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The Crusaders are back in the Super Rugby final seeking a record-extending ninth title. The Lions are back still searching for a first.New Zealand’s Crusaders and South Africa’s Lions set up a repeat of last year’s decider with convincing semifinal wins at home on Saturday.The Christchurch-based Crusaders overwhelmed the Wellington-based Hurricanes 30-12 in a one-sided all-New Zealand match.The Johannesburg-based Lions later beat Australia’s New South Wales Waratahs 44-26 Womens A'Shawn Robinson Jersey , matching the Crusaders’ 18-point winning margin.A year ago, the Crusaders won the title away in Johannesburg. Super Rugby’s most successful team will have the significant advantage of playing the season finale at home next Saturday.The Crusaders have already won five more Super Rugby titles than any other team, have reached the final 13 times in the tournament’s 23 seasons – more than twice as many as anyone else – and have a supreme 20-0 record in playoff games at home.The Lions were relegated from Super Rugby in 2012 before embarking on a stirring revival. They must pull off a titanic surprise next weekend in Christchurch if they are to finally secure their first Super Rugby triumph after losing the last two finals.”What a challenge,” Lions captain Warren Whiteley said. ”We can’t wait.”We know there’s a lot to work on. It’s going to be a big one. But to give yourself a chance … being in a final, that’s what it’s about.”The Crusaders maintained their seemingly unstoppable progress toward title No. 9 by dominating the Hurricanes, the 2016 champions, from the start with 80 percent possession.Crusaders winger George Bridge scored his 15th try of the season, briefly equaling the season record, along with tries from flyhalf Richie Mo’unga, fullback David Havili and replacement back Braydon Ennor.The game was already decided http://www.lionslockerroom.com/authentic-anthony-zettel-jersey , with the Crusaders up 30-7, when Hurricanes winger Ben Lam reclaimed the season try-scoring record at 16 – an all-time high – with the last move of the game.The Crusaders opened an 18-7 lead at the break with tries to Bridge and Mo’unga, who also added a conversion and two penalties in the first half.That made it imperative the Hurricanes score first in the second half. They had possession but an error, a botched restart from the 22, gave the Crusaders the chance they needed to make the game safe.Center Jack Goodhue made a long run back into the Hurricanes 22 and linked with All Blacks captain Kieran Read, who drove the ball toward the line. The Crusaders recycled possession, and scrumhalf Bryn Hall found Havili running into the line at pace to score the insurance try for 25-7.The Crusaders were guided to victory by Mo’unga, who collected 15 points and whose cross-kick created a late try for Ennor.In Johannesburg, the Lions came back from 14-0 down after the Waratahs raced out of the blocks, spreading the ball wide to create tries for flanker Ned Hanigan and fullback Israel Folau in the first eight minutes.The second semifinal played true to most pre-match predictions: The Waratahs brought their outside backs into play as much as possible but ultimately couldn’t match the forward might Jake Rudock Jersey White , or the intensity, of the Lions.Hooker Malcolm Marx was at the center of the Lions’ powerful scrum and rolling maul to score two tries. Flanker Kwagga Smith also had two tries, including the Lions’ first when he burst through two tacklers to begin the comeback midway through the first half.Winger Aphiwe Dyantyi and his replacement, Courtnall Skosan, also scored, with Dyantyi’s 80-meter solo effort showing the Lions can produce thrilling as well as grinding tries.The Waratahs matched the Lions’ three first-half tries when a lineout move saw prop Tom Robertson go in a minute from halftime and level the scores at 19-19. That raised hopes of a Waratahs upset.The Lions shut down those hopes with a run of 18 unanswered points in the second half, taking advantage of a yellow card to replacement hooker Damien Fitzpatrick to score two of their three second-half tries. Detroit will have to make a decision by next Friday."The Detroit Lions are busy preparing for the final two days of the 2019 NFL Draft, but a significant decision awaits them on the other side. 2016 first-round pick Taylor Decker is currently entering the final year of his rookie contract, and the Lions will have to make a decision on his option fifth year.By NFL rules, teams can exercise an extra year in the rookie deal of their first-round picks. For teams Womens Trey Flowers Jersey , it’s a way to retain a player on a relative cheap deal for another year or to disengage from a failed pick and let him hit free agency after four seasons. On Thursday night, Lions general manager said the team hasn’t made a decision yet on their current left tackle. “Nothing yet, that’s something that we’ll get to next week probably,” Quinn said.The Lions will have to get to it next week, as the deadline to exercise that fifth-year option is next Friday, May 3. While the contract terms of the fifth year are still unknown, it will be interesting to see what Detroit chooses to do. Decker’s career got off to a promising start, but a torn labrum cost him the first half of his second year, and while he hasn’t been bad since, he’s been unspectacular. At this point Womens Eli Harold Jersey , the Lions don’t appear to have a plan of succession should they move on from Decker. Though they drafted Tyrell Crosby in the fifth round last year, he doesn’t appear anywhere near the level to challenge Decker’s throne. Of course, that could all change should Detroit decide to draft an offensive lineman in the remaining two days of the NFL Draft. For now, it seems likely Detroit gives that option to Decker. After all, there’s very little risk in doing so. The Lions did the same with Eric Ebron, and ended up simply cutting him before that fifth year, recouping all $8.25 million of the non-guaranteed option. The only downside is that you lose out on a chance at a compensatory pick should you choose to move on after four years.