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Hurricanes: Ruben Love, Kini Naholo, Peter Umaga-Jensen, Jordie Barrett, Salesi Rayasi, Brett Cameron, TJ Perenara, Brayden Iose, Du’Plessis Kirifi, Brad Shields (c), Isaia Walker-Leawere, Caleb Delany, Tyrel Lomax, James O’Reilly, Xavier Numia; Reserves: Raymond Tuputupu, Tevita Mafileo...

Chiefs: Shaun Stevenson, Emoni Narawa, Anton Lienert-Brown, Rameka Poihipi, Etene Nanai-Seturo, Damian McKenzie, Cortez Ratima, Wallace Sititi, Kaylum Boshier (capt), Samipeni Finau, Tupou Vaa’i, Jimmy Tupou, George Dyer, Samisoni Taukei’aho, Aidan Ross. Reserves: Tyrone Thompson, Jared Proffit...

Crusaders: Johnny McNicholl, Sevu Reece, Levi Aumua, Dallas McLeod, Heremaia Murray, Rivez Reihana, Mitchell Drummond, Christian Lio-Willie, Ethan Blackadder, Cullen Grace, Quinten Strange, Scott Barrett, Fletcher Newell, Brodie McAlister, George Bower. Reserves: George Bell, Joe Moody, Owen...

^ international, domestic or both? Or would that be letting the cat out of the bag? Whatever it is, well done RA.

^ from a bean-counter's perspective, no doubt about it.

Fairly common in NZ for season ticket holders & members to be included in attendance figures regardless of whether they were actually there. Not just a rugby thing, happens in most codes.

Week 10 only has one match again; Saturday 27/04 Drua v Moana 14:05 NZST in Lautoka. Read somewhere that Super Rugby will allow the regs around player hydration to be relaxed somewhat to allow for extreme conditions: apparently several Crusaders showed signs of heat stress after their game up there &...

^ reports were that Mr Boomfa was velly, velly, velly drunk at the time & that whereas there was plenty of *bantz* no actual blows were struck. It was also reported that one of Akira's pearls was essentially "wat u gonna do bout it ol man?".

^ Penney looked pretty forlorn standing at the back of the box, didn't he? Possibly wondering if he'll be the first HC to be fired by two different Super Rugby teams or if that's already happened (Hammett maybe?)... I also flagged it at HT & wasn't at all surprised by the scoreline this morning. Two...

Mostly copied from the Crusaders team thread so kindly created & curated by the inimitable @Dismal Pillock... I can realistically only see two Crusaders wins from last six games, Clan away & Moana at home. Reds at home I'd rate as a 25% chance but even with a heap of players* due to return from...

^ nice scoop from the Onehunga Oracle, it's long been my go-to for quality rugby journalism... Can realistically only see two wins from last six games, Clan away & Moana at home. Reds at home I'd rate as a 25% chance but even with a heap of players* due to return from injury next week & the...

^ Procter (I think) got a decent shove in the back after scoring as well. On the Kirifi carding I think if you take the other 'cane out of the equation it's at least as bad as the McReight one: the 'cane who went low didn't cause Kirifi to go high IMO, he was always way too upright & there...

Reds did CruSadists a huge favour last night, let's see if they're good enough to capitalise on it...

Has pretty much always been the case with PI teams. Brilliant footballers but too much individuality which is surprising given their cultures are based on community.

Stays at Yellow... :rolleyes: