They are both Super Rugby Aotearoa teams but at that time they were playing in the SANZAAR Super Rugby competition which also involved Australia, Argentina and South Africa teams.
SE NOTA EL TRABAJO DE CRUSADERS... SUS FOWARDS Y BACKS LAS DESTREZAS BIEN TRABAJADAS... CHIEFS CON MUCHAS IMPRESECIONES PERO DESTACABLE EL TRABAJO DEL 15 Y EL 9 DE CHIEFS... PARA MÍ FUE MUCHO MÁS CRUSADERS ESO SÍ
Game of the season I reckon, no matter your personal loyalties (I'm an Auckland man myself). And in hindsight, some warning signs for the ABs world cup campaign: Read pretty much MIA, Mo'unga largely outplayed by the journeyman Aussie import Debreczyni, the impact of Sam Cane around the ruck... Never mind, I guess nobody wins three in a row. They'll be back.
As always the last pass for the first try in the 2nd half goes 1/2 yards forward right in front of the ref, but nobody cares about forward pass anymore to the detriment of the game.
Ref missed some crucial calls against the Crusaders. Two hands in a ruck by Same Kane in a row and the ref missed it among a bunch of things. I think the Fijian weather throw this ref off his A game. They should have assigned a Fijian ref to ref that game.
