AT A GLANCE

‘‘It’s not the end of the world. We grabbed a point today and we get four next week [for the bye] as well as getting the chance to freshen up.’’

lead in the NZ conference.

‘‘It’s not the end of the world. We grabbed a point today and we get four next week [for the bye] as well as getting the chance to freshen up.

‘‘We’ll need to make sure we steel up for the Bulls [the following Saturday at Waikato Stadium].

‘‘It was always going to be a big game and in the end it’s about banking some points, but we’ve got a little bit of time to obviously reassess and take it from there,’’ Rennie said.

The Chiefs got off to a messy start, chalking up seven handling errors in the first 28 minutes and when Liam Messam threw a loose pass, after his powerful defence had secured a turnover, Kiwi second-five Mike Harris snatched the intercept for the Reds and started a 75-metre foot race to the try line.

He didn’t make it but he didn’t have to, with right wing Dom Shipperley on hand to take the pass and score the try.

Sonny Bill Williams was stupendous in the first spell on both attack and defence, and the Chiefs started to put some phases together but it was not until the 30th minute that they finished anything off.

That signalled Williams’ try between the posts – his second of the season –