Chiefs out to spoil Crusaders' last dance in Super Rugby final

Waikato Chiefs have been the standout team of the Super Rugby Pacific this season but the chances are that Canterbury Crusaders coach Scott Robertson will be breakdancing on the Hamilton turf at the end of Saturday's title-decider.

Robertson has performed his hip-hop routine after title triumphs in each of his six previous seasons at the Christchurch powerhouse and will be desperate for one last spin before he heads off to take over the All Blacks after the World Cup.

While the Chiefs will be out to clinch a third Super Rugby title after going back-to-back in 2012-23, the Crusaders have accumulated 13 of various sorts over the last three decades.

This year, the South Islanders have reprised their knack of peaking at the right time and romped to the final, scoring a combined 101 points in demolitions of the Fijian Drua and Auckland Blues in the knockout rounds.

The Chiefs needed late scores to win both their home playoffs against the Queensland Reds and ACT Brumbies but coach Clayton McMillan thinks they might be all the better for having been pushed to the limit.

"Being put under pressure over the last few weeks has given us real belief we can deal with whatever comes our way on the weekend," he said.

"The Crusaders are clearly a quality side who will come here well prepared, with a lot of belief and a legacy of turning up on the big stage. We respect that ... but we aren't daunted by the task at hand either."

McMillan will put out an almost unchanged side at a sold-out Waikato Stadium with the only tweak being Pita Gus Sowakula starting at blindside flanker and Samipeni Finau backing up from the bench.

The Chiefs have plenty of flair in a backline led by flyhalf Damian McKenzie and fullback Shaun Stevenson and have lost