Date : Friday, June 12, 2015 Kick Off : 09:35 Venue : Eden Park Tournament : Super Rugby Round : pool stage
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Blues

44TB

Highlanders

Match Blues vs Highlanders

Match between Blues squad and Highlanders squad was played at Eden Park as of round #18 of Super Rugby . Before kick-off Blues was in 14th position and Highlanders 2nd.

Lineups

Game sheet Blues vs Highlanders
YC	Conversion	Try	Players		Players	Try	Conversion	Penalty	RC
			Sam PRATTLEY	1	Dan LIENERT-BROWN
			Keven MEALAMU	2	Liam COLTMAN
			Angus TA'AVAO	3	Josh HOHNECK				21'
			Hayden TRIGGS	4	Alex AINLEY
			Josh BEKHUIS	5	Joe LATTA	64'
			Christopher VUI	6	Elliot DIXON	40'
			Brendon O'CONNOR	7	John HARDIE	10'
			Joe EDWARDS	8	Dan PRYOR	55'
			Jamison GIBSON-PARK	9	Aaron SMITH
	67'		Ihaia WEST	10	Lima SOPOAGA		40' 51' 57'	31'
			Melani NANAI	11	Patrick OSBORNE	50'
			George MOALA	12	Shaun TREEBY	25'
			Hamish NORTHCOTT	13	Richard BUCKMAN
			Ben LAM	14	Waisake NAHOLO
			Lolagi VISINIA	15	Ben SMITH	76'

			James PARSONS	16	Ash DIXON
			Nic MAYHEW	17	Brendon EDMONDS
			Sione MAFILEO	18	Ross GELDENHUYS
			William LLOYD	19	Jackson HEMOPO
			Jack RAM	20	Gareth EVANS
			Jimmy COWAN	21	Fumiaki TANAKA
		67'	Matt MCGAHAN	22	Marty BANKS
			Matt VAEGA	23	Kurt BAKER
Replacements
LAM 🡇 🡅 MCGAHAN 45'				#1	18' HARDIE 🡇 🡅 EVANS
MEALAMU 🡇 🡅 PARSONS 45'				#2	28' EVANS 🡇 🡅 GELDENHUYS
GIBSON-PARK 🡇 🡅 COWAN 45'				#3	31' GELDENHUYS 🡇 🡅 EVANS
PRATTLEY 🡇 🡅 MAYHEW 45'				#4	52' COLTMAN 🡇 🡅 DIXON
EDWARDS 🡇 🡅 RAM 45'				#5	52' LIENERT-BROWN 🡇 🡅 EDMONDS
NORTHCOTT 🡇 🡅 VAEGA 50'				#6	57' DIXON 🡇 🡅 HEMOPO
TRIGGS 🡇 🡅 LLOYD 60'				#7	60' NAHOLO 🡇 🡅 BAKER
TA'AVAO 🡇 🡅 MAFILEO 66'				#8	68' HOHNECK 🡇 🡅 GELDENHUYS

Interesting datas⁽¹⁾

Blues	VS	Highlanders
912 kg (114.00 kg)	Pack weight (average)	890 kg (111.25 kg)
27 ans	Forwards average age	26 ans
24 ans	Backs average age	26 ans
201 cm	Tallest player	197 cm
New Zealand : 87% (13/15) Samoa : 7% (1/15) Tonga : 7% (1/15)	Differents nationalities for starters	New Zealand : 80% (12/15) Fiji : 13% (2/15) Scotland : 7% (1/15)
New Zealand : 87% (20/23) Tonga : 9% (2/23) Samoa : 4% (1/23)	Differents nationalities for all the team	New Zealand : 78% (18/23) Fiji : 9% (2/23) Scotland : 4% (1/23) South Africa : 4% (1/23) Japan : 4% (1/23)

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

Timeline

Score : 0 - 0, 0 - 5, 0 - 10, 0 - 13, 0 - 18, 0 - 20, 0 - 25, 0 - 27, 0 - 32, 0 - 34, 0 - 39, 2 - 39, 7 - 39, 7 - 44
Gap : 0, -5, -5, -10, -13, -18, -20, -25, -27, -32, -34, -39, -37, -32, -37

Standings before and after

Before

Super Rugby Round 17		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 18		Pts	P.	W.	D.	L.	Diff.	B.
1	Hurricanes	66	16	14	0	2	170	10
2	Highlanders	53	16	11	0	5	117	9
3	Waratahs	52	16	11	0	5	96	8
4	Chiefs	48	16	10	0	6	73	8
5	Brumbies	47	16	9	0	7	108	11
6	Crusaders	46	16	9	0	7	143	10
7	Stormers	45	16	10	1	5	50	3
8	Lions	42	16	9	1	6	-22	4
9	Bulls	38	16	7	0	9	9	10
10	Rebels	36	16	7	0	9	-35	8
11	Sharks	34	16	7	0	9	-63	6
12	Cheetahs	26	16	5	0	11	-174	6
13	Reds	22	16	4	0	12	-187	6
14	Blues	20	16	3	0	13	-146	8
15	Western Force	19	16	3	0	13	-139	7