TONY Brown’s Highlanders inflicted leaders Crusaders’ first loss of the season and got their own campaign back on track after a tough week for the Dunedin franchise.
Earlier this week, Highlanders dropped six players, including All Black Josh Ioane, for breaching team protocol by hosting a house party after last week’s defeat to the Hurricanes.
Brown said after the 33-12 victory: “Everyone played out of their skin and with what happened this week the fact we’ve come out and performed, is all I can ask for.”
A mismatch looked on the cards as the Crusaders were able to field 11 All Blacks in...