(Reuters) - All Blacks Dan Carter, Kieran Reed and Israel Dagg have all been recalled to the Canterbury Crusaders team for this week's Super Rugby showdown with the Waikato Chiefs in Hamilton.
The seven-times champions lost to the Wellington Hurricanes last week and defeat to the championship-leading Chiefs in their penultimate match on Friday would almost certainly leave them without a place in the playoffs for the first time since 2001.
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