Date : Saturday, June 12, 2021 Kick Off : 09:05 Venue : Eden Park Tournament : Super Rugby Trans-Tasman Round : pool stage
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Blues

Western Force

Match Blues vs Western Force

Match between Blues squad and Western Force squad was played at Eden Park as of round #5 of Super Rugby Trans-Tasman . Before kick-off Blues was in 1st position and Western Force 8th.

Lineups

Game sheet Blues vs Western Force
YC	Penalty	Conversion	Try	Players		Players	Try	Conversion
				Alex HODGMAN	1	Tom ROBERTSON
				Kurt EKLUND	2	Feleti KAITU'U	47'
				Nepo LAULALA	3	Santiago MEDRANO
				Patrick TUIPULOTU	4	Jeremy THRUSH
				Gerard COWLEY-TUIOTI	5	Sitaleki TIMANI
				Tom ROBINSON	6	Fergus LEE-WARNER
			33'	Dalton PAPALI'I	7	Kane KOTEKA
			9' 37'	Hoskins SOTUTU	8	Ollie CALLAN
				Finlay CHRISTIE	9	Ian PRIOR		48' 57'
	63'	11' 29' 34' 39'		Otere BLACK	10	Jake MCINTYRE
			27'	Mark TELEA	11	Jordan OLOWOFELA
				TJ FAIANE	12	Kyle GODWIN
				Rieko IOANE	13	Tevita KURIDRANI	55'
				Bryce HEEM	14	Richard KAHUI
				Zarn SULLIVAN	15	Jake STRACHAN

69'				Ray NIUIA	16	Andrew READY
				Karl TU'INUKUAFE	17	Angus WAGNER
				Marcel RENATA	18	Greg HOLMES
				Josh GOODHUE	19	Ryan MCCAULEY
				Akira IOANE	20	Brynard STANDER
				Jonathan RURU	21	Michael MCDONALD
				Harry PLUMMER	22	Domingo MIOTTI		77'
				AJ LAM	23	Rob KEARNEY	77'
Replacements
ROBINSON 🡇 🡅 IOANE 30'					#1	16' STRACHAN 🡇 🡅 KEARNEY
HODGMAN 🡇 🡅 TU'INUKUAFE 48'					#2	51' MEDRANO 🡇 🡅 HOLMES
LAULALA 🡇 🡅 RENATA 48'					#3	51' KAITU'U 🡇 🡅 READY
FAIANE 🡇 🡅 PLUMMER 54'					#4	61' MCINTYRE 🡇 🡅 MIOTTI
PAPALI'I 🡇 🡅 GOODHUE 61'					#5	64' TIMANI 🡇 🡅 MCCAULEY
HEEM 🡇 🡅 LAM 63'					#6	66' CALLAN 🡇 🡅 STANDER
CHRISTIE 🡇 🡅 RURU 63'					#7	67' ROBERTSON 🡇 🡅 WAGNER
EKLUND 🡇 🡅 NIUIA 64'					#8	74' PRIOR 🡇 🡅 MCDONALD
COWLEY-TUIOTI 🡇 🡅 EKLUND 70'					#9
EKLUND 🡇 🡅 COWLEY-TUIOTI 80'					#10

Interesting datas⁽¹⁾

Blues	VS	Western Force
909 kg (113.63 kg)	Pack weight (average)	892 kg (111.50 kg)
27 ans	Forwards average age	28 ans
26 ans	Backs average age	28 ans
198 cm	Tallest player	203 cm
New Zealand : 87% (13/15) Samoa : 7% (1/15) Scotland : 7% (1/15)	Differents nationalities for starters	Australia : 53% (8/15) New Zealand : 13% (2/15) England : 13% (2/15) Argentina : 7% (1/15) Tonga : 7% (1/15) Fiji : 7% (1/15)
New Zealand : 87% (20/23) Samoa : 9% (2/23) Scotland : 4% (1/23)	Differents nationalities for all the team	Australia : 52% (12/23) Argentina : 9% (2/23) New Zealand : 9% (2/23) England : 9% (2/23) Ireland : 9% (2/23) Tonga : 4% (1/23) Fiji : 4% (1/23) South Africa : 4% (1/23)

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

Timeline

Score : 0 - 0, 5 - 0, 7 - 0, 12 - 0, 14 - 0, 19 - 0, 21 - 0, 26 - 0, 28 - 0, 28 - 5, 28 - 7, 28 - 12, 28 - 14, 31 - 14, 31 - 16, 31 - 21
Gap : 0, +5, +7, +12, +14, +19, +21, +26, +28, +23, +21, +16, +14, +17, +17, +15, +10

Standings before and after

Before

Super Rugby Trans-Tasman Round 4		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 5		Pts	P.	W.	L.	Diff.	B.
1	Blues	23	5	5	0	119	3
2	Highlanders	23	5	5	0	103	3
3	Crusaders	23	5	5	0	97	3
4	Hurricanes	21	5	4	1	102	5
5	Chiefs	19	5	4	1	59	3
6	Brumbies	5	5	1	4	-70	1
7	Reds	5	5	1	4	-86	1
8	Western Force	1	5	0	5	-66	1
9	Rebels	0	5	0	5	-120	0
10	Waratahs	0	5	0	5	-138	0