Date : Sunday, August 2, 2020 Kick Off : 05:35 Venue : Forsyth Barr Stadium Tournament : Super Rugby Aotearoa Round : pool stage
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Highlanders

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Blues

Match Highlanders vs Blues

Match between Highlanders squad and Blues squad was played at Forsyth Barr Stadium as of round #8 of Super Rugby Aotearoa . Before kick-off Highlanders was in 4th position and Blues 2nd.

Lineups

Game sheet Highlanders vs Blues
YC	Penalty	Conversion	Try	Players		Players	Try	Conversion	Penalty	RC
				Ayden JOHNSTONE	1	Karl TU'INUKUAFE
			19'	Ash DIXON	2	Kurt EKLUND
				Jeff THWAITES	3	Ofa TU'UNGAFASI	39'
				Pari Pari PARKINSON	4	Patrick TUIPULOTU
				Jack WHETTON	5	Gerard COWLEY-TUIOTI
			75'	Shannon FRIZELL	6	Dalton PAPALI'I
				Dillon HUNT	7	Tony LAMBORN
				Marino MIKAELE TU'U	8	Akira IOANE	6'
				Aaron SMITH	9	Finlay CHRISTIE	9' 42'
	14' 29' 35'	20'		Josh IOANE	10	Beauden BARRETT		11' 40'	56'
				Scott GREGORY	11	Caleb CLARKE
				Sio TOMKINSON	12	TJ FAIANE	30'
				Mike COLLINS	13	Rieko IOANE
				Josh MCKAY	14	Mark TELEA
				Mitch HUNT	15	Matt DUFFIE

				Liam COLTMAN	16	Luteru TOLAI
				Ethan DE GROOT	17	Alex HODGMAN
				Siate TOKOLAHI	18	Sione MAFILEO				73'
				Manaaki SELBY-RICKIT	19	Jacob PIERCE
				Jesse PARETE	20	Aaron CARROLL
				Folau FAKATAVA	21	Sam NOCK
				Bryn GATLAND	22	Otere BLACK
				Jona NAREKI	23	Harry PLUMMER
Replacements
WHETTON 🡇 🡅 SELBY-RICKIT 50'					#1	46' PAPALI'I 🡇 🡅 CARROLL
THWAITES 🡇 🡅 TOKOLAHI 50'					#2	52' TU'INUKUAFE 🡇 🡅 HODGMAN
DIXON 🡇 🡅 COLTMAN 56'					#3	53' LAMBORN 🡇 🡅 PIERCE
GREGORY 🡇 🡅 NAREKI 56'					#4	59' TELEA 🡇 🡅 BLACK
HUNT 🡇 🡅 PARETE 67'					#5	63' PIERCE 🡇 🡅 LAMBORN
JOHNSTONE 🡇 🡅 DE GROOT 67'					#6	65' TU'UNGAFASI 🡇 🡅 MAFILEO
SMITH 🡇 🡅 FAKATAVA 71'					#7	65' CHRISTIE 🡇 🡅 NOCK
					#8	71' EKLUND 🡇 🡅 TOLAI
					#9	71' BARRETT 🡇 🡅 PLUMMER
					#10	72' TUIPULOTU 🡇 🡅 PIERCE
					#11	74' LAMBORN 🡇 🡅 TU'UNGAFASI

Interesting datas⁽¹⁾

Highlanders	VS	Blues
919 kg (114.88 kg)	Pack weight (average)	923 kg (115.38 kg)
26 ans	Forwards average age	27 ans
25 ans	Backs average age	25 ans
205 cm	Tallest player	198 cm
New Zealand : 93% (14/15) Tonga : 7% (1/15)	Differents nationalities for starters	New Zealand : 87% (13/15) Tonga : 7% (1/15) Scotland : 7% (1/15)
New Zealand : 87% (20/23) Tonga : 13% (3/23)	Differents nationalities for all the team	New Zealand : 91% (21/23) Tonga : 4% (1/23) Scotland : 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, 3 - 12, 8 - 12, 10 - 12, 13 - 12, 13 - 17, 16 - 17, 16 - 22, 16 - 24, 16 - 29, 16 - 32, 21 - 32
Gap : 0, -5, -10, -12, -9, -4, -2, +1, -4, -1, -6, -8, -13, -16, -16, -11