PremiumOpinionOpinion byLiam NapierSenior Sports Journalist·NZ Herald·11 Jun, 2026 06:01 PM8 mins to readLiam Napier is a Senior Sports Journalist and Rugby Correspondent for New Zealand's Herald.NZ Herald Sport Headlines | Stokes and Atkinson dropped from English squad and Somali referee denied entry by US returns home | Thursday, June 11, 2026. Video / NZ HeraldLiam Napier runs the rule over Super Rugby Pacific’s all Kiwi semifinals – and predicts the finalists. Chiefs v Crusaders: Super Rugby often lacks genuine, heated tension but there is no shortage of hostility in the competition’s greatest modern rivalry between the Chiefs and Crusaders.
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