{"id":11883,"date":"2020-06-27T14:08:39","date_gmt":"2020-06-27T02:08:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rugbyheartland.co.nz\/wp\/?p=11883"},"modified":"2020-06-27T14:08:39","modified_gmt":"2020-06-27T02:08:39","slug":"sr-aotearoa-preview-crusaders-v-chiefs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rugbyheartland.co.nz\/wp\/2020\/06\/27\/sr-aotearoa-preview-crusaders-v-chiefs\/","title":{"rendered":"SR Aotearoa Preview: Crusaders v Chiefs"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Lynn McConnell<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Having had the measure of the Crusaders in their last two Super Rugby meetings, the Chiefs head to Christchurch for Sunday’s Super Rugby Aotearoa game with plenty of incentive.<\/span><\/p>\n

An old fashioned war of words has broken out after Crusaders loosehead Joe Moody popped some comments in the direction of his All Blacks teammate, tighthead prop Nepo Laulala.<\/span><\/p>\n

That has fired up the Chiefs who are already under the gun as a result of being winless as the revised competition heads into its third round.<\/span><\/p>\n

Equally, the Crusaders who are at home for the first time have plenty of reason of their own having those two consecutive losses to the Chiefs in recent outings.<\/span><\/p>\n

While they are one game behind the others in the competition, they showed in their first outing that they retained all the hallmarks of the Crusaders from recent years.<\/span><\/p>\n