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SYDNEY : The Waikato Chiefs have a chance to open up a gap at the top of the Super Rugby Pacific standings when they take on Fijian Drua this weekend with their two closest challengers enjoying a bye in round nine.
MELBOURNE : The Wellington Hurricanes' resurgence in Super Rugby will be put to the test against a rested Waikato Chiefs side when the New Zealand heavyweights collide on Saturday.
Clayton McMillan heralded Waikato Chiefs' "ugly" 24-14 win over the New South Wales Waratahs as his side became the only team in Super Rugby Pacific with a perfect record as the previously unbeaten ACT Brumbies lost 35-17 to the Canterbury Crusaders.
SYDNEY : Team-by-team preview of the new season of Super Rugby Pacific, which kicks off on Friday. (Listed in order of last season's finish on regular season standings):
New Zealand's preparations for Saturday's first test against Ireland at Eden Park have been disrupted by an outbreak of COVID-19, forcing ailing All Blacks coach Ian Foster to call centre Braydon Ennor into his squad as cover.
Maori All Blacks head coach Clayton McMillan says he can't wait to see his side in action against Ireland after a five-year wait to play a Tier 1 nation.
Omitted New Zealand scrum-half TJ Perenara has been named in the Maori All Blacks squad for their two matches against Ireland.
Ireland coach Andy Farrell has named five uncapped players in an extended 40-man squad for their three-test tour of New Zealand that will gauge both nations' progress ahead of next year's Rugby World Cup.