Super Rugby - Auckland, 1 March 2013, 19:30 local, 06:30 GMT
Blues (20) 34 - 15 (12) Crusaders (FT)

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Timeline

Time Blues  Score  Crusaders
0 start of first half start of first half
3 0 - 3 Carter - penalty goal
10 Luatua - try 5 - 3
15 Romano - sub off
Bird - sub on
23 5 - 6 Carter - penalty goal
25 Weepu - penalty goal 8 - 6
27 Halai - try 13 - 6
33 Halai - try 18 - 6
34 Weepu - conversion 20 - 6
35 O'Connor - sub on
Braid - sub off
36 20 - 9 Carter - penalty goal
40 end of first half 20 - 12 Carter - penalty goal
end of first half
40 start of second half
O'Connor - sub off
Braid - sub on		 start of second half
44 20 - 15 Carter - penalty goal
56 Fruean - sub off
Marshall - sub on
58 Braid - try 25 - 15
59 Noakes - conversion
O'Connor - sub on
Braid - sub off		 27 - 15
63 Parsons - sub off
MacDonald - sub on
Faumuina - sub off
Ta'avao-Matau - sub on
Hall - sub on
Weepu - sub off
67 Braid - sub on
P Saili - sub off		 Crockett - sub off
Moody - sub on
Heinz - sub on
Ellis - sub off
69 GB Whitelock - sub off
LC Whitelock - sub on
71 Retallick - sub off
Moli - sub on
Kerr - sub on
Noakes - sub off
Halai - sub off
Willison - sub on		 Funnell - sub on
Flynn - sub off
73 Moala - try 32 - 15
74 Kerr - conversion 34 - 15
80+1 end of second half end of second half

Notes

 
Result Blues won by a margin of 19 points
 
Ground name Eden Park, Auckland

Teams

Blues Crusaders
Tries Luatua (10), Halai (27, 33), Braid (58), Moala (73) Tries none
Cons Weepu (34), Noakes (59), Kerr (74) Cons none
Pens Weepu (25) Pens Carter (3, 23, 36, 40, 44)
    Team
15 FB
Charles Piutau
14 W
Frank Halai
13 C
Rene Ranger
12 C
Francis Saili
11 W
George Moala
10 FH
Chris Noakes
9 SH
Piri Weepu
1 P
Tom McCartney
2 H
James Parsons
3 P
Charlie Faumuina
4 L
Culum Retallick
5 L
Ali Williams
6 F
Steven Luatua
7 F
Luke Braid
8 N8
Peter Saili
    Replacements
16 R
Quentin MacDonald
17 R
Angus Ta'avao-Matau
18 R
Liaki Moli
19 R
Brendon O'Connor
20 R
Bryn Hall
21 R
Baden Kerr
22 R
Jackson Willison
    Team
15 FB
Tom Taylor
14 W
Adam Whitelock
13 C
Robbie Fruean
12 C
Ryan Crotty
11 W
Israel Dagg
10 FH
Dan Carter
9 SH
Andy Ellis
1 P
Wyatt Crockett
2 H
Corey Flynn
3 P
Owen Franks
4 L
Luke Romano
5 L
Sam Whitelock
6 F
George Whitelock
7 F
Matt Todd
8 N8
Kieran Read
    Replacements
16 R
Ben Funnell
17 R
Joe Moody
18 R
Dominic Bird
19 R
Luke Whitelock
20 R
Willi Heinz
21
Tyler Bleyendaal
22 R
Tom Marshall

Match stats

Blues   Crusaders
5 Tries 0
3 from 5 Conversion goals 0 from 0
1 from 3 Penalty goals 5 from 5
50.0% Kick at goal success 100.0%
0 Dropped goals 0
Kick/pass/run
26 Kicks from hand 18
132 Passes 215
143 Runs 127
548 Metres run with ball 421
Attacking
100% (100%/100%) Possession (1H/2H) 0% (0%/0%)
11 Clean breaks 2
17 Defenders beaten 17
14 Offloads 7
88 from 95 (92.6%) Rucks won 87 from 98 (88.8%)
0 from 0 Mauls won 0 from 0
9 Turnovers conceded 15
Defensive
144/17 Tackles made/missed 158/17
89.0% Tackling success rate 90.0%
Set pieces
8 won, 1 lost (88.9%) Scrums on own feed 5 won, 0 lost (100.0%)
7 won, 5 lost (58.3%) Lineouts on own throw 10 won, 0 lost (100.0%)
Discipline
7 Penalties conceded 11
0/0 Yellow/red cards 0/0

