[2017 Super Rugby] Round 9: Highlanders vs. Sunwolves (22/04/2017)

[TRF_heineken]

Venue: Rugby Park
Time: 07:15 CAT (SA, GMT+2)​

Teams

Highlanders: 15 Ben Smith (captain), 14 Waisake Naholo, 13 Matt Faddes, 12 Malakai Fekitoa, 11 Tevita Li, 10 Marty Banks, 9 Aaron Smith, 8 Luke Whitelock, 7 Elliot Dixon, 6 Liam Squire, 5 Joe Wheeler, 4 Alex Ainley, 3 Siate Tokolahi, 2 Liam Coltman, 1 Daniel Lienert-Brown

Substitutes: 16 Greg Pleasants-Tate, 17 Aki Seiuli, 18 Siosuia Halanukonuka, 19 Tom Franklin, 20 Gareth Evans, 21 Josh Renton, 22 Teihorangi Walden, 23 Sio Tomkinson

Sunwolves: 15 Kotaro Matsushima, 14 Takaaki Nakazuru, 13 William Tupou, 12 Timothy Lafaele, 11 Yasutaka Sasakura, 10 Yu Tamura, 9 Fumiaki Tanaka, 8 Willie Britz, 7 Yuhimaru Mimura, 6 Edward Quirk (captain), 5 Uwe Helu, 4 Sam Wykes, 3 Yasuo Yamaji, 2 Yusuke Niwai, 1 Keita Inagaki

Substitutes: 16 Takeshi Kizu, 17 Koki Yamamoto, 18 Heiichiro Ito, 19 Shinya Makabe, 20 Rahboni Warren Vosayaco, 21 Yuki Yatomi, 22 Hayden Cripps, 23 Jamie-Jerry Taulagi

 

[Kiwiwomble]

Naholo is back

 

[galumay]

'Landers by eleventy points.

 

[Caitlyn Jenner]

Bender to score a hatrick

 

[Bruce_ma gooshvili]

A surprisingly strong Highlanders lineup. Gulp!

 

[Kiwiwomble]

A bit rusty, can only think it's the player rotation, few people really getting to lock i their spot, how good is faddes?! Really don't get why he do any start more, works his arse off every chance he gets

 

[Bruce_ma gooshvili]

Another credible scoreline from the Sunwolves; particularly against a strong lineup. They continue to exceed my expectations. I can see them being competitive in an Oz conference if they can get some continuity going in the next couple of years.