Super Rugby 2015: Schedule Match Time Prediction Team Line Up

Super Rugby 2015: Schedule Match Time Prediction Team Line Up

Saturday, July 4, 2015 / No Comments

Super Rugby 2015: Schedule Match Time Prediction Team Line Up

All the eyes of the rugby fans of the world will be on the Super Rugby Final 2015 which will be played between Highlanders and Hurricanes on July 4 this Saturday. This huge match for the championship will be played at Westpac Stadium at Wellington. The match will start at 19.35 (Local time) and 07.35 (GMT). Jaco Peyper will be in charge as referee for the match where Glen Jackson & Craig Joubert will be the assistant referees. The winner of this match will be franchise number eight in the list of winner of the crown of Super Rugby. As both the teams are from New Zealand so they winner will be fourth club to win from their country. Earlier three New Zealand clubs have won it. The Crusaders have won it for seven times, the Blues have won three times and the Chiefs have won two times. From Australia three sides have won and from South Africa only the Bulls have won it. So far in recent times from 2011 both the teams have played together 10 times following chart will give a good idea about the matches

Time	Place	Result
2015	Wellington	Hurricanes won by 56-20
2015	Dunedin	Hurricanes won by 20-13
2014	Wellington	Highlanders won by 18-16
2014	Dunedin	Highlanders won by 35-31
2013	Wellington	Highlanders won by 49-44
2013	Dunedin	Hurricanes won by 23-19
2012	Dunedin	Hurricanes won by 26-20
2012	Wellington	Highlanders won by 19-17
2011	Invercargill	Highlanders won  by 13-6
2011	Wellington	Highlanders won by 14-9

In this year the Hurricanes have won in both matches against the Highlanders. This will give them huge confidence for the upcoming game. Both the teams have finalizes their squads for the big match. The squads are as follows.

Hurricanes: Nehe Milner-Skudder, Ma'a Nonu, Beauden Barrett, Victor Vito, Brad Shields, Jeremy Thrush, Dane Coles, James Marshall, Conrad Smith, Julian Savea, TJ Perenara, Callum Gibbins, James Broadhurst, Ben Franks, Reggie Goodes.

Replacements: Jeffery Toomaga-Allen,  Motu Matu'u, Blade Thomson, Rey Lee-Lo, Chris Eves, Mark Abbott, Chris Smylie, Chris Smylie.

Highlanders:  Waisake Naholo, Richard Buckman, Lima Sopoaga,   Nasi Manu, Elliot Dixon, Alex Ainley, Liam Coltman, Ben Smith, Malakai Fekitoa, Patrick Osborne, Aaron Smith, James Lentjes, Mark Reddish, Josh Hohneck, Brendon Edmonds.

Replacements: Ash Dixon, Ross Geldenhuys, Gareth Evans, Fumiaki Tanaka, Daniel Lienert-Brown, Joe Wheeler, Shane Christie, Marty Banks.   

Hurricanes fans will keep their eyes open for Ardie Savea before kick-off and will hope that he can pass the fitness test. But other than him they have team which is full of high quality players. The fans will hope that stars of their backline Beauden Barrett, Julian Savea, Conrad Smith, Ma'a Nonu, and Nehe Milner-Skudder along with the incredible skills Victor Vito, Brad Shields, Jeremy Thrush & James Broadhurst will bring the win for them. The highlander fans will be hoping the skill set of Aaron, Waisake Naholo, muscle power of Mark Reddish, all action play from Liam Coltman will ensure their victory.

