Crusaders have named an unchanged team to enjoy the Chiefs of their Exciting Rugby Semi-Final at Waikato Stadium, Hamilton on Saturday.
The seven time winner Crusaders qualified to the Tremendous Rugby Semi-finals by ending in fourth spot in general after which beating the Reds last 7 days within their Tremendous Rugby qualifier.
Crusaders Head Coach Todd Blackadder has named an unchanged twenty-two that convincingly beat the Reds 38-9. With both sides vying to secure themselves a place in the Super Rugby Finals it will be an intense, physical and passionate battle.
The Crusaders have previously met the Chiefs on twenty-one occasions with the Crusaders winning two-thirds of these encounters and scoring on average 9 points more a game than their Waikato counterparts, However the Chiefs have won the last three of the four encounters and won when it counted, in last year's semi-final, putting an end to the Crusaders title hopes.
Additional lately the two sides have achieved on two occasions this time and have occur out amount pegging having a get a chunk. They last achieved in spherical nineteen on the opposition once the Crusaders came absent with emphatic 43-15 earn. Since then the Crusaders have strike their straps and have gained their very last 5 matches in a row - rugbyweek.com
With some terrific match up's to the playing cards; Afeaki/Tamafuna vs Wyatt Crockett, Brodie Retallick vs Sam Whitelock, Matt Todd vs Sam Cane and Kerr-Barlow vs Ellis it is established being the 'test match' of your New Zealand meeting.
Even so it all may perhaps appear down to the fight of the first-fives Carter versus Cruden. Either way it is established for being an powerful and physical match of rugby with the victors under-going into the 2013 Tremendous Rugby Closing.
The seven time winner Crusaders qualified to the Tremendous Rugby Semi-finals by ending in fourth spot in general after which beating the Reds last 7 days within their Tremendous Rugby qualifier.
Crusaders Head Coach Todd Blackadder has named an unchanged twenty-two that convincingly beat the Reds 38-9. With both sides vying to secure themselves a place in the Super Rugby Finals it will be an intense, physical and passionate battle.
The Crusaders have previously met the Chiefs on twenty-one occasions with the Crusaders winning two-thirds of these encounters and scoring on average 9 points more a game than their Waikato counterparts, However the Chiefs have won the last three of the four encounters and won when it counted, in last year's semi-final, putting an end to the Crusaders title hopes.
Additional lately the two sides have achieved on two occasions this time and have occur out amount pegging having a get a chunk. They last achieved in spherical nineteen on the opposition once the Crusaders came absent with emphatic 43-15 earn. Since then the Crusaders have strike their straps and have gained their very last 5 matches in a row - rugbyweek.com
With some terrific match up's to the playing cards; Afeaki/Tamafuna vs Wyatt Crockett, Brodie Retallick vs Sam Whitelock, Matt Todd vs Sam Cane and Kerr-Barlow vs Ellis it is established being the 'test match' of your New Zealand meeting.
Even so it all may perhaps appear down to the fight of the first-fives Carter versus Cruden. Either way it is established for being an powerful and physical match of rugby with the victors under-going into the 2013 Tremendous Rugby Closing.
