Lions face daunting ordeal

By RICHARD KNOWLER - The Press

The Lions will visit another bone yard on their macabre Super 14 itinerary when they face a Crusaders side eager to score a bonus-point victory at AMI Stadium.

Lock warns Lions still have claws

Everyone expects them to turn the winless Lions into a road pizza, although the Crusaders maintain they are wary of being blinded by five-point fever.

Benched Spencer may be spared roasting

Maybe Lions coach Dick Muir has done Carlos Spencer a favour - having demoted Spencer to the bench for tomorrow night's Super 14 match, Muir may yet spare the former Blues first five-eighth a roasting.

Crusaders silence Chiefs bells

By RICHARD KNOWLER - The Press

It was almost as though some wag stuffed the ubiquitous cow bells with cotton wool.