Date : Saturday, March 29, 2014 Kick Off : 07:35 Venue : Eden Park Tournament : Super Rugby Round : pool stage
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Blues

Highlanders

Match Blues vs Highlanders

Match between Blues squad and Highlanders squad was played at Eden Park as of round #7 of Super Rugby . Before kick-off Blues was in 5th position and Highlanders 11th.

Lineups

Game sheet Blues vs Highlanders
YC	Penalty	Conversion	Try	Players		Players	Penalty
				Tony WOODCOCK	1	Kane HAMES
				Tom MCCARTNEY	2	Ged ROBINSON
				Charlie FAUMUINA	3	Chris KING
				Liaki MOLI	4	Brad THORN
				Hayden TRIGGS	5	Jarrad HOEATA
				Jerome KAINO	6	Elliot DIXON
				Luke BRAID	7	Shane CHRISTIE
				Steven LUATUA	8	Nasi MANU
				Bryn HALL	9	Aaron SMITH
	31' 44' 58'	11' 37' 49'		Simon HICKEY	10	Lima SOPOAGA	13' 23' 27' 46'
			10'	George MOALA	11	Patrick OSBORNE
			36'	Ma'a NONU	12	Phil BURLEIGH
				Jackson WILLISON	13	Malakai FEKITOA
				Frank HALAI	14	Richard BUCKMAN
			49'	Charles PIUTAU	15	Ben SMITH

				James PARSONS	16	Liam COLTMAN
				Ofa TU'UNGAFASI	17	Craig MILLAR
				Angus TA'AVAO	18	Ma'afu FIA
				Tom DONNELLY	19	Joseph WHEELER
				Brendon O'CONNOR	20	TJ IOANE
				Tane TAKULUA	21	Fumiaki TANAKA
				Pita AHKI	22	Hayden PARKER
				Benji MARSHALL	23	Shaun TREEBY
Replacements
MCCARTNEY 🡇 🡅 PARSONS 50'					#1	50' ROBINSON 🡇 🡅 COLTMAN
HALAI 🡇 🡅 MARSHALL 51'					#2	50' THORN 🡇 🡅 WHEELER
WOODCOCK 🡇 🡅 TU'UNGAFASI 53'					#3	50' DIXON 🡇 🡅 IOANE
FAUMUINA 🡇 🡅 TA'AVAO 56'					#4	56' BURLEIGH 🡇 🡅 TREEBY
TRIGGS 🡇 🡅 O'CONNOR 61'					#5	56' SMITH 🡇 🡅 TANAKA
WILLISON 🡇 🡅 AHKI 62'					#6	61' HAMES 🡇 🡅 MILLAR
					#7	61' KING 🡇 🡅 FIA
					#8	66' SOPOAGA 🡇 🡅 PARKER

Interesting datas⁽¹⁾

Blues	VS	Highlanders
917 kg (114.63 kg)	Pack weight (average)	905 kg (113.13 kg)
28 ans	Forwards average age	29 ans
25 ans	Backs average age	25 ans
201 cm	Tallest player	198 cm
New Zealand : 80% (12/15) United-States : 7% (1/15) Samoa : 7% (1/15) Tonga : 7% (1/15)	Differents nationalities for starters	New Zealand : 87% (13/15) Fiji : 7% (1/15) Tonga : 7% (1/15)
New Zealand : 78% (18/23) Tonga : 13% (3/23) United-States : 4% (1/23) Samoa : 4% (1/23)	Differents nationalities for all the team	New Zealand : 78% (18/23) Tonga : 9% (2/23) Fiji : 4% (1/23) Samoa : 4% (1/23) Japan : 4% (1/23)

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

Timeline

Score : 0 - 0, 5 - 0, 7 - 0, 7 - 3, 7 - 6, 7 - 9, 10 - 9, 15 - 9, 17 - 9, 20 - 9, 20 - 12, 25 - 12, 27 - 12, 30 - 12
Gap : 0, +5, +7, +4, +1, -2, +1, +6, +8, +11, +8, +13, +15, +18

Standings before and after

Before

Super Rugby Round 6		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 7		Pts	P.	W.	D.	L.	Diff.	B.
1	Sharks	23	6	5	0	1	80	3
2	Chiefs	17	5	3	1	1	23	3
3	Brumbies	17	6	4	0	2	18	1
4	Waratahs	16	5	3	0	2	46	4
5	Blues	16	6	3	0	3	12	4
6	Lions	16	6	4	0	2	9	0
7	Bulls	16	6	3	1	2	7	2
8	Western Force	14	5	3	0	2	-5	2
9	Reds	14	6	3	0	3	-20	2
10	Hurricanes	12	6	2	0	4	5	4
11	Highlanders	11	5	2	0	3	-10	3
12	Rebels	10	5	2	0	3	-26	2
13	Crusaders	9	5	2	0	3	-15	1
14	Stormers	6	6	1	0	5	-55	2
15	Cheetahs	5	6	1	0	5	-69	1