[Live updates from 7pm]
Chiefs 25 - 15 Crusaders
Game over!
80min - The Crusaders win a penalty just before the buzzer and will take the shot. He misses.
78min - Penalty, it's that man one more time! My god this man is good. They will take the three. It's good! Chiefs 25 -15 Crusaders.
77min - Off the ball and Cruden is hit from behind, it's no arms from Makalio and the Chiefs have a penalty.
76min - Off the lineout drive, the Crusaders lose the ball and the Chiefs clear.
75min - Early tackle called against the Chiefs, the Crusaders will kick for the corner now.
73min - Brilliant from Boshier and Cane, they hold the Crusaders player up and force a turnover, scrum.
72min - The Crusaders are pushing into the 22 now.
71min - Now it's the Crusaders who win the breakdown penalty, Christie this time. This is tit for tat. They kick for touch.
69min - Boshier wins another penalty straight away, carbon copy of the last. They go for goal, it's wide.
68min - Boshier, once again is in there to force the turnover at the breakdown, the man is unstoppable - great work from the Cheifs' flanker.
66min - Really good work at the breakdown from Christie, really nice work the Chiefs were a little isolated there.
64min - Knock on from Havili, a grubber from McKenzie and the first-five knocks it on, it goes out.
63min - D-Mac gets his hands all over that, gathers the kick makes a break but knocks the ball on in the next tackle.
62min - Nice work from the Chiefs, under pressure and D-Mac is able to clear.
60min - Forward pass from Havili, close between him and Jordan but it's called forward.
57min - TRY - Chiefs, magical from Weber, he takes the ball to the line and finds Wainui with a heroic offload, the winger goes in untouched to score. Kick is good. Chiefs 22 - 15 Crusaders.
54min - Massive defence from the Crusaders, 23 phases and they hold out the Chiefs to win a penalty.
48min - Mistake from Havili, he kicks out on the full as he looks for another cross-field nudge.
46min - The Crusaders win a penalty - this time they take the kick, it's good. Chiefs 15 - 15 Crusaders.
45min - Another lineout penalty goes against the Crusaders. Chiefs will clear.
Weber is on.
43min - TRY - Chiefs, McKenzie started it, and the Chiefs, under an advantage get the numbers left, but TTT goes himself and he scores. Tahuriorangi gives the hosts the lead. Kick is good. Chiefs 15 - 12 Crusaders.
42min - Back underway.
Half time.
41min - The Chiefs kick it into the stands, they withstand the onslaught - the Crusaders get too greedy and arrogant there - with the wind at the back they turn down four shots at goal, the lead by four.
40min - Another penalty against the Chiefs at the scrum, they will take the scrum.
38min - Will Jordan goes over, but he's held up.
35min - Scrum penalty goes agianst Moody and the Chiefs have a chance to clear from their own 22.
33min - Lovely defence from the Chiefs, really good and they stop the lineout drive, Boshier is incredible.
32min - Penalty against the Chiefs, the Crusaders will kick for touch.
30min - Havili looks for the cross field kick again, Wainui takes the catch and clears.
26min - Knock on from Ardron, the Chiefs are starting to dominate the breakdown a little bit.
25min - TRY - Chiefs, gorgeous from the Chiefs, off the lineout, TTT goes to Cruden who puts in a naughty pass to D-Mac who finds Alaimalo for the try - kick is wide.
24min - A double blow on another penalty against the Crusaders, ref says if theres another penalty in the lineout then there will be a yellow.
21min - The Chiefs win a penalty after Reece and Jordan get mixed up and it's a sheappard.
18min - The Chiefs get to within metres of the line after some good work from McKenzie, but the Crusaders clear through Will Jordan - the Chiefs have a lineout 10 m from their own line.
14min - TRY - Crusaders, lots of linebreaks and the Saders are in again, It's Havili to Reece again, and the winger beats Alaimalo to score. Kick is good. Chiefs 3 - 12 Crusaders.
