Date : Friday, February 28, 2014 Kick Off : 07:35 Venue : Eden Park Tournament : Super Rugby Round : pool stage
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Blues

35TB

Crusaders

Match Blues vs Crusaders

Match between Blues squad and Crusaders squad was played at Eden Park as of round #3 of Super Rugby . Before kick-off Blues was in 7th position and Crusaders 14th.

Lineups

Game sheet Blues vs Crusaders
YC	Penalty	Conversion	Try	Players		Players	Try	Conversion	Penalty
				Sam PRATTLEY	1	Tim PERRY
				James PARSONS	2	Corey FLYNN	14'
				Charlie FAUMUINA	3	Owen FRANKS
				Patrick TUIPULOTU	4	Sam WHITELOCK
				Tom DONNELLY	5	Dominic BIRD
66'				Steven LUATUA	6	George WHITELOCK
				Luke BRAID	7	Richie MC CAW
				Peter SAILI	8	Kieran READ
				Piri WEEPU	9	Andy ELLIS
	18' 54' 80'	34' 42' 47'		Simon HICKEY	10	Tom TAYLOR		15' 31' 72'	19'
			35'	Tevita LI	11	Nafi TUITAVAKE
			46'	Jackson WILLISON	12	Ryan CROTTY	71'
			41'	George MOALA	13	Rey LEE-LO
			33'	Frank HALAI	14	Rob THOMPSON
				Charles PIUTAU	15	Colin SLADE	30'

				Keven MEALAMU	16	Ben FUNNELL
				Tony WOODCOCK	17	Wyatt CROCKETT
				Angus TA'AVAO	18	Nepo LAULALA
				Liaki MOLI	19	Luke ROMANO
				Brendon O'CONNOR	20	Matt TODD
				Bryn HALL	21	Willi HEINZ
				Benji MARSHALL	22	Adam WHITELOCK
				Pita AHKI	23	Israel DAGG
Replacements
FAUMUINA 🡇 🡅 TA'AVAO 47'					#1	40' MC CAW 🡇 🡅 TODD
PRATTLEY 🡇 🡅 WOODCOCK 48'					#2	42' TUITAVAKE 🡇 🡅 DAGG
PARSONS 🡇 🡅 MEALAMU 48'					#3	47' ELLIS 🡇 🡅 HEINZ
TUIPULOTU 🡇 🡅 MOLI 55'					#4	48' BIRD 🡇 🡅 ROMANO
LUATUA 🡇 🡅 O'CONNOR 56'					#5	51' FLYNN 🡇 🡅 FUNNELL
O'CONNOR 🡇 🡅 LUATUA 63'					#6	51' PERRY 🡇 🡅 CROCKETT
DONNELLY 🡇 🡅 O'CONNOR 76'					#7	56' FRANKS 🡇 🡅 LAULALA
WEEPU 🡇 🡅 HALL 76'					#8

Interesting datas⁽¹⁾

Blues	VS	Crusaders
926 kg (115.75 kg)	Pack weight (average)	915 kg (114.38 kg)
26 ans	Forwards average age	27 ans
25 ans	Backs average age	26 ans
200 cm	Tallest player	206 cm
New Zealand : 87% (13/15) Samoa : 7% (1/15) Tonga : 7% (1/15)	Differents nationalities for starters	New Zealand : 93% (14/15) Samoa : 7% (1/15)
New Zealand : 91% (21/23) Samoa : 4% (1/23) Tonga : 4% (1/23)	Differents nationalities for all the team	New Zealand : 91% (21/23) Samoa : 9% (2/23)

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

Timeline

Score : 0 - 0, 0 - 5, 0 - 7, 3 - 7, 3 - 10, 3 - 15, 3 - 17, 8 - 17, 10 - 17, 15 - 17, 20 - 17, 22 - 17, 27 - 17, 29 - 17, 32 - 17, 32 - 22, 32 - 24, 35 - 24
Gap : 0, -5, -7, -4, -7, -12, -14, -9, -7, -2, +3, +5, +10, +12, +15, +15, +10, +8, +11

Standings before and after

Before

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

After

Super Rugby Round 3		Pts	P.	W.	L.	Diff.	B.
1	Waratahs	10	2	2	0	49	2
2	Sharks	9	2	2	0	33	1
3	Lions	8	3	2	1	17	0
4	Chiefs	8	2	2	0	10	0
5	Highlanders	6	2	1	1	6	2
6	Rebels	5	1	1	0	21	1
7	Blues	5	2	1	1	3	1
8	Bulls	5	3	1	2	-13	1
9	Cheetahs	5	3	1	2	-16	1
10	Brumbies	4	2	1	1	3	0
11	Reds	4	2	1	1	-17	0
12	Stormers	4	2	1	1	-23	0
13	Hurricanes	1	2	0	2	-19	1
14	Crusaders	0	2	0	2	-19	0
15	Western Force	0	2	0	2	-35	0