Three matches this week and the TVNZ oracles are pretty much all on the same page for all of them after a lot of contrast in round 7!
How it works: TVNZ sports buffs will chip in their picks for matches involving New Zealand sides each round with some adding a little insight into their thinking. A correct result will give them two points and a correct margin a bonus point!
Round 8:
Hurricanes v Sharks
Chiefs v Blues
Jaguares v Crusaders
Matt Hall-Smith - 1 NEWS Sport Reporter
Hurricanes v Sharks: Hurricanes 13+
Chiefs v Blues: Chiefs 1-12
Jaguares v Crusaders: Crusaders 13+
Guy Heveldt - 1 NEWS Sport Reporter
Hurricanes v Sharks: Hurricanes 13+
Chiefs v Blues: Chiefs 13+ - "I said last week in the preview video with Stephen that if the Blues lost to the Sharks, I wouldn’t tip them for the rest of the season. So, here goes the start of that."
Jaguares v Crusaders: Crusaders 13+
Brodyn Knuckey - 1 NEWS NOW Sport Producer
Hurricanes v Sharks: Hurricanes 13+
Chiefs v Blues: Chiefs 1-12 - "The Blues always front for a local derby but with the same problems of seasons' past still surfacing, it's hard to see the Battle of the Bombays taken home by the team in North."
Jaguares v Crusaders: Crusaders 13+
Faleatua Malili - 1 NEWS NOW Sport Producer
Hurricanes v Sharks: Hurricanes 13+
Chiefs v Blues: Chiefs 1-12
Jaguares v Crusaders: Crusaders 13+
Matt Manukia - 1 NEWS Sport Reporter
Hurricanes v Sharks: Hurricanes 13+
Chiefs v Blues: Chiefs 13+
Jaguares v Crusaders: Crusaders 13+
John McKenzie - 1 NEWS Reporter
Hurricanes v Sharks: Hurricanes 1-12
Chiefs v Blues: Blues 1-12
Jaguares v Crusaders: Jaguares 1-12
Josh Reich - 1 NEWS NOW Homepage Editor
Hurricanes v Sharks: Hurricanes 13+
Chiefs v Blues: Chiefs 13+
Jaguares v Crusaders: Crusaders 13+
Andrew Saville - 1 NEWS Sport Presenter
Hurricanes v Sharks: Hurricanes 13+ - "The Blues made the Sharks look good but the Hurricanes are on fire right now!"
Chiefs v Blues: Chiefs 1-12
Jaguares v Crusaders: Crusaders 13+
Tamati Rimene-Sproat - Te Karere Sport Reporter - CO-LEADER
Hurricanes v Sharks: Hurricanes 13+
Chiefs v Blues: Chiefs 1-12
Jaguares v Crusaders: Crusaders 13+
Stephen Stuart - 1 NEWS Sport Reporter
Hurricanes v Sharks: Hurricanes 13+
Chiefs v Blues: Chiefs 13+
Jaguares v Crusaders: Crusaders 1-12 - "That Lions match was more demanding than I expected so this maybe even tougher."
Victor Waters - Breakfast Sport Producer - CO-LEADER
Hurricanes v Sharks: Hurricanes 13+
Chiefs v Blues: Chiefs 1-12
Jaguares v Crusaders: Crusaders 13+
Abby Wilson - 1 NEWS Sport Reporter
Hurricanes v Sharks: Hurricanes 13+
Chiefs v Blues: Chiefs 13+
Jaguares v Crusaders: Crusaders 13+
SCOREBOARD: Rimene-Sproat 40, Waters 40, Heveldt 36, Saville 36, Malili 35, Stuart 35, Reich 32, Knuckey 32, Hall-Smith 32, Wilson 30, Prendiville 30, McKenzie 28 Manukia 28.
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