Hurricanes vs Highlanders: Live Stream Date Time Schedule and Information

Hurricanes vs Highlanders: Live Stream Date Time Schedule and Information

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Hurricanes vs Highlanders: Live Stream Date Time Schedule and Information

The clash between the Hurricanes and the highlanders will take place at the Westpac Stadium which is in Wellington. This Super Rugby Final of 2015 will happen on Saturday, 4th July. The kick off time for this match is 19.35 in local time and 7.35 for GMT time. When asked Steve Hansen, the coach of the All Blacks replied that "is going to be brutal" and it may affect the strength of the New Zealand's World Cup. But he also admitted that the supremacy of the Southern Hemisphere is at stake and he would not take it another way. The Hurricanes have 12 players in the squad who are All Blacks and the Highlanders have five in their squad. This is going to be match where emotions will be also be present as both the clubs have never won the title earlier. Hansen, the experienced assistant coach of Crusaders is thinking about the risk of injury for any key member of the All Blacks will be devastating for New Zealand as the World Cup will take place in September this year. He added he is excited but cautiously said that,

 There is a little bit of holding your breath because you don't want any of those young men to get injured - or anyone for that matter - but not the 17.

He knows how hungry both the teams are and it is going to be a real hard and brutal match. He also said this is an opportunity which only comes once in life and there is no chance that any team will hold back their aggressions and emotions.

Both the teams had best performances in case of attacking in this regular season. The Hurricanes had the best with 62 of try-scoring where the Highlanders were behind by only one point. The defense will also take part in the game too. This will be huge concern for the Highlanders as in this season they had the lowest record for defense among top six teams who qualified. The Hurricanes had the second best performance in the season after the Brunbies. Scott McLeod, the Defense coach of the Highlanders said they have been working on strategies so that the can counter the attacks of the Hurricanes. Meanwhile, the Hurricanes are also hoping that Ardie Savea will be totally fit for the match who earlier suffered from leg injury.

Team Line Up:

Hurricanes: Reggie Goodes, Ben Franks, James Broadhurst, Callum Gibbins, TJ Perenara, Julian Savea, Conrad Smith (captain), James Marshall, Dane Coles, Jeremy Thrush, Brad Shields, Victor Vito, Beauden Barrett, Ma'a Nonu, Nehe Milner-Skudder.

Replacements:  Chris Smylie, Chris Smylie, Mark Abbott, Chris Eves, Rey Lee-Lo, Blade Thomson, Jeffery Toomaga-Allen, Motu Matu'u.

Highlanders: Brendon Edmonds, Josh Hohneck, Mark Reddish, James Lentjes, Aaron Smith, Patrick Osborne, Malakai Fekitoa, Ben Smith, Liam Coltman, Alex Ainley, Elliot Dixon, Nasi Manu, Lima Sopoaga,  Richard Buckman, Waisake Naholo.

Replacements: Marty Banks, Shane Christie, Joe Wheeler, Daniel Lienert-Brown, Fumiaki Tanaka, Gareth Evans, Ross Geldenhuys, Ash Dixon.

Hurricanes vs. Highlanders: Live Stream Wellington Buzzing with Excitement as It Gets Ready to Host the Super Rugby Final

Hurricanes vs. Highlanders: Live Stream Wellington Buzzing with Excitement as It Gets Ready to Host the Super Rugby Final

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Hurricanes vs. Highlanders

It is one more step for the Hurricanes to have the long waited glory of rugby and their town Wellington is buzzing about it. For this Wellington based franchise this is their 20th season and for the first time it will play the Super Rugby Final against the Highlanders. Both the teams will come to the pitch to claim their maiden title. The match will take place at the Westpac Stadium. It has a capacity of 34,500. Around 2000 of them are pre-sale tickets. They are already sold to the members of the Wellington Rugby Football Union. Tickets will go on for sale on Monday at 4 pm for the public. James Te Puni, the chief executive of Wellington Rugby said that they are expecting tso have a fast sell-out. He also said the fans need to keep ready with their phone and computers to grab one. He wished ‘Good luck’ for everyone and said everyone is very much excited as this is the first final Wellington is going to host.

David Perks, the chief executive of Wellington tourism is expecting that over the weekend the visitors will bring in around $8 million in the town. He added,

 "It's a very big weekend for the city... obviously [Saturday] was a huge night in town and I expect it will be pretty busy this weekend too, with a sell-out crowd."  

