Chris Rattue looks at the big match-ups for Saturday's Super Rugby final between the Hurricanes and Highlanders in Wellington. Where will the match be won?
Hurricanes pack v Highlanders pack
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Yes, we've lumped them all into one. Whereas the backs are full of obvious individual contests, you can put a blanket over the forwards as the old footy saying goes. The Highlanders - individually - remain relative unknowns going into the final. That takes some doing. But the Hurricanes' pack is hardly star studded, although Ardie Save is a superstar in the making. There is just one regular test bloke in the flamboyant Dane Coles. At full strength, the Hurricanes offer a much greater threat...but also to themselves in the lineouts.
Aaron Smith v TJ Perenara