No team has ever beaten the Crusaders at home in 24 knockout matches, let alone a final, but that is the task facing the Chiefs if they are to take the Super Rugby Aotearoa title away from Christchurch on Saturday at 9.05am.
The Crusaders won the inaugural edition of the New Zealand competition last season without a final but the big red machine have claimed six of their record 10 Super Rugby titles as hosts, with many of the deciders not even close.
The Chiefs have already beaten the Crusaders once in Hamilton this year, however, and coach Clayton McMillan says his squad is heading south confident of what would be a major upset.
McMillan says: “On any given day, any team can be beaten, and we have proven that.”
In Australia, meanwhile, the Reds and Brumbies will lock horns in the Super Rugby AU final at 11.45am tomorrow.
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