By NICK VERDIER

THE Crusaders maintained their perfect record with a 31-24 win over the Chiefs in Suva on Friday to all but secure top spot at the end of the regular season.
Heiden Bedwell-Curtis, David Havili and Ben Funnell scored for the former champions to open up an 11-point gap over the Chiefs at the top of the table after recording their twelfth win of the campaign.
It should guarantee home advantage all the way to the final and head coach Scott Robertson said: “We know how important it is to finish top, we learnt that lesson last year.
“You have to win these clutch gam...