The New Zealand Herald's Dylan Cleaver looks back at a remarkable year for the Crusaders.
"Part odyssey, part passion play, the Crusaders' run to the final of the Super 15 was, above all else, a remarkable piece of sporting theatre.
Unfortunately, it was a fairytale without a happy ending.
To recap: the Crusaders travelled from Christchurch to Auckland to play the Blues and lost in the first round of the Super 15.
Then the "Big One" struck.
Among the carnage, AMI Stadium stood cracked and useless, part of its surface liquefied. In the general scheme of things it was a small break in a fractured city, but it would have huge ramifications for coach Todd Blackadder's carefully constructed campaign."
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