings in South Africa, last seen in a goal-kicking competition at Eden Park during the NRL nines. Lee Stensness works in sales for a catalogue sports equipment and uniform supplier in Auckland. Ofisa Tonu’u is involved in a variety of community activities with the Mt Roskill Youth Hub. Joeli Vidiri had a successful kidney transplant last year and is back on duty at Mitre 10 in Pukekohe. FORWARDS John Akurangi suffered heart problems playing in a recent Dubai tournament before returning to coach club rugby in Italy. Andrew Blowers is a player welfare manager for the Melbourne Storm. Errol Brain runs a drug detection company based in the Bay of Plenty and is an adviser to the Super Rugby referees. Robin Brooke is in semi-retirement playing golf after selling his Warkworth supermarket. Zinzan Brooke is a TV pundit in Britain, went bankrupt, ran a bed and breakfast in Windsor with wife
Ali, raised six children and went into other business. Olo Brown uses his accountancy skills in a variety of businesses, plays a handy game of golf and runs marathons. Jason Chandler is a director of a food production company in Auckland. Craig Dowd developed the d3 sports strapping tape company and looking to expand into Australia. Sean Fitzpatrick lives in London, recently had surgery on both knees, is founder of the Front Row group and involved on the corporate speaking circuit. Richard Fromont works for a construction business in Auckland and hopes to become a building inspector. Michael Jones is on a variety of boards and educational trusts, works for a shipping company and is president of the Waitemata rugby club. Dylan Mika is chief executive of a Samoan company which distributes bottled water. Kevin Nepia is an owner-operator of several long-haul big rigs at Mainfreight and still drives around Auckland. Charles Riechelmann works for an Auckland company installing solar panels in Tonga. Andrew Roose is a landlord who works for an engineering company in Pukekohe. Chris Rose works as an operations manager for a civil engineering company in Takanini.
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QA The 23-year-old has been playing rugby since 5, earning national acclaim in age group representative sides and Sevens teams. The fullback joined the Blues in 2013 and has been developing his craft since. Find out more about Lolagi Visinia. What players do you look up to? Christian Cullen is definitely one player I look up to. The way he ran with the ball and the way he backed himself with his kicking, he had all kinds of skills that no one had at the time. I also really look up to Mils Muliaina, because he was such a safe player. Mils would always perform well and was good under the high ball, plus he could cover the back three. What’s your game day tradition? I’ll always eat eggs and ham for breakfast, then a flat white in the morning and one before lunch. I also love to play games on my phone, like Clash of Clans. They help me to relax before the game. What’s your earliest rugby memory? It’d have to be waking up early on Saturday mornings and going to Suburbs Club games. I was brought up in Avondale, so Suburbs was my local, and I was 5 when I started playing so it was only half-field. I was pretty quick when I was younger, I used to score eight tries a game on average and one time, when I was 9, I scored 15 tries in one game. So I guess I’ve always been quick.
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Tell us something most people don’t know about you I like watching Frozen, because of the “Let it go” song. I’ll watch it with my niece and nephews whenever they come over, which can be up to twice a week. When we went to Brisbane, Tevita Li was sitting in front of me on the plane watching it, so I guess it’s not just me. What are your 2016 season goals? Play as many games as I can, to be consistent and to try not get injured. What’s your favourite place in Auckland? It’d have to be Mission Bay, because you can see the whole city and Rangitoto. You can go there and relax and there’s plenty of things to do there as well. Do you have any match day superstitions? I always have a shower a couple of hours before the game, just to freshen up and relax my mind. And I’ll always have a nap after lunch. Who on the team will always make you laugh and how is he funny? George Moala, he thinks he’s not funny but he really is. Everything he does makes me laugh and others on the team as well, he should be a comedian. BLUES VS SHARKS | 16 APRIL 2016 9
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HOOKER | 1.81 M | 110 KG | 27 YR | 49 CAPS
LOCK | 2.00 M | 117 KG | 29 YR | 102 CAPS
Hoani Matenga
Charlie Faumuina
LOCK | 1.95 M | 106 KG | 29 YR | 3 CAPS
PROP | 1.85 M | 128 KG | 29 YR | 79 CAPS
Matt McGahan
Piers Francis
FIRST FIVE | 1.85 M | 91 KG | 22 YR | 7 CAPS
