Date : Saturday, May 22, 2021 Kick Off : 06:35 Venue : Eden Park Tournament : Super Rugby Trans-Tasman Round : pool stage
All times shown are french time,
refresh to see your local time.

Blues

48TB

Waratahs

Match Blues vs Waratahs

Match between Blues squad and Waratahs squad was played at Eden Park as of round #2 of Super Rugby Trans-Tasman . Before kick-off Blues was in 1st position and Waratahs 8th.

Lineups

Game sheet Blues vs Waratahs
YC	Penalty	Conversion	Try	Players		Players	Try	Conversion	RC
				Karl TU'INUKUAFE	1	Angus BELL	30'
			36'	Kurt EKLUND	2	Dave PORECKI	62'
				Ofa TU'UNGAFASI	3	Harry JOHNSON-HOLMES			56'
				Gerard COWLEY-TUIOTI	4	Hugh SINCLAIR
				Josh GOODHUE	5	Max DOUGLAS
			27'	Tom ROBINSON	6	Lachlan SWINTON
				Blake GIBSON	7	Charlie GAMBLE
				Akira IOANE	8	Will HARRIS
				Finlay CHRISTIE	9	Jake GORDON	33'
	3'	28' 37' 49' 78'		Otere BLACK	10	Ben DONALDSON
				AJ LAM	11	James TURNER
				TJ FAIANE	12	Lalakai FOKETI
			47'	Rieko IOANE	13	Alex NEWSOME
			7' 67' 77'	Bryce HEEM	14	Jack MADDOCKS
				Zarn SULLIVAN	15	Will HARRISON		31' 34' 63'

				Soane VIKENA	16	Joe COTTON
				Alex HODGMAN	17	Tetera FAULKNER
				Marcel RENATA	18	Darcy BREEN
				Patrick TUIPULOTU	19	Jack WHETTON
				Dalton PAPALI'I	20	Carlo TIZZANO
				Sam NOCK	21	Jack DEMPSEY
				Harry PLUMMER	22	Jack GRANT
				Jacob RATUMAITAVUKI-KNEEPKENS	23	Mark NAWAQANITAWASE
			57'	Essai de Pénalité
Replacements
TU'INUKUAFE 🡇 🡅 HODGMAN 52'					#1	3' DOUGLAS 🡇 🡅 WHETTON
GIBSON 🡇 🡅 PAPALI'I 53'					#2	15' WHETTON 🡇 🡅 DEMPSEY
COWLEY-TUIOTI 🡇 🡅 TUIPULOTU 58'					#3	23' FOKETI 🡇 🡅 NAWAQANITAWASE
TU'UNGAFASI 🡇 🡅 RENATA 60'					#4	28' DEMPSEY 🡇 🡅 WHETTON
CHRISTIE 🡇 🡅 NOCK 60'					#5	52' GAMBLE 🡇 🡅 TIZZANO
IOANE 🡇 🡅 PLUMMER 63'					#6	56' HARRIS 🡇 🡅 DEMPSEY
EKLUND 🡇 🡅 VIKENA 68'					#7	57' SWINTON 🡇 🡅 FAULKNER
LAM 🡇 🡅 RATUMAITAVUKI-KNEEPKENS 69'					#8	63' PORECKI 🡇 🡅 COTTON
					#9	69' JOHNSON-HOLMES 🡇 🡅 SWINTON
					#10	75' GORDON 🡇 🡅 GRANT
					#11	75' BELL 🡇 🡅 BREEN

Interesting datas⁽¹⁾

Blues	VS	Waratahs
916 kg (114.50 kg)	Pack weight (average)	897 kg (112.13 kg)
27 ans	Forwards average age	24 ans
24 ans	Backs average age	24 ans
199 cm	Tallest player	201 cm
New Zealand : 87% (13/15) Tonga : 7% (1/15) Scotland : 7% (1/15)	Differents nationalities for starters	Australia : 87% (13/15) New Zealand : 13% (2/15)
New Zealand : 91% (21/23) Tonga : 4% (1/23) Scotland : 4% (1/23)	Differents nationalities for all the team	Australia : 78% (18/23) New Zealand : 17% (4/23) England : 4% (1/23)

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

Timeline

Score : 0 - 0, 3 - 0, 8 - 0, 13 - 0, 15 - 0, 15 - 5, 15 - 7, 15 - 12, 15 - 14, 20 - 14, 22 - 14, 27 - 14, 29 - 14, 34 - 14, 34 - 19, 34 - 21, 39 - 21, 44 - 21, 46 - 21
Gap : 0, +3, +8, +13, +15, +10, +8, +3, +1, +6, +8, +13, +15, +15, +20, +15, +13, +18, +23, +25

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