The NSW Waratahs have confirmed their home venues for the 2022 Super Rugby Pacific season, with Leichhardt Oval set to host five of their seven fixtures.
Surviving a storming finish by the Fijian Drua in the humidity of Lautoka at the weekend, the Chiefs find themselves facing a different type of heat in their Super Rugby Pacific quarterfinal against the Waratahs in Hamilton on Saturday.
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Sean Wainui scored a record five tries as the Chiefs signed off their Super Rugby Trans-Tasman campaign with a convincing 40-7 victory over the Waratahs at the Brookvale Oval in Sydney.
The Crusaders showed their class as they thumped the Waratahs 54-28 in Saturday's opening Super Rugby Trans-Tasman clash at the WIN Stadium in Wollongong.