Ross Karl

Yeah, well, one and two stitch that up good and proper now.

And the Hurricanes, they'll be thrilled about the fact that as long as they're in, unless, of course, they drop a qualifying final, which would send them down to the bottom of the seedings, which is a change that they've made this year.

Remember last year, the Chiefs were beaten, but they didn't lose their place in the seedings.

And they've responded to that.

And I think fair enough, too.

So that's a bit of a wildcard factor.

But

As long as they keep winning, they're playing at home, which is a great place to be.

Chiefs, likewise, have already nailed a home qualifying final as well against Team 5 or Team 6.

No, it'll be probably Team 5, won't it?

And it's in between the movement that still there's a potential there

that the Blues aren't home and dry in third.

They've got to go to Hamilton.

And again, you sort of think, well, okay, who's going to pick what?

The Blues have sort of looked a bit out of sorts, I think, in recent times.

There's just something not quite right there.

So they're a bit vulnerable because the Crusaders now got an opportunity to put the blowtorch on.

I mean...

the way the draws worked out, it means we're not going to know for sure.

But the Crusaders, they could get as high as third.