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Super Rugby Round 8 teams: Rebels go full-strength again as Michael Hooper rested by Waratahs

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3rd April, 2019
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The Waratahs have made the decision to rest Michael Hooper from their clash with the Blues this weekend.

The skipper is the latest exclusion under the World Cup management policy which is effecting all three nations in the competition this season. It comes after they rested Bernard Foley, Adam Ashley-Cooper and Jack Dempsey from the Sunwolves clash last week, only to lose the match in Newcastle.

They will all return this week, while Kurtley Beale has been dropped to the reserves, with Will Miller taking Hooper’s spot.

The Reds have also been forced to make three changes ahead of their clash with the Stormers this weekend, however, it’s the positional swap for star winger Sefa Naivalu which will be the biggest talking points for the Queensland side.

Naivalu hs been shifted to outside centre, as the Reds continue their search of a winning combination after falling to the Rebels last week. He takes the spot of Duncan Paia’aua, who drops to the bench to accommodate the swap, while Jack Hardy makes his Super Rugby debut on the wing.

Both Chris Feauai-Sautia (hamstring) and Angus Scott-Young (concussion) have been ruled out by the Reds, with Brandon Paenga-Amosa to start at hooker, and Harry Hockings to start at lock.

The Highlanders are also among the sides to name their list for Round 8 as of Wednesday morning, with three of their All Blacks in Aaron Smith, Waisake Naholo and Liam Squire injured, replaced by Kayne Hammington, Matt Faddes and Shannon Frizell.

Richard Buckman and Teihorangi Walden are also set to replace Patelesio Tomkinson and Thomas Umaga-Jensen in the centres after their bye last week.

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Be sure to bookmark this page and keep checking back throughout the week as all the teams are named for Round 8.

Friday, 5:35pm: Highlanders vs Hurricanes

Highlanders
1. Ayden Johnstone, 2. Liam Coltman, 3. Tyrle Lomax, 4. Josh Dickson, 5. Tom Franklin, 6. Shannon Frizell, 7. James Lentjes, 8. Luke Whitelock, 9. Kayne Hammington, 10. Marty Banks, 11. Tevita Li, 12. Teihorangi Walden, 13. Richard Buckman, 14. Matt Faddes, 15. Ben Smith

Bench: 16. Ash Dixon, 17. Daniel Lienert-Brown, 18. Siate Tokolahi, 19. Jackson Hemopo, 20. Elliot Dixon, 21. Folau Fakatava, 22. Josh Ioane, 23. Rob Thompson

Hurricanes
1. Fraser Armstrong, 2. Ricky Riccitelli, 3. Ben May, 4. James Blackwell, 5. Kane Le’aupepe, 6. Vaea Fifita, 7. Ardie Savea, 8. Reed Prinsep, 9. TJ Perenara (c), 10. Beauden Barrett, 11. Ben Lam, 12. Ngani Laumape, 13. Jordie Barrett, 14. Wes Goosen, 15. Chase Tiatia

Bench: 16. Asafo Aumua, 17. Chris Eves, 18. Jeffrey Toomaga-Allen, 19. Isaia Walker-Leawere, 20. Liam Mitchell, 21. Du’Plessis Kirifi, 22. Finlay Christie, 23. Matt Proctor

Friday, 8pm: Reds vs Stormers

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Reds
1. JP Smith, 2. Brandon Paenga-Amosa, 3. Ruan Smith, 4. Izack Rodda, 5. Harry Hockings, 6. Lukhan Salakaia-Loto, 7. Liam Wright, 8. Scott Higginbotham, 9. Tate McDermott, 10. Bryce Hegarty, 11. Jack Hardy, 12. Samu Kerevi (c), 13. Sefa Naivalu, 14. Filipo Daugunu, 15. Hamish Stewart

Bench: 16. Alex Mafi, 17. Harry Hoopert, 18. Taniela Tupou, 19. Angus Blyth, 20. Fraser McReight, 21. Moses Sorovi, 22. Duncan Paia’aua, 23. Isaac Lucas

