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Super Rugby has arrived at its final four with the Hurricanes, Lions, Chiefs and Highlanders left fighting for southern hemisphere supremacy.Saturday, July 30Hurricanes v Chiefs, Westpac Stadium, Wellington?Key stat (Opta Stats)The Hurricanes have won nine of their last 11 games against the Chiefs on home turf, though they lost their last such encounter by one point in Round 9 earlier this season.The Hurricanes have lost all six of their playoff games against fellow New Zealand teams in Super Rugby, including a 14-10 defeat to the Chiefs in 2009.Line-upsHurricanes:?James Marshall, Cory Jane, Matt Proctor, Willis Halaholo, Jason Woodward, Beauden Barrett, TJ Perenara; Victor Vito, Ardie Savea, Brad Shields, Michael Fatialofa, Vaea Fifita, Ben May, Dane Coles/Ricky Riccitelli, Loni Uhila. Replacements: Ricky Riccitelli, Leni Apisai, Chris Eves, Mike Kainga, Mark Abbott, Callum Gibbins, Jamison Gibson Park, Vince Aso, Julian Savea.Chiefs:?Damian McKenzie, Sam McNicol, Seta Tamanivalu, Anton Lienert-Brown, James Lowe, Aaron Cruden (co-capt), Tawera Kerr-Barlow, Tom Sanders, Sam Cane (co-capt), Taleni Seu, Brodie Retallick, Dominic Bird, Atu Moli, Nathan Harris, Kane Hames. Res: Hika Elliot, Siegfried Fisiihoi, Mitchell Graham, Lachlan Boshier, Michael Leitch, Brad Weber, Toni Pulu, Shaun Stevenson.Team NewsHurricanes captain Dane Coles?will be given until match day to prove his fitness after a nasty knock to the ribs last weekend against the Sharks. Coach Chris Boyd has otherwise named an unchanged side to the one that triumphed 41-0 last week, with All Blacks winger Julian Savea again left on the bench.The Chiefs have made two key changes, Tawera Kerr-Barlow and Seta Tamanivalu included.?Kerr-Barlow is promoted from the bench after his sides crushing 60-21 quarterfinal win over the Stormers, while Fiji-born Tamanivalu returns from a knee knock. Incumbent halfback Brad Weber drops to the bench. Elsewhere, the team retains the same shape as in South Africa.UBET verdict: Hurricanes $1.57, Chiefs $2.40.?The Chiefs have travelled Fiji-Brisbane-Dunedin-Cape Town-Wellington in the last four weeks, and it appears as though UBET customers think that will catch up with them semifinals. The Hurricanes have been very well backed to progress, and although six of the last seven matches in Wellington between these two sides have been decided by six points or less, most have written the Chiefs off. It is worth noting that the Chiefs did win here (28-27) back in April.?Greg Growdens verdict:?Keep an eye on the fitness of Hurricanes skipper Dane Coles, as his omission will be a shot in the arm for the Chiefs. Still, I think the Hurricanes halves, TJ Perenara and Beauden Barrett, will earn the Wellington side a second straight home final.Lions v Highlanders, Emirates Airlines Park,?JohannesburgKey stat (Opta Stats)The Lions have won eight of their 10 home games this season, however both of their defeats on their own patch in 2016 have come at the hands of teams from New Zealand.The Highlanders have won their last three away games, only once before have they won four on the trot (2005).Line-upsLions:?Andries Coetzee, Ruan Combrinck, Lionel Mapoe, Rohan Janse van Rensburg, Courtnall Skosan, Elton Jantjies, Faf de Klerk, Ruan Ackermann, Warwick Tecklenburg, Jaco Kriel (captain), Franco Mostert, Andries Ferreira, Julian Redelinghuys, Malcolm Marx, Dylan Smith Replacements: Armand van der Merwe, Corne Fourie, Jacques van Rooyen, Lourens Erasmus, Steph de Witt, Dillon Smit, Howard Mnisi, Jaco van der Walt.Highlanders:?Ben Smith (captain), Waisake Naholo, Matt Faddes, Malakai Fekitoa, Patrick Osborne, Lima Sopoaga, Aaron Smith, Luke Whitelock, James Lentjes, Elliot Dixon, Tom Franklin, Alex Ainley, Josh Hohneck, Ash Dixon, Daniel Lienert-Brown Replacements: Greg Pleasants-Tate, Aki Seiuli, Ross Geldenhuys, Joe Wheeler, Liam Squire, Dan Pryor, Te Aihe Toma, Marty Banks.Team NewsJaco Kriel will lead the Lions?after regular skipper Warren Whiteley was ruled out with a calf injury. Ruan Ackermann will start at No 8 in Whiteleys position, while Steph de Witt comes in on the bench. Dillon Smit will also provide scrum-half cover on the bench, replacing Ross Cronje who is ruled out with an ankle injury.Highlanders coach Jamie Joseph, has three changes to his starting forward