The final four teams officially are set.

The Blues, Crusaders and Brumbies won their qualifying finals matches last weekend to seal their spots in the Super Rugby Pacific semifinal rounds, while the top-seeded Chiefs got past a loss from the Blues to earn the right to move on as the top-seeded loser left standing.

The field is dwindling in one of the world’s top club rugby competitions, and the stakes have only been raised higher, as just two teams will earn the right to play for one of the biggest prizes in the sport next weekend.

We can’t wait to see all that goes down before that happens.

Here’s a look at everything you need to know ahead of this weekend’s Super Rugby Pacific semifinals — including predictions for each match — being streamed in the United States and Canada live, and exclusively, on FloRugby:

No. 6 Blues At No. 2 Crusaders

Regular-Season Results

Crusaders won 42-19 (Round 6), 25-22 (Round 10)

What To Know About The Blues

Well, well, well, Blues: welcome back to a familiar spot, as wild of a path it took to get there. 

The Blues’ roller-coaster repeat bid has them within two wins of being back-to-back Super Rugby Pacific titlists after many in midseason counted them out when they were in danger of missing out on the finals entirely. 

Playing with no margin for error at the FMG Stadium Waikato in last weekend’s qualifying final match against the top-seeded Chiefs, the Blues once again pulled a remarkable result out of the fire in a 2024 final rematch, coming back from 13 points down in the final quarter of the match.

Kurt Eklund got a try to give the Blues some life, then hero Josh Beehre finished off the comeback, as the lock found a 5-pointer in added time to get the Blues a ticket back to the semifinals. 

Sure, the Blues may have been the last team to qualify for the finals, but they feel far from a Cinderella story, especially as they’ve picked up crucial win after crucial win over the past month and change and still have much of the same core that helped them snatch the title a season ago. 

Now faced with another road test against an old rival in the Crusaders, they must not let emotions get to them, as it’s win-or-go-home time in the Super Rugby Pacific season. 

Zarn Sullivan at fullback is the only change in the 23, as the Blues try to do the near-impossible and end the Crusaders’ incredible unbeaten all-time record in home finals matches.

Though the Christchurch side got the better of the Blues in both regular-season meetings, the Blues will be hoping that the third time is the charm with another trip to the final on the line.

What To Know About The Crusaders

There’s something about the Crusaders in the Super Rugby Pacific finals, no matter the year, that turns them into a different caliber of beast. 

The club’s aforementioned perfect home record in the playoffs all-time ballooned to an astounding 30-0 with a 32-12 beatdown of the Queensland Reds that was more lopsided than the score indicated.

The Australian visitors did not score a point until the final 10 minutes, and the hosts ripped off five tries from five different players (Scott Barrett, Tamaiti Williams, Noah Hotham, Rivez Reihana and Kyle Preston). 

The Crusaders additionally increased their finals streak to 17 wins in a row, no matter the location, and extended New Zealand’s all-around dominance over its neighbors across the Tasman Sea in the playoff rounds.

They importantly didn’t come out unscathed, however, as All Blacks prop Williams came off with an injury and did not make coach Rob Penney’s starting XV for their semifinal showdown with the Blues. 

Beyond that hiccup, the Crusaders’ starting lineup is unchanged, ready to get back to the final after a year away, in which they shockingly missed out on the playoffs entirely in 2024. 

Codie Taylor, Barrett, Sevu Reece and Will Jordan are some of the biggest names, but some breakout weapons such as Christian Lio-Willie and Antonio Shalfoon also will feature for the Crusaders as they attempt to keep one of the most impressive feats in the sport going and continue their hunt for what could be a record-extending 15th Super Rugby Pacific title. 

Only the Blues separate them from getting a shot to do just that next weekend — and with a Crusaders victory, they’ll get to host that final in the comforts of the Apollo Projects Stadium.

Blues Vs. Crusaders Prediction

Backing the Blues to pull off the shock of shocks in Christchurch this weekend is a fun bet, but until proven otherwise, as the Crusaders don’t lose at home in the finals. 