The chief executive of Wellington Employers' Chamber of Commerce John Milford said it will be great boost in the town’s economy. He also said that for accommodation and hospitality industry this is going to be a great weekend as there will no spare room available in the town. The chief executive of Motel Association said that the accommodation is going to be premium. He said that they are expecting rise in call for booking accommodation in the upcoming days.

Additional flights are already being pulled out by the Air New Zealand in order to cope with the flood which will be created by the rugby fans. For Saturday extra 50 return seats and for Sunday extra 68 return seats are available between Dunedin and Wellington. Mike Tod, their chief marketing officer said it will be tricky for them to provide extra seats in such short notice but they are working hard to provide help for the fans. Shane Harmon, the chief executive of the Westpac Stadium said they had a very successful night on last Saturday and they are looking forward for the next weekend. The also said there will extra seats which will installed temporarily to boost the capacity as much as possible. Even the mayor of the city Celia Wade-Brown is excited about the game and she is anticipating that the game will bring huge financial benefits in the city. She also said the event teams of the council are together with the Hurricanes and the stadium to build up a great atmosphere for the upcoming week. Finally she added that she will be keeping a close eye on Twitter for the score as she won’t be able to attend at the match personally.

Waratahs vs. Highlanders: Live Stream Preview, Team Lineup and Online Super Rugby Semifinal Match

Waratahs vs. Highlanders: Live Stream Preview, Team Lineup and Online Super Rugby Semifinal Match

Friday, June 26, 2015 / No Comments

Hurricanes vs Brumbies Live Stream

Waratahs are going to play against the Dunedin on 27 June 2015 in the Super rugby match. The game will take place at Allianz Stadium, Sydney. This will be the 7th game for these two teams. So far both the teams have won three games each out of the six times. The match will kick off 19:55 local time and 9:55 GMT.

The games played between this two team since 2009 were won by the team who was playing at home which means home advantage will play a prominent role in next game. The Highlanders won the last contest by 26-19 which was performed earlier this year at Dunedin. The Waratahs have a great winning percentage of 68% in the Super Rugby regardless of any venue.  So far since 1996 they have lost 6 matches but won 13 games.  As the next game will be played at Sydney, the waratah will have the home advantage. This is very important for the next game because they have met the Highlanders in Sydney 9 times, and they have won 7 times out of those 9 games. So, the warrath have 78% of winning percentage against them at home. The average score for the game, when it is played in Sydney, is Waratahs 30 - Highlanders 19.

In the Super Rugby season, the Waratahs finished with 52 points giving them the 2nd place. On the other hand, the Highlanders had 53 points but for being the top Australian team the Waratahs came in second. So far, the Waratahs have played 16 and won 11 of them. Out of the 16 matches, 8 were played at home, and the Waratahs won six of them. So far The Waratahs have taken part in six Super Rugby Semi-finals and out of those six games they have won three. In last year, the Waratahs won in the semifinal.

On the other hand, the Highlanders had 17 matches, and they have won 12 of them. So far, away from home they have played 8 matches and won 5 of them. So they have 63% of winning percentage in away matches. They have played 4 times in semifinals and only won one that they played in 1999 against the Stormers. Both the teams have made one change for the game. For the Waratahs Matt Carraro comes for Kurtley Beale into the team and for the Highlanders James Lentjes is replacing Dan Pryor.

