Super 14 - Auckland, 7 March 2009, 17:30 local, 04:30 GMT
Blues (16) 31 - 35 (20) Sharks (FT)

Timeline

Time Blues  Score  Sharks
0 start of first half start of first half
3 Gopperth - penalty goal 3 - 0
8 3 - 5 Pietersen - try
9 3 - 7 Kockott - conversion
13 Gopperth - penalty goal 6 - 7
16 6 - 10 Kockott - penalty goal
26 Toeava - try 11 - 10
27 Gopperth - conversion 13 - 10
32 13 - 13 Kockott - drop goal
38 13 - 18 Botes - try
39 13 - 20 Kockott - conversion
40+3 Gopperth - penalty goal
end of first half		 16 - 20 end of first half
40 start of second half start of second half
41 Smit - sub on
JN du Plessis - sub off
43 16 - 23 Kockott - penalty goal
45 Blackie - sub on
Auva'a - sub off
47 16 - 28 Sykes - try
48 16 - 30 Kockott - conversion
52 JR Williams - sub on
Blackie - sub off
55 Hobbs - sub on
Stanley - sub off
61 Carstens - sub on
Mtawarira - sub off
64 Gopperth - try 21 - 30
65 Hargreaves - sub on
Sykes - sub off
69 McCartney - sub on
Mealamu - sub off		 21 - 35 Smit - try
72 Smylie - sub on
Moa - sub off
Gopperth - penalty goal		 24 - 35 Mtawarira - sub on
Mtawarira - yellow card
Smit - sub off
73 Munro - sub on
Helleur - sub off		 Ndlovu - sub on
Botes - sub off
75 Faumuina - sub on
Woodcock - sub off
77 Vulindlu - sub on
Hargreaves - sub off
80 Rokocoko - try 29 - 35
80+1 Gopperth - conversion
end of second half		 31 - 35 end of second half

Notes

 
Result Sharks won by a margin of 4 points
 
Ground name Eden Park, Auckland

Teams

Blues Sharks
Tries Toeava (26), Gopperth (64), Rokocoko (80) Tries Pietersen (8), Botes (38), Sykes (47), Smit (69)
Cons Gopperth (27, 80) Cons Kockott (9, 39, 48)
Pens Gopperth (3, 13, 40, 72) Pens Kockott (16, 43)
Drops none Drops Kockott (32)
    Team
15 FB
Isaia Toeava
14 W
Winston Stanley
13 C
Anthony Tuitavake
12 C
Jamie Helleur
11 W
Joe Rokocoko
10 FH
Jimmy Gopperth
9 SH
Taniela Moa
1 P
Tony Woodcock
2 H
Keven Mealamu
3 P
John Afoa
4 L
Kurtis Haiu
5 L
Ali Williams
6 F
Jerome Kaino
7 F
Onosai'i Auva'a
8 N8
Chris Lowrey
    Replacements
16 R
Tom McCartney
17 R
Charlie Faumuina
18 R
Jay Williams
19 R
Josh Blackie
20 R
Chris Smylie
21 R
Michael Hobbs
22 R
Lachie Munro
    Team
15 FB
Stefan Terblanche
14 W
Odwa Ndungane
13 C
Adrian Jacobs
12 C
Frans Steyn
11 W
JP Pietersen
10 FH
Ruan Pienaar
9 SH
Rory Kockott
1 P
Tendai Mtawarira
72
2 H
Bismarck du Plessis
3 P
Jannie du Plessis
4 L
Steven Sykes
5 L
Johann Muller
6 F
Jacques Botes
7 F
Keegan Daniel
8 N8
Ryan Kankowski
    Replacements
16 R
John Smit
17 R
Deon Carstens
18 R
Alistair Hargreaves
19 R
Skholiwe Ndlovu
20
Ross Cronje
21
Riaan Swanepoel
22 R
Luzuko Vulindlu

Match stats

Blues   Sharks
3 Tries 4
2 from 3 Conversion goals 3 from 4
4 from 5 Penalty goals 2 from 5
75.0% Kick at goal success 60.0%
0 Dropped goals 1 (1 missed)
Kick/pass/run
27 Kicks from hand 34
146 Passes 76
116 Runs 72
614 Metres run with ball 543
Attacking
64% (63%/70%) Possession (1H/2H) 36% (37%/30%)
2 Clean breaks 12
21 Defenders beaten 18
11 Offloads 5
76 from 83 (91.6%) Rucks won 44 from 46 (95.7%)
0 from 0 Mauls won 0 from 0
19 Turnovers conceded 18
Defensive
74/18 Tackles made/missed 156/21
80.0% Tackling success rate 88.0%
Set pieces
13 won, 0 lost (100.0%) Scrums on own feed 8 won, 1 lost (88.9%)
10 won, 2 lost (83.3%) Lineouts on own throw 14 won, 1 lost (93.3%)
Discipline
9 Penalties conceded 13
0/0 Yellow/red cards 1/0

