Sydney - The Crusaders remained unbeaten as New Zealand teams dominated Super Rugby at the weekend ahead of June’s British and Irish Lions tour. The seven-time champions smashed leading South African contenders the Stormers 57-24 in Christchurch as Kiwi teams won all four of their encounters. George Bridge claimed a hat-trick and Kieran Read added a double in the Crusaders eight-try romp to remain unbeaten after eight matches. The Crusaders raced to a 36-3 lead by half-time as the Stormers defeat meant it suffered back-to-back losses after falling to the Lions last week. The Christchurch team lead the powerful New Zealand conference by three points from defending champions the Hurricanes and Chiefs. A hat-trick of tries for centre Vince Aso helped the Hurricanes to a 56-21 thumping of Australian conference leaders the Brumbies in Napier on Friday. The Hurricanes scored eight tries to three in the bonus-point win, piling on 42 unanswered second-half points after trailing 14-21 at the...
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