KEY POINTS:
The Blues and Crusaders have scored confidence-boosting wins in Super 14 warm up action.
The Blues beat the Queensland Reds 26-14 at Auckland's Waitakere Stadium while the Crusaders overturned a 17-nil halftime deficit to hammer the Highlanders 40-17 in Timaru.
The Hurricanes conceded a couple of late tries to lose 28-14 to the Brumbies in Canberra.
- NEWSTALK ZB
