All predicted finishes refer to the overall table while the top two read as champions and runners up in the knockout stage also.
Blues
Star Man: Sonny Bill Williams
One To Watch: Rieko Ioane
Predicted Finish: 6th
Best Thing About Them: Sonny Bill or their jersey. Maybe Sonny Bill in the jersey.
Super Haka Fans: Ronan Calvert, Conor Hayes, Evan Fitzpatrick, Gavin Noonan, John Maher
Brumbies
Star Man: Tevita Kuridrani
One To Watch: Henry Speight
Predicted Finish: 7th
Best Thing About Them: Their rumbling, brumbling maul
Super Haka Fans: Evan Kelly, Danny Griffin, Caolan Scully, Darragh Slattery, Matthew Dillon
Bulls
Star Man: Jesse Kriel
One To Watch: Handre Pollard
Predicted Finish: 10th
Best thing about them: Centres Serfontein and Kriel
Super Haka Fans: Rhys Foley, Cathal Hayes, Mark McGuire, Diarmuid Byrnes, Jack Cosgrave
Cheetahs
Star Man: Francois Venter
One To Watch: Quintin Vorster
Predicted Finish: 15th
Best thing about them: Eh I like their name, kinda.
Super Haka Fans: Ben France, John O’Donnell, Cathal Flannery, Bryan Barrett, Jack Purcell
Chiefs
Star Man: Damian McKenzie
One To Watch: Anton Lienert-Brown
Predicted Finish: 3rd
Best thing about them: Very young and exciting players
Super Haka Fans: Aaron Deegan, Ruairi Lane, Conor Ryan, Niamh O’Brien, Liam O’Sullivan
Crusaders
Star Man: Kieran Read
One To Watch: Richie Mo’unga
Predicted Finish: 9th
Best thing about them: Ability to perform when it matters most.
Super Haka Fans: Ewan O’Brien, Dave Ryan, Rory Desmond, Liam Farrell, Will Finnane
Western Force
Star Man: Nick Cummins
One To Watch: Dane Haylett-Petty
Predicted Finish: 16th
Best thing about them: The Honey Badger
Super Haka Fans: Sean Mason, Rory Shanahan, Colin O’Halloran, Cian Hurley, Chris Healan
Highlanders
Star Man: Ben Smith
One To Watch: Tevita Li
Predicted Finish: 2nd
Best thing about them: All the flair associated with the All Blacks, very consistent.
Super Haka Fans: Jason O’Reilly, Nathan Dowling, Cian Moloney, Peter Boohan, Niall McNamara
Hurricanes
Star Man: Beaude Barrett
One To Watch: Jordie Barrett
Predicted Finish: 1st
Best Thing about them: The amazing tries they score every week
Super Haka Fans: David Woods, Dean Callinan, Sean Airey, Jack Collopy, Adam Barry
Jaguares
Star Man: Facundo Isa
One To Watch: Santiago Cordero
Predicted Finish: 13th
Best Thing about them: They’re basically Argentina
Super Haka Fans: Conor McInerney, Louis McCormack, Cian Gorey, Ethan O’Sullivan, Matthew Jenningsk
Southern Kings
Star Man: Jurgen Visser
One To Watch: CJ Vellemen
Predicted Finish: 18th
Best thing about them: Nothing. In fact we just picked the two above players because of their Northern Hemisphere based namesakes.
Super Haka Fans: Ronan McElligott, Katie Kiely, Mikey O’Gorman, Richie Wells, Catherine Crawford
Lions
Star Man: Faf de Klerk
One To Watch: Ruan Combrink
Predicted Finish: 4th
Best thing about them: Underrated beasts Jaco Kriel and Harold Vorster.
Super Haka Fans: David Ryan, Harry Coyne , Ryan Hodge, Justin Norden, Graham Kirwan
Rebels
Star Man: Reece Hodge
One To Watch: Sean McMahon
Predicted Finish: 12th
Best Thing about them: Exciting centre partnership in Reece Hodge and Tamati Ellison
Super Haka Fans: Cillian Frawley, Cillian Toland, Brian Murphy, Jack Dillon, Cathal Hynes, Jamie Hamilton
Reds
Star Man: Stephen Moore
One To Watch: Quade Cooper
Predicted Finish: 14th
Best thing about them: Their Wallaby old guard, particularly Irish-Australian bald eagle and Aussie captain Stephen Moore.
Super Haka Fans: Jamie Hamilton, Ronan Moloney, Dylan Kelly, Barry Hurley, Craig Finn
Sharks
Star Man: Pat Lambie
One To Watch: Lwazi Mvovo
Predicted Finish: 11th
Best thing about them: ‘Beeeaaassst’ Mtawarira.
Super Haka Fans: Craig Carew, Daniel Beck, Dave McMahon, Sandra Moloney, Alex O’Connor
Stormers
Star Man: Damian De Allende
One To Watch: Huw Jones
Predicted Finish: 5th
Best Thing about them: Young stars, especially Scottish centre Huw Jones
Super Haka Fans: Paul Hurley, Kieran Ryan, Cian O’Reilly, Ben Davey, Chams Jagana, Maks Zerdel
Sunwolves
Star Man: Shota Horie
One To Watch: Ed Quirk
Predicted Finish: 17th
Best thing about them: You can pretend their Japan despite having pretty much none of their World Cup stars.
Super Haka Fans: Adam Geraghty, Anthony Creed, Hiram Wood, Paddy Harnett, Adrian Sullivan
Waratahs
Star Man: Michael Hooper
One To Watch: Israel Folau
Predicted Finish: 8th
Best thing about them: Aussie stars Folau, Foley and Hooper in key positions.
Super Haka Fans: Jamie Ryan, Matthew Hayes, Adam Ahern, Ross Walsh, Kieran O’Malley
Predicted Table
01) Hurricanes
02) Highlanders
03) Chiefs
04) Lions
05) Stormers
06) Blues
07) Brumbies
08) Waratahs
09) Crusaders
10) Bulls
11) Sharks
12) Rebels
13) Jaguares
14) Reds
15) Cheetahs
16) Western Force
17) Sunwolves
18) Southern Kings
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