Dylan Cleaver in the New Zealand Herald argues the Crusaders' Super Rugby campaign this season is not faltering as the figures would suggest.
"Since 1998 they have picked up the title seven times, finished runners-up twice and failed to make the semifinals only once.
"So this season's bald figures - nine wins and a draw from 14 matches and a tenuous fourth on the ladder - would suggest, even taking into account the competition's reformatting, a fairly ho-hum campaign by their standards.
"Far from it.If anything, what the Crusaders have done in 2011 under Todd Blackadder surpasses anything they have achieved before, with the exception of their unbeaten 2002."
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