Date : Friday, February 26, 2016 Kick Off : 07:35 Venue : Eden Park Tournament : Super Rugby Round : pool stage
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Blues

31LB

Highlanders

Match Blues vs Highlanders

Match between Blues squad and Highlanders squad was played at Eden Park as of round #1 of Super Rugby .

Lineups

Game sheet Blues vs Highlanders
YC	Penalty	Conversion	Try	Players		Players	Try	Conversion	Penalty	RC
				Ofa TU'UNGAFASI	1	Dan LIENERT-BROWN
				James PARSONS	2	Liam COLTMAN
				Sione MAFILEO	3	Josh HOHNECK
			71'	Patrick TUIPULOTU	4	Tom FRANKLIN
				Josh BEKHUIS	5	Joseph WHEELER
				Joe EDWARDS	6	Elliot DIXON
			25'	Blake GIBSON	7	Shane CHRISTIE
				Steven LUATUA	8	Liam SQUIRE
				Bryn HALL	9	Aaron SMITH
	29' 37' 57' 61'	18' 26' 72'		Ihaia WEST	10	Lima SOPOAGA		9' 32' 40'	21'
				Tevita LI	11	Patrick OSBORNE				70'
				George MOALA	12	Tei WALDEN	31'
				Male SA'U	13	Malakai FEKITOA
			17'	Melani NANAI	14	Waisake NAHOLO	38'
				Lolagi VISINIA	15	Ben SMITH	8' 77'

				Quentin MACDONALD	16	Ash DIXON
				Namatahi WA'A	17	Brendon EDMONDS
				Charlie FAUMUINA	18	Ross GELDENHUYS
				Akira IOANE	19	Alex AINLEY
				Kara PRYOR	20	Dan PRYOR
				Billy GUYTON	21	Josh RENTON
				Matt MCGAHAN	22	Hayden PARKER		78'
				Rene RANGER	23	Matt FADDES
Replacements
EDWARDS 🡇 🡅 IOANE 40'					#1	24' SQUIRE 🡇 🡅 PRYOR
MAFILEO 🡇 🡅 FAUMUINA 47'					#2	33' WHEELER 🡇 🡅 AINLEY
SA'U 🡇 🡅 RANGER 47'					#3	40' AINLEY 🡇 🡅 WHEELER
LUATUA 🡇 🡅 PRYOR 58'					#4	45' LIENERT-BROWN 🡇 🡅 EDMONDS
HALL 🡇 🡅 GUYTON 60'					#5	50' FRANKLIN 🡇 🡅 AINLEY
PARSONS 🡇 🡅 MACDONALD 60'					#6	50' COLTMAN 🡇 🡅 DIXON
VISINIA 🡇 🡅 MCGAHAN 78'					#7	57' HOHNECK 🡇 🡅 GELDENHUYS
					#8	64' WALDEN 🡇 🡅 FADDES
					#9	65' SOPOAGA 🡇 🡅 PARKER
					#10	78' NAHOLO 🡇 🡅 RENTON

Interesting datas⁽¹⁾

Blues	VS	Highlanders
930 kg (116.25 kg)	Pack weight (average)	911 kg (113.88 kg)
24 ans	Forwards average age	27 ans
24 ans	Backs average age	26 ans
200 cm	Tallest player	200 cm
New Zealand : 73% (11/15) Tonga : 13% (2/15) Samoa : 13% (2/15)	Differents nationalities for starters	New Zealand : 80% (12/15) Fiji : 13% (2/15) Tonga : 7% (1/15)
New Zealand : 83% (19/23) Tonga : 9% (2/23) Samoa : 9% (2/23)	Differents nationalities for all the team	New Zealand : 83% (19/23) Fiji : 9% (2/23) Tonga : 4% (1/23) South Africa : 4% (1/23)

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

Timeline

Score : 0 - 0, 0 - 5, 0 - 7, 5 - 7, 7 - 7, 7 - 10, 12 - 10, 14 - 10, 17 - 10, 17 - 15, 17 - 17, 20 - 17, 20 - 22, 20 - 24, 23 - 24, 26 - 24, 31 - 24, 33 - 24, 33 - 29, 33 - 31
Gap : 0, -5, -7, -2, 0, -3, +2, +4, +7, +2, 0, +3, -2, -4, -1, +2, +2, +7, +9, +4, +2

Standings before and after

After

Super Rugby Round 1		Pts	P.	W.	L.	Diff.	B.
1	Brumbies	5	1	1	0	42	1
2	Sharks	5	1	1	0	35	1
3	Stormers	5	1	1	0	24	1
4	Waratahs	5	1	1	0	20	1
5	Lions	5	1	1	0	13	1
6	Chiefs	4	1	1	0	6	0
7	Rebels	4	1	1	0	6	0
8	Blues	4	1	1	0	2	0
9	Jaguares	4	1	1	0	1	0
10	Cheetahs	1	1	0	1	-1	1
11	Highlanders	1	1	0	1	-2	1
12	Crusaders	1	1	0	1	-6	1
13	Western Force	1	1	0	1	-6	1
14	Sunwolves	0	1	0	1	-13	0
15	Reds	0	1	0	1	-20	0
16	Bulls	0	1	0	1	-24	0
17	Kings	0	1	0	1	-35	0
18	Hurricanes	0	1	0	1	-42	0