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Haven't looked for the announcement anywhere, but on the official website they've got the finals draw up now:

As of last year the formula has changed a little bit. Crusaders, Sharks, Hurricanes and Chiefs are on one side of the draw, the other four teams are on the other side. No matter what happens in any other games, the winner of the Crusaders v Sharks will play the winner of the Hurricanes v...

Nope, the higher ranked team always has the home advantage. Also worth noting that the winner of A plays the winner of C (and the winner of B plays the winner of D), regardless of who wins the matches (so the highest ranked remaining finalist after the QFs doesn't play the lowest ranked, the...

Still plenty of players out for both the Chiefs and the Crusaders, but good to see Sam Cane back! Chiefs: Solomon Alaimalo, Toni Pulu, Anton Lienert-Brown, Charlie Ngatai (co-c), Sean Wainui, Damian McKenzie, Brad Weber, Liam Messam, Mitch Karpik, Luke Jacobson, Michael Allardice, Brodie...

Has anyone watched Rain? Looks quite interesting... Arrested Development S5 should drop tonight!

I think if the Chiefs can get a few more players back from injury (and keep Ngatai in the midfield) they could seriously make a play for the championship. Cane, Ardron, Boshier and Laulala should all be back in the next couple of weeks, which will really help with their biggest issue at the...

I don't think the Chiefs let him go, so much as he was unhappy with the amount of game time he had been receiving (all seemed a bit petulant to me, he'd been out injured for a lot of the season and other guys had been playing well in his absence) and moved to somewhere he was promised plenty...

The Chiefs are fielding arguably their strongest team of the season for the match against the Waratahs - should be a treat! 1. Karl Tu’inukuafe, 2. Nathan Harris, 3. Angus Ta’avao, 4. Brodie Retallick, 5. Michael Allardice, 6. Luke Jacobson, 7. Mitchell Karpik, 8. Liam Messam, 9. Brad Weber...

He played last week, but all the ABs (Retallick, McKenzie, ALB, Harris) have had to return home for a training camp (and Cane has obviously remained in NZ for the same reason).

The Chiefs are without all their All Blacks, amongst all their other injuries. 20 players out altogether!

I thought it was the right call, I was more annoyed that Retallick didn't dive earlier to stop it from happening...

Looks like Joseph has ditched much of the experimenting and is fielding a more standard team... In particular it's great to see Parker at 10 and Robinson at 15. I can't say I'm too pleased with the lack of Japanese natives in the team, but at least they should put up a good fight against the...

Chiefs team named: 1. Aidan Ross 2. Nathan Harris 3. Nepo Laulala 4. Brodie Retallick 5. Michael Allardice 6. Liam Messam 7. Sam Cane 8. Taleni Seu 9. Brad Weber 10. Damian McKenzie 11. Solomon Alaimalo 12. Johnny Faauli 13. Anton Lienert-Brown 14. Sean Wainui 15. Shaun Stevenson...

Should be an exciting game, probably 50/50 in my opinion - though that could change depending on Cooper's selections. Chiefs teams should be announced in the next couple of hours.

And lo and behold, it looks like Cooper is now going to bring Declan O'Donnell into the squad to replace TNW. How many average Taranaki players are we going to bulk up the squad with? Hoeata, Fa'auli, Marty McKenzie, Wainui, O'Donnell - now of these guys would be in the squad if Cooper wasn't in...

To be honest I was doing a few chores at the same time so I completely missed the Bulls disallowed try! I'm not suggesting the Hurricanes would have won (they scored shortly afterwards), just lamenting the general issue.

While I completely agree with your point that foul play can't be excused just because you have no other option (except for not doing anything), I question how a player is able to legally defend a player diving over the try line. It is almost inevitable that contact with the head is going to...

Just watching the game now - can't believe Perenara's try wasn't awarded. I have very little faith in referees to make the right decision now, after the farcical decisions made by TMO's over the weekend. I can understand in real time making errors, but when everything is slowed down and referees...

Things were humming along nicely with Parker at 10 - bit disappointed to see Robinson returning to replace him.

He picked up an injury and is out for an indefinite period of time. I think the Chiefs have a good top lineup and some good depth in the forwards - the backs I'm a little concerned about. More pressing is Cooper's selection, which from the get go I'm questioning. I can almost understand Ngatai...