Blues stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Toeava 1/1 5 3/9/12 128 1 0 2 2 1/0 1/0 0 0/0
W Stanley 0/0 0 0/1/3 19 0 1 1 0 2/1 0/0 0 0/0
C Tuitavake 0/0 0 1/2/4 22 0 3 0 3 3/0 0/0 1 0/0
C Helleur 0/0 0 0/4/5 5 0 0 1 1 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
W Rokocoko 1/0 5 0/7/9 71 0 3 1 1 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
FH Gopperth 1/1 21 10/20/8 28 0 4 1 0 5/4 0/0 1 0/0
SH Moa 0/1 0 7/49/11 81 1 2 3 3 1/2 1/0 0 0/0
P Woodcock 0/0 0 0/3/3 7 0 0 0 2 6/0 0/0 1 0/0
H Mealamu 0/0 0 0/1/7 38 0 2 1 1 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
P Afoa 0/0 0 1/4/8 30 0 1 0 2 5/2 0/0 0 0/0
L Haiu 0/0 0 0/6/7 21 0 0 0 1 5/0 4/0 1 0/0
L AJ Williams 0/0 0 2/3/3 27 0 0 0 0 4/0 3/0 1 0/0
F Kaino 0/0 0 0/2/6 25 0 2 0 0 5/1 0/0 0 0/0
F Auva'a 0/0 0 0/3/6 38 0 0 1 3 6/2 0/0 0 0/0
N8 Lowrey 0/0 0 0/4/12 32 0 2 1 0 6/2 0/0 2 0/0
(R) McCartney 0/0 0 0/0/3 17 0 0 0 0 1/1 0/0 0 0/0
(R) Faumuina 0/0 0 0/0/1 1 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
(R) JR Williams 0/0 0 0/1/1 0 0 0 0 0 1/1 0/0 0 0/0
(R) Blackie 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
(R) Smylie 0/0 0 2/15/4 14 0 1 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
(R) Hobbs 0/0 0 1/2/3 10 0 0 0 0 0/2 0/0 0 0/0
(R) Munro 0/0 0 0/1/0 0 0 0 0 0 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

Shark stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Terblanche 0/0 0 9/1/3 29 1 1 1 1 4/0 0/0 0 0/0
W Ndungane 0/0 0 3/2/3 19 1 0 1 0 6/0 0/0 0 0/0
C Jacobs 0/1 0 1/8/4 76 2 4 0 0 8/1 0/0 0 0/0
C Steyn 0/0 0 2/1/3 9 0 1 1 0 7/6 0/0 0 0/0
W Pietersen 1/0 5 0/2/5 44 1 0 0 2 7/1 0/0 0 0/0
FH Pienaar 0/0 0 9/6/4 31 0 0 1 0 6/2 0/0 0 0/0
SH Kockott 0/0 15 5/26/7 83 1 4 3 6 10/3 1/0 0 0/0
P Mtawarira 0/0 0 0/0/3 2 0 0 0 0 9/0 0/0 1 1/0
H BW du Plessis 0/0 0 0/3/7 8 0 0 1 2 8/2 1/0 3 0/0
P JN du Plessis 0/0 0 0/0/1 0 0 0 0 0 7/0 0/0 1 0/0
L Sykes 1/0 5 0/4/2 2 0 0 0 0 9/2 4/0 2 0/0
L Muller 0/1 0 0/4/3 8 0 0 0 0 10/0 3/0 0 0/0
F Botes 1/0 5 0/3/4 80 2 1 0 0 10/1 0/0 0 0/0
F Daniel 0/0 0 2/2/9 89 2 3 1 2 19/1 1/1 1 0/0
N8 Kankowski 0/0 0 3/6/6 23 0 1 1 1 4/1 4/0 0 0/0
(R) Smit 1/0 5 0/1/3 8 0 1 1 0 4/0 0/0 0 0/0
(R) Carstens 0/0 0 0/1/1 1 0 0 0 0 9/0 0/0 0 0/0
(R) Hargreaves 0/0 0 0/0/2 9 1 0 0 1 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
(R) Ndlovu 0/0 0 0/0/1 5 0 0 0 0 2/0 0/0 1 0/0
(R) Vulindlu 0/0 0 0/1/1 17 1 2 0 0 2/1 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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