FIRST FIVE | 1.82 M | 92 KG | 25 YR | 2 CAPS
George Moala
Billy Guyton
SECOND FIVE | 1.88 M | 99 KG | 25 YR | 47 CAPS
HALFBACK | 1.86 M | 90 KG | 26 YR | 7 CAPS
James Parsons
Bryn Hall
HOOKER | 1.85 M | 106 KG | 29 YR | 56 CAPS
HALFBACK | 1.83 M | 94 KG | 24 YR | 23 CAPS
Sam Prattley
Akira Ioane
PROP | 1.96 M | 116 KG | 26 YR | 27 CAPS
NUMBER 8 | 1.94 M | 113 KG | 20 YR | 15 CAPS
Kara Pryor
Rieko Ioane
LOOSE FWD | 1.89 M | 104 KG | 25 YR | 4 CAPS
OUTSIDE BACK | 1.88 M | 103 KG | 19 YR | 3 CAPS
Rene Ranger
Jerome Kaino
UTILITY BACK | 1.83 M | 102 KG | 29 YR | 70 CAPS
LOOSE FWD | 1.96 M | 110 KG | 33 YR | 109 CAPS
Ofa Tu’ungafasi
Tanerau Latimer
PROP | 1.95 M | 120 KG | 23 YR | 34 CAPS
FLANKER | 1.83 M | 101 KG | 29 YR | 113 CAPS
Lolagi Visinia
Tevita Li
FULLBACK | 1.92 M | 103 KG | 23 YR | 27 CAPS
WING | 1.82 M | 95 KG | 21 YR | 22 CAPS
Namatahi Waa
Steven Luatua
PROP | 1.88 M | 130 KG | 25 YR | 0 CAPS
NUMBER 8 | 1.96 M | 115 KG | 24 YR | 54 CAPS
Ihaia West FIRST FIVE | 1.75 M | 84 KG | 24 YR | 28 CAPS
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ASSISTANT COACHES
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Al Rogers Glenn Moore Paul Feeney Nick White
MANAGER Richard Fry
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Lolagi Visinia
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Rieko Ioane
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Rene Ranger
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Piers Francis
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Tevita Li
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Ihaia West
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Bryn Hall
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Steven Luatua
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Tanerau Latimer
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Quentin MacDonald
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Namatahi Waa Ofa Tu’ungafasi Kara Pryor Akira Ioane Billy Guyton Matt McGahan George Moala
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Jerome Kaino
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Josh Bekhuis
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Hoani Matenga
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Charlie Faumuina
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James Parsons
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MANAGER Trevor Barnes
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Willie Le Roux
14
JP Pietersen
13
Paul Jordaan
12
Andre Esterhuizen
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COACH Gary Gold
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Lwazi Mvovo
10
Joe Pietersen
9
Cobus Reinach
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Philip van der Walt
7
Jean-Luc du Preez
6
Daniel du Preez
5
Stephan Lewies
4
Etienne Oosthuizen
3
Lourens Adriaanse
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Franco Marais Tendai Mtawarira
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PROP | 1.81 M | 116 KG | 28 YR | 54 CAPS
Stephan Lewies
Hyron Andrews
LOCK | 2.00 M | 116 KG | 24 YR | 21 CAPS
LOCK | 2.02 M | 104 KG | 20 YR | 6 CAPS
Franco Marais
Garth April
HOOKER | 1.84 M | 108 KG | 23 YR | 7 CAPS
FULLBACK | 1.76 M | 80 KG | 24 YR | 4 CAPS
Tendai Mtawarira
Michael Claassens
PROP | 1.83 M | 116 KG | 30 YR | 118 CAPS
SCRUM HALF | 1.78 M | 89 KG | 33 YR | 35 CAPS
Lwazi Mvovo
Kyle Cooper
WINGER | 1.81 M | 93 KG | 29 YR | 74 CAPS
HOOKER | 1.78 M | 113 KG | 27 YR | 36 CAPS
Odwa Ndungane
Keegan Daniel
WINGER | 1.86 M | 92 KG | 35 YR | 110 CAPS
BACK ROW | 1.88 M | 98 KG | 31 YR | 98 CAPS
Coenie Oosthuizen
Daniel du Preez
PROP | 1.87 M | 126KG | 27 YR | 72 CAPS
LOCK | 1.96 M | 112 KG | 20 YR | 6 CAPS
Etienne Oosthuizen
Jean-Luc du Preez
LOCK | 1.98 M | 118 KG | 23 YR | 27 CAPS
FLANKER | 1.93 M | 112 KG | 20 YR | 5 CAPS
Joe Pietersen
Thomas du Toit
FULLBACK | 1.78 M | 81 KG | 31 YR | 56 CAPS
PROP | 1.87 M | 130 KG | 20 YR | 4 CAPS
JP Pietersen
Andre Esterhuizen
WINGER | 1.91 M | 102KG | 26 YR | 117 CAPS
CENTRE | 1.94 M | 110 KG | 22 YR | 7 CAPS
Cobus Reinach
Paul Jordaan
SCRUM HALF | 1.75 M | 87 KG | 26 YR | 31 CAPS
CENTRE | 1.80 M | 92 KG | 24 YR | 36 CAPS
Philip van der Walt
Willie Le Roux
FLANKER | 1.94 M | 110 KG | 26 YR | 54 CAPS
FULLBACK | 1.86 M | 90 KG | 26 YR | 55 CAPS
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MACDONALD COMES FULL CIRCLE FOR 50 Quentin MacDonald started his rugby career at the age of 4. He was a junior rugby man, pulling up his socks for Central Rugby Football Club in Blenheim, a town rich in MacDonald history. “My dad Paul played over 50 games for Marlborough and my younger brother plays for Tasman,” said Quentin from his new home at Blues HQ in Auckland. Since those early days of childhood rugby, Quentin has played First XV, New Zealand Schools, ITM Cup and for the NZ Under-20s team. Now, he’s about to step on to the field for his 50th Super Rugby cap. “The journey I’ve been on to get to this point has been pretty special, with heaps of turns,” he said. Quentin’s first Super Rugby cap was with the Crusaders in 2010 after spending two years in the team’s Wider Training Group after high school. It wasn’t a flash start - he
