The game had everything and if you're another Super Rugby team watching the tempo it was played at, it would have been frightening. Justin Marshall is a former All Blacks halfback and current columnist for the New Zealand HeraldAn amazing last Super Rugby round showed once again the quality of the New Zealand teams. If you're looking at it objectively, a New Zealand team is likely to be crowned champion this year, with the Lions very much an outside chance. Two of the teams most definitely in the running are the Highlanders and Chiefs, who went at it in one of the best games of Super Rugby. Chiefs coach Dave Rennie said it wasn't his side's best performance, but they weren't allowed to play by a very good Highlanders side who have now won six on the bounce against them.

Source: New Zealand Herald July 17, 2016 17:03 UTC