Hurricanes v Crusaders - Top Opta Facts
Top Opta Facts:
- This will be the first time since 2015 that the Hurricanes have hosted the Crusaders, with the Wellington side winning each of their last three such fixtures.
- The Crusaders hunt for their 15th win of the campaign, which would equal the Super Rugby record for the most wins by a team in a single season (including finals).
- In fact, anything more than a loss for the Crusaders would see them become just the third team in Super Rugby history to progress undefeated through the regular season (Blues 1997, Crusaders 2002).
- The Hurricanes will be looking to avoid consecutive Super Rugby losses on home turf for the first time since Round 4, 2014 after a 17-14 loss to the Chiefs prior to the international break.
- The Crusaders kept the Hurricanes tryless when they met in Round 12 this season, the only team to keep the Wellington club from breaching their line in the last three years.
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That absolute BS, when did you come up with this idea?
All three were well on track to being All Blacks. They simply decided it was smarter to take the money right now rather than slog on for another 3 or 4 years waiting for their opportunity to line up.
Many AB quality players have not even got the chance to earn a cap for heavens sake, it is simply as you suggest elsewhere, better utilization of global talent to have them qualify for another nation.
The only problem is that the ABs get all the best players, mostly because they pay more, and the island nations, even the home nations, just get those that can't make it or want a bit more limelight.
Go to commentsExcept for a buzz and comments like those already posted, I do not get the point of publishing a World XV chosen by chauvinistic fans who are more into the Top14 and the Champions Cup.
It would have been way more interesting to post the World XV chosen by l’Équipe’s journalists, where there are 6 Saffas, 4 Kiwis and 3 French players, excluding Dupont.
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