Date : Saturday, March 18, 2023 Kick Off : 07:05 Venue : Eden Park Tournament : Super Rugby Pacific Round : pool stage
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Blues

28LB

Crusaders

Match Blues vs Crusaders

Match between Blues squad and Crusaders squad was played at Eden Park as of round #4 of Super Rugby Pacific . Before kick-off Blues was in 4th position and Crusaders 5th.

Lineups

Game sheet Blues vs Crusaders
YC	Conversion	Try	Players		Players	Try	Conversion	Penalty	RC
			Alex HODGMAN	1	Joe MOODY
			Ricky RICCITELLI	2	Codie TAYLOR
			James LAY	3	Tamaiti WILLIAMS
			James TUCKER	4	Scott BARRETT
			Cameron SUAFOA	5	Sam WHITELOCK
			Adrian CHOAT	6	Ethan BLACKADDER	20'
			Dalton PAPALI'I	7	Tom CHRISTIE
			Hoskins SOTUTU	8	Sione HAVILI
			Finlay CHRISTIE	9	Mitchell DRUMMOND
	8' 25' 27' 55'		Beauden BARRETT	10	Richie MO'UNGA		21' 33' 46'	64'
		23'	Caleb CLARKE	11	Leicester FAINGA'ANUKU	31' 36' 45'
		27'	Roger TUIVASA-SHECK	12	Dallas MCLEOD
			Rieko IOANE	13	Braydon ENNOR
		7'	Mark TELEA	14	Sevu REECE
		54'	Stephen PEROFETA	15	Fergus BURKE	15'

			Kurt EKLUND	16	Brodie MCALISTER
35'			Jordan LAY	17	Kershawl SYKES-MARTIN				65'
			Nepo LAULALA	18	George BOWER
			Tom ROBINSON	19	Zach GALLAGHER
			Taine PLUMTREE	20	Christian LIO-WILLIE
			Taufa FUNAKI	21	Willi HEINZ
			Bryce HEEM	22	Pepesana PATAFILO
			Zarn SULLIVAN	23	Macca SPRINGER
Replacements
HODGMAN 🡇 🡅 LAY 13'				#1	47' REECE 🡇 🡅 PATAFILO
LAY 🡇 🡅 LAULALA 14'				#2	51' DRUMMOND 🡇 🡅 HEINZ
SUAFOA 🡇 🡅 EKLUND 35'				#3	51' FAINGA'ANUKU 🡇 🡅 SPRINGER
EKLUND 🡇 🡅 SUAFOA 47'				#4	56' MOODY 🡇 🡅 SYKES-MARTIN
TUIVASA-SHECK 🡇 🡅 HEEM 51'				#5	56' HAVILI 🡇 🡅 LIO-WILLIE
SUAFOA 🡇 🡅 ROBINSON 51'				#6	56' TAYLOR 🡇 🡅 MCALISTER
RICCITELLI 🡇 🡅 EKLUND 56'				#7	59' WILLIAMS 🡇 🡅 BOWER
PEROFETA 🡇 🡅 SULLIVAN 59'				#8	65' LIO-WILLIE 🡇 🡅 MOODY
CHRISTIE 🡇 🡅 FUNAKI 71'				#9	69' SPRINGER 🡇 🡅 GALLAGHER
PAPALI'I 🡇 🡅 PLUMTREE 75'				#10	75' MOODY 🡇 🡅 LIO-WILLIE

Interesting datas⁽¹⁾

Blues	VS	Crusaders
902 kg (112.75 kg)	Pack weight (average)	937 kg (117.13 kg)
27 ans	Forwards average age	28 ans
27 ans	Backs average age	25 ans
197 cm	Tallest player	202 cm
New Zealand : 73% (11/15) Samoa : 13% (2/15) South Africa : 7% (1/15) Scotland : 7% (1/15)	Differents nationalities for starters	New Zealand : 80% (12/15) Tonga : 13% (2/15) Fiji : 7% (1/15)
New Zealand : 74% (17/23) Samoa : 17% (4/23) South Africa : 4% (1/23) Scotland : 4% (1/23)	Differents nationalities for all the team	New Zealand : 87% (20/23) Tonga : 9% (2/23) Fiji : 4% (1/23)

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

Timeline

Score : 0 - 0, 5 - 0, 7 - 0, 7 - 5, 7 - 10, 7 - 12, 12 - 12, 14 - 12, 16 - 12, 21 - 12, 21 - 17, 21 - 19, 21 - 24, 21 - 29, 21 - 31, 26 - 31, 28 - 31, 28 - 34
Gap : 0, +5, +7, +2, -3, -5, 0, +2, +4, +9, +4, +2, +2, -3, -8, -10, -5, -3, -6, -6

Standings before and after

Before

Super Rugby Pacific Round 3		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

After

Super Rugby Pacific Round 4		Pts	P.	W.	L.	Diff.	B.
1	Chiefs	19	4	4	0	84	3
2	Brumbies	17	4	4	0	43	1
3	Hurricanes	14	4	3	1	51	2
4	Blues	11	4	2	2	35	3
5	Crusaders	10	4	2	2	21	2
6	Reds	10	4	2	2	14	2
7	Fijian Drua	9	4	2	2	-29	1
8	Western Force	8	4	2	2	-49	0
9	Waratahs	7	4	1	3	-1	3
10	Rebels	6	4	1	3	-25	2
11	Highlanders	4	4	1	3	-90	0
12	Moana Pasifika	2	4	0	4	-54	2