Date : Friday, April 16, 2021 Kick Off : 09:05 Venue : Forsyth Barr Stadium Tournament : Super Rugby Aotearoa Round : pool stage
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Highlanders

29LB

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 3rd3th.

Lineups

Game sheet Highlanders vs Blues
YC	Penalty	Conversion	Try	Players		Players	Try	Conversion	Penalty	YC	RC
				Ayden JOHNSTONE	1	Karl TU'INUKUAFE
				Ash DIXON	2	Luteru TOLAI
				Siate TOKOLAHI	3	Ofa TU'UNGAFASI
				Bryn EVANS	4	Gerard COWLEY-TUIOTI
				Josh DICKSON	5	Sam DARRY
				Shannon FRIZELL	6	Tom ROBINSON
				Billy HARMON	7	Dalton PAPALI'I
			14'	Kazuki HIMENO	8	Hoskins SOTUTU	79'				22'
				Aaron SMITH	9	Jonathan RURU	5'
	67'			Mitch HUNT	10	Otere BLACK		6' 33' 70'	37'
			57'	Jona NAREKI	11	Caleb CLARKE
				Scott GREGORY	12	TJ FAIANE
				Sio TOMKINSON	13	Rieko IOANE	32'
			40'	Ngane PUNIVAI	14	Mark TELEA
	11'	16' 40'	24'	Josh IOANE	15	Stephen PEROFETA

				Liam COLTMAN	16	Leni APISAI
				Ethan DE GROOT	17	Alex HODGMAN				72'
				Josh HOHNECK	18	Nepo LAULALA	69'
				Manaaki SELBY-RICKIT	19	Josh GOODHUE
				Marino MIKAELE TU'U	20	Akira IOANE
				Kayne HAMMINGTON	21	Finlay CHRISTIE
			74'	Mike COLLINS	22	Harry PLUMMER
				James LENTJES	23	Bryce HEEM
Replacements
HIMENO 🡇 🡅 MIKAELE TU'U 49'					#1	2' ROBINSON 🡇 🡅 IOANE
JOHNSTONE 🡇 🡅 DE GROOT 52'					#2	49' TU'UNGAFASI 🡇 🡅 LAULALA
TOKOLAHI 🡇 🡅 HOHNECK 52'					#3	49' TU'INUKUAFE 🡇 🡅 HODGMAN
DIXON 🡇 🡅 COLTMAN 56'					#4	50' FAIANE 🡇 🡅 PLUMMER
PUNIVAI 🡇 🡅 COLLINS 59'					#5	55' RURU 🡇 🡅 CHRISTIE
HARMON 🡇 🡅 LENTJES 71'					#6	55' DARRY 🡇 🡅 GOODHUE
EVANS 🡇 🡅 SELBY-RICKIT 71'					#7	60' TOLAI 🡇 🡅 APISAI
SMITH 🡇 🡅 HAMMINGTON 75'					#8	67' TELEA 🡇 🡅 HEEM
					#9	77' IOANE 🡇 🡅 TU'INUKUAFE

Interesting datas⁽¹⁾

Highlanders	VS	Blues
911 kg (113.88 kg)	Pack weight (average)	925 kg (115.63 kg)
28 ans	Forwards average age	25 ans
26 ans	Backs average age	26 ans
202 cm	Tallest player	203 cm
New Zealand : 73% (11/15) Tonga : 13% (2/15) Australia : 7% (1/15) Japan : 7% (1/15)	Differents nationalities for starters	New Zealand : 93% (14/15) Tonga : 7% (1/15)
New Zealand : 83% (19/23) Tonga : 9% (2/23) Australia : 4% (1/23) Japan : 4% (1/23)	Differents nationalities for all the team	New Zealand : 87% (20/23) Tonga : 4% (1/23) Samoa : 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 - 7, 3 - 7, 8 - 7, 10 - 7, 15 - 7, 15 - 12, 15 - 14, 15 - 17, 17 - 17, 22 - 17, 27 - 17, 30 - 17, 30 - 22, 30 - 24, 35 - 24, 35 - 29
Gap : 0, -5, -7, -4, +1, +3, +3, +8, +3, +1, -2, 0, +5, +10, +13, +8, +6, +6, +11, +6