Super Rugby - Dunedin, 18 April 2015, 19:35 local, 07:35 GMT
Highlanders (24) 30 - 24 (0) Blues (FT)

Match coverage:  Report

Timeline

Time Highlanders  Score  Blues
0 start of first half start of first half
2 Sopoaga - penalty goal 3 - 0
10 Fekitoa - try 8 - 0
12 Sopoaga - conversion 10 - 0
16 Naholo - try 15 - 0
18 Sopoaga - conversion 17 - 0
38 Fekitoa - try 22 - 0
39 Sopoaga - conversion 24 - 0
40 end of first half end of first half
40 start of second half start of second half
41 24 - 5 Moala - try
43 Saili - sub on
Ahki - sub off
45 Sopoaga - penalty goal 27 - 5 Faumuina - sub on
Ta'avao-Matau - sub off
Parsons - sub off
Mealamu - sub on
Tu'ungafasi - sub off
Woodcock - sub on
Gibson-Park - sub off
Cowan - sub on
47 AL Dixon - sub on
Coltman - sub off
Reddish - sub off
Franklin - sub on
49 27 - 10 Tuipulotu - try
52 Hames - sub off
Edmonds - sub on
56 Wheeler - yellow card
Pryor - sub on
Lentjes - sub off
Emery - sub off
Buckman - sub on
57 27 - 17 Mealamu - try
Bowden - conversion
62 Talaapitaga - sub on
Hohneck - sub off
65 Sopoaga - penalty goal 30 - 17 Tuipulotu - sub off
Triggs - sub on
69 Tanaka - sub on
AL Smith - sub off
71 Gibson - sub on
Ioane - sub off
Halai - sub off
West - sub on
77 30 - 24 Mealamu - try
West - conversion
80 end of second half
end of half		 end of second half
end of half
0
80

Notes

 
Result Highlanders won by a margin of 6 points
 
Ground name Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin

Teams

Highlanders Blues
Tries Fekitoa (10, 38), Naholo (16) Tries Moala (41), Tuipulotu (49), Mealamu (57, 77)
Cons Sopoaga (12, 18, 39) Cons Bowden (57), West (77)
Pens Sopoaga (2, 45, 65) Pens none
    Team
15 FB
Ben Smith
14 W
Waisake Naholo
13 C
Malakai Fekitoa
12 C
Jason Emery
11 W
Patrick Osborne
10 FH
Lima Sopoaga
9 SH
Aaron Smith
1 P
Kane Hames
2 H
Liam Coltman
3 P
Josh Hohneck
4 L
Mark Reddish
5 L
Joe Wheeler
56
6 F
Elliot Dixon
7 F
James Lentjes
8 N8
Nasi Manu
    Replacements
16 R
Ash Dixon
17 R
Brendon Edmonds
18 R
Pingi Talaapitaga
19 R
Tom Franklin
20 R
Dan Pryor
21 R
Fumiaki Tanaka
22
Marty Banks
23 R
Richard Buckman
    Team
15 FB
Charles Piutau
14 W
Frank Halai
13 C
Pita Ahki
12 C
George Moala
11 W
Melani Nanai Vai
10 FH
Dan Bowden
9 SH
Jamison Gibson-Park
1 P
Ofa Tu'ungafasi
2 H
James Parsons
3 P
Angus Ta'avao-Matau
4 L
Josh Bekhuis
5 L
Patrick Tuipulotu
6 F
Akira Ioane
7 F
Brendon O'Connor
8 N8
Jerome Kaino
    Replacements
16 R
Keven Mealamu
17 R
Tony Woodcock
18 R
Charlie Faumuina
19 R
Hayden Triggs
20 R
Blake Gibson
21 R
Jimmy Cowan
22 R
Ihaia West
23 R
Francis Saili

Match stats

Highlanders   Blues
3 Tries 4
3 from 3 Conversion goals 2 from 4
3 from 3 Penalty goals 0 from 1
100.0% Kick at goal success 40.0%
0 Dropped goals 0
Kick/pass/run
29 Kicks from hand 21
96 Passes 133
69 Runs 137
315 Metres run with ball 591
Attacking
36% (47%/25%) Possession (1H/2H) 64% (53%/75%)
34% (49%/20%) Territory (1H/2H) 66% (51%/80%)
6 Clean breaks 11
7 Defenders beaten 31
7 Offloads 14
40 from 44 (90.9%) Rucks won 101 from 105 (96.2%)
0 from 1 (0.0%) Mauls won 4 from 4 (100.0%)
14 Turnovers conceded 14
Defensive
154/31 Tackles made/missed 75/7
83.0% Tackling success rate 91.0%
Set pieces
12 won, 0 lost (100.0%) Scrums on own feed 6 won, 0 lost (100.0%)
5 won, 0 lost (100.0%) Lineouts on own throw 9 won, 4 lost (69.2%)
Discipline
11 (0) Penalties conceded (Freekicks) 6 (2)
1/0 Yellow/red cards 0/0

