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Chiefs
41
Blues
26
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Chiefs
Blues
H1
22
9

    Chiefs Events

  • 6 mins - try, L.Messam
  • 21 mins - try, D.McKenzie
  • 22 mins - conversion, A.Cruden
  • 27 mins - penalty goal, A.Cruden
  • 41 mins - try, H.Elliot
  • 43 mins - conversion, A.Cruden

    Chiefs and Blues Events

  • 3 mins - penalty goal, I.West
  • 10 mins - penalty goal, I.West
  • 17 mins - penalty goal, I.West
  • 40 mins - redCard, S.Luatua
H2
19
17

    Chiefs Events

  • 41 mins - try, L.Boshier
  • 43 mins - conversion, A.Cruden
  • 47 mins - try, J.Lowe
  • 48 mins - conversion, A.Cruden
  • 56 mins - try, A.Lienert-Brown

    Chiefs and Blues Events

  • 60 mins - try, P.Tuipulotu
  • 65 mins - try, C.Faumuina
  • 66 mins - conversion, I.West
  • 73 mins - try, R.Ranger
ET
0
0

    Chiefs Events

    Chiefs and Blues Events

Scorers

Chiefs
Blues
Goal Scorers Chiefs Blues
Tries Messam (1), McKenzie (1), Elliot (1), Boshier (1), Lowe (1), Lienert-Brown (1) Tuipulotu (1), Faumuina (1), Ranger (1)
Conversions Cruden (4/6) West (1/3)
Penalty Goals Cruden (1/1) West (3/5)
Drop Goals

Team Statistics

Chiefs
Blues

Statistics

Chiefs Blues
Tries 6 3
Conversions 4 1
Penalty Goals 1 3
Drop Goals 0 0
ChiefsGoal Scorers
Players K LB MT OF RC YC R T TA
D.McKenzie 5 0 115 0 0 0 15 4 0
T.Nanai-Williams 0 0 38 0 0 0 8 5 0
A.Lienert-Brown 1 0 34 0 0 0 7 4 0
J.Faauli 0 0 17 0 0 0 8 6 0
J.Lowe 5 0 81 0 0 0 8 3 0
A.Cruden 4 0 17 0 0 0 9 8 3
T.Kerr-Barlow 4 0 79 0 0 0 6 11 0
K.Hames 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 3 0
H.Elliot 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 1 0
N.Laulala 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0
D.Bird 0 0 23 0 0 0 8 9 0
B.Retallick 0 0 11 0 0 0 3 6 0
L.Messam 0 0 14 0 0 0 6 6 0
L.Boshier 0 0 48 0 0 0 8 10 0
M.Leitch 0 0 23 0 0 0 8 5 0
S.Taukei'aho 0 0 4 0 0 0 2 1 0
S.Fisi'ihoi 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 2 0
A.Moli 0 0 6 0 0 0 2 4 0
T.Seu 0 0 13 0 0 0 4 2 0
T.Sanders 0 0 13 0 0 0 6 4 0
J.Taumateine 0 0 5 0 0 0 3 5 0
T.Pulu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
S.Stevenson 0 0 8 0 0 0 3 0 0
BluesGoal Scorers
Players K LB MT OF RC YC R T TA
M.Collins 3 0 16 0 0 0 7 2 0
M.Duffie 1 0 10 0 0 0 3 1 0
R.Ioane 0 0 51 0 0 0 9 6 0
P.Francis 1 0 14 0 0 0 2 3 0
M.Nanai 0 0 26 0 0 0 4 6 0
I.West 15 0 8 0 0 0 4 2 1
A.Pulu 7 0 13 0 0 0 11 7 1
P.Manu 0 0 6 0 0 0 4 5 0
M.Moulds 0 0 3 0 0 0 4 5 0
S.Mafileo 0 0 5 0 0 0 1 5 0
J.Tupou 0 0 15 0 0 0 7 4 0
G.Cowley-Tuioti 0 0 26 0 0 0 5 5 0
S.Luatua 0 0 16 0 1 0 2 5 0
B.Gibson 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 14 0
A.Ioane 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 5 0
E.Faiva 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0
O.Tu'ungafasi 0 0 4 0 0 0 4 2 0
C.Faumuina 0 0 15 0 0 0 8 5 0
P.Tuipulotu 0 0 21 0 0 0 6 2 0
J.Kaino 0 0 15 0 0 0 3 3 0
B.Guyton 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0
G.Moala 0 0 7 0 0 0 5 3 0
R.Ranger 1 0 7 0 0 0 2 0 0

Match Details

Chiefs
Blues
START TIME
5:35PM
VENUE
FMG Stadium Waikato
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Waikato Chiefs take advantage of 14-man Auckland Blues in high-scoring Super rugby affair

The Waikato Chiefs capitalised on the red card shown to Steve Luatua on the stroke of half-time to record a comfortable 41-26 Super Rugby victory over the Auckland Blues in Hamilton on Friday.

Loose forward Luatua was sent off for a high tackle on Chiefs' winger Tim Nanai-Williams, whose side then used the resulting penalty to set up an attacking lineout that allowed hooker Hika Elliot to crash over from a rolling maul.

Elliot's try extended the score to 22-9 at the break, though until that point the game had been in the balance with Ihaia West slotting three penalties and missing two.

Liam Messam and Damian McKenzie had also scored first half-tries for the home side before Lachlan Boshier, James Lowe and Anton Lienert-Brown, who finished off a sweeping 80-metre movement, all crossed to give the Chiefs a 41-9 lead.

The Blues, who had appeared shell-shocked for the first 10 minutes of the second half were bolstered by coach Tana Umaga when he introduced a raft of All Blacks off the bench.

The experience of players like Jerome Kaino and Charlie Faumuina settled the visitors down and the Blues had the better of the final quarter, despite being a man down.

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Lock Patrick Tuipulotu, prop Faumuina and utility back Rene Ranger all crossed to get the visitors within touching distance and give the Chiefs some nervous moments in the final 10 minutes.

The home side, however, again settled and managed to wind down the clock by controlling field position and the ball without being able to crack the Blues defence again.

All Blacks flyhalf Aaron Cruden, playing his 100th Super Rugby match, slotted four conversions and a penalty for the Chiefs, who clinