SUPER RUGBY SEMIFINAL
Discipline key for Crusaders against Hurricanes, says Richie McCaw
Wellington — Keeping the penalty count down and avoiding basic mistakes will be crucial for the Crusaders’ hopes of winning the Super Rugby semifinal against the Hurricanes on Saturday, according to former All Blacks captain Richie McCaw. The champion Crusaders host the Hurricanes in Christchurch in an all-New Zealand clash, with the winner to face either SA’s Lions or the Sydney-based Waratahs in the August 4 final. McCaw, who retired from all forms of the game after leading the All Blacks to their third World Cup victory in 2015, watched the Crusaders beat the Sharks 40-10 in the quarterfinal and said the match had shown errors his old side must fix. "It’s the little mistakes and the back-to-back penalties you know that are allowing momentum to go against you," the former Crusaders skipper told TVNZ. "It can just be one or two things like that and you can go from being on the front foot to all of a sudden, with the guys the Hurricanes have got, being under pressure, and it can cos...
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