Hland stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB BR Smith 0/0 0 8/6/11 73 0 1 1 0 5/1 0/0 1 0/0
W Naholo 1/1 5 1/4/10 85 1 1 1 2 3/1 1/0 1 0/0
C Fekitoa 2/1 10 0/7/6 52 2 2 1 1 5/0 0/0 1 0/0
C Emery 0/0 0 0/0/3 7 0 1 0 1 6/1 0/0 0 0/0
W Osborne 0/0 0 2/3/8 24 1 0 2 0 6/1 0/0 0 0/0
FH Sopoaga 0/1 15 9/15/3 5 0 0 1 2 7/2 0/0 2 0/0
SH AL Smith 0/0 0 8/40/0 0 0 0 0 2 4/5 0/0 0 0/0
P Hames 0/0 0 0/1/0 0 0 0 0 0 6/1 0/0 0 0/0
H Coltman 0/0 0 0/2/4 6 0 0 0 0 9/1 0/0 0 0/0
P Hohneck 0/0 0 0/0/1 4 0 0 0 0 10/2 0/0 1 0/0
L Reddish 0/0 0 1/1/6 0 0 1 0 0 7/0 2/1 0 0/0
L Wheeler 0/0 0 0/3/2 0 0 0 0 2 9/3 0/0 1 1/0
F EC Dixon 0/0 0 0/1/1 14 1 0 1 0 10/4 1/1 0 0/0
F Lentjes 0/0 0 0/1/1 5 0 0 0 0 14/1 0/0 1 0/0
N8 Manu 0/0 0 0/4/7 28 1 0 0 1 9/3 0/0 0 0/0
(R) AL Dixon 0/0 0 0/2/1 0 0 0 0 1 8/0 0/0 0 0/0
(R) Edmonds 0/0 0 0/1/1 1 0 0 0 0 5/0 0/0 0 0/0
(R) Talaapitaga 0/0 0 0/0/1 1 0 0 0 0 6/1 0/0 0 0/0
(R) Franklin 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 9/1 1/0 1 0/0
(R) Pryor 0/0 0 0/0/1 7 0 0 0 0 6/1 0/0 1 0/0
(R) Tanaka 0/0 0 0/4/1 0 0 0 0 2 3/1 0/0 0 0/0
(R) Buckman 0/0 0 0/1/1 3 0 1 0 0 7/1 0/0 1 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

Blues stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Piutau 0/0 0 5/3/16 130 2 0 0 1 1/0 0/0 1 0/0
W Halai 0/0 0 1/6/10 63 0 1 1 1 2/1 0/0 0 0/0
C Ahki 0/0 0 0/1/1 1 0 0 0 0 3/1 0/0 0 0/0
C Moala 1/0 5 0/2/11 78 3 7 1 1 5/1 0/0 0 0/0
W Nanai Vai 0/0 0 0/4/7 41 0 1 1 0 3/0 0/0 1 0/0
FH Bowden 0/1 2 7/16/6 5 0 1 1 2 7/1 0/0 0 0/0
SH Gibson-Park 0/0 0 4/38/3 3 0 1 1 0 0/1 0/0 0 0/0
P Tu'ungafasi 0/0 0 0/0/8 7 0 0 0 1 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
H Parsons 0/0 0 0/0/4 14 0 2 0 0 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
P Ta'avao-Matau 0/0 0 0/4/3 2 0 0 1 1 6/0 0/0 1 0/0
L Bekhuis 0/0 0 0/3/5 11 0 0 1 0 7/0 6/0 0 0/0
L Tuipulotu 1/0 5 0/0/7 28 1 4 0 0 4/0 0/0 0 0/0
F Ioane 0/0 0 0/1/9 28 0 3 0 2 7/0 0/0 0 0/0
F O'Connor 0/2 0 0/5/9 31 0 0 1 2 8/0 0/0 1 0/0
N8 Kaino 0/0 0 0/1/11 42 1 4 1 1 6/1 1/0 1 0/0
(R) Mealamu 2/0 10 0/1/4 6 2 2 0 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
(R) Woodcock 0/0 0 0/1/2 1 0 0 0 0 2/0 0/0 1 0/0
(R) Faumuina 0/0 0 0/3/7 43 1 2 2 0 1/0 1/0 0 0/0
(R) Triggs 0/1 0 0/3/4 6 0 0 1 1 1/0 1/0 0 0/0
(R) Gibson 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
(R) Cowan 0/0 0 3/36/6 12 0 0 2 0 2/0 0/0 2 0/0
(R) West 0/0 2 1/4/0 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
(R) Saili 0/0 0 0/1/4 39 1 3 0 1 0/1 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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