Date : Friday, April 20, 2018 Kick Off : 09:35 Venue : Eden Park Tournament : Super Rugby Round : pool stage
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Blues

34TB

Highlanders

Match Blues vs Highlanders

Match between Blues squad and Highlanders squad was played at Eden Park as of round #10 of Super Rugby . Before kick-off Blues was in 14th position and Highlanders 5th.

Lineups

Game sheet Blues vs Highlanders
YC	Penalty	Try	Players		Players	Try	Conversion	Penalty
			Pauliasi MANU	1	Dan LIENERT-BROWN
			James PARSONS	2	Ash DIXON
			Mike TAMOAIETA	3	Siate TOKOLAHI
			Patrick TUIPULOTU	4	Jackson HEMOPO
			Jimmy TUPOU	5	Tom FRANKLIN
			Dalton PAPALI'I	6	Shannon FRIZELL	4' 33' 56'
			Kara PRYOR	7	Dillon HUNT	0'
			Akira IOANE	8	Luke WHITELOCK
		8'	Jonathan RURU	9	Kayne HAMMINGTON	43'
	13' 21'		Bryn GATLAND	10	Lima SOPOAGA		5' 44' 57'	38'
			Rieko IOANE	11	Tevita LI
			TJ FAIANE	12	Tei WALDEN
			Orbyn LEGER	13	Rob THOMPSON
			Jordan HYLAND	14	Waisake NAHOLO
			Stephen PEROFETA	15	Ben SMITH

			Matt MOULDS	16	Liam COLTMAN
			Ross WRIGHT	17	Aki SEIULI
			Sione MAFILEO	18	Tyrel LOMAX
			Ben NEE NEE	19	Alex AINLEY
			Murphy TARAMAI	20	Elliot DIXON
			Sam NOCK	21	Aaron SMITH
		69'	Tumua MANU	22	Fletcher SMITH
			Matt DUFFIE	23	Matt FADDES
Replacements
TAMOAIETA 🡇 🡅 MAFILEO 48'				#1	25' TOKOLAHI 🡇 🡅 LOMAX
TUIPULOTU 🡇 🡅 NEE NEE 48'				#2	50' LIENERT-BROWN 🡇 🡅 SEIULI
PARSONS 🡇 🡅 MOULDS 49'				#3	53' DIXON 🡇 🡅 COLTMAN
PAPALI'I 🡇 🡅 TARAMAI 53'				#4	53' FRANKLIN 🡇 🡅 AINLEY
GATLAND 🡇 🡅 DUFFIE 55'				#5	55' HAMMINGTON 🡇 🡅 SMITH
FAIANE 🡇 🡅 MANU 58'				#6	58' THOMPSON 🡇 🡅 FADDES
MANU 🡇 🡅 WRIGHT 60'				#7	63' WHITELOCK 🡇 🡅 DIXON
HYLAND 🡇 🡅 GATLAND 63'				#8	77' LI 🡇 🡅 SMITH
RURU 🡇 🡅 NOCK 71'				#9
GATLAND 🡇 🡅 HYLAND 77'				#10

Interesting datas⁽¹⁾

Blues	VS	Highlanders
905 kg (113.13 kg)	Pack weight (average)	897 kg (112.13 kg)
25 ans	Forwards average age	26 ans
24 ans	Backs average age	27 ans
198 cm	Tallest player	200 cm
New Zealand : 87% (13/15) Tonga : 7% (1/15) Samoa : 7% (1/15)	Differents nationalities for starters	New Zealand : 80% (12/15) Tonga : 13% (2/15) Fiji : 7% (1/15)
New Zealand : 87% (20/23) Samoa : 9% (2/23) Tonga : 4% (1/23)	Differents nationalities for all the team	New Zealand : 83% (19/23) Tonga : 9% (2/23) Fiji : 4% (1/23) Australia : 4% (1/23)

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

Timeline

Score : 0 - 0, 0 - 5, 0 - 10, 0 - 12, 5 - 12, 8 - 12, 11 - 12, 11 - 17, 11 - 20, 11 - 25, 11 - 27, 11 - 32, 11 - 34, 16 - 34
Gap : 0, -5, -10, -12, -7, -4, -1, -6, -9, -14, -16, -21, -23, -18

Standings before and after

Before

Super Rugby Round 9		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 10		Pts	P.	W.	D.	L.	Diff.	B.
1	Lions	30	9	6	0	3	70	6
2	Crusaders	29	8	6	0	2	94	5
3	Hurricanes	27	7	6	0	1	94	3
4	Chiefs	26	8	6	0	2	67	2
5	Highlanders	24	7	5	0	2	55	4
6	Waratahs	24	8	5	1	2	41	2
7	Rebels	21	8	4	0	4	25	5
8	Bulls	19	8	4	0	4	8	3
9	Sharks	18	9	3	1	5	-19	4
10	Jaguares	16	9	4	0	5	-58	0
11	Brumbies	15	8	3	0	5	-31	3
12	Stormers	14	9	3	0	6	-49	2
13	Reds	13	8	3	0	5	-76	1
14	Blues	12	8	2	0	6	-56	4
15	Sunwolves	2	8	0	0	8	-165	2