FILE PHOTO: New Zealand's Ben Smith during training in November last year. The Highlanders hope Smith will be fit to face the Crusaders on Friday. Action Images via Reuters/Peter Cziborra
WELLINGTON (Reuters) - All Blacks fullback Ben Smith could be rushed back into the Otago Highlanders side for Friday's quarter-final against the Canterbury Crusaders as Aaron Mauger's side prepare for Super Rugby's 'Mission Impossible'.
Smith trained last week but was a late withdrawal ahead of their 49-12 demolition of the New South Wales Waratahs in Ivercargill last Friday as the Highlanders took a safety-first approach to their co-captain's return from a serious hamstring injury.
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