Teams lineup:

Waratahs

Tatafu Polota-Nau, Will Skelton, Jacques Potgieter, Wycliff Palu, Bernard Foley, Matt Carraro, Benn Robinson, Sekope Kepu, David Dennis (C), Michael Hooper, Nick Phipps, Rob Horne, Adam Ashley-Cooper, Israel Folau

Replacements: Jeremy Tilse, Mitchell Chapman, Patrick McCutcheon, Jono Lance, Tolu Latu, Paddy Ryan, Stephen Hoiles, Peter Betham, Brendan McKibbin

Highlanders

Liam Coltman, Alex Ainley, Elliot Dixon,  Nasi Manu, Lima Sopoaga, Richard Buckman, Malakai Fekitoa , Waisake Naholo,Brendon Edmonds, Josh Hohneck , Mark Reddish, James Lentjes, Aaron Smith, Patrick Osborne, Ben Smith

Replacements: Ross Geldenhuys, Daniel Lienert-Brown, Gareth Evans, Trent Renata, Ash Dixon, Joe Wheeler, Fumiaki Tanaka, Shaun Treeby

Hurricanes vs Brumbies Live Stream Super Rugby Semifinal: Schedule and Squad preview

Hurricanes vs Brumbies Live Stream Super Rugby Semifinal: Schedule and Squad preview

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Hurricanes vs Brumbies Live Stream

Hurricanes are going to face with Brumbies on 27th June of 2015, Saturday in the super rugby semifinal. The game is going to be held in Westpac Stadium in Wellington kicking off at 19:35 of local and 07:35 of GMT.  Among the last six Super Rugby games between them the Brumbies gave the lead in four and hurricanes made it in two only.

Brumbies has always been a superior team than hurricanes. The Hurricanes and Brumbies had faced each other in rugby of total twenty times if it is looked back. Out of those Brumbies won in total 12 matches whereas hurricanes made it for rest 8 only. According to these the statistics show that hurricanes made a score of 40% winning over the Brumbies irrespective of the match venue.

In this weekend, the match between both squads will be more homely for the Hurricanes because of being played in Wellington. This is a place where these two teams met for total 9 events. Out of those nine matches, though the Hurricanes won in total four matches and lose in rest fives, the record gives a statistics of 44% of winning for them among the home matches which is pretty much convincing. And the regular score of hurricanes was 26 against Brumbies with 29 in Wellington. But hurricanes could not make any of the last two matches in Wellington.

Hurricanes secured the first position in the super rugby after playing sixteen games. Among those sixteen they won in total fourteen. On the contrary, brumbies face complete eight semifinal matches in Super Rugby where they made glory at six of them and lost in two games. The Brumbies met the Hurricanes at a semifinal that was held in Canberra in 1997 and beat them with a score of 33-20.

This time Hurricanes are making some changes in their team line up. Milner-skudder will now start from the right wing as Cory Jane could not recover yet from is constrained injury. The fullback responsibilities are given on James Marshall. The total team represents- Reggie Goodes, Jeremy Thrush, Ben Franks, Brad Shields, Dane Coles, Ardie Savea, James Broadhurst, TJ Perenara, Julian Savea, Conrad Smith (c), James Marshall, Victor Vito, Beauden Barrett, Ma’a Nonu ,  Nehe Milner-Skudder. The replacement team consists of - Brayden Mitchell, Jeffery Toomaga-Allen , Blade Thomson , Rey Lee-Lo , Chris Eves , Mark Abbott , Chris Smylie , Matt Proctor

The brumbies also made a change. But their replacement was not followed by any injury but due to suspension. Due to being expelled for next five matches henry Speight is replaced by lausii taliauli who is going to play in the starting lineup of the wing. The brumbies are representing as- Stephen Moore, Rory Arnold, Scott Fardy , Ita Vaea, Christian Lealiifano, Matt Toomua, Lausii Taliauli, Scott Sio, Ben Alexander, Blake Enever, David Pocock, Nic White, Joe Tomane, Tevita Kuridrani, Jesse Mogg. And their replacement team is - Josh Mann-Rea , Ruan Smith , Jarrad Butler , Nigel Ah Wong , Allan Alaalatoa , Jordan Smiler ,  Michael Dowsett, Robbie Coleman.

