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The Sharks are desperately searching for their first win of the season but the Brumbies will look to make it two-from-two at home when the two teams face off in Canberra on Saturday.
The Stormers host the Hurricanes at Newlands on Saturday night with the visitors looking to get back in the winners’ column following last week’s shock upset loss to the Cheetahs.
The Sharks came out of Saturday's clash against the Waratahs with a couple of bumps and bruises, and early scares have been overcome with Keegan Daniel and Odwa Ndungane both passed fit to play.
The Bulls are back in action after a week off and they will be licking their lips ahead of the arrival of a Highlanders team in turmoil.
I was invited again to join Brent Graham on his Radio Today program Sports Review to look ahead to all the games from Round 5 of the Super 14.
The Australian newspaper carried reports on Thursday that controversial Australian referee Paul Marks has been axed from the Super 14 referees panel.
Vodacom Bulls flanker, Dewald Potgieter, will start in his first Vodacom Super 14 match of the season when his side takes on the Highlanders at Loftus Versfeld on Saturday.
Potgieter came off the bench against the Waratahs two weeks ago after a knee strain ruled him out of the Bulls first two fixtures.
Tiaan Liebenberg returns from illness to anchor the scrum in the only change in the Stormers’ starting line-up for the clash against the Hurricanes at Newlands on Saturday.
A tantalising tie opens Round 5 of the Super 14 with two of the competition's high-flyers meeting in a New Zealand derby in Wellington.
The NSW Waratahs will look to motivate their home crowd and reverse the dwindling match-attendance trend by playing more entertaining rugby. Having resorted to conservative ‘safe’ rugby against the Sharks, to the anger and disgust of the local faithful at the Sydney Football Stadium grandstands, the men-in-blue are expected to not only win this next game against the Lions from South Africa but satisfy the entertainment-appetite demanded by the fans.
Isaac Ross returns to the Crusaders starting line-up in one of two changes to the team ahead of Friday's encounter with the Chiefs in Hamilton.
The Chiefs play their first New Zealand derby match of the campaign this Friday when they take on the Crusaders at Waikato Stadium in Hamilton in round five of the Super 14.
The CA Brumbies have named an unchanged 22-man squad to take on the Sharks at Canberra Stadium this Saturday.
The Bulls are unlikely to have Bakkies Botha back in action until they return home from their overseas tour as he continues his recovery from an Achilles tendon injury.
After the horrors of Round 3 the South African sides bounced back in Round 4 with two good wins for the Stormers and the Cheetahs and two narrow losses for the Sharks and Lions in Australia. To make things even sweeter the Bulls managed to stay top of the log despite having the week off.
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