‘Pretty special’: captains eye Super Rugby glory in clash of top seeds
Waikato Chiefs captain Tupou Vaa’i said Friday the Super Rugby final against the Wellington Hurricanes on Saturday is “the game that everyone wanted to see”. Both the Chiefs and the hometown Hurricanes are looking to end decade-long waits for a Super Rugby title. The Hurricanes won their only title in 2016, a 20-3 win over […] The post ‘Pretty special’: captains eye Super Rugby glory in clash of top seeds appeared first on The Namibian .
Waikato Chiefs captain Tupou Vaa’i said Friday the Super Rugby final against the Wellington Hurricanes on Saturday is “the game that everyone wanted to see”.
Both the Chiefs and the hometown Hurricanes are looking to end decade-long waits for a Super Rugby title.
The Hurricanes won their only title in 2016, a 20-3 win over the Lions, while the Chiefs haven’t won since back-to-back titles in 2012 and 2013, under new All Blacks coach Dave Rennie.
The final pits the season’s top two seeds against one another, with their only previous encounter this season edged by the Chiefs 22-17 in an extra-time thriller.
