Date : Friday, May 21, 2021 Kick Off : 11:45 Venue : HBF Park Tournament : Super Rugby Trans-Tasman Round : pool stage
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Western Force

Highlanders

Match Western Force vs Highlanders

Match between Western Force squad and Highlanders squad was played at HBF Park as of round #2 of Super Rugby Trans-Tasman . Before kick-off Western Force was in 6th position and Highlanders 4th.

Lineups

Game sheet Western Force vs Highlanders
YC	Penalty	Conversion	Try	Players		Players	Try	Conversion	Penalty
				Tom ROBERTSON	1	Ayden JOHNSTONE	22'
				Feleti KAITU'U	2	Ash DIXON
				Santiago MEDRANO	3	Siate TOKOLAHI
				Ryan MCCAULEY	4	Pari Pari PARKINSON
				Sitaleki TIMANI	5	Bryn EVANS
				Fergus LEE-WARNER	6	Shannon FRIZELL
				Kane KOTEKA	7	Billy HARMON
				Tim ANSTEE	8	Hugh RENTON
			38'	Tomás CUBELLI	9	Aaron SMITH
				Jake MCINTYRE	10	Mitch HUNT		12'	31'
				Jordan OLOWOFELA	11	Jona NAREKI	11'
				Henry TAEFU	12	Scott GREGORY	35' 60'
				Kyle GODWIN	13	Mike COLLINS
				Richard KAHUI	14	Sio TOMKINSON
				Rob KEARNEY	15	Josh IOANE

				Andrew READY	16	Liam COLTMAN
			78'	Angus WAGNER	17	Ethan DE GROOT
58'				Greg HOLMES	18	Josh HOHNECK
				Ollie CALLAN	19	Josh DICKSON
				Brynard STANDER	20	Kazuki HIMENO
				Ian PRIOR	21	Kayne HAMMINGTON
	28'	39'		Domingo MIOTTI	22	James LENTJES
				Jake STRACHAN	23	Ngane PUNIVAI
Replacements
MCINTYRE 🡇 🡅 MIOTTI 21'					#1	46' JOHNSTONE 🡇 🡅 DE GROOT
MEDRANO 🡇 🡅 HOLMES 54'					#2	52' DIXON 🡇 🡅 COLTMAN
KAITU'U 🡇 🡅 READY 59'					#3	52' TOKOLAHI 🡇 🡅 HOHNECK
CUBELLI 🡇 🡅 PRIOR 61'					#4	59' RENTON 🡇 🡅 HIMENO
MCCAULEY 🡇 🡅 STANDER 66'					#5	59' PARKINSON 🡇 🡅 DICKSON
KOTEKA 🡇 🡅 MEDRANO 66'					#6	66' SMITH 🡇 🡅 HAMMINGTON
MEDRANO 🡇 🡅 KOTEKA 69'					#7	66' HARMON 🡇 🡅 LENTJES
ROBERTSON 🡇 🡅 WAGNER 71'					#8
KEARNEY 🡇 🡅 STRACHAN 71'					#9
KOTEKA 🡇 🡅 CALLAN 71'					#10

Interesting datas⁽¹⁾

Western Force	VS	Highlanders
892 kg (111.50 kg)	Pack weight (average)	914 kg (114.25 kg)
27 ans	Forwards average age	28 ans
28 ans	Backs average age	27 ans
203 cm	Tallest player	205 cm
Australia : 53% (8/15) Argentina : 13% (2/15) Tonga : 7% (1/15) England : 7% (1/15) Samoa : 7% (1/15) New Zealand : 7% (1/15) Ireland : 7% (1/15)	Differents nationalities for starters	New Zealand : 87% (13/15) Tonga : 13% (2/15)
Australia : 57% (13/23) Argentina : 13% (3/23) England : 9% (2/23) Tonga : 4% (1/23) Samoa : 4% (1/23) New Zealand : 4% (1/23) Ireland : 4% (1/23) South Africa : 4% (1/23)	Differents nationalities for all the team	New Zealand : 83% (19/23) Tonga : 9% (2/23) Australia : 4% (1/23) Japan : 4% (1/23)

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

Timeline

Score : 0 - 0, 0 - 5, 0 - 7, 0 - 12, 3 - 12, 3 - 15, 3 - 20, 8 - 20, 10 - 20, 10 - 25, 15 - 25
Gap : 0, -5, -7, -12, -9, -12, -17, -12, -10, -10, -15, -10

Standings before and after

Before

Super Rugby Trans-Tasman Round 1		Pts	P.	W.	L.	Diff.	B.
1	Blues	5	1	1	0	47	1
2	Highlanders	5	1	1	0	21	1
3	Hurricanes	5	1	1	0	16	1
4	Crusaders	4	1	1	0	2	0
5	Chiefs	4	1	1	0	1	0
6	Western Force	1	1	0	1	-1	1
7	Brumbies	1	1	0	1	-2	1
8	Waratahs	0	1	0	1	-16	0
9	Reds	0	1	0	1	-21	0
10	Rebels	0	1	0	1	-47	0

After

Super Rugby Trans-Tasman Round 2		Pts	P.	W.	L.	Diff.	B.
1	Blues	10	2	2	0	74	2
2	Hurricanes	10	2	2	0	38	2
3	Crusaders	9	2	2	0	37	1
4	Highlanders	9	2	2	0	31	1
5	Chiefs	9	2	2	0	22	1
6	Western Force	1	2	0	2	-11	1
7	Brumbies	1	2	0	2	-23	1
8	Waratahs	0	2	0	2	-43	0
9	Reds	0	2	0	2	-56	0
10	Rebels	0	2	0	2	-69	0