Video / NZ HeraldThe Blues have opened as $1.01 favourites for Saturday's clash against the Waratahs at Eden Park with both the New Zealand TAB and Australian betting agency Sportsbet. Sportsbet has the Waratahs as a $26 outsider, which according to the Sydney Morning Herald will be the longest price at which the Waratahs have started a Super Rugby match. The New Zealand TAB has the Waratahs listed as $21 outsiders. They lost all eight of their Super Rugby Australia matches, finishing with just three bonus points and a points differential of -154. They opened the Super Rugby Transtaman competition with a 64-48 defeat to the Hurricanes last week and are up against a Blues side that thrashed the Rebels 50-3.

Source: New Zealand Herald May 17, 2021 19:07 UTC