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Chiefs' comeback falls short against Reds after McKenzie red card Newshub 5 hrs ago App users please click here  Fulltime - Reds 40  Chiefs 34 Wrap - Wow. What a crazy game. The Reds were flawless in the first spell and led 12-3 when McKenzie was sent off. The piled on three more tries and the game looked dead. Trailing 40-8 with a 17 minutes to go, the Chiefs were electric, opening up the Reds at will in the closing stages and almost pulled off a deadset miracle. The Reds hung on - just - and the Aussies have their first win of Super Rugby Trans-Tasman. 

The bulk of the Wallabies are expected to come from the Brumbies and the Queensland Reds, but last weekend Australia’s two best teams lost comprehensively to the best New Zealand has to offer. All five Australian teams lost for the second week in a row, but there had been hope the Reds and the Brumbies might have been competitive against the Crusaders and Chiefs, respectively. Instead, they were simply outclassed. In the clash of champions, the Reds fell 63-28 in Brisbane, while the Brumbies lost 40-19 in the contest between the runners-up in Hamilton. After the game, Reds co-captain Liam ...

The Super Rugby Aotearoa champs ran in nine tries in a 63-28 victory over the Reds. Crusaders coach Scott Robertson is hopeful Ethan Blackadder will pass all his concussions protocols this week and believes the teak-tough Tasman backrower new-found versatility offers him the chance to “push for higher honours’’. Blackadder passed the first stage of his head injury assessment tests after leaving the field in the 74th minute of the unbeaten Crusaders’ commanding 63-28 Super Rugby Trans-Tasman win over the Reds in Brisbane on Saturday night. Albert Perez/Getty Images Ethan Blackadder wa...

Super Rugby Trans-Tasman Rd 2 - Reds v Crusaders Sport by Emma Greenwood 22nd May 2021 10:45 PM The Queensland Reds have been handed a cruel reality check that exposes just how much work they have to do if they want to be regarded as one of the best provincial sides in the world. The clash between the Super Rugby AU and Aotearoa champions had been billed as a possible Trans-Tasman title decided but Queensland’s 63-28 loss shows just how far off the pace they remain – and just how good the Crusaders are. Crusaders playmaker R...

Crusaders crush Reds in Super statement AAP 2 hrs ago Murray Wenzel © Darren England/AAP PHOTOS The Crusaders have thrashed the Reds 63-28 in their Super Rugby Trans-Tasman clash in Brisbane. Australia's Super Rugby flag bearers have been embarrassed by their New Zealand opposites, the Crusaders further exposing the gulf between the nations in a 63-28 thumping of the Queensland Reds. The flogging completed another perfect round for New Zealand opponents over Australian outfits, the head-to-head now 10-0 in a deflating fortnight since the highs of the Reds' dramatic domest...