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Chiefs - B Sullivan try; Gatland 4 penalty goals, conversion Click here for a full match wrap and highlights Full time 80 mins - Blues try to AJ Lam The Blues will get one final chance with a lineout seven-metres out. It's messy from but the home side cleans it up. Nock fires a pass wide to Sotutu who draws a defender before offloading to Lam who crashes over for his second of the evening.  Black can't convert the try as the siren goes.  (BLU 39-19) 79 mins  It's all going wrong for the Chiefs with players in front of the kicker to give the Blues a scrum on halfway with a minute to play. 

Aaron Goile05:00, May 01 2021 Michael Bradley/Getty Images Chiefs prop Sione Mafileo believes their stunning scrum turnaround was about the pack engaging more as a unit. New Chiefs prop Sione Mafileo has lifted the lid on the secret to the team’s stunning scrummaging transformation, saying some of the players had been trying to do too much of their own thing rather than working as a pack. In mirroring the side’s remarkable change in fortunes with now a place in next weekend’s Super Rugby Aotearoa final secure thanks to five wins on the bounce, it was the team’s last defeat where the ...

Aaron Goile16:30, Apr 29 2021 Michael Bradley/Getty Images Chiefs coach Clayton McMillan has made wholesale changes to his lineup to play the Blues. Chiefs coach Clayton McMillan says there are “probably seven” spots up for grabs for his team’s Super Rugby Aotearoa final against the Crusaders in Christchurch next weekend. That should at least ensure some sort of intensity from his makeshift lineup for Saturday night’s dead rubber against the Blues in Auckland. The Chiefs have 11 players putting their feet up, 12 injured, and 23 others who will trot out on Eden Park, including half a...

Sky Super Rugby Aotearoa: Chiefs coach Clayton McMillan elects for mass changes for dead rubber Blues clash 29 Apr, 2021 04:30 AM 4 minutes to read Blues captain Patrick Tuipulotu and Blues wing, midfield back Rieko Ioane on the team's 29-6 loss to the Crusaders. Blues captain Patrick Tuipulotu and Blues wing, midfield back Rieko Ioane on the team's 29-6 loss to the Crusaders. Multimedia Sport Journalist Saturday night's regular season finale against the Blues is taking a back seat for the Chiefs as they keep one eye on the present and one on the approaching Super Rugby Aotearoa final. Coach ...

Phil Walter/Getty Images Damian McKenzie has played every minute of the Chiefs’ season to date but isn’t set to start against the Blues. As much as assistant coach David Hill tried to deny it, the Chiefs look set to keep their powder very much dry for the Super Rugby Aotearoa final. With their place in the May 8 decider against the Crusaders in Christchurch locked in, the Chiefs have the luxury of a dead rubber final-round clash against the Blues in Auckland on Saturday night, which they can use in whatever way they feel will give them the best preparation for the big one.