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Super Rugby playoffs get underway tonight - has the outcome already been foreseen?

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Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Fri, 5 Jun 2026, 9:52am
Crusaders player Sevu Reece during the Super Rugby game Canterbury Crusaders v Wellington Hurricanes. One NZ Stadium, Christchurch, New Zealand. Friday 29 May 2026. ©Copyright Photo: Chris Symes / www.photosport.nz x
Crusaders player Sevu Reece during the Super Rugby game Canterbury Crusaders v Wellington Hurricanes. One NZ Stadium, Christchurch, New Zealand. Friday 29 May 2026. ©Copyright Photo: Chris Symes / www.photosport.nz x

Super Rugby playoffs get underway tonight - has the outcome already been foreseen?

Author
Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Fri, 5 Jun 2026, 9:52am

The Super Rugby Pacific playoffs have arrived.  

Christchurch is a sellout, with tickets going in twenty minutes for the Crusaders v Blues clash at One NZ Stadium at Te Kaha.  

Four Kiwi sides make up the top six —the Hurricanes, the Blues, Crusaders, and Chiefs— with officials deciding to stick with the controversial “lucky loser” format.  

Super Rugby Pacific CEO Jack Mesley told Heather du Plessis-Allan that while some might see the outcome of the finals as predictable, he doesn’t think that’s the case. 

He says last year saw the 6th placed Blues knock off the 1st placed Chiefs in the qualifying final, and they went within a whisker of beating the Crusaders in the semi-final, so he’s not sure it’s quite as done and dusted as some people might be commenting. 

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