Date : Friday, June 2, 2023 Kick Off : 09:05 Venue : Eden Park Tournament : Super Rugby Pacific Round : pool stage
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Blues

9LB

Highlanders

Match Blues vs Highlanders

Match between Blues squad and Highlanders squad was played at Eden Park as of round #15 of Super Rugby Pacific . Before kick-off Blues was in 3rd position and Highlanders 9th.

Lineups

Game sheet Blues vs Highlanders
YC	Penalty	Conversion	Try	Players		Players	Penalty	RC
				Ofa TU'UNGAFASI	1	Ethan DE GROOT
				Ricky RICCITELLI	2	Andrew MAKALIO
				Nepo LAULALA	3	Jermaine AINSLEY		57'
			28'	Patrick TUIPULOTU	4	Pari Pari PARKINSON
				James TUCKER	5	Max HICKS
				Tom ROBINSON	6	Shannon FRIZELL
				Anton SEGNER	7	Billy HARMON
				Dalton PAPALI'I	8	Hugh RENTON
				Finlay CHRISTIE	9	Aaron SMITH
				Stephen PEROFETA	10	Freddie BURNS
				Caleb CLARKE	11	Jona NAREKI
	7' 24' 40'	29'		Harry PLUMMER	12	Sam GILBERT	1' 8' 78'
				Rieko IOANE	13	Matt WHAANGA
				Mark TELEA	14	Scott GREGORY
				Zarn SULLIVAN	15	Mitch HUNT

				Kurt EKLUND	16	Rhys MARSHALL
				Jordan LAY	17	Dan LIENERT-BROWN
				Marcel RENATA	18	Saula MA'U
				Rob RUSH	19	Marino MIKAELE TU'U
				Akira IOANE	20	Sean WITHY
				Sam NOCK	21	Folau FAKATAVA
				Roger TUIVASA-SHECK	22	Fetuli PAEA
				AJ LAM	23	Connor GARDEN-BACHOP
Replacements
TUCKER 🡇 🡅 IOANE 1'					#1	50' HICKS 🡇 🡅 WITHY
IOANE 🡇 🡅 TUCKER 14'					#2	54' MAKALIO 🡇 🡅 MARSHALL
CLARKE 🡇 🡅 LAM 54'					#3	58' WHAANGA 🡇 🡅 MA'U
CHRISTIE 🡇 🡅 NOCK 62'					#4	62' DE GROOT 🡇 🡅 LIENERT-BROWN
LAULALA 🡇 🡅 RENATA 62'					#5	64' PARKINSON 🡇 🡅 MIKAELE TU'U
TU'UNGAFASI 🡇 🡅 LAY 62'					#6	64' SMITH 🡇 🡅 FAKATAVA
RICCITELLI 🡇 🡅 EKLUND 62'					#7	68' AINSLEY 🡇 🡅 PAEA
TUCKER 🡇 🡅 IOANE 64'					#8	74' BURNS 🡇 🡅 GARDEN-BACHOP
PLUMMER 🡇 🡅 TUIVASA-SHECK 66'					#9
PAPALI'I 🡇 🡅 RUSH 74'					#10

Interesting datas⁽¹⁾

Blues	VS	Highlanders
924 kg (115.50 kg)	Pack weight (average)	946 kg (118.25 kg)
28 ans	Forwards average age	27 ans
26 ans	Backs average age	27 ans
198 cm	Tallest player	205 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	New Zealand : 87% (13/15) Tonga : 7% (1/15) England : 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	New Zealand : 78% (18/23) Tonga : 17% (4/23) England : 4% (1/23)

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

Timeline

Score : 0 - 0, 0 - 3, 3 - 3, 3 - 6, 6 - 6, 11 - 6, 13 - 6, 16 - 6, 16 - 9
Gap : 0, -3, 0, -3, 0, +5, +7, +10, +10, +7

Standings before and after

Before

Super Rugby Pacific Round 14		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 15		Pts	P.	W.	L.	Diff.	B.
1	Chiefs	59	14	13	1	226	7
2	Crusaders	48	14	10	4	179	8
3	Blues	46	14	10	4	154	6
4	Brumbies	46	14	10	4	81	6
5	Hurricanes	41	14	9	5	142	5
6	Waratahs	31	14	6	8	-21	7
7	Fijian Drua	26	14	6	8	-122	2
8	Reds	24	14	5	9	-60	4
9	Highlanders	24	14	5	9	-97	4
10	Western Force	22	14	5	9	-148	2
11	Rebels	21	14	4	10	-78	5
12	Moana Pasifika	8	14	1	13	-256	4