After a wild string of results last week, the TVNZ rugby oracles have been hard at work trying to find the winners for round 4 - most notably the wild southern derby we're in for in Dunedin!
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 4
Chiefs v Bulls
Highlanders v Crusaders
Stormers v Blues
Matt Hall-Smith - 1 NEWS Sport Reporter
Chiefs v Bulls: Chiefs 13+
Highlanders v Crusaders: Crusaders 13+ - "The Crusaders defence will win this at the zoo in Dunedin. An emotionally charged Highlanders team may fail to rise to the noisy occasion in what will be another classic Southern derby."
Stormers v Blues: Blues 13+
Guy Heveldt - 1 NEWS Sport Reporter
Chiefs v Bulls: Chiefs 13+
Highlanders v Crusaders: Crusaders 1-12
Stormers v Blues: Blues 1-12 - "Call me crazy, but I think that win in South Africa may just be the boost the Blues need to propel their season. Get excited Blues fans."
Brodyn Knuckey - 1 NEWS NOW Sport Producer
Chiefs v Bulls: Chiefs 1-12
Highlanders v Crusaders: Highlanders 1-12
Stormers v Blues: Blues 1-12
Faleatua Malili - 1 NEWS NOW Sport Producer
Chiefs v Bulls: Chiefs 13+
Highlanders v Crusaders: Highlanders 1-12
Stormers v Blues: Blues 1-12
Matt Manukia - 1 NEWS Sport Reporter
Chiefs v Bulls: Chiefs 13+
Highlanders v Crusaders: Crusaders 13+
Stormers v Blues: Blues 13+
John McKenzie - 1 NEWS Reporter
Chiefs v Bulls: Chiefs 13+
Highlanders v Crusaders: Highlanders 13+
Stormers v Blues: Stormers 1-12
Michelle Prendiville - 1 NEWS Sport Reporter
Chiefs v Bulls: Chiefs 13+
Highlanders v Crusaders: Crusaders 1-12
Stormers v Blues: Blues 1-12
Josh Reich - 1 NEWS NOW Homepage Editor
Chiefs v Bulls: Chiefs 1-12
Highlanders v Crusaders: Crusaders 1-12
Stormers v Blues: Blues 1-12 - "After a gutsy and determined effort against the Lions last week, I’m backing blue for the first time this season. Don’t let me down."
Andrew Saville - 1 NEWS Sport Presenter
Chiefs v Bulls: Chiefs 1-12
Highlanders v Crusaders: Cursaders 1-12 - "Coin toss time again! Highlanders will lift again at home, Crusaders hurting after that Wellington first half, especially. Mauger/Hammett vs Robertson - it's all intriguing!"
Stormers v Blues: Blues 13+
Tamati Rimene-Sproat - Te Karere Sport Reporter - LEADER
Chiefs v Bulls: Chiefs 13+
Highlanders v Crusaders: Highlanders 1-12
Stormers v Blues: Blues 13+
"The Hurricanes will win, even on a bye."
Stephen Stuart - 1 NEWS Sport Reporter
Chiefs v Bulls: Chiefs 1-12 - "This will be a high scoring match and expect the Bulls to be much more competitive this week."
Highlanders v Crusaders: Highlanders 1-12
Stormers v Blues: Blues 13+
Victor Waters - Breakfast Sport Producer
Chiefs v Bulls: Chiefs 13+
Highlanders v Crusaders: Crusaders 1-12
Stormers v Blues: Blues 1-12
Abby Wilson - 1 NEWS Sport Reporter
Chiefs v Bulls: Chiefs 13+
Highlanders v Crusaders: Highlanders 1-12
Stormers v Blues: Blues 1-12
SCOREBOARD: Rimene-Sproat 22, Waters 21, Reich 18, Heveldt 17, Malili 17, Saville 16, Stuart 15, Wilson 13, Prendiville 12, Hall-Smith 12, Knuckey 11, McKenzie 10, Manukia 9.
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