Chiefs controversially rest star against 0-5 champs
The Chiefs have controversially rested star playmaker Damian McKenzie for Friday’s Super Rugby Pacific clash with the Crusaders in Christchurch.
Such a move would have been unthinkable in previous seasons but the defending champion Crusaders are rock bottom with a scarcely believable 0-5 record.
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“It’s certainly got nothing to do with the Crusaders and how they are tracking at the moment, that didn’t even factor into our thinking, it just either had to be last week or this week.
“He’s had a niggly knee… if Damian had been 100 per cent fit, it might have been an easier decision to extend him another week, but he’s not, so we won’t risk him.”
CRUSADERS (15-1): Chay Fihaki, Sevu Reece, Levi Aumua, Dallas McLeod, Johnny McNicholl, Riley Hohepa, Mitchell Drummond (c), Cullen Grace, Tom Christie, Corey Kellow, Jamie Hannah, Quinten Strange, Fletcher Newell, George Bell, George Bower
Reserves: James Mullen, Kershawl Sykes Martin, Owen Franks, Dominic Gardiner, Fletcher Anderson, Noah Hotham, Rivez Reihana, Macca Springer
CHIEFS (15-1): Shaun Stevenson, Emoni Narawa, Anton Lienert-Brown, Quinn Tupaea, Etene Nanai-Seturo, Josh Jacomb, Xavier Roe, Luke Jacobson (c), Kaylum Boshier, Naitoa Ah Kuoi, Josh Lord, Manaaki Selby-Rickit, George Dyer, Samisoni Taukei’aho, Aidan Ross
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