The Highlanders, playing before their home crowd, twice held the lead in the southern derby and turned 17-14 ahead.
The Highlanders were struggling near the bottom of the southern hemisphere championship when the coronavirus pandemic brought the season to a sudden halt in March.
Their forward pack was monstered at the start and they were further hampered after 15 minutes when their line-out general Josh Dickson was stretchered off in the lead-up to the Crusaders first try by Will Jordan. The Highlanders scored again when Smith snapped up the ball from a faulty line-out throw and ignited a 35-metre move that ended with a try to right-wing Ngatungane Punivai.
But the Crusaders upped the pace after the resumption and a relentless wave of attacks resulted in Christie’s first try to regain the lead.
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