injured his ACL early and was out for the rest of the season, but recovered well to return in 2011 and 2012. Also hampering Quentin’s start to Super Rugby was 2011’s Christchurch earthquake, which forced the team out of Christchurch and in to the provinces for any home games. “We were scheduled to play the Hurricanes for our opening game of the season, but couldn’t because of the earthquake hitting on the Tuesday. That was the only time a Super Rugby game has been called off.” Quentin stayed with the Crusaders under his Tasman coach Todd Blackadder until 2012, before moving north for a change to play under new coach John Kirwan in 2013. He wore the blue jersey for six games that year, then heeded the call overseas to play for Munster in the Heineken Cup and Pro 12. After
a year, it was back to New Zealand for some more Super Rugby, returning this time to play for the Chiefs. But the pull north returned and in 2016, Quentin signed with the Blues squad. And he’s noticed the difference. “This year, we’re a lot more close. It seems that we all want to right the wrongs from our team’s history,” said Quentin. “A good season will make this 50-caps even more special.”
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BLUES v SHARKS The Blues have hosted the Sharks 11 times, with the visitors winning six. These matches are often won decisively; in the 22 matches to date only ten have finished with a margin of less than ten points, and only three of those have seen the margin five points or less. KEY GAMES The Sharks have won the last ten matches between the pair; the last Blues win was in 2005 at Auckland and the Sharks were the first team in Super rugby to put ten wins on the board against the Blues, even beating the Crusaders to that mark. The 1997 semi-final saw 14 tries scored (Blues 8, Natal 6), which was one short of the competition record but still the most in a playoff match; only the 2004 final, which saw 13 tries scored, has since threatened that tally. The 91 points scored in this match is still the Super rugby playoff record as well. In 1998 the Blues were held in single figures for the first time by any team as the Sharks won 24-8; it was the first match of the season and ended the 16-match unbeaten run fashioned by the Aucklanders in 1996-97.
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The 1999 match was the second tryless Super 12 game, with the Blues’ six points standing as their lowest score in a Super 12 match until they were held to three by the Reds in 2004. Although the Blues won in 2003, it was the only time they failed to register a bonus point in a victory during the season. The round 11 meeting in 2007 had serious playoff repercussions for the two sides; by winning the Sharks opened the way for their push to a home semi and by losing the Blues began what proved to be a three-match skid that all but pushed them out of a finals berth that was there for the taking. The 2007 semi was close for an hour before the Blues collapsed in the stretch; many saw the loss of Isaia Toeava to injury as one of the match turning points. The Sharks ended the Blues impressive early 2008 run with a hard-fought win at Durban; the first try, by Keegan Daniel, was on the board within 17 seconds. In the Sharks current ten-match winning streak, the longest any team has ever put up against the Blues (although equalled last weekend by the Chiefs), the
Sharks have never been held below 22 points and the Blues have only scored more than 21 on four occasions – all in defeats at home. KEY PLAYERS Adrian Cashmore kicked six conversions in the 1997 semi-final, which is the most by any player for either side in these matches. Butch James kicked five penalty goals in 2001, which is the most by a player on either side in this fixture. Frans Steyn kicked two dropped goals in the 2007 round-robin match, giving notice of his enormous kicking range with one of the goals. Jimmy Gopperth scored 21 points for the Blues in 2009, which is the most points by a Blues player in a single match. Adrian Cashmore had three 20-point hauls – in 1996, the 1997 semi and in 2000. Butch James scored 26 points in 2001 (1t, 3c, 5p) which is the best haul by a player on either side in this match. Patrick Lambie scored 21 of the Sharks 26 points in 2011. No player from either side has ever scored more than two tries in a match; in the 1997 semi-final two players on each side scored doubles.