Argentina vs. French Barbarians: Match Schedule, Preview on Earlier & Live Online Sites for Viewers

Argentina vs. French Barbarians: Match Schedule, Preview on Earlier & Live Online Sites for Viewers

Thursday, June 25, 2015 / No Comments

 

Argentina vs. French Barbarians

Argentina and French barbarians are going to play their next international friendly games at rugby union on 26th June 2015 at 21:30 UTC. The match will take place at La Plata Rugby Club. The earlier event of Argentina against the French Barbarian was held on 20th June. The game ended with a result of 22-28 where French barbarians defeated them by 6. So, the Argentina team is very much eager to come back in this match. Except the last match against the French, Argentina has won the two international friendly matches in a row that includes a match against Italy. They beat Italy by 20-18. On the other hand, the French are on a winning row. They beat Namibia conveniently by 35-14 before beating Argentina. According to the World Rugby Ranking Argentina is at number 8 with 78.23 points and France is at number 7 with 79.74 points. So this shows how close the teams are in strength, and their fans are also looking for a closely contested game like last one.

If history is checked, then it will be found that French Barbarians are way better in rugby than Argentina. The first rugby match held between both the team was in the year 1949. French barbarians took two test tours to Argentina. In both the games, French gave the lead. Argentina could not make a win until their 16th match over France. There have been a total 48 matches took place between Argentina and French barbarian. All of them were held in Argentina, France and some in Neutral Avenue. Among the 48 Argentina won in 13 and France make in 34 matches with a draw in one.

Argentina has been a regular opponent of France. Most of the matches had been taking place in Argentina. These two squads also have played each other for three times in rugby world cup. French barbarian won more than two third of the games against Argentina. But Argentina is progressing in recent years. In 2012, Argentina was secured in 6th with Puma and French positioned 7th according to the IRB world ranking, and in 2009 Argentina took the 4th place over French in 7th. Their ranking changed very often, and these two team's orders have been altered many times.

For the fans who wants to see it online the following sites will be very helpful as they will show the match live online. The game will also be available live on some betting sites. If you find it difficult to see the game through these sites. Many other sites will keep posting live updates too. Both the teams will present their best line-up for the match as they want to look for their best combinations before the Rugby World Cup 2015. Both the teams are trying their best to prepare for it.

Fiji v Tonga: Date, Time Schedule, Team Lineup, Live Stream & How to Watch Online?

Fiji v Tonga: Date, Time Schedule, Team Lineup, Live Stream & How to Watch Online?

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Fiji v Tonga

Fiji will play against Tonga on Friday 26 June 2015 in a friendly match. The game will take place at ANZ National Stadium, which is located in Suva, and it has a capacity of 15,000.  These two teams last met on 14 June 2014 where Fiji beat Tonga for 45-17 in IRB Pacific Nations Cup. Both the teams are looking for a great game tomorrow. It is almost sure that both the teams would like to test each other as they will again meet on 18 July in the IRB Pacific Nations Cup.  So, fans are also looking at the match as a dress rehearsal before the real one. There is not so much difference between the two teams as they are very close in world rugby rankings. Fiji is at number 11 where Tonga is at 12. So, the crowds are looking towards a close contested game, unlike their last meeting.  

FIJI TEAM LINEUP: The Fiji has chosen their team for tomorrow’s match. Their team includes Kevin Naiqama (Wests Tigers), Tikio Koke (Fiji), Timoci Ratulolo Dabea (Fiji), Viliame Kikau (North Queensland Cowboys), Jason Bukuya (Cronulla Sharks), Jacob Saifiti (Newcastle Knights), Darryl Millard (South Sydney Rabbitohs), Apisai Koroisau (Penrith Panthers), Brayden Wiliame (Manly Sea Eagles), Marika Koroibete (Melbourne Storm), Eloni Vunakece (Wyong Roos), Korbin Sims (Newcastle Knights), Fabian Goodall (Wentworthville), Eto Nabuli (St George Illawarra Dragons),Ryan Millard (Brisbane Norths) ,Daniel Saifiti  (Newcastle Knights),Tyrone Phillips (Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs) ,Osea Sadrau (Fiji). Although Fiji won in their last friendly match against The USA (20-14) they lost their last three international friendly matches against Wales, France & Samoa. The team is very much confident about the game as they beat Tonga conveniently in their most recent meeting.

