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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong> Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi<br />
Thursday <strong>August</strong> 3 <strong>2017</strong> 39<br />
Sport<br />
Plenty for the Crusaders to overcome in Johannesburg<br />
• By Liam Napier<br />
SO MUCH of the focus around<br />
the Crusaders naturally falls on<br />
their exceptional pack.<br />
This week, their quest for an<br />
unprecedented eighth title could<br />
well be decided by the performance<br />
of the backline or, more<br />
specifically, their ability to match<br />
the Lions attack.<br />
Christchurch to Johannesburg<br />
presents many challenges, such<br />
as travelling over the Indian<br />
<br />
$32<br />
WOF<br />
ALL CAR<br />
SERVICING<br />
Convenient central city<br />
repairs and parking<br />
Ocean and playing 1800m above<br />
sea level where fatigue zaps legs<br />
and compresses lungs.<br />
After spending the past two<br />
weeks at home, where the conditions<br />
have been tailor-made for<br />
their forwards, the Crusaders<br />
now face a complete contrast:<br />
Confronting a team in the Lions<br />
who have forged their success<br />
on a hard, fast, dry track in the<br />
afternoon sun.<br />
No doubt Super Rugby’s conference<br />
format and draw gave<br />
<br />
the Lions a serious advantage<br />
by allowing them to avoid Kiwi<br />
teams until last week’s semi-final<br />
against the Hurricanes. Thus,<br />
granting a much easier route to a<br />
home final. Last week, the Lions<br />
also appeared to benefit from a<br />
couple of dubious calls.<br />
But their recent record against<br />
Kiwi teams in playoff matches<br />
at Ellis Park tells us two things:<br />
<strong>The</strong> Lions are a formidable side<br />
on home soil, even more so in<br />
front of a 63,000 sellout, and the<br />
<strong>2017</strong> SUPER 18<br />
TiPPing ComPETi T ion<br />
<strong>2017</strong> SUPER<br />
RUgBy final<br />
SaTURday 5Th aUgUST<br />
LIONS V CRUSadERS<br />
(in johannesburg)<br />
BRoUghT To yoU By ThE ChRiSTChURCh STaR<br />
lEadERBoaRd<br />
# naMe WINS CORRECT ToTal<br />
1 Murray Davie 1 111<br />
2 richard Vernimmen 1 108<br />
3 jamie harris 1 106<br />
4 alex newfield 1 1<strong>03</strong><br />
5 Paul (Fish) herring 1 1<strong>03</strong><br />
6 Dave browne 1 98<br />
7 brent jefferies 2 92<br />
8 Mary Westwood 1 91<br />
O U R T I P S T E R S S E L E C T I O N S<br />
Crusaders may need to score<br />
more than 40 points to claim<br />
the crown. In their last three<br />
home playoff games against New<br />
Zealand opposition, the Lions<br />
have scored 42 points. Johan<br />
Ackermann’s men hammered the<br />
Blues 43-5 at Ellis Park last year<br />
and average 47 points across the<br />
board at home this season.<br />
<strong>The</strong>y love to use the ball, love<br />
to play at pace and, as the Hurricanes<br />
discovered last week, never<br />
stop coming.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Crusaders defence laid<br />
the foundation for last week’s<br />
convincing semi-final victory<br />
over the Chiefs. After making<br />
117 more tackles than the Chiefs,<br />
there may be questions about<br />
how much they have left in the<br />
tank, but the Crusaders will back<br />
that same resilience to restrict<br />
the Lions ability to quickly clock<br />
up scoreboard pressure.<br />
Clearly, though, the Crusaders<br />
attack will also need to fire.<br />
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