pack, bringing in loose forward James Lentjes for Shane Christie, and lock Alex Ainley for Luke Whitelock who moves to number eight. The starting backline from the quarterfinal win against the Brumbies remains intact.UBET verdict:?Lions $1.80, Highlanders $2.00.?The only blot on the form of the Lions recently was when they fielded their B side in Argentina two weeks ago. The Lions have had a very good draw leading into the finals, and disposed of the Crusaders in impressive fashion last week. The Hurricanes were at home to the Lions in March, and recorded a big 34-15 victory; but the Lions have improved a lot since then, and the Highlanders face the same problem that as the Chiefs, they have had an arduous travel campaign over the last five weeks. Money is split between the pair, but the Lions are slight favourites.Greg Growdens verdict:?Youve just got to admire what Jamie Joseph has been able to do with this Highlanders team over the last couple of years -- theyve been exceptional. That being said, their passports have been stamped so often lately that youve got to think its finally going to catch up with them. Im tipping the Lions, but expect this one to be decided in the final few minutes. Custom Nike Baseball Jerseys China . While hell be dialed in to that tournament on a course he loves, you can forgive him if his eyes glance down the calendar just a bit, towards April. Cheap Custom Nike Baseball Jerseys . However, he did make them miss him a little less. 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A-League boss Greg ORourke has dismissed the cries of frustrated coaches, claiming the standard of refereeing is the best the competition has seen and that a handful of mistakes have been magnified amid pressure to win in a tight table.ORourke said hes set up meetings to re-set the expectations of managers, whose relationship with officials is at boiling point after all four fixtures over the weekend were marred by crucial calls made by the whistleblowers.But he denied pressure was mounting on FFAs director of referees Ben Wilson, whom he says believes this seasons officiating is as good as in the last five years apart from a couple of decisions.His (Wilsons) view is that theres some things we need to work through to get out of the human element of the game, some things were all looking forward to just before the finals series which is technology to assist some of this refereeing, ORourke said.But all in all, we believe the standard of refereeing is the best weve had in the A-League and well continue to improve it.Unlikely to agree is Central Coast coach Paul Okon, the latest of a string of coaches to speak out against the standard of officiating on Sunday.Four managers have now earned FFAs ire for outbursts less than a third of the way through the season, with Adelaide coach Guillermo Amors one-game touchline ban on Monday following Kenny Lowes two-match ban, Kevin Muscats fine and Tony Popovics citing.ORourke claimed the storm ddidnt reflect the actual statistics, which before last weekends controversies showed 11 errors in key match decisions from the opening 30 games - an improvement on the preceding four seasons.dddddddddddde said those errors included not red-carding Western Sydneys Brendon Santalab for his scything round-two tackle on Adelaides James Holland, David Carneys round-five handball goal for Sydney FC, some incorrect offside decisions against Wellington and a missed penalty for the Wanderers following Jason Gerias round-six foul on Jumpei Kusukami.Clearly weve made a few mistakes, but the thing Ive noticed is the amount of reporting and amplifying of the mistakes were making, ORourke said.I think a large part of this - and Im not condoning anybodys behaviour - is that the coaches believe they have the right to win every game and that every team is beatable.And theres a lot of pressure on the coaches, which I understand, to get decisions and move north on the table.I think its feeding on itself a little bit as well, which is not good.The best thing to do, is rather than play this out publicly, is just go and re-set the expectations with each coach about what we would expect.FFAs long-term plan is to increase the number of professional referees from the three existing, Jarred Gillett, Shaun Evans and Chris Beath. 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