Date : Saturday, February 25, 2023 Kick Off : 07:05 Venue : Forsyth Barr Stadium Tournament : Super Rugby Pacific Round : pool stage
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Highlanders

60TB

Blues

Match Highlanders vs Blues

Match between Highlanders squad and Blues squad was played at Forsyth Barr Stadium as of round #1 of Super Rugby Pacific .

Lineups

Game sheet Highlanders vs Blues
YC	Penalty	Conversion	Try	Players		Players	Try	Conversion	Penalty	RC
				Ethan DE GROOT	1	Ofa TU'UNGAFASI
				Rhys MARSHALL	2	Kurt EKLUND
				Jermaine AINSLEY	3	Nepo LAULALA
				Pari Pari PARKINSON	4	Patrick TUIPULOTU
				Josh DICKSON	5	Cameron SUAFOA				33'
				Shannon FRIZELL	6	Akira IOANE
				Billy HARMON	7	Dalton PAPALI'I	68'
				Marino MIKAELE TU'U	8	Hoskins SOTUTU
				Folau FAKATAVA	9	Finlay CHRISTIE
			35'	Mitch HUNT	10	Beauden BARRETT	20'	13' 21' 25' 27' 54' 73' 78'	4' 47'
				Connor GARDEN-BACHOP	11	Caleb CLARKE	23'
				Thomas UMAGA-JENSEN	12	Roger TUIVASA-SHECK				44'
			46'	Josh TIMU	13	Rieko IOANE	26' 77'
				Jonah LOWE	14	Mark TELEA	12' 72'
	7' 16'	36' 47'		Sam GILBERT	15	Stephen PEROFETA

				Andrew MAKALIO	16	Ricky RICCITELLI
				Dan LIENERT-BROWN	17	Josh FUSITU'A
				Saula MA'U	18	Marcel RENATA	53'
				Will TUCKER	19	James TUCKER
				Sean WITHY	20	Adrian CHOAT
				Kemara HAUITI-PARAPARA	21	Taufa FUNAKI
				Freddie BURNS	22	Bryce HEEM
				Martin BOGADO	23	AJ LAM
Replacements
MIKAELE TU'U 🡇 🡅 WITHY 2'					#1	28' IOANE 🡇 🡅 CHOAT
DE GROOT 🡇 🡅 LIENERT-BROWN 52'					#2	45' TU'UNGAFASI 🡇 🡅 FUSITU'A
MARSHALL 🡇 🡅 MAKALIO 52'					#3	45' LAULALA 🡇 🡅 RENATA
PARKINSON 🡇 🡅 TUCKER 54'					#4	45' EKLUND 🡇 🡅 RICCITELLI
AINSLEY 🡇 🡅 MA'U 57'					#5	59' TUIVASA-SHECK 🡇 🡅 HEEM
GARDEN-BACHOP 🡇 🡅 BOGADO 59'					#6	65' CHRISTIE 🡇 🡅 FUNAKI
UMAGA-JENSEN 🡇 🡅 BURNS 63'					#7	65' CLARKE 🡇 🡅 LAM
FAKATAVA 🡇 🡅 HAUITI-PARAPARA 71'					#8	67' TUIPULOTU 🡇 🡅 TUCKER

Interesting datas⁽¹⁾

Highlanders	VS	Blues
930 kg (116.25 kg)	Pack weight (average)	919 kg (114.88 kg)
27 ans	Forwards average age	28 ans
26 ans	Backs average age	27 ans
205 cm	Tallest player	198 cm
New Zealand : 80% (12/15) Tonga : 13% (2/15) Australia : 7% (1/15)	Differents nationalities for starters	New Zealand : 73% (11/15) Samoa : 13% (2/15) Tonga : 7% (1/15) Scotland : 7% (1/15)
New Zealand : 74% (17/23) Tonga : 13% (3/23) Australia : 4% (1/23) England : 4% (1/23) Argentina : 4% (1/23)	Differents nationalities for all the team	New Zealand : 78% (18/23) Samoa : 9% (2/23) Tonga : 4% (1/23) Scotland : 4% (1/23) South Africa : 4% (1/23)

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

Timeline

Score : 0 - 0, 0 - 3, 3 - 3, 3 - 8, 3 - 10, 6 - 10, 6 - 15, 6 - 17, 6 - 22, 6 - 24, 6 - 29, 6 - 31, 11 - 31, 13 - 31, 18 - 31, 18 - 34, 20 - 34, 20 - 39, 20 - 41, 20 - 46, 20 - 51, 20 - 53, 20 - 58, 20 - 60
Gap : 0, -3, 0, -5, -7, -4, -9, -11, -16, -18, -23, -25, -25, -20, -18, -18, -13, -16, -14, -19, -21, -26, -31, -33, -38, -40

Standings before and after

After

Super Rugby Pacific Round 1		Pts	P.	W.	L.	Diff.	B.
1	Blues	5	1	1	0	40	1
2	Hurricanes	5	1	1	0	34	1
3	Chiefs	5	1	1	0	21	1
4	Western Force	4	1	1	0	7	0
5	Brumbies	4	1	1	0	6	0
6	Fijian Drua	4	1	1	0	2	0
7	Moana Pasifika	1	1	0	1	-2	1
8	Waratahs	1	1	0	1	-6	1
9	Rebels	1	1	0	1	-7	1
10	Crusaders	0	1	0	1	-21	0
11	Reds	0	1	0	1	-34	0
12	Highlanders	0	1	0	1	-40	0