For me, the Highlanders v Chiefs match in Dunedin tomorrow is the match of the round given their recent history against each other and what's at stake.
I'm a big fan of both teams for the way they can travel and win, but you would have to think after the travel these teams have done recently, especially the Highlanders, that if they don't give themselves a chance of home advantage in the playoffs by winning this match they could face some logistical nightmares over the next few weeks. This match is critical.
One guy becoming the most influential at the Chiefs in my opinion is Damian McKenzie.
He was superb in both of his team's round-robin victories over the Crusaders, scoring 12 points in Christchurch, and hurting them with his goalkicking and line-breaking against an excellent defensive team in Fiji.
If the Highlanders are going to win they need to shut him down. Why is he so hard to tackle given he is so slight physically? It's down to a couple of things. When he makes a decision to run, he gives it 100 per cent. A lot of players in similar positions will slightly decelerate when they weigh up where they are going to attack, and either accelerate into contact or into space. That can be by going slightly lateral and bringing a defender across, and backs tend to beat forwards by doing this. Many forwards think that's as fast as the back can go and are fooled by the change of pace.