FILE PHOTO: Rugby Union - Super Rugby Final - Crusaders vs Lions - AMI Stadium, Christchurch, New Zealand - August 4, 2018 - Sam Whitelock of the Canterbury Crusaders holds the trophy as he celebrates with team mates after they defeated South Africa's Lions. REUTERS/Stringer
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - A Super Rugby season that once promised change has reverted to type at the business end with the Canterbury Crusaders in the box seat for the title, and South Africa and Australia left to fight for the scraps from New Zealand's playoffs table.
The first of four New Zealand teams to qualify for the postseason, Scott Robertson's Crusaders will face the Otago Highlanders in the first of the quarter-finals on Friday and few would bet against the double-defending champions.
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