Date : Friday, February 23, 2018 Kick Off : 07:35 Venue : Forsyth Barr Stadium Tournament : Super Rugby Round : pool stage
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Highlanders

34LB

Blues

Match Highlanders vs Blues

Match between Highlanders squad and Blues squad was played at Forsyth Barr Stadium as of round #2 of Super Rugby . Before kick-off Highlanders was in 6th position and Blues 11th.

Lineups

Game sheet Highlanders vs Blues
YC	Penalty	Conversion	Try	Players		Players	Try	Conversion	Penalty	RC
				Dan LIENERT-BROWN	1	Alex HODGMAN
				Ash DIXON	2	James PARSONS
			43'	Siate TOKOLAHI	3	Ofa TU'UNGAFASI
				Jackson HEMOPO	4	Gerard COWLEY-TUIOTI
				Tom FRANKLIN	5	Scott SCRAFTON
				Liam SQUIRE	6	Glenn PRESTON
				Dillon HUNT	7	Murphy TARAMAI
				Luke WHITELOCK	8	Akira IOANE	38' 45'
				Aaron SMITH	9	Augustine PULU
	9'	21' 32' 44' 57' 61'		Lima SOPOAGA	10	Bryn GATLAND	14'	15' 25' 38' 46'	40' 66'
				Tevita LI	11	Rieko IOANE
			56' 60'	Tei WALDEN	12	Sonny Bill WILLIAMS
			19' 30'	Rob THOMPSON	13	George MOALA
				Waisake NAHOLO	14	Matt DUFFIE	23'
				Ben SMITH	15	Mike COLLINS

				Liam COLTMAN	16	Leni APISAI
				Aki SEIULI	17	Pauliasi MANU
				Tyrel LOMAX	18	Mike TAMOAIETA
				Dan PRYOR	19	Patrick TUIPULOTU
				Elliot DIXON	20	Antonio KIRI KIRI				53'
				Kayne HAMMINGTON	21	Jonathan RURU
	68'			Fletcher SMITH	22	Daniel KIRKPATRICK
				Matt FADDES	23	Melani NANAI
Replacements
DIXON 🡇 🡅 COLTMAN 50'					#1	22' PRESTON 🡇 🡅 KIRI KIRI
LIENERT-BROWN 🡇 🡅 SEIULI 50'					#2	50' COWLEY-TUIOTI 🡇 🡅 TUIPULOTU
HUNT 🡇 🡅 PRYOR 59'					#3	50' PARSONS 🡇 🡅 APISAI
SOPOAGA 🡇 🡅 SMITH 62'					#4	50' HODGMAN 🡇 🡅 MANU
HEMOPO 🡇 🡅 DIXON 63'					#5	63' WILLIAMS 🡇 🡅 NANAI
TOKOLAHI 🡇 🡅 LOMAX 71'					#6	73' PULU 🡇 🡅 RURU
SMITH 🡇 🡅 HAMMINGTON 77'					#7	73' COLLINS 🡇 🡅 KIRKPATRICK
					#8	73' TU'UNGAFASI 🡇 🡅 TAMOAIETA

Interesting datas⁽¹⁾

Highlanders	VS	Blues
894 kg (111.75 kg)	Pack weight (average)	912 kg (114.00 kg)
26 ans	Forwards average age	25 ans
26 ans	Backs average age	25 ans
200 cm	Tallest player	200 cm
New Zealand : 87% (13/15) Tonga : 7% (1/15) Fiji : 7% (1/15)	Differents nationalities for starters	New Zealand : 87% (13/15) Tonga : 13% (2/15)
New Zealand : 87% (20/23) Tonga : 4% (1/23) Fiji : 4% (1/23) Australia : 4% (1/23)	Differents nationalities for all the team	New Zealand : 78% (18/23) Tonga : 13% (3/23) Samoa : 9% (2/23)

(1) Calculations based on data in the database, which may be incomplete.

Timeline

Score : 0 - 0, 3 - 0, 3 - 5, 3 - 7, 8 - 7, 10 - 7, 10 - 12, 10 - 14, 15 - 14, 17 - 14, 17 - 16, 17 - 21, 17 - 24, 22 - 24, 24 - 24, 24 - 29, 24 - 31, 29 - 31, 31 - 31, 36 - 31, 38 - 31, 38 - 34, 41 - 34
Gap : 0, +3, -2, -4, +1, +3, -2, -4, +1, +3, +1, -4, -7, -2, 0, -5, -7, -7, -2, 0, +5, +7, +4, +7

Standings before and after

Before

Super Rugby Round 1		Pts	P.	W.	L.	Diff.	B.
1	Stormers	4	1	1	0	8	0
2	Lions	4	1	1	0	7	0
3	Sharks	1	1	0	1	-7	1
4	Crusaders	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Waratahs	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Chiefs	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	Hurricanes	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	Highlanders	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	Brumbies	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	Bulls	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	Rebels	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	Blues	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	Reds	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	Sunwolves	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	Jaguares	0	1	0	1	-8	0

After

Super Rugby Round 2		Pts	P.	W.	L.	Diff.	B.
1	Lions	9	2	2	0	27	1
2	Rebels	5	1	1	0	26	1
3	Crusaders	5	1	1	0	22	1
4	Stormers	5	2	1	1	1	1
5	Waratahs	4	1	1	0	7	0
6	Highlanders	4	1	1	0	7	0
7	Brumbies	4	1	1	0	7	0
8	Bulls	4	1	1	0	2	0
9	Hurricanes	1	1	0	1	-2	1
10	Sharks	1	1	0	1	-7	1
11	Blues	1	1	0	1	-7	1
12	Sunwolves	1	1	0	1	-7	1
13	Chiefs	0	1	0	1	-22	0
14	Reds	0	1	0	1	-26	0
15	Jaguares	0	2	0	2	-28	0