The Chiefs co-captain's playing days in NZ drew to a close in his side's 27-13 Super Rugby semifinal defeat to the Crusaders in Christchurch on Saturday night.
It was immediately clear after fulltime just how much the Chiefs meant to Cruden, and how much of a different turn his career is about to take, with the influential first five-eighth wiping away tears as it dawned on him that that was it.