Blues stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Piutau 0/2 0 5/10/17 129 1 4 1 1 2/0 1/0 1 0/0
W Halai 2/0 10 2/0/12 62 1 2 0 0 5/1 0/0 1 0/0
C Ranger 0/0 0 1/6/8 75 2 1 4 2 8/0 0/0 2 0/0
C F Saili 0/0 0 0/10/9 14 1 2 2 1 8/1 0/0 1 0/0
W Moala 1/0 5 0/4/7 103 3 4 1 0 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
FH Noakes 0/1 2 8/19/7 25 1 1 0 1 4/4 0/0 0 0/0
SH Weepu 0/1 5 6/48/5 7 0 0 0 1 3/1 0/0 0 0/0
P McCartney 0/0 0 0/0/8 2 0 0 0 0 12/0 0/0 0 0/0
H Parsons 0/0 0 0/3/7 13 0 0 0 1 8/1 0/0 0 0/0
P Faumuina 0/0 0 0/3/8 12 0 1 0 1 8/1 0/0 0 0/0
L Retallick 0/0 0 0/4/6 15 0 0 0 0 8/1 1/0 0 0/0
L Williams 0/0 0 0/1/9 8 0 0 0 1 12/4 2/0 1 0/0
F Luatua 1/0 5 0/5/12 16 0 0 0 0 14/0 2/0 1 0/0
F Braid 1/0 5 0/8/13 36 2 1 5 0 14/0 0/0 0 0/0
N8 P Saili 0/0 0 1/6/12 25 0 0 1 0 11/0 1/0 0 0/0
(R) MacDonald 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 5/0 0/0 0 0/0
(R) Ta'avao-Matau 0/0 0 0/0/2 1 0 1 0 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
(R) Moli 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0/1 0/0 0 0/0
(R) O'Connor 0/0 0 0/0/1 5 0 0 0 0 10/0 0/0 0 0/0
(R) Hall 0/0 0 0/5/0 0 0 0 0 0 5/1 0/0 0 0/0
(R) Kerr 0/0 2 3/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 1/1 0/0 0 0/0
(R) Willison 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
Key:  T/A Tries / Try Assists Pts Points scored
K/P/R Kick / Pass / Run MR Metres Run with ball
CB Clean Breaks DB Defenders Beaten OL OffLoads TO TurnOvers
Tack Tackles made / missed LO LineOuts won on throw / stolen on opp throw
Pen Penalties conceded Y/R Yellow / Red cards

Crus stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Taylor 0/0 0 6/18/11 66 0 2 0 1 1/0 1/0 0 0/0
W A Whitelock 0/0 0 0/7/7 24 0 0 2 0 4/2 0/0 0 0/0
C Fruean 0/0 0 1/4/5 39 0 1 1 2 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
C Crotty 0/0 0 0/19/5 7 0 2 1 3 8/0 0/0 0 0/0
W Dagg 0/0 0 0/5/12 110 0 4 0 0 3/1 1/0 3 0/0
FH Carter 0/0 15 8/44/6 14 0 0 1 1 10/3 0/0 1 0/0
SH Ellis 0/0 0 2/53/7 15 1 1 1 2 5/2 0/0 0 0/0
P Crockett 0/0 0 0/3/3 0 0 0 0 1 14/1 0/0 1 0/0
H Flynn 0/0 0 0/4/7 15 1 1 1 0 4/0 0/0 1 0/0
P Franks 0/0 0 0/1/6 1 0 0 0 1 13/1 0/0 1 0/0
L Romano 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 6/1 0/0 0 0/0
L SL Whitelock 0/0 0 0/3/4 8 0 0 0 0 16/0 2/0 1 0/0
F GB Whitelock 0/0 0 0/3/12 7 0 2 0 2 14/1 2/1 0 0/0
F Todd 0/0 0 1/8/9 29 0 2 0 2 16/0 0/0 2 0/0
N8 Read 0/0 0 0/11/13 27 0 1 0 0 15/2 2/1 0 0/0
(R) Funnell 0/0 0 0/0/2 0 0 1 0 0 5/0 0/0 0 0/0
(R) Moody 0/0 0 0/0/1 0 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
(R) Bird 0/0 0 0/2/6 10 0 0 0 0 12/1 2/0 0 0/0
(R) LC Whitelock 0/0 0 0/2/6 17 0 0 0 0 4/1 0/0 1 0/0
(R) Heinz 0/0 0 0/24/0 0 0 0 0 0 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
(R) Marshall 0/0 0 0/4/5 32 0 0 0 0 3/1 0/0 0 0/0
Key:  T/A Tries / Try Assists Pts Points scored
K/P/R Kick / Pass / Run MR Metres Run with ball
CB Clean Breaks DB Defenders Beaten OL OffLoads TO TurnOvers
Tack Tackles made / missed LO LineOuts won on throw / stolen on opp throw
Pen Penalties conceded Y/R Yellow / Red cards

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