Joe Moody is one of the best props in the world and is set to give the Lions a torrid scrum-time in the final.

The Crusaders have returned fire at the Lions, highlighting the high penalty count against tighthead prop Ruan Dreyer as a potential flashpoint ahead of the Super Rugby final.

Earlier this week Lions coach Swys de Bruin sent a message, via the media, to referee Angus Gardner by accusing the Crusaders' loosehead props of getting away with murder in the scrums.

At the Crusaders captain's run at AMI Stadium ahead of the final at the same ground in Christchurch on Saturday night, Crusaders assistant forwards coach Jason Ryan wanted to put the record straight.

GETTY IMAGES Lions prop Ruan Dreyer is among the most penalised players in Super Rugby.

Ryan noted Dreyer, the second-most penalised prop in the competition - having been pinged 19 times in 17 games - might have to worry about his own game against Crusaders loosehead Joe Moody in the set pieces.

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"I have heard it all before and it always comes up just before, usually, when we name Joe Moody - just because he is the best in the world," Ryan said on Friday.

"(We) are going up against one of the most penalised tightheads (Dreyer) in Super Rugby for two years running. We have got our plan, we know what we want to do. We just want to hit square, we want play channel one - that is what we have done all year - and get the ball to the backs."

Ryan said the Crusaders, who will win their ninth title if they defend their crown in Christchurch, had dealt with allegations against their scrum for the last three weeks.

"All I know that is when Joe is at his best, there are not may tighthead props, if any, that can hold him down. It is more than just Joe. We have to back that our strength as an eight will be good enough."

Last year when the Crusaders beat the Lions 25-17 in the final at Ellis Park in Johannesburg, Dreyer was given a torrid time by Moody and conceded several penalties.

The Crusaders have named a formidable forward pack, with blindside flanker Heiden Bedwell-Curtis the only man not to represent the All Blacks.

On the issue of Dreyer, Ryan wouldn't go as far to say he was a weakness in the scrum.

"They are scrummaging well, they scrum a lot different to us. They have got a mindset to be destructive clearly and keep the ball at the back of the scrum - and scrum for a penalty.

"Whereas it is not often something we do. That is their point of difference, and we have our point of difference as well."

The Crusaders pride themselves on being square at the engagement and having "a crack", said Ryan.

He believed the Crusaders and Lions were the two strongest scrums in the competition, and noted Crusaders head coach Scott Robertson will get the chance to speak to Gardner prior to kick-off.

The Crusaders were to advise after the captain's run whether reserve hooker Andrew Makalio, who was bracketed with Sam Anderson-Heather on the bench, would start as back-up to All Black Codie Taylor.