Date : Saturday, April 6, 2019 Kick Off : 08:35 Venue : Eden Park Tournament : Super Rugby Round : pool stage
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Blues

29LB

Waratahs

Match Blues vs Waratahs

Match between Blues squad and Waratahs squad was played at Eden Park as of round #8 of Super Rugby . Before kick-off Blues was in 5th position and Waratahs 8th.

Lineups

Game sheet Blues vs Waratahs
YC	Penalty	Conversion	Try	Players		Players	Try	Conversion	Penalty
				Alex HODGMAN	1	Harry JOHNSON-HOLMES
				James PARSONS	2	Damien FITZPATRICK
				Sione MAFILEO	3	Sekope KEPU
				Patrick TUIPULOTU	4	Ned HANIGAN
				Josh GOODHUE	5	Rob SIMMONS
			8'	Tom ROBINSON	6	Jack DEMPSEY
				Blake GIBSON	7	Will MILLER	37'
				Akira IOANE	8	Michael WELLS
				Jonathan RURU	9	Nick PHIPPS
	3' 66'	9' 17' 60'		Otere BLACK	10	Bernard FOLEY		25' 39' 56'	63'
				Rieko IOANE	11	Alex NEWSOME	54'
			59'	Ma'a NONU	12	Karmichael HUNT
			46'	TJ FAIANE	13	Adam ASHLEY-COOPER
			16'	Caleb CLARKE	14	Cam CLARK
				Melani NANAI	15	Israel FOLAU	23'

				Matt MOULDS	16	Andrew TUALA
				Marcel RENATA	17	Rory O'CONNOR
				Ofa TU'UNGAFASI	18	Chris TALAKAI
				Gerard COWLEY-TUIOTI	19	Tom STANIFORTH
				Dalton PAPALI'I	20	Lachlan SWINTON
				Sam NOCK	21	Jake GORDON	75'
				Harry PLUMMER	22	Kurtley BEALE
				Mike COLLINS	23	Lalakai FOKETI
Replacements
GIBSON 🡇 🡅 PAPALI'I 7'					#1	9' HANIGAN 🡇 🡅 STANIFORTH
BLACK 🡇 🡅 PLUMMER 28'					#2	48' HUNT 🡇 🡅 BEALE
PLUMMER 🡇 🡅 BLACK 37'					#3	56' ASHLEY-COOPER 🡇 🡅 FOKETI
MAFILEO 🡇 🡅 TU'UNGAFASI 49'					#4	61' PHIPPS 🡇 🡅 GORDON
RURU 🡇 🡅 NOCK 60'					#5	64' JOHNSON-HOLMES 🡇 🡅 O'CONNOR
GOODHUE 🡇 🡅 COWLEY-TUIOTI 60'					#6	69' DEMPSEY 🡇 🡅 SWINTON
CLARKE 🡇 🡅 COLLINS 60'					#7	69' KEPU 🡇 🡅 TALAKAI
HODGMAN 🡇 🡅 RENATA 67'					#8
PARSONS 🡇 🡅 MOULDS 72'					#9
IOANE 🡇 🡅 PLUMMER 72'					#10

Interesting datas⁽¹⁾

Blues	VS	Waratahs
921 kg (115.13 kg)	Pack weight (average)	884 kg (110.50 kg)
25 ans	Forwards average age	26 ans
24 ans	Backs average age	27 ans
199 cm	Tallest player	204 cm
New Zealand : 93% (14/15) Samoa : 7% (1/15)	Differents nationalities for starters	Australia : 87% (13/15) New Zealand : 13% (2/15)
New Zealand : 91% (21/23) Samoa : 4% (1/23) Tonga : 4% (1/23)	Differents nationalities for all the team	Australia : 87% (20/23) New Zealand : 13% (3/23)

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

Timeline

Score : 0 - 0, 3 - 0, 8 - 0, 10 - 0, 15 - 0, 17 - 0, 17 - 5, 17 - 7, 17 - 12, 17 - 14, 22 - 14, 22 - 19, 22 - 21, 27 - 21, 29 - 21, 29 - 24, 32 - 24, 32 - 29
Gap : 0, +3, +8, +10, +15, +17, +12, +10, +5, +3, +8, +3, +1, +6, +8, +5, +8, +3

Standings before and after

Before

Super Rugby Round 7		Pts	P.	W.	L.	Diff.	B.
1	Bulls	5	1	1	0	37	1
2	Sharks	5	1	1	0	35	1
3	Lions	4	1	1	0	9	0
4	Rebels	4	1	1	0	7	0
5	Highlanders	4	1	1	0	3	0
6	Crusaders	4	1	1	0	2	0
7	Hurricanes	4	1	1	0	1	0
8	Waratahs	1	1	0	1	-1	1
9	Blues	1	1	0	1	-2	1
10	Chiefs	1	1	0	1	-3	1
11	Brumbies	1	1	0	1	-7	1
12	Reds	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	Jaguares	0	1	0	1	-9	0
14	Sunwolves	0	1	0	1	-35	0
15	Stormers	0	1	0	1	-37	0

After

Super Rugby Round 8		Pts	P.	W.	D.	L.	Diff.	B.
1	Crusaders	29	8	6	1	1	95	3
2	Rebels	23	7	5	0	2	44	3
3	Hurricanes	23	8	5	1	2	3	1
4	Sharks	21	7	4	0	3	74	5
5	Blues	19	7	4	0	3	8	3
6	Bulls	18	7	4	0	3	28	2
7	Lions	18	7	4	0	3	-24	2
8	Waratahs	16	7	3	0	4	8	4
9	Reds	14	7	3	0	4	-8	2
10	Highlanders	14	7	2	1	4	-10	4
11	Jaguares	14	7	3	0	4	-26	2
12	Stormers	14	7	3	0	4	-36	2
13	Chiefs	12	7	2	1	4	-45	2
14	Brumbies	11	7	2	0	5	-41	3
15	Sunwolves	10	8	2	0	6	-70	2