Chiefs have received a major boost ahead of their semi-final clash against the Hurricanes as All Blacks international Sam Cane has been declared fit to participate in the Super Rugby encounter between the two teams on Saturday.
The Hurricanes completely decimated the Sharks with a 41-0 triumph at the Westpac Stadium in Wellington to book a home 2016 Super Rugby semi-final spot.
The Hurricanes put up a commanding performance to bag a 35-10 bonus point win against the Crusaders to take provisional lead in the New Zealand conference on Saturday.
Hurricanes lock Vaea Fifita's double tries in the second-half enabled the Wellington side to overcome a seven-point first-half deficit and secure a 37-27 win over the Blues during the Super Rugby clash on Saturday.
Flanker Ardie Savea made an impact straight away, returning from a disciplinary suspension as he scored two tries, including one in the last minute to ensure Hurricanes defeated Highlanders by 27-20 in their Super Rugby clash on Friday.
Winger Jason Woodward scored two of the Hurricanes' five tries on Saturday night as they managed to survive a spirited Reds challenge at Westpac Stadium to register a 29-14 victory.
JP Pietersen scored two crucial tries, one in each half to help Sharks overcome Hurricanes challenge and register a 32-15 victory at Growthpoint Kings Park on Saturday.
We take a look at Round 8 of Super Rugby and round up the action from all the weekend's fixtures, with Israel Dagg's impressive game for the Crusaders.
Following on from our look at the two South African conferences last week, we now turn our attentions to Super Rugby’s Australasian conferences, starting with New Zealand.
New Zealand have made a great start to The Rugby Championship, seeing off the challenges of Argentina and South Africa, and now only Australia stand between them and lifting the southern hemisphere’s grandest prize.
It’s come down to this. Arguably the two most exhilarating teams in Super Rugby will go head to head on Saturday night for their maiden title, but also they will be helping those fantasy rugby players towards their honours for the season.