Super Rugby - Auckland, 28 February 2014, 19:35 local, 06:35 GMT
Blues (15) 35 - 24 (17) Crusaders (FT)

Match coverage:  Report

Timeline

Time Blues  Score  Crusaders
0 start of first half start of first half
14 0 - 5 Flynn - try
15 0 - 7 Taylor - conversion
18 Hickey - penalty goal 3 - 7
19 3 - 10 Taylor - penalty goal
30 3 - 15 Slade - try
31 3 - 17 Taylor - conversion
33 Halai - try 8 - 17
34 Hickey - conversion 10 - 17
35 Li - try 15 - 17
40 end of first half end of first half
Todd - sub on
McCaw - sub off
40 start of second half start of second half
41 Moala - try 20 - 17
42 Hickey - conversion 22 - 17 Dagg - sub on
Tuitavake - sub off
46 Willison - try 27 - 17
47 Hickey - conversion
Faumuina - sub off
Ta'avao-Matau - sub on		 29 - 17 Heinz - sub on
Ellis - sub off
48 Prattley - sub off
Woodcock - sub on
Parsons - sub off
Mealamu - sub on		 Bird - sub off
Romano - sub on
51 Funnell - sub on
Flynn - sub off
Crockett - sub on
Perry - sub off
54 Hickey - penalty goal 32 - 17
55 Moli - sub on
Tuipulotu - sub off
56 Luatua - sub off
O'Connor - sub on		 Laulala - sub on
Franks - sub off
63 Luatua - sub on
O'Connor - sub off
66 Luatua - yellow card
71 32 - 22 Crotty - try
72 32 - 24 Taylor - conversion
76 Donnelly - sub off
O'Connor - sub on
Weepu - sub off
Hall - sub on
80 Hickey - penalty goal
end of second half
end of half		 35 - 24 end of second half
end of half
0
80 Hickey - penalty goal 35 - 24

Notes

 
Result Blues won by a margin of 11 points
 
Ground name Eden Park, Auckland

Teams

Blues Crusaders
Tries Halai (33), Li (35), Moala (41), Willison (46) Tries Flynn (14), Slade (30), Crotty (71)
Cons Hickey (34, 42, 47) Cons Taylor (15, 31, 72)
Pens Hickey (18, 54, 80) Pens Taylor (19)
    Team
15 FB
Charles Piutau
14 W
Frank Halai
13 C
George Moala
12 C
Jackson Willison
11 W
Tevita Li
10 FH
Simon Hickey
9 SH
Piri Weepu
1 P
Sam Prattley
2 H
James Parsons
3 P
Charlie Faumuina
4 L
Patrick Tuipulotu
5 L
Tom Donnelly
6 F
Steven Luatua
66
7 F
Luke Braid
8 N8
Peter Saili
    Replacements
16 R
Keven Mealamu
17 R
Tony Woodcock
18 R
Angus Ta'avao-Matau
19 R
Liaki Moli
20 R
Brendon O'Connor
21 R
Bryn Hall
22
Benji Marshall
23
Pita Ahki
    Team
15 FB
Colin Slade
14 W
Rob Thompson
13 C
Rey Lee-Lo
12 C
Ryan Crotty
11 W
Nafi Tuitavake
10 FH
Tom Taylor
9 SH
Andy Ellis
1 P
Tim Perry
2 H
Corey Flynn
3 P
Owen Franks
4 L
Sam Whitelock
5 L
Dominic Bird
6 F
George Whitelock
7 F
Richie McCaw
8 N8
Kieran Read
    Replacements
16 R
Ben Funnell
17 R
Wyatt Crockett
18 R
Nepo Laulala
19 R
Luke Romano
20 R
Matt Todd
21 R
Willi Heinz
22
Adam Whitelock
23 R
Israel Dagg

