Date : Saturday, April 1, 2017 Kick Off : 06:15 Venue : Eden Park Tournament : Super Rugby 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 #6 of Super Rugby . Before kick-off Blues was in 8th position and Western Force 14th.

Lineups

Game sheet Blues vs Western Force
YC	Conversion	Try	Players		Players	Try	Conversion	Penalty	RC
			Pauliasi MANU	1	Ben DALEY
			James PARSONS	2	Tatafu POLOTA-NAU
			Charlie FAUMUINA	3	Tetera FAULKNER
			Gerard COWLEY-TUIOTI	4	Matt PHILIP
			Patrick TUIPULOTU	5	Richie ARNOLD	19'
			Jimmy TUPOU	6	Ross HAYLETT-PETTY
			Murphy TARAMAI	7	Matt HODGSON
			Jerome KAINO	8	Isi NAISARANI				28'
			Augustine PULU	9	Ryan LOUWRENS
	35'		Piers FRANCIS	10	Jono LANCE			11'
			Melani NANAI	11	Alex NEWSOME
			TJ FAIANE	12	Bill MEAKES
			George MOALA	13	Marcel BRACHE
		37'	Matt DUFFIE	14	Chance PENI
		72'	Mike COLLINS	15	Dane HAYLETT-PETTY	77'

			Matt MOULDS	16	Anaru RANGI
			Sam PRATTLEY	17	Pekahou COWAN
			Sione MAFILEO	18	Shambeckler VUI
			Scott SCRAFTON	19	Heath TESSMANN
		34'	Akira IOANE	20	Richard HARDWICK
			Billy GUYTON	21	Michael RURU
	65'		Ihaia WEST	22	Ian PRIOR		78'
		64'	Rieko IOANE	23	Robbie COLEMAN
Replacements
TUPOU 🡇 🡅 IOANE 25'				#1	9' LOUWRENS 🡇 🡅 RURU
FAUMUINA 🡇 🡅 MAFILEO 48'				#2	50' ARNOLD 🡇 🡅 HARDWICK
FAIANE 🡇 🡅 IOANE 48'				#3	56' DALEY 🡇 🡅 COWAN
FRANCIS 🡇 🡅 WEST 48'				#4	61' POLOTA-NAU 🡇 🡅 RANGI
TUIPULOTU 🡇 🡅 SCRAFTON 57'				#5	62' MEAKES 🡇 🡅 PRIOR
MANU 🡇 🡅 PRATTLEY 57'				#6	68' FAULKNER 🡇 🡅 VUI
PARSONS 🡇 🡅 MOULDS 57'				#7	71' LANCE 🡇 🡅 COLEMAN
PULU 🡇 🡅 GUYTON 68'				#8	78' HODGSON 🡇 🡅 TESSMANN

Interesting datas⁽¹⁾

Blues	VS	Western Force
916 kg (114.50 kg)	Pack weight (average)	911 kg (113.88 kg)
27 ans	Forwards average age	27 ans
24 ans	Backs average age	26 ans
198 cm	Tallest player	208 cm
New Zealand : 67% (10/15) Tonga : 13% (2/15) United-States : 7% (1/15) England : 7% (1/15) Samoa : 7% (1/15)	Differents nationalities for starters	Australia : 67% (10/15) New Zealand : 13% (2/15) Fiji : 7% (1/15) South Africa : 7% (1/15) United-States : 7% (1/15)
New Zealand : 78% (18/23) Tonga : 9% (2/23) United-States : 4% (1/23) England : 4% (1/23) Samoa : 4% (1/23)	Differents nationalities for all the team	Australia : 61% (14/23) New Zealand : 22% (5/23) Fiji : 4% (1/23) South Africa : 4% (1/23) United-States : 4% (1/23) Namibia : 4% (1/23)

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

Timeline

Score : 0 - 0, 0 - 3, 0 - 8, 5 - 8, 7 - 8, 12 - 8, 17 - 8, 19 - 8, 24 - 8, 24 - 13, 24 - 15
Gap : 0, -3, -8, -8, -3, -1, +4, +9, +11, +16, +11, +9

Standings before and after

Before

Super Rugby Round 5		Pts	P.	W.	L.	Diff.	B.
1	Hurricanes	5	1	1	0	66	1
2	Blues	5	1	1	0	38	1
3	Chiefs	5	1	1	0	9	1
4	Stormers	4	1	1	0	13	0
5	Jaguares	4	1	1	0	13	0
6	Waratahs	4	1	1	0	6	0
7	Crusaders	4	1	1	0	4	0
8	Lions	4	1	1	0	3	0
9	Reds	4	1	1	0	2	0
10	Sharks	1	1	0	1	-2	1
11	Cheetahs	1	1	0	1	-3	1
12	Brumbies	1	1	0	1	-4	1
13	Western Force	1	1	0	1	-6	1
14	Highlanders	0	1	0	1	-9	0
15	Kings	0	1	0	1	-13	0
16	Bulls	0	1	0	1	-13	0
17	Rebels	0	1	0	1	-38	0
18	Sunwolves	0	1	0	1	-66	0

After

Super Rugby Round 6		Pts	P.	W.	L.	Diff.	B.
1	Crusaders	26	6	6	0	65	2
2	Chiefs	24	5	5	0	61	4
3	Lions	23	6	5	1	68	3
4	Stormers	22	5	5	0	107	2
5	Hurricanes	20	5	4	1	168	4
6	Jaguares	18	5	4	1	59	2
7	Sharks	18	6	4	2	31	2
8	Blues	15	6	3	3	43	3
9	Highlanders	14	6	3	3	10	2
10	Brumbies	11	5	2	3	10	3
11	Cheetahs	9	6	2	4	-68	1
12	Waratahs	8	6	2	4	-64	0
13	Reds	6	6	1	5	-70	2
14	Western Force	5	5	1	4	-44	1
15	Bulls	5	5	1	4	-46	1
16	Kings	5	5	1	4	-55	1
17	Sunwolves	1	5	0	5	-113	1
18	Rebels	1	5	0	5	-162	1