Date : Saturday, March 15, 2014 Kick Off : 14:00 Venue : Ellis Park Stadium Tournament : Super Rugby Round : pool stage
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Lions

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Blues

Match Lions vs Blues

Match between Lions squad and Blues squad was played at Ellis Park Stadium as of round #5 of Super Rugby . Before kick-off Lions was in 4th position and Blues 11th.

Lineups

Game sheet Lions vs Blues
YC	Drop	Penalty	Conversion	Try	Players		Players	Try	Conversion	Penalty	RC
					Schalk VAN DER MERWE	1	Tony WOODCOCK
					Robbie COETZEE	2	James PARSONS
					Julian REDELINGHUYS	3	Charlie FAUMUINA				30'
					Franco MOSTERT	4	Patrick TUIPULOTU
					Franco VAN DER MERWE	5	Tom DONNELLY				43'
					Jaco KRIEL	6	Brendon O'CONNOR
					Willie BRITZ	7	Luke BRAID
					Warren WHITELEY	8	Steven LUATUA
				33'	Faf DE KLERK	9	Piri WEEPU
	38' 41'	51' 67' 74' 77'	34' 40' 59'		Marnitz BOSHOFF	10	Chris NOAKES		57' 65'	45'
				40'	Courtnall SKOSAN	11	Charles PIUTAU	54'
					Stefan WATERMEYER	12	Pita AHKI
					Deon VAN RENSBURG	13	George MOALA	70'
					JW JONKER	14	Frank HALAI	64'
				59'	Coenie VAN WYK	15	Benji MARSHALL	79'

					Willie WEPENER	16	Tom MCCARTNEY
					Corné FOURIE	17	Sam PRATTLEY
					Ruan DREYER	18	Angus TA'AVAO
					MB LUSASENI	19	Liaki MOLI
					Warwick TECKLENBURG	20	Jordan MANIHERA
					Ross CRONJÉ	21	Bryn HALL	56'
					Elton JANTJIES	22	Simon HICKEY		71' 79'
					Ruan COMBRINCK	23	Jackson WILLISON
Replacements
COETZEE 🡇 🡅 WEPENER 34'						#1	31' O'CONNOR 🡇 🡅 TA'AVAO
REDELINGHUYS 🡇 🡅 DREYER 45'						#2	37' TUIPULOTU 🡇 🡅 MOLI
MOSTERT 🡇 🡅 LUSASENI 56'						#3	40' TA'AVAO 🡇 🡅 O'CONNOR
VAN DER MERWE 🡇 🡅 FOURIE 56'						#4	56' WEEPU 🡇 🡅 HALL
JONKER 🡇 🡅 COMBRINCK 58'						#5	56' FAUMUINA 🡇 🡅 TA'AVAO
KRIEL 🡇 🡅 TECKLENBURG 60'						#6	56' O'CONNOR 🡇 🡅 MANIHERA
DE KLERK 🡇 🡅 CRONJÉ 66'						#7	61' AHKI 🡇 🡅 WILLISON
						#8	65' WOODCOCK 🡇 🡅 PRATTLEY
						#9	68' NOAKES 🡇 🡅 HICKEY
						#10	74' PRATTLEY 🡇 🡅 WOODCOCK

Interesting datas⁽¹⁾

Lions	VS	Blues
873 kg (109.13 kg)	Pack weight (average)	914 kg (114.25 kg)
25 ans	Forwards average age	26 ans
25 ans	Backs average age	24 ans
198 cm	Tallest player	200 cm
South Africa : 100% (15/15)	Differents nationalities for starters	New Zealand : 87% (13/15) Samoa : 7% (1/15) Tonga : 7% (1/15)
South Africa : 100% (23/23)	Differents nationalities for all the team	New Zealand : 91% (21/23) Samoa : 4% (1/23) Tonga : 4% (1/23)

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

Timeline

Score : 0 - 0, 5 - 0, 7 - 0, 10 - 0, 15 - 0, 17 - 0, 20 - 0, 20 - 3, 23 - 3, 23 - 8, 23 - 13, 23 - 15, 28 - 15, 30 - 15, 30 - 20, 30 - 22, 33 - 22, 33 - 27, 33 - 29, 36 - 29, 39 - 29, 39 - 31, 39 - 36
Gap : 0, 0, +5, +7, +10, +15, +17, +20, +20, +17, +20, +15, +10, +8, +13, +15, +10, +8, +11, +6, +4, +7, +10, +8, +3

Standings before and after

Before

Super Rugby Round 4		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 5		Pts	P.	W.	L.	Diff.	B.
1	Sharks	18	4	4	0	62	2
2	Chiefs	13	3	3	0	26	1
3	Brumbies	13	4	3	1	16	1
4	Lions	12	5	3	2	6	0
5	Waratahs	11	3	2	1	44	3
6	Bulls	10	4	2	2	3	2
7	Western Force	10	4	2	2	-8	2
8	Reds	9	4	2	2	-22	1
9	Crusaders	8	4	2	2	-12	0
10	Highlanders	7	3	1	2	4	3
11	Blues	7	4	1	3	-16	3
12	Hurricanes	6	4	1	3	6	2
13	Rebels	6	3	1	2	-10	2
14	Stormers	5	4	1	3	-40	1
15	Cheetahs	5	5	1	4	-59	1