Stormers
1. Corne Fourie, 2. Scarra Ntubeni, 3. Frans Malherbe, 4. Cobus Wiese, 5. Chris van Zyl, 6. Siya Kolisi (c), 7. Kobus van Dyk, 8. Jaco Coetzee, 9. Justin Phillips, 10. Jean-Luc du Plessis, 11. Dillyn Leyds, 12. Damian de Allende, 13. Ruhan Nel, 14. Seergeal Petersen, 15. Damian Willemse

Bench: 16. Bongi Mbonambi, 17. Steven Kitshoff, 18. Michael Kumbirai, 19. Salmaan Moerat, 20. Juarno Augustus, 21. Herschel Jantjies, 22. Joshua Stander, 23. SP Marais

Saturday, 4:10am: Lions vs Sharks

Lions
1. Sti Sithole, 2. Macolm Marx (c), 3. Carlu Sadie, 4. Rhyno Herbst, 5. Marvin Orie, 6. Marnus Schoeman, 7. Cyle Brink, 8. Ruan Vermaak, 9. Ross Cronje, 10. Elton Jantjies, 11. Courtnall Skosan, 12. Lionel Mapoe, 13. Aphiwe Dyantyi, 14. Tyrone Green, 15. Andries Coetzee

Bench: 16. Jan-Henning Campher, 17. Nathan McBeth, 18. Franks van Wyk, 19. Wilhelm van der Sluys, 20. Stephan Lewies, 21. Nic Groom, 22. Hacjivah Dayimani, 23. Sylvian Mahuzza

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Sharks
1. Beast Mtawarira, 2. Kerron van Vurren, 3. Coenie Oosthuizen, 4. Ruben van Heerden, 5. Hyron Andrews, 6. Luke Stringer, 7. Jacques Vermeulen, 8. Dan du Preez, 9. Louis Schreuder (c), 10. Robert du Preez, 11. Makazole Mapimpi, 12. Andre Esterhuizen, 13. Lukhanyo Am, 14. Lwazi Mvovo, 15. Curwin Bosch

Bench: 16. Fez Mbatha, 17. Juan Schoeman, 18. Thomas du Toit, 19. JJ van der Mescht, 20. Philip van der Walt, 21. Grant Williams, 22. Kobus van Wyk, 23. Aphelele Fassi

Saturday, 3:15pm: Crusaders vs Brumbies

Crusaders
1. Joe Moody, 2. Codie Taylor, 3. Owen Franks, 4. Scott Barrett, 5. Quinten Strange, 6. Ethan Blackadder, 7. Matt Todd (C), 8. Kieran Read, 9. Mitchell Drummond, 10. Richie Mo’unga, 11. Sevu Reece, 12. Ryan Crotty (VC), 13. Tim Bateman, 14. Will Jordan, 15. David Havili

Bench: 16. Ben Funnell, 17. Harry Allan, 18. Michael Alaalatoa, 19. Sam Whitelock (VC), 20. Jordan Taufua, 21. Bryn Hall, 22. Brett Cameron, 23. Leicester Faingaanuku

Brumbies
1. James Slipper, 2. Josh Mann-Rea, 3. Allan Alaalatoa, 4. Darcy Swain, 5. Murray Douglas, 6. Pete Samu, 7. Tom Cusack, 8. Lachlan Mccaffrey, 9. Joe Powell, 10. Christian Lealiifano, 11. Toni Pulu, 12. Irae Simone, 13. Tevita Kuridrani, 14. Henry Speight, 15. Tom Banks

Bench: 16. Connal Mcinerney, 17. Vunipola Fifita, 18. Tom Ross, 19. Sam Carter, 20. Jahrome Brown, 21. Matt Lucas, 22. Jordan Jackson-Hope, 23. Andy Muirheadonvert Case

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Saturday, 5:35pm: Blues vs Waratahs

Blues
1. Alex Hodgman, 2. James Parsons, 3. Sione Mafileo, 4. Patrick Tuipulotu, 5. Josh Goodhue, 6. Tom Robinson, 7. Blake Gibson, 8. Akira Ioane, 9. Jonathan Ruru, 10. Otere Black, 11. Rieko Ioane, 12. Ma’a Nonu, 13. TJ Faiane, 14. Caleb Clarke, 15. Melani Nanai

