A couple of months back when probably to everyone’s understandable delight, the usually all-conquering Crusaders rugby team had notched us 8 losses in their first 9 games and were at the bottom of the table, the New Zealand Herald wrote an amazing editorial saying don’t write them off.
I imagine most readers would have greeted it with mirth.
As it transpired they only failed to make the cut by an unlucky points differential factor.
Had they done so, I suspect they’d have gone on to win the championship.
I reprint the editorial below.