TONGO TEAM LINEUP: Tonga has a good run in their international friendly matches as they have won the last two games of three. They beat Georgia by 23-9 and USA by 40-12 before losing to Scotland for 12-37. Tonga has announced their squads for the game. Their team includes Jorge Taufua (Manly Sea Eagles), Tuimoala Lolohea (NZ Warriors), Solomone Kata (NZ Warriors), Sosaia Feki (Cronulla Sharks), Peni Terepo (Parramatta Eels), Albert Vete (NZ Warriors), Asipeli Fine (Wests Tigers),  Manu Ma'u (Parramatta Eels), Felise Kaufusi (Melbourne Storm), Richard Fa'aoso (Parramatta Eels), Samisoni Langi (Sydney Roosters), Ben Murdoch-Masila (Penrith Panthers), Pat Politoni (Cronulla Sharks), Mahe Fonua (Melbourne Storm),Konrad Hurrell (NZ Warriors), Joel Luani (West Tigers), Sika Manu (Captain, Penrith Panthers), Siosiua Taukeiaho (Sydney Roosters), John Folau (Parramatta Eels). This presents an excellent squad who can give the Fiji team run for their money.

This match can be viewed live online at different sites. Just go to the locations and insert the names of Fiji vs. Tongo and you can easily see the match online. Other than these sites there are also a lot of sites where you can easily watch the game and some sites also post live updates of the match.

Georgia Page: The Australian “Rugby Goddess” Becomes an Inspiration

Georgia Page: The Australian “Rugby Goddess” Becomes an Inspiration

Sunday, June 21, 2015 / No Comments

Georgia Page: The Australian “Rugby Goddess” Becomes an Inspiration

Georgia Page, the Australian rugby player, has become an "inspiration" as she stayed on the pitch although she broke her nose during a tackle. She represents the Lindenwood University in Missouri. On Thursday during the match she fell and injured her face. Then she got up and kept on playing. She even made a furious tackle on an opponent from Notre Dame University before she was taken off the pitch for getting medical treatment. Her teammates convinced her for the treatment as she intended to keep on playing.  Later, in the second half she rejoined the action and finished the game. About the accident, she said that she knew that she had broken it straight away. She also thought that it was on the other side of her face for a second. About getting back on the feet again she said, "I laid down for two seconds and thought ‘‘I’ve got to get up, got to get up.'' Then she said that she started to run back. She could only see through her left eye when she made her first tackle as the other eye was covered in blood. When she was asked about the pain, she replied that it was pretty intense at first and after that it was gone. This clarifies her passion towards the game and her team.

The internet storm started when United States sevens officials uploaded a video. But page knew nothing about it as she was on a 17-hour flight to get back home. She only knew that a video was uploaded, and she thought it would get a few hundred likes, and 1000 views may be. She acquired about 400 notifications in Facebook, and friend requests or so and the video had a million views. She described this as "So it’s pretty crazy” and “I really can’t believe it — it’s insane." She said she never had such publicity about her, and she is finding it quite interesting.

All this has made the spotlight right to her, and she said that she was using this to catch attention so she can promote women's participation and Rugby Sevens. She tweeted that she wants to be a good ambassador for rugby and wanted to help the game to grow. She also added that what she did (playing with a runny nose) was not for her but her team.  She hopes that people should not make any difference by saying women’s rugby players.

Page has already finished her college in the United States. Now she will study to become an osteopath in Australia. She is hoping to crack the New South Wales Sevens squad, and her dream is to play in Olympic for Australia. But she prepares to repairs on her battered face at first. She said The American healthcare system is horrible, and so she did nothing over there. She is hoping to see a specialist this week.