12min - Another penalty at the breakdown, Saders off their feet.
9min - Another penalty against the Cusaders, this time they will kick for the points. It's good. Chiefs 3 - 5 Crusaders
7min - Penalty goes the way of the Chiefs, Sanders called for not releasing - they kick for touch.
6min - Great work from the restart, Reece takes the catch and is tackled out, Chiefs lineout.
5min - TRY - Crusaders, from the lineout maul, the Chiefs go over to help on defence, Havili gets the ball and puts in a nice cross field kick to Reece who beats McKenzie to score. Kick is wide.
3min - Knock on from the Crusaders, but they were under an advantage and they will kick for touch.
2min - Very fast start from the Chiefs, the Crusaders get the ball back after an intercept from Barrett - Reece kicks in behind and the Chiefs have a lineout.
1min - We are underway in Hamilton.
7:03pm - Both sides running out, D-Mac looks good and ready to go, great to see him back out there.
Kia ora, good evening and welcome to Newshub's live updates of the Super Rugby match between the Chiefs and the Crusaders from FMG Stadium in Hamilton.
TAB Odds: Chiefs $1.95 Crusaders $1.85
Pre-match chat: Chiefs' Damian McKenzie, Aaron Cruden to start against Crusaders
The Chiefs will welcome Damian McKenzie back into the fold for their blockbuster derby against the Crusaders on Saturday.
The All Blacks sparkplug was a late scratch for their opening win against the Blues last weekend due to a tight abductor, but has been cleared for action in Hamilton.
The backline will also be boosted by the return of All Blacks midfielder Anton Lienert-Brown and Aaron Cruden, who both came off the bench at Eden Park.
Lienert-Brown with combine with Quinn Tupaea in the 12 and 13 jerseys respectively, while Alex Nankivell moves to the bench.
In the forwards, prop Atu Moli comes in to replace his All Blacks colleague Nepo Laulala - who's been sidelined with a knee injury - in an otherwise unchanged pack.
Laulala 's MCL issue is set to keep him off the field for a lengthy spell, with an expected recovery of six weeks.
Their front-row stocks have also been dented by the loss of Angus Ta'avao, who'll miss this week due to concussion symptoms.
On the bench, Waikato and Bay of Plenty props Ollie Norris and Ross Geldenhuys will both be in line for their Super Rugby debuts, while Brad Weber remains as Te Toiroa Tahuriorangi's backup at halfback.
Chiefs: 1-Aidan Ross, 2-Samisoni Taukei'aho, 3-Atu Moli, 4-Tyler Ardron, 5-Mitchell Brown, 6-Lachlan Boshier, 7-Mitchell Karpik, 8-Sam Cane, 9-Te Toiroa Tahuriorangi, 10-Aaron Cruden, 11-Solomon Alaimalo, 12-Anton Lienert-Brown, 13-Quinn Tupaea, 14-Sean Wainui, 15-Damian McKenzie
Bench: 16-Bradley Slater, 17-Ross Geldenhuys, 18-Ollie Norris, 19-Naitoa Ah Kuoi, 20-Pita Gus Sowakula, 21-Brad Weber, 22-Kaleb Trask, 23-Alex Nankivell
Crusaders: 1-Joe Moody 2-Andrew Makalio, 3-Oliver Jager, 4-Scott Barrett, 5-Mitchell Dunshea, 6-Tom Sanders, 7-Tom Christie, 8-Whetu Douglas, 9-Mitchell Drummond, 10-Richie Mo'unga, 11-Leicester Faingaanuku, 12-Jack Goodhue, 13-Braydon Ennor, 14-Will Jordan, 15-David Havili
Reserves: 16-Codie Taylor, 17-Isi Tu'ungafasi, 18-Michael Alaalatoa, 19-Luke Romano, 20-Cullen Grace, 21-Bryn Hall, 22-Brett Cameron, 23-Sevu Reece