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2016 STANDINGS NZ CONFERENCE
P
W
D
L
F
A
DIF
BP
PTS
CHIEFS HIGHLANDERS CRUSADERS HURRICANES BLUES
7 7 6 6 6
6 5 5 4 2
0 0 0 0 1
1 2 1 2 3
277 198 188 172 137
163 141 134 136 152
114 57 54 36 -15
5 3 2 4 2
29 23 22 20 12
AUS CONFERENCE
P
W
D
L
F
A
DIF
BP
PTS
BRUMBIES REBELS WARATAHS REDS FORCE
6 6 5 6 7
4 4 2 1 1
0 0 0 1 0
2 2 3 4 6
174 134 103 105 110
136 140 106 144 208
38 -6 -3 -39 -98
1 1 3 2 2
17 17 11 8 6
SA CONFERENCE 1
P
W
D
L
F
A
DIF
BP
PTS
STORMERS BULLS CHEETAHS SUNWOLVES
6 6 6 6
5 4 1 0
0 1 0 0
1 1 5 6
156 161 133 127
75 125 172 202
81 -36 -39 -98
3 1 3 3
23 19 7 3
SA CONFERENCE 2
P
W
D
L
F
A
DIF
BP
PTS
LIONS SHARKS JAGUARES KINGS
6 6 6 6
4 3 1 1
0 1 0 0
2 2 5 5
177 119 121 115
153 95 159 266
24 24 -38 -151
2 2 3 0
18 16 7 4
OVERALL
CHIEFS (NZ LEADER) STORMERS (SA1 LEADER) LIONS (SA2 LEADER) BRUMBIES (AUS LEADER) HIGHLANDERS CRUSADERS HURRICANES BULLS REBELS SHARKS BLUES WARATAHS REDS CHEETAHS JAGAUARES FORCE KINGS SUNWOLVES
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PTS
29 23 18 17 23 22 20 19 17 16 12 11 8 7 7 6 4 3
2016 FIXTURES MATCH RESULT
ROUND 8 MATCHES
1
BLUES VS HIGHLANDERS
CRUSADERS VS JAGUARES
2
CRUSADERS VS BLUES
3
BLUES VS HURRICANES
4
REDS VS BLUES
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BLUES VS JAGUARES
7
CHIEFS VS BLUES
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BLUES VS SHARKS
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BLUES VS REBELS
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11
KINGS VS BLUES
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12
LIONS VS BLUES
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13
FORCE VS BLUES
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14
BLUES VS CRUSADERS
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15
HURRICANES VS BLUES
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16
BLUES VS BRUMBIES
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17
BLUES VS WARATAHS
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ROUND
Fri 26 Feb | Eden Park | 7:35PM
W
33-31
L
28-13
L
19-23
D
25-25
W
24-16
L
29-23
Fri 4 Mar | AMI Stadium | 7:35PM Fri 11 Mar | Eden Park | 7:35PM
Sat 19 Mar | Suncorp Stadium |9:40PM Sat 2 Apr | QBE Stadium | 7:35PM Fri 8 Apr | FMG Stadium Waikato | 7:35PM Sat 16 Apr | Eden Park | 7:35PM Sat 30 Apr | Eden Park | 5:15PM
Sun 8 May | Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium | 3:05AM Sun 15 May | Emirates Airlines Park | 5:10AM Sat 21 May | nib Stadium | 9:40PM Sat 28 May | Eden Park | 7:35PM Sat 2 Jul | Westpac Stadium | 7:35PM Fri 8 Jul | Eden Park | 7:35PM Fri 15 Jul | Eden Park | 7:35PM
15 Apr | Christchurch | 7:35PM
REBELS VS HURRICANES 15 Apr | Melbourne | 9:40PM
CHEETAHS VS SUNWOLVES 16 Apr | Bloemfontein | 5:00AM
BLUES VS SHARKS
16 Apr | Eden Park | 7:35PM
WARATAHS VS BRUMBIES 16 Apr | Sydney | 9:40PM
BULLS VS REDS
17 Apr | Pretoria |3:05AM
LIONS VS STORMERS
17 Apr | Johannesburg | 5:10AM
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