You don’t get to 30-0 on your home pitch in the playoffs without building a culture of success and accountability, and we’ll predict that the Crusaders make it 31-0 this weekend — and have a lot of fun doing it in a rout. 

The Pick: Crusaders

No. 3 Brumbies At No. 1 Chiefs

Regular-Season Result

Chiefs won 49-34 (Round 3)

What To Know About The Brumbies

Here’s a piece of trivia: When is the last time an Australian side won on New Zealand soil in a Super Rugby Pacific finals match? 

Trick question — it’s never happened. 

Yep, since Super Rugby first kicked off in 1996, no Aussie team has gone across the Tasman Sea to topple a Kiwi rival in the playoffs, part of a larger recent show of dominance from New Zealand teams as a whole in the competition. They are on an eight-season streak of (non-regionalized) titles dating back to the 2015 campaign. 

But as the Brumbies prepare to try and become Super Rugby Pacific’s first Australian finalist in 11 years this weekend, they should be motivated on the fronts of both having already beaten a New Zealand-based team this playoffs and of facing a Chiefs side that’s losing steam fast. 

With the Blues’ upset over the Chiefs before their match making Brumbies-Hurricanes a sudden elimination game, the Aussies prevailed in a pressure-cooker environment, as big Billy Pollard barreled over for a brace and Noah Lolesio looked unbothered from his scary injury a few weeks back with a 5 for 5 night from his boot in a 35-28 Brumbies victory. 

The Brumbies’ 23 is completely unchanged from the qualifying final — coach Stephen Larkham’s first time doing that from week to week all season — and if they pull off the stunner over the Chiefs, while the Blues do the same against the Crusaders, that means a Super Rugby Pacific final is coming to Australia. 

The key will be to strike fast and not let the Chiefs’ playmakers get into a rhythm; the Brumbies went for six tries in their regular-season clash with the Chiefs, but were the recipients of three penalty kicks and a pair of braces from Anton Leinert-Brown and Gideon Wrampling, too.

What To Know About The Chiefs 

We saw something out of the Chiefs last weekend that we rarely (if ever) saw from them during the regular season: complacency. 

Due to Super Rugby Pacific’s revamped playoff format, in which all three winning teams from last weekend’s qualifying finals, plus the highest-ranked losing team would move on to advance to the semifinal stage, it meant the Chiefs were the only side going into last weekend’s opening round whose final four fate was set in stone. 

Their position as regular-season champions and the bracket’s top seed meant that win or lose, they were into the next round. 

With the stakes dramatically lower for the Chiefs than anyone else in the field last weekend, they didn’t exactly look like the clinical title favorites they’ve been known to be throughout the year, especially in the latter stages of the match. 

Up 19-6 with 15 minutes left as they held the Blues to merely a pair of penalty kicks, the Chiefs instead squandered what could’ve been a solid tuneup for the intensity to come of the knockout rounds and let the Blues win it to advance at the death.

Now, not only are the Chiefs reeling at the wrong time, but they won’t even be guaranteed a home final if they defeat the Brumbies in their semifinal fixture — a very big if — as the Blues now have to beat the Crusaders on the other side of the bracket. 

Clayton McMillan now is in danger of coaching his final match for the Chiefs before leaving for Munster in the offseason, but he’s selected a dangerous side for this weekend’s clash in Hamilton to try and prevent that from happening a week early. 

Daniel Rona, the only Chiefs try-scorer from last week, starts at outside center, with much of the team’s other most familiar faces — Luke Jacobson, Wallace Sititi, Damian McKenzie and the like — also finding their way into the XV for a high-stakes showdown.

Brumbies Vs. Chiefs Prediction

We understand if you’re sticking with the potential fairytale story of a rare Australian Super Rugby Pacific finalist, and we can respect the fact that the Brumbies may be due after four straight semifinal defeats in proper competitions. 

But the Chiefs also haven’t shown all year that they’re capable of playing two bad games in a row, and they’ll shake the “lucky loser” distinction to reestablish themselves as the team to beat. 

The Pick: Chiefs

How To Watch Super Rugby Semifinals 

Both matches are streaming live on FloRugby and the FloSports app. Replays, highlights and breaking news will be on both platforms. 

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