• Canterbury Crusaders mentor Scott Robertson said he identified with Auckland Blues’ Leon MacDonald subsequent to finishing his side’s 15-game series of wins to guarantee the Super Rugby title at Eden Park on Saturday.
• “All through the week we dove profound into the stuff to bring home a title and a great deal of different groups that have made it happen and why,” Robertson said.

Crusaders defeated a downpour soaked pitch and a hardliner home group to guarantee an eleventh Super Rugby title with a 21-7 win over Blues.

“We involved a representation for moving forward and how we would should be preferable over the rest. Part of the time we weren’t however when we should have been, we were.

“While you’re getting pursued you must be ravenous consistently and that is my responsibility to inspire the young men and track down various motivations to dig profound and continue to propel yourself.

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“The season the Blues had is fantastic and that is extreme, I truly feel for them. Leon is a decent mate and an incredible mentor.”

The Crusaders had been second-best to the Blues all through the ordinary Super Rugby season, completing six focuses hapless of the Auckland-based side in the table prior to heading into the end of the season games.

Subsequent to opening the season with a misfortune against the Wellington Hurricanes, the Blues set out on a streak that incorporated a 27-23 win over the Crusaders prior to fixing the standings and seeing off Otago Highlanders and ACT Brumbies in the end of the season games.

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Six of those wins came in Auckland at Eden Park before the misfortune in the last to the Crusaders, which made the triumph particularly sweet for Robertson.

“It’s extraordinary to succeed at the Garden. We discussed it,” said Robertson. “It’s hard for any group playing the All Blacks or the Blues to win here. It’s an exceptional spot and we needed to go to an undeniable level and that’s what we did.”