Date : Saturday, April 22, 2023 Kick Off : 09:05 Venue : Eden Park Tournament : Super Rugby Pacific Round : pool stage
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Blues

55TB

Waratahs

Match Blues vs Waratahs

Match between Blues squad and Waratahs squad was played at Eden Park as of round #9 of Super Rugby Pacific . Before kick-off Blues was in 5th position and Waratahs 8th.

Lineups

Game sheet Blues vs Waratahs
YC	Penalty	Conversion	Try	Players		Players	Try	Conversion	RC
				Ofa TU'UNGAFASI	1	Tom LAMBERT
			11' 50'	Ricky RICCITELLI	2	Mahe VAILANU	28'		37'
				Nepo LAULALA	3	Harry JOHNSON-HOLMES
				Patrick TUIPULOTU	4	Jed HOLLOWAY
			63'	Sam DARRY	5	Zac VON APPEN
				Anton SEGNER	6	Taleni SEU
				Adrian CHOAT	7	Hunter WARD
				Hoskins SOTUTU	8	Will HARRIS
				Finlay CHRISTIE	9	Jake GORDON
		40' 44' 51' 56' 64' 74'		Beauden BARRETT	10	Ben DONALDSON		29' 60'
			55'	Caleb CLARKE	11	Dylan PIETSCH	60'
				Harry PLUMMER	12	Joey WALTON
				Rieko IOANE	13	Izaia PERESE
				Mark TELEA	14	Max JORGENSEN
	4' 20'	12'		Stephen PEROFETA	15	Harry WILSON

				Soane VIKENA	16	Tolu LATU
				Jordan LAY	17	Nephi LEATIGAGA
				James LAY	18	Daniel BOTHA
			74'	Cameron SUAFOA	19	Michael ICELY
				Akira IOANE	20	Charlie GAMBLE
				Sam NOCK	21	Teddy WILSON	72'
				Bryce HEEM	22	Jack BOWEN		72'
			39' 44'	Zarn SULLIVAN	23	Ben DOWLING
Replacements
PEROFETA 🡇 🡅 SULLIVAN 28'					#1	25' JOHNSON-HOLMES 🡇 🡅 BOTHA
LAULALA 🡇 🡅 LAY 36'					#2	37' BOTHA 🡇 🡅 JOHNSON-HOLMES
TU'UNGAFASI 🡇 🡅 LAY 51'					#3	38' VON APPEN 🡇 🡅 LATU
SEGNER 🡇 🡅 IOANE 56'					#4	45' LAMBERT 🡇 🡅 LEATIGAGA
RICCITELLI 🡇 🡅 VIKENA 58'					#5	47' LATU 🡇 🡅 VON APPEN
CHRISTIE 🡇 🡅 NOCK 58'					#6	51' WILSON 🡇 🡅 DOWLING
TUIPULOTU 🡇 🡅 SUAFOA 59'					#7	56' GORDON 🡇 🡅 WILSON
PLUMMER 🡇 🡅 HEEM 74'					#8	56' JOHNSON-HOLMES 🡇 🡅 BOTHA
					#9	58' SEU 🡇 🡅 ICELY
					#10	64' VAILANU 🡇 🡅 LATU
					#11	65' DONALDSON 🡇 🡅 BOWEN
					#12	73' HOLLOWAY 🡇 🡅 GAMBLE

Interesting datas⁽¹⁾

Blues	VS	Waratahs
912 kg (114.00 kg)	Pack weight (average)	796 kg (113.71 kg)
27 ans	Forwards average age	23 ans
27 ans	Backs average age	24 ans
203 cm	Tallest player	202 cm
New Zealand : 67% (10/15) Tonga : 7% (1/15) South Africa : 7% (1/15) Samoa : 7% (1/15) Germany : 7% (1/15) Scotland : 7% (1/15)	Differents nationalities for starters	Australia : 80% (12/15) Scotland : 7% (1/15) Tonga : 7% (1/15) New Zealand : 7% (1/15)
New Zealand : 70% (16/23) Samoa : 13% (3/23) Tonga : 4% (1/23) South Africa : 4% (1/23) Germany : 4% (1/23) Scotland : 4% (1/23)	Differents nationalities for all the team	Australia : 74% (17/23) Tonga : 9% (2/23) New Zealand : 9% (2/23) Scotland : 4% (1/23) Samoa : 4% (1/23)

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

Timeline

Score : 0 - 0, 3 - 0, 8 - 0, 10 - 0, 13 - 0, 13 - 5, 13 - 7, 18 - 7, 20 - 7, 22 - 7, 27 - 7, 32 - 7, 34 - 7, 39 - 7, 41 - 7, 41 - 9, 41 - 14, 46 - 14, 48 - 14, 48 - 16, 48 - 21, 50 - 21, 55 - 21
Gap : 0, +3, +8, +10, +13, +8, +6, +6, +11, +13, +15, +20, +25, +27, +32, +34, +32, +27, +32, +34, +32, +27, +29, +34

Standings before and after

Before

Super Rugby Pacific Round 8		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 9		Pts	P.	W.	L.	Diff.	B.
1	Chiefs	36	8	8	0	150	4
2	Brumbies	31	8	7	1	72	3
3	Crusaders	28	8	6	2	85	4
4	Hurricanes	27	8	6	2	112	3
5	Blues	26	8	5	3	112	6
6	Reds	15	8	3	5	-21	3
7	Highlanders	14	8	3	5	-57	2
8	Waratahs	13	8	2	6	-29	5
9	Western Force	13	8	3	5	-72	1
10	Fijian Drua	13	8	3	5	-100	1
11	Rebels	10	8	2	6	-82	2
12	Moana Pasifika	2	8	0	8	-170	2