RECAP: Crusaders edge Chiefs to reclaim Super Rugby crown
Flyhalf Rivez Reihana kicked 11 points and hooker Codie Taylor scored a try as the Crusaders beat the Chiefs in the 2025 Super Rugby Pacific final in Christchurch on Saturday.
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Flyhalf Rivez Reihana kicked 11 points and hooker Codie Taylor scored a try as the Crusaders beat the Chiefs in the 2025 Super Rugby Pacific final in Christchurch on Saturday.
On 30 May 2009, Victor Matfield scored an acrobatic try as the Vodacom Bulls demolished the Chiefs in a high-scoring Super 14 final in Pretoria.
Coach Clayton McMillan says the Chiefs were “a bit flat” before dismantling the Brumbies in dynamic style, firing a warning to the rest of their Super Rugby rivals.
A key New Zealand loose forward will undergo belated knee surgery on Friday.
Caleb Clarke scored a hat-trick of tries as the Blues crushed the Chiefs on Saturday to win their first full Super Rugby title since 2003.
A Chiefs side inspired by Damian McKenzie upset the Hurricanes on Saturday to set up a Super Rugby final against the Blues.
Scott Barrett has criticised the influence of World Rugby’s smart mouth guards after the Chiefs beat champions Crusaders in the 2024 Super Rugby opener on Friday.
Loose forward Luke Jacobson will captain the Chiefs in 2024, the Super Rugby franchise has announced, with All Blacks skipper Sam Cane currently in Japan.
The Crusaders claimed a seventh straight title with a come-from-behind victory over the Chiefs in the Super Rugby Pacific final on Scott Robertson’s swansong.
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