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24 <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
NEWS<br />
<strong>Courier</strong>, <strong>February</strong> <strong>22</strong>, <strong>2024</strong><br />
www.ashburtoncourier.co.nz<br />
Communitysupportfor Super rugby<br />
Two converted tries and a<br />
crowd of supporters wasn’t<br />
enough for the Crusaders to<br />
secure victory in their final<br />
preseason game against the<br />
Highlanders last week at<br />
Methven. They lost 1441.<br />
Rugby fans across the district<br />
backing both teams turned<br />
out in their thousands to the<br />
Methven Rugby Club grounds at<br />
the Methven Domain.Seating<br />
around the grounds was at a<br />
premium, and there was plenty<br />
of action, on and off the field,<br />
for photographer Heather<br />
Mackenzie.<br />
The <strong>2024</strong> Super 14 rugby<br />
season kicks off tomorrow with<br />
the Crusaders playing the<br />
Chiefs in Hamilton from<br />
7.05pm.<br />
Autograph mosh pit.<br />
Crusaders and Highlanders reach for the ball.<br />
PHOTOS HEATHER MACKENZIE<br />
Fraser Lock carries the ball out.<br />
Addison Drennan, 5, and Tyson<br />
Drennan, 2.<br />
CrusaderJone Rova signs<br />
Simon Feraundez’s shirt.<br />
Brent Anderson (left) and Mark Brown.<br />
Eightyearolds (from left) Hugh Ensor, Beau Grant and Rosa Guild.<br />
Proving not everyone from Methven is aCrusaders fan are (from left) Ken Blackwell,<br />
John Pearson and Toby Pearson.<br />
Crusaders fans were out in force.<br />
Ball kids (from left) Ollie King, Zave Quinn and Ethan Clark.
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