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App users click here for latest updates Crusaders 24 Chiefs 13 Chiefs - McKenzie try, conversion & 2 penalties Second half 40th minute - Crusaders win the scrum and a clearing penalty. Coach Scott Robertson heads to the sideline for his breakdance celebration. The siren goes, but there's one last lineout - Crusaders feed. They win the throw and Hall kicks to touch. Well done, Crusaders - that's your five-peat! 39th minute - From the lineout, the ball goes right, but the Chiefs get tangled and are offside, as they try to conjure up a late score.  38th minute - Tiatia runs onto a pass and brea...

Hannah Peters/Getty Images Crusaders coach Scott Robertson celebrates with Richie Mo'unga and Codie Taylor after the Crusaders beat the Blues in Auckland. OPINION: How do the Crusaders and Chiefs before their Super Rugby Aotearoa final on Saturday? Stuff takes a look at the match-day squads and gives its verdict on who has the edge. CRUSADERS 15. Will Jordan: Can beat defenders for fun but in the past couple of weeks he has improved in the parts of the game he doesn't find so easy. Defence is the key, and if nails it he can be world class. 8 14. Sevu Reece: A far better year from the explosi...

The Chiefs are going into the Super Rugby Aotearoa final with a nothing-to-lose attitude. The Chiefs are embracing the underdog tag and a nothing-to-lose attitude as they look to re-write the history books in Saturday night’s Super Rugby Aotearoa final. On what has been a rollercoaster 10-week campaign, which began with successive losses and a record-equalling 11-game losing streak, then saw five consecutive heart-in-the-mouth wins to book a spot in the decider with a week to spare, the Chiefs now have their chance at a fairytale finish. Standing in their way, though, is all the might of ...

Scott Robertson is on the cusp of guiding the Crusaders to a fifth straight title. Ensuring the Chiefs don’t feast at the breakdown will go a long way to winning a fifth straight Super Rugby title on Saturday night. The Crusaders aren’t afraid to admit they’ve put the area under the microscope ahead of the home decider at Orangetheory Stadium in Christchurch, knowing they’ve been pillaged by the opposition in recent fixtures. They also know ball hungry Chiefs loose forwards Pita Gus Sowakula, Lachlan Boshier and Luke Jacobson will be licking their chops as the visitors attempt to ac...

Phil Walter/Getty Images Pita Gus Sowakula has earned a start at blindside flanker for the Chiefs’ Super Rugby Aotearoa final against the Crusaders. Pita Gus Sowakula’s red-hot form has forced Chiefs coach Clayton McMillan into a forward pack reshuffle for Saturday night’s Super Rugby Aotearoa final. The explosive Fijian loose forward, who was one of the team’s best performers last year, missed the early stages of this season with a knee injury and got back into his work with three appearances from the bench, then has been a standout the past fortnight in his two starts at No 8 while...