Date : Saturday, April 18, 2015 Kick Off : 09:35 Venue : Forsyth Barr Stadium Tournament : Super Rugby Round : pool stage
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Highlanders

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Blues

Match Highlanders vs Blues

Match between Highlanders squad and Blues squad was played at Forsyth Barr Stadium as of round #10 of Super Rugby . Before kick-off Highlanders was in 4th position and Blues 13th.

Lineups

Game sheet Highlanders vs Blues
YC	Penalty	Conversion	Try	Players		Players	Try	Conversion
				Kane HAMES	1	Ofa TU'UNGAFASI
				Liam COLTMAN	2	James PARSONS
				Josh HOHNECK	3	Angus TA'AVAO
				Mark REDDISH	4	Josh BEKHUIS
56'				Joseph WHEELER	5	Patrick TUIPULOTU	49'
				Elliot DIXON	6	Akira IOANE
				James LENTJES	7	Brendon O'CONNOR
				Nasi MANU	8	Jerome KAINO
				Aaron SMITH	9	Jamison GIBSON-PARK
	2' 45' 65'	12' 18' 39'		Lima SOPOAGA	10	Dan BOWDEN		57'
				Patrick OSBORNE	11	Melani NANAI
				Jason EMERY	12	George MOALA	41'
			10' 38'	Malakai FEKITOA	13	Pita AHKI
			16'	Waisake NAHOLO	14	Frank HALAI
				Ben SMITH	15	Charles PIUTAU

				Ash DIXON	16	Keven MEALAMU	57' 77'
				Brendon EDMONDS	17	Tony WOODCOCK
				Pingi TALA'APITANGA	18	Charlie FAUMUINA
				Tom FRANKLIN	19	Hayden TRIGGS
				Dan PRYOR	20	Blake GIBSON
				Fumiaki TANAKA	21	Jimmy COWAN
				Marty BANKS	22	Ihaia WEST		77'
				Richard BUCKMAN	23	Francis SAILI
Replacements
COLTMAN 🡇 🡅 DIXON 47'					#1	43' AHKI 🡇 🡅 SAILI
REDDISH 🡇 🡅 FRANKLIN 47'					#2	45' TA'AVAO 🡇 🡅 FAUMUINA
HAMES 🡇 🡅 EDMONDS 52'					#3	45' PARSONS 🡇 🡅 MEALAMU
EMERY 🡇 🡅 BUCKMAN 56'					#4	45' TU'UNGAFASI 🡇 🡅 WOODCOCK
LENTJES 🡇 🡅 PRYOR 56'					#5	45' GIBSON-PARK 🡇 🡅 COWAN
HOHNECK 🡇 🡅 TALA'APITANGA 62'					#6	65' TUIPULOTU 🡇 🡅 TRIGGS
SMITH 🡇 🡅 TANAKA 69'					#7	71' HALAI 🡇 🡅 WEST
					#8	71' IOANE 🡇 🡅 GIBSON

Interesting datas⁽¹⁾

Highlanders	VS	Blues
913 kg (114.13 kg)	Pack weight (average)	919 kg (114.88 kg)
27 ans	Forwards average age	25 ans
25 ans	Backs average age	27 ans
201 cm	Tallest player	200 cm
New Zealand : 80% (12/15) Fiji : 13% (2/15) Tonga : 7% (1/15)	Differents nationalities for starters	New Zealand : 73% (11/15) Tonga : 13% (2/15) United-States : 7% (1/15) Samoa : 7% (1/15)
New Zealand : 78% (18/23) Fiji : 9% (2/23) Tonga : 4% (1/23) Samoa : 4% (1/23) Japan : 4% (1/23)	Differents nationalities for all the team	New Zealand : 83% (19/23) Tonga : 9% (2/23) United-States : 4% (1/23) Samoa : 4% (1/23)

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

Timeline

Score : 0 - 0, 3 - 0, 8 - 0, 10 - 0, 15 - 0, 17 - 0, 22 - 0, 24 - 0, 24 - 5, 27 - 5, 27 - 10, 27 - 12, 27 - 17, 30 - 17, 30 - 19, 30 - 24
Gap : 0, +3, +8, +10, +15, +17, +22, +24, +19, +22, +17, +17, +15, +10, +13, +11, +6

Standings before and after

Before

Super Rugby Round 9		Pts	P.	W.	L.	Diff.	B.
1	Brumbies	5	1	1	0	44	1
2	Western Force	5	1	1	0	12	1
3	Cheetahs	5	1	1	0	6	1
4	Hurricanes	4	1	1	0	14	0
5	Stormers	4	1	1	0	12	0
6	Rebels	4	1	1	0	10	0
7	Chiefs	4	1	1	0	5	0
8	Blues	1	1	0	1	-5	1
9	Sharks	1	1	0	1	-6	1
10	Highlanders	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	Crusaders	0	1	0	1	-10	0
12	Waratahs	0	1	0	1	-12	0
13	Bulls	0	1	0	1	-12	0
14	Lions	0	1	0	1	-14	0
15	Reds	0	1	0	1	-44	0

After

Super Rugby Round 10		Pts	P.	W.	L.	Diff.	B.
1	Hurricanes	33	8	7	1	85	5
2	Chiefs	32	9	7	2	70	4
3	Bulls	28	9	6	3	48	4
4	Highlanders	28	8	6	2	33	4
5	Brumbies	26	9	5	4	83	6
6	Stormers	26	9	6	3	31	2
7	Waratahs	23	8	5	3	27	3
8	Sharks	21	10	4	6	-40	5
9	Lions	21	9	5	4	-48	1
10	Crusaders	20	9	4	5	51	4
11	Rebels	19	8	4	4	-16	3
12	Cheetahs	14	9	3	6	-91	2
13	Blues	11	9	1	8	-50	7
14	Reds	11	9	2	7	-115	3
15	Western Force	9	9	1	8	-68	5