Bench: 16. Matt Moulds, 17. Marcel Renata, 18. Ofa Tuungafasi, 19. Gerard Cowley-Tuioti, 20. Dalton Papalii, 21. Sam Nock, 22. Harry Plummer, 23. Michael Collins

Waratahs
1. Harry Johnson-Holmes, 2. Damien Fitzpatrick, 3. Sekope Kepu, 4. Ned Hannigan, 5. Rob Simmons, 6. Jack Dempsey, 7. Will Miller, 8. Michael Wells, 9. Nick Phipps, 10. Bernard Foley, 11. Alex Newsome, 12. Karmichael Hunt, 13. Adam Ashley-Cooper, 14. Cam Clark, 15. Israel Folau

Bench: 16. Andrew Tuala, 17. Rory O’Connor, 18. Chris Talakai, 19. Tom Staniforth, 20. Lachlan Swinton, 21. Jake Gordon, 22. Kurtley Beale, 23. Lalakai Foketi

Saturday, 7:45pm: Rebels vs Sunwolves

Rebels
1. Tetera Faulkner, 2. Anaru Rangi, 3. Jermaine Ainsley, 4. Matt Philip, 5. Adam Coleman, 6. Luke Jones, 7. Angus Cottrell c, 8. Isi Naisarani, 9. Will Genia, 10. Quade Cooper, 11. Marika Koroibete, 12. Billy Meakes, 13. Tom English, 14. Jack Maddocks, 15. Reece Hodge.

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Bench: 16. Hugh Roach, 17. Matt Gibbon, 18. Pone Fa’amausili, 19. Ross Haylett-Petty, 20. Rob Leota, 21. Michael Ruru, 22. Campbell Magnay, 23. Semisi Tupou.

Sunwolves
1. Pauliasi Manu , 2. Java Bregvadze, 3. Jiwon Koo, 4. Mark Abbott, 5. Luke Thompson, 6. Ben Gunter, 7. Dan Pryor, 8. Hendrik Tui, 9. Kaito Shigeno, 10. Hayden Parker, 11. Semisi Masirewa, 12. Riichi Tatekawa, 13. Jason Emery, 14. Gerard van der Heever, 15. Ryohei Yamanaka

Bench: 16 Nathan Vella, 17 Masataka Mikami, 18 Hiroshi Yamashita, 19. Uwe Helu, 20 Grant Hattingh, 21 Jamie Booth, 22. Takuya Yamasawa, 23. Josh Timu

Sunday, 12:05am: Bulls vs Jagaures

Bulls
1. Lizo Gqoboka, 2. Corniel Els, 3. Trevor Nyakane, 4. Hanro Liebenberg, 5. Eli Snyman, 6. Ruan Steenkamp, 7. Jannes Kirsten, 8. Duane Vermeulen (c), 9. Embrose Papier, 10. Manie Libbok, 11. Jade Stighling, 12. Burger Odendaal, 13. Dylan Sage, 14. Johnny Kotze, 15. Divan Rossouw

Bench: 16. Jaco Visagie, 17. Simphiwe Matanzima, 18. Conraad van Vurren, 19. Thembelani Bohli, 20. Tim Agaba, 21. Ivan van Zyl, 22. JT Jackson, 23. Cornal Hendricks

Jaguares
1. Mayco Vivas, 2. Julian Montoya, 3. Santiago Medrano, 4. Guido Petti, 5. Marcos Kremer, 6. Pablo Matera, 7. Tomas Lezana, 8. Javier Ortega Desio, 9 . Tomas Cubelli, 10. Santiago Gonzalez Iglesias, 11. Ramiro Moyano, 12. Jeronimo de la Fuente, 13. Matias Orlando, 14. Matias Moroni, 15. Emiliano Boffelli

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Bench: 16. Agustin Creevy, 17. Nahuel Tetaz Chaparro, 18. Enrique Pieretto, 19. Tomas Lavanini, 20. Rodrigo Bruni, 21. Felipe Ezcurra, 22. Domingo Miotti, 23. Joaquin Tuculet

All times AEDT.

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