Match stats

Blues   Crusaders
4 Tries 3
3 from 4 Conversion goals 3 from 3
3 from 3 Penalty goals 1 from 3
86.0% Kick at goal success 67.0%
0 Dropped goals 0
Kick/pass/run
23 Kicks from hand 16
90 Passes 158
89 Runs 114
419 Metres run with ball 346
Attacking
49% (43%/55%) Possession (1H/2H) 51% (57%/45%)
49% (44%/53%) Territory (1H/2H) 51% (56%/47%)
7 Clean breaks 7
17 Defenders beaten 14
7 Offloads 12
54 from 58 (93.1%) Rucks won 70 from 76 (92.1%)
0 from 0 Mauls won 3 from 4 (75.0%)
11 Turnovers conceded 19
Defensive
120/14 Tackles made/missed 94/17
90.0% Tackling success rate 85.0%
Set pieces
6 won, 4 lost (60.0%) Scrums on own feed 5 won, 2 lost (71.4%)
11 won, 4 lost (73.3%) Lineouts on own throw 7 won, 3 lost (70.0%)
Discipline
12 (2) Penalties conceded (Freekicks) 8 (2)
1/0 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 0/0 0 6/2/8 79 1 2 1 2 3/1 1/0 1 0/0
W Halai 1/0 5 1/0/6 92 1 2 0 0 10/0 0/0 0 0/0
C Moala 1/0 5 0/3/8 62 2 4 1 1 6/0 1/0 0 0/0
C Willison 1/0 5 3/5/6 8 1 0 0 0 15/1 0/0 1 0/0
W Li 1/0 5 0/1/5 85 1 5 1 0 2/2 0/0 1 0/0
FH Hickey 0/0 15 5/14/8 9 0 1 0 1 7/2 0/0 0 0/0
SH Weepu 0/1 0 7/39/3 11 0 0 0 1 4/3 0/0 2 0/0
P Prattley 0/0 0 0/0/2 0 0 0 0 1 1/1 0/0 0 0/0
H Parsons 0/0 0 0/0/5 8 0 0 0 1 4/0 0/0 0 0/0
P Faumuina 0/0 0 0/1/2 2 0 0 1 0 4/1 0/0 1 0/0
L Tuipulotu 0/0 0 0/6/7 14 0 1 2 0 4/0 2/0 0 0/0
L Donnelly 0/0 0 1/4/4 6 0 0 0 0 7/0 0/0 0 0/0
F Luatua 0/0 0 0/3/3 2 0 0 0 0 6/2 1/0 1 1/0
F Braid 0/0 0 0/3/7 23 1 2 0 1 19/1 0/0 2 0/0
N8 Saili 0/1 0 0/4/5 3 0 0 1 3 9/0 3/0 0 0/0
(R) Mealamu 0/0 0 0/0/4 6 0 0 0 0 6/0 0/0 2 0/0
(R) Woodcock 0/0 0 0/0/1 2 0 0 0 0 4/0 0/0 0 0/0
(R) Ta'avao-Matau 0/0 0 0/0/3 4 0 0 0 0 6/0 0/0 1 0/0
(R) Moli 0/0 0 0/1/1 0 0 0 0 0 1/0 2/1 0 0/0
(R) O'Connor 0/0 0 0/0/1 3 0 0 0 0 2/0 0/0 1 0/0
(R) Hall 0/0 0 0/4/0 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 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 Slade 1/0 5 2/8/9 15 1 2 1 3 1/3 0/0 0 0/0
W Thompson 0/0 0 0/1/7 19 0 2 0 3 1/3 0/0 0 0/0
C Lee-Lo 0/0 0 0/5/7 12 0 0 1 2 4/1 0/0 0 0/0
C Crotty 1/0 5 0/15/7 31 2 2 2 0 9/0 0/0 0 0/0
W Tuitavake 0/0 0 0/6/7 62 1 2 2 1 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
FH Taylor 0/0 9 10/24/5 6 0 1 0 3 7/3 0/0 0 0/0
SH Ellis 0/1 0 3/38/9 25 1 3 1 4 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
P Perry 0/0 0 0/2/4 15 0 0 1 0 3/1 0/0 1 0/0
H Flynn 1/0 5 0/2/4 43 1 1 1 0 4/0 0/0 0 0/0
P Franks 0/0 0 0/1/4 0 0 0 0 0 4/1 0/0 0 0/0
L SL Whitelock 0/0 0 0/3/3 0 0 0 0 0 9/1 2/3 2 0/0
L Bird 0/0 0 0/1/5 9 0 0 0 0 7/1 0/0 1 0/0
F GB Whitelock 0/0 0 0/4/7 17 0 0 0 0 7/1 0/0 0 0/0
F McCaw 0/0 0 0/2/4 0 0 0 0 1 3/2 0/1 0 0/0
N8 Read 0/1 0 0/8/11 43 0 0 1 0 12/0 4/0 0 0/0
(R) Funnell 0/0 0 0/2/1 2 0 0 0 1 0/0 0/0 1 0/0
(R) Crockett 0/0 0 0/1/2 2 0 0 0 0 4/0 0/0 0 0/0
(R) Laulala 0/0 0 0/2/1 0 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/0 1 0/0
(R) Romano 0/0 0 0/2/3 0 0 0 0 0 4/0 1/0 1 0/0
(R) Todd 0/0 0 0/4/5 19 0 0 0 0 6/0 0/0 1 0/0
(R) Heinz 0/0 0 1/23/3 5 1 1 1 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
(R) Dagg 0/1 0 0/4/6 21 0 0 1 1 3/0 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

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