Crusaders team
1. Wyatt Crockett , 2. Corey Flynn , 3. Ben Franks , 4. Luke Romano , 5. Samuel Whitelock , 6. George Whitelock , 7. Matt Todd , 8. Richie McCaw (c) , 9. Andy Ellis , 10. Dan Carter (vc) , 11. Zac Guildford , 12. Ryan Crotty , 13. Robbie Fruean , 14. Adam Whitelock , 15. Israel Dagg
Reserves : 16. Quentin MacDonald, 17. Owen Franks,18. Tom Donnelly ,19. Luke Whitelock ,20. Willi Heinz,21. Tom Taylor ,22. Sean Maitland
pretty much the same team except owen franks is on the bench and his bro ben is starting. would have prefered owen start as IMO hes the worlds best tighthead, but ben should do a good job.
IMHO i think that the chiefs and crusaders are the two strongest teams in the semi finals and that their match up is 50/50, but slightly in favour of the crusaders.
and no matter who wins, they are both capable of beating the sharks at home and stormers in newlands next week, but something tells me that the crusaders are going to take this one out, but either way im hoping the sharks and stormers have a game similar to the sharks and bulls in rnd 18 last year when they completely bashed the living daylights out of each other.
Sasu
I strongly advise against any bets on the Crusaders and the final outcomes. I think the form team in Super 15 this year at this stage of the compeition is neither the Crusaders nor the Chiefs - but the Sharks. However, the dreaded jet lag - that shoiwed up in the second half of the Sharks-Reds game - will have its toll on Saturday and I tip the Stormers to beat the Sharks. None of the two New Zealnd teams have a snowballs hope in hell to beat the Stormers in a final at Newlands - so save yout money and buy a bear instead.
If the Chiefs pull this off, it wont matter who they play in the finals they will win. It will be the momentum they need to get the job done.
