Chiefs hold off champions Crusaders to win Super Rugby opener / Photo: DJ Mills - AFP
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Chiefs hold off champions Crusaders to win Super Rugby opener
Replacement fly-half Josh Ioane landed two late penalties to give the Waikato Chiefs a 33-29 home victory over defending champions the Canterbury Crusaders to start the Super Rugby season Friday.
The Chiefs held off a second-half charge by the Crusaders, who scored unanswered tries by Chay Fihaki, twice, and captain Scott Barrett to fight back from 27-10 down at half-time to lead, before Ioane struck.
A new-look Crusaders, who are bidding for an eighth straight Super Rugby title, lost the season opener against the Chiefs for the second year running.
The Chiefs dominated the first-half by scoring tries through flanker Kaylum Boshier, scrum-half Xavier Roe and winger Etene Nanai-Seturo, to a single Sevu Reece touch down for the Crusaders.
But it was a different story after the break as great hands from fly-half Rivez Reihana, who later went off injured, saw Fihaki cross before Crusaders skipper Barrett stretched out to touch down and make it 27-22.
Fihaki, in for All Blacks star Will Jordan -- out injured for the Super Rugby season -- then burst through a huge hole and scorched over to level the scores with 10 minutes left.
The conversion put the Crusaders ahead before Ioane, a second-half replacement for Chiefs playmaker Damian McKenzie, held his nerve to fire over two penalties and decisively wrestle back the lead.
It ensured a disappointing start for new Crusaders head coach Rob Penney, who replaced Scott Robertson after he left to take charge of the All Blacks.
Both sides lost key players early in either half. The Crusaders' All Blacks prop Tamati Williams went down clutching his leg on 10 minutes while McKenzie limped off early in the second half.
L.Davis--AMWN