Head to Head: For the colour blind (thanks Truth your effort was very pretty and I think showed some latent tendincies :mellow: )
Crusaders:
1 â€" Wyatt Crockett, 2 â€" Corey Flynn, 3 â€" Campbell Johnstone, 4 â€" Ross Filipo, 5 â€" Michael Paterson, 6 â€" Reuben Thorne, 7 â€" Richie McCaw (captain), 8 â€" Mose Tuiali'i, 9 â€" Andy Ellis, 10 â€" Daniel Carter, 11 â€" Caleb Ralph, 12 â€" Aaron Mauger, 13 â€" Casey Laulala, 14 â€" Rico Gear, 15 â€" Leon MacDonald.
Reserves: 16 â€" Ti'i Paulo, 17 â€"Ben Franks, 18 â€" Kieran Read, 19 â€" Johnny Leo'o, 20 â€" Kevin Senio, 21 â€" Stephen Brett, 22 â€" Scott Hamilton.
Western Force:
1 â€" Gareth Hardy 2 - Tai McIsaac, 3 - Troy Takiari, 4 - Rudi Vedelago, 5 - Nathan Sharpe (captain), 6 - Richard Brown, 7 - David Pocock, 8 - Scott Fava, 9 - Chris O'Young, 10 - James Hilgendorf, 11 -Cameron Shepherd, 12 - Matt Giteau, 13 - Ryan Cross, 14 - Digby Ioane, 15 - Drew Mitchell.
Reserves: 16 â€" Brendan Cannon, 17 â€" AJ Whalley, 18 â€" Luke Doherty, 19 â€" Matt Hodgson, 20 â€" Jon McGrath, 21 â€" Junior Pelesasa, 22 â€" Haig Sare.
Loking at the line up I'd say the Crusaders should be able to control the game up front, taking nothing away from McIsaac and crew but that's a big front row with a lot of experiance on the Crusaders side.
Also should be a good battle in the lock department, should be well worth watching Sharpe on Paterson (who really is a hell of a find this season, where the hell did he come from?). For mine I think even with the talent of Nathan Sharpe the Crusaders duo should be able to match up and if not gain the advantage.
Lose forwards... Crusaders all the way. Big Scott Fava on Tuiali'i should be well worth a watch.
The backs... with Git playing at 12 the Force really do have a standout backline, I know most Force supporters like and respect Henjak but for mine I'm looking forward to seeng O'Young get a run in this one.
At this stage I'd call the backlines very even with the AB's in the Crusaders squad still not fireing to the level we've come to expect.
If the Crusaders turn up with the right stuff on the day however then this one might be a bit of an embarresment for the Force.