The shoulder injury which kept All Blacks captain Kieran Read from playing for the Crusaders in Cape Town on Sunday morning (NZT) could also sideline him against the Blues on Saturday night. Crusaders No 8 Read was scratched ahead of their contentious 19-19 draw with the Stormers at Newlands, having taken a knock to his shoulder/neck in the lead-up to the match. PHOTOSPORT Crusaders No 8 Kieran Read missed the red and blacks' draw with the Stormers with a shoulder injury. The Crusaders have plenty to ponder while they jet home, after their second draw to a South African side in the space of three weeks. GETTY IMAGES Crusaders hooker Codie Taylor breaks out against the Stormers in Cape Town on Sunday morning (NZT).

Source: Stuff May 18, 2019 23:26 UTC