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Crusaders vs NSW Waratahs · Super Rugby Pacific

Super Rugby Pacific · 2026Full time
Crusaders
35–20
NSW Waratahs

Match report

Crusaders beat NSW Waratahs 35-20 at Christchurch Stadium, Christchurch in round 11 of the Super Rugby Pacific on Friday, 24 April 2026.

The win ends a run of two defeats for Crusaders. Nic Berry refereed.

Written automatically from the match data; updated as results come in.

Head to head

4
Crusaders wins (57%)
0
Draws (0%)
3
NSW Waratahs wins (43%)

Last 7 meetings, since May 2021

Biggest Crusaders win
54–28
29 May 2021
Biggest NSW Waratahs win
37–24
2 Mar 2024

Last 5 meetings

  • 24 Apr 2026Crusaders35–20NSW Waratahs
  • 16 May 2025NSW Waratahs33–48Crusaders
  • 12 Apr 2024NSW Waratahs43–40Crusaders
  • 2 Mar 2024Crusaders24–37NSW Waratahs
  • 27 May 2023Crusaders42–18NSW Waratahs

Lineups

Avg. age
27.9
Avg. age
28.3

Crusaders

  1. 1Finlay Brewis(26)
  2. 2Codie Taylor(35)
  3. 3Fletcher Newell(26)
  4. 4Antonio Shalfoon(29)
  5. 5Tahlor Cahill(23)
  6. 7Leicester Fainga'anuku(27)
  7. 8Christian Lio-Willie(28)
  8. 9Noah Hotham(23)
  9. 11Macca Springer(23)
  10. 12David Havili(31)
  11. 13Braydon Ennor(29)
  12. 15Johnny McNicholl(36)
  13. 23Dallas McLeod(27)
Replacements
  1. 16George Bell(24)
  2. 17George Bower(34)
  3. 18Seb Calder(24)
  4. 19Jamie Hannah(23)
  5. 21Kyle Preston(27)
  6. 23Maloni Kunawave(21)

NSW Waratahs

  1. 5Miles Amatosero(24)
  2. 6Angus Scott-Young(29)
  3. 7Charlie Gamble(30)
  4. 8Peter Samu(34)
  5. 9Jake Gordon(33)
  6. 10Jack Debreczeni(33)
  7. 11Sid Harvey(21)
  8. 13Joey Walton(26)
  9. 14Andrew Kellaway(31)
  10. 15Max Jorgensen(22)
Replacements
  1. 16Ioane Moananu(25)
  2. 17Tom Lambert(25)
  3. 18Daniel Botha(24)
  4. 19Angus Blyth(28)
  5. 21Jamie Adamson(26)
  6. 22Teddy Wilson(23)
  7. 23Triston Reilly(27)