The Chiefs and Crusaders will play in Fiji in July.

Old school ties and a yearning for a new beginning after five injury-affected seasons with the Warriors prompted Glen Fisiiahi's code switch to the Chiefs.

The Chiefs have filled their propping stocks, with the New Zealand Under-20s skipper signing to complete the last piece of that jigsaw.

The Chiefs have bolstered their outside back stocks by signing Warrior Glen Fisiiahi on a two-year deal.

Andrew Strawbridge, the assistant coach of the Chiefs, was last night in a critical condition in Moto'otua National Hospital in Apia after taking ill on a flight to Samoa.

Considering the Chiefs lost five from five against the Kiwi sides still alive in the Super Rugby playoffs, no arguments can be made of an unjust exit.

There were 16 long years between home playoff games for the Highlanders - but this one was well worth the wait.

Catch everything that happened in the big Super Rugby quarter-final between the Highlanders and the Chiefs.

Travelling south to tackle the Highlanders in Dunedin tonight is hardly how Dave Rennie drew up the Chiefs' playoff plans.

A well-rested Sam Cane should send a shudder down the spine of any Highlander who attacks the line this Saturday night.

Another year older and a lot wiser, the Highlanders plan to put the painful lessons learned in their qualifier defeat 12 months ago to good use against the Chiefs on Saturday.

If Neil Sedaka thought breaking up was hard to do, he should have given making up a go. Breaking up is the easy part in professional rugby.

The Highlanders have nailed the Chiefs 36-9 and 20-17 this season but a third success, even under the roof in Dunedin, looks lineball at best. Wynne Gray tells us why.

Making the playoffs has been standard fare for the Chiefs in the Dave Rennie era and they collected championship crowns in 2012 and 2013.

The Hurricanes showed why they're the favourites to take their maiden title with a 21-13 win over the Chiefs in New Plymouth.

Follow along live with all the action as the Chiefs take on the Hurricanes at 7.35pm at Yarrow Stadium.

The Hurricanes used to label New Plymouth and the Taranaki region as "home" but after years of perceived neglect, the province threw their lot in with the Chiefs.

Tonight in New Plymouth, if all goes to plan, will merely be the second instalment of a trilogy that decides the Super Rugby season.

The Chiefs' injury load is easing at the right time but they will still be without a pair of frontline forwards for tomorrow's showdown with the Hurricanes.