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Kieran Read and Ryan Crotty may have to wait another week before being able to line up for the Crusaders in the Super Rugby playoffs.
The duo doubt the Crusaders quarter-final against the Sharks in Christchurch this weekend after leaving the field with injuries over the weekend.
Read appeared to suffer from a wrist injury in Saturday's game against the Blues, and left the field just after halftime. Crotty followed his captain into the tunnel about 10 minutes later with a thumb injury.
The Crusaders stated that Read and Crotty had been cleared of any major injuries and would be monitored early in the week as they re-entered training on Sunday. . If there were to be doubts about their conditions later in the week, both could be rested as a precaution.
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Finishing the regular season at the top of the table with a record of 14-2, the Crusaders should They do not have too much trouble against the Sharks, eighth seeded, in the first round stages of sudden death.
They clearly declared to the other remaining teams looking to dethrone the Crusaders as Super Rugby Champions. 19659002] Joe Moody (knee and ankle) was not considered for the match, while Owen Franks, Scott Barrett, David Havili and Codie Taylor were all rested against the Blues. That did not bother the defending champions who won a 54-17 win, outclassing the Blues eight-two.
Franks, Barrett, Taylor and Havili should all return to the quarterfinals. in Christchurch this weekend while Moody remains in doubt
They will meet a Sharks with nothing to lose, which has given Kiwi teams a hard time this season. Boasting victories over the Blues, Highlanders and Chiefs, as well as a heartbreaking defeat at the Hurricanes in which the winning try was scored five minutes after the honking, they will know that they have need a great performance to overthrow the Crusaders, with or without Crotty, Read and Moody.
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