The Sharks pack scrums down against the Stormers during the Super Hero Sunday match played at Soccer City, Johannesburg, South Africa, 19 January 2020. Photo: EPA/KIM LUDBROOK
Super Rugby 2020 fixtures: Hurricanes vs Sharks – live score, result, teams and prediction
The Sharks are chasing a hat-trick of Super Rugby wins when they travel to Wellington on Saturday morning for Round 3 of the 2020 season. Here’s what you need to know.
The Sharks pack scrums down against the Stormers during the Super Hero Sunday match played at Soccer City, Johannesburg, South Africa, 19 January 2020. Photo: EPA/KIM LUDBROOK
The Sharks have been entertaining and surprising during the 2020 Super Rugby season thus far. They have a chance to prove that’s been no fluke when they face the Hurricanes in Wellington on Saturday morning. Kick off is at 8:05 (SAST).
Former Junior Springbok flyhalf Boeta Chamberlain comes in at flyhalf in place of Springbok Curwin Bosch, who has returned to South Africa because of a family bereavement.
The 20-year-old Chamberlain showed some deft touches in his Super Hero Sunday cameo against theStormers a few weeks ago and is set to make his full debut.
The rest of the starting line-up that beat the Highlanders so convincingly in Dunedin last week stays the same.
The Sharks have not beaten the Hurricanes in New Zealand since 2010 and will be looking to avert a fifth consecutive away defeat against the team from Wellington.
The Hurricanes have won their last 13 home games against South African opposition, including two come-from-behind wins since the beginning of the 2018 campaign. In fact, their last defeat in such a fixture came in Round 11, 2013 against the Stormers.
But the Canes did open their season with a defeat against South African opposition. They were mauled by the Stormers, losing 27-0 in Cape Town.
Team news, kick off time and prediction
The teams:
Hurricanes: 15 Jordie Barrett, 14 Wes Goosen, 13 Vince Aso, 12 Ngani Laumape, 11 Ben Lam, 10 Jackson Garden-Bachop, 9 TJ Perenara, 8 Reed Prinsep, 7 Gareth Evans, 6 Vaea Fifita, 5 Scott Scrafton, 4 Isaia Walker-Leawere, 3 Tyrel Lomax, 2 Asafo Aumua, 1 Fraser Armstrong. Replacements: 16 Dane Coles, 17 Pouri Rakete-Stones, 18 Alex Fidow, 19 Liam Mitchell, 20 Du’Plessis Kirifi, 21 Jamie Booth, 22 Fletcher Smith, 23 Billy Proctor.
Cell C Sharks: 15 Aphelele Fassi, 14 Madosh Tambwe, 13 Lukhanyo Am (captain), 12 Andre Esterhuizen, 11 Makazole Mapimpi, 10 Boeta Chamberlain, 9 Louis Schreuder, 8 Sikhumbuzo Notshe, 7 Tyler Paul, 6 James Venter, 5 Hyron Andrews, 4 Ruben van Heerden, 3 Thomas du Toit, 2 Kerron van Vuuren, 1 Ox Nche. Replacements: 16 Craig Burden, 17 Juan Schoeman, 18 John-Hubert Meyer, 19 Le Roux Roets, 20 Dylan Richardson, 21 Phepsi Buthelezi, 22 Sanele Nohamba, 23 Jeremy Ward.
Kick off time: Saturday, 15 February at 8:05 SAST.
Prediction: Hurricanes by 12.
Read about all the weekend’s Super Rugby predictions for Round 3 here.
