crusaders vs the bulls, the numbers,,,

2012 Super Rugby Finals Series

Super Rugby Qualifier
Crusaders (4th placed wildcard) v Bulls (5th placed wildcard)
AMI Stadium, Christchurch, New Zealand
Kick off (1935 local, 1935 NZT, 1735 NSW/ACT, 0935SAT, 0735 GMT)
Referee: Jaco Peyper
AR Keith: Brown
AR: Glen Jackson
TMO: Garratt Williamson

HEAD TO HEAD:
Played 19: Crusaders 12, Bulls 7
Points aggregate: Crusaders 641, Bulls 455
Tries aggregate: Crusaders 73, Bulls 43

Last match: Bulls 32 – 30 Crusaders @ Loftus Verfeld, Pretoria (2012SR, RD7)
Record in Christchurch - Played 7: Crusaders 7, Bulls 0
Record in Super Rugby Finals Series – Played 4: Bulls 3, Crusaders 1

Crusaders 2012 Record – Played 16, Won 11, Lost 5,
485 PF (2nd overall), 342 PA (3rd overall), 47 tries (3rd equal overall)

Bulls 2012 Record – Played 16, Won 10, Lost 6
472 PF (3rd overall), 369 PA (7th overall), 50 tries (2nd overall)

going to be one awesome match, but i think the crusaders will win it comfortably.
the bulls have scored many a points this season, but they have also conceded many points.
jaco peyper has a good season IMO and i think he is fast continuing the sffa record of top shelf refs, no doubt though that there will be many fans from all three countries who will not be happy and here are the likely senarios with whoever wins,,,,
bulls or sharks wins, NZ fans will say ref was biased
crusaders or reds win, SA fans will say ref was trying so hard to not be biased he was more harsh on their teams.
the reality is no ones ever going to be too happy and SANZAR should have made more of an effort to get northern hemisphere refs for the finals, i mean thats a maximum 8 officials per finals round, que sera sera i say and IMO the best team will win like it ALWAYS has.

GO CRUSADERS!!!