He also led the Stormers to South Africa's first-ever Super 12 semi-final three seasons ago.
Rush won eight All Black caps and captained the Auckland Blues to the Super 12 title in 2003.
The side, semi-finalists in the National Provincial Championship last year, have selected 10 players with experience in the Super 12.
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Hewat played in a Super 12 final for New South Wales Waratahs but expects the Twickenham final to be even bigger.
On Friday, the Auckland Blues underlined their Super 12 claims with a commanding 31-18 victory over New South Wales Waratahs in Sydney.
The event, which features 14 teams from New Zealand, Australia and South Africa, began as the Super 12 in 1996, expanding to Super 14 in 2005.
On Friday, Fiji winger Rupeni Caucaunibuca scored a hat-trick of tries to lead defending Super 12 champions Auckland Blues to a 38-29 win over Canterbury Crusaders.
The Steamers' Super 12 players have only recently joined the squad, while coach Vern Cotter has been involved with the competition winners Canterbury Crusaders until last weekend.
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Allied to this was an on-field slump that saw South African sides struggle in the new Super 12 and Tri Nations competitions, and against the 1997 Lions.
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Although the majority of the Fijian backline played in the Super 12 this season, Raiwalui warned his country's World Cup chances would be defined by their pack.
Auckland led 26-6 in the final quarter before last year's semi-finalists - for whom rugby league star Lote Tuqiri was making his Super 12 debut - scored two late tries.
In Saturday's early game, fly-half Louis Koen kicked nine goals from 10 attempts to give the Northern Bulls their first Super 12 win outside South Africa, 46-34 over the Wellington Hurricanes.
The Crusaders notched up their 15th straight Super 12 win - after clinching the title unbeaten in 2002 - with four tries from Ben Thorn, Richie McCaw, Leon MacDonald and Caleb Ralph.
Full-back Cashmore has played for the All Blacks, New Zealand Maori and New Zealand sevens team as well turning out for the Blues Super 12 franchise between 1996 and 2000 before a stint playing in Japan.
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And that completed a remarkable transformation for a team which finished bottom of Super League 12 months ago with only three wins to their name, nearly went out of business and were still being hastily reassembled by Noble when the Super League season kicked off at the Racecourse back on 29 January.
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This weekend's two-day event in Cardiff features six games and all 12 Super League clubs as the sport takes a decisive step towards extending its influence beyond its traditional boundaries.
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But, although he is expected to miss the start of the Super League season on 12 February, he should be close to full fitness by then.
And he also wrote about kind of this debate over baselines in terms of what this committee of 12 or super committee is going to use as its baseline.
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He set up four of his side's seven tries in their 40-12 win over fellow Super League side Hull KR in the last round and with Brett Hodgson sidelined by injury, he has captained his side over the last two weeks and is looking forward to Saturday's encounter.
The first order of business, however, is Super Challenge II, which begins on 12 June.
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He is among 12 foreign based players that will face the Super Eagles this weekend, in the final group match of the first round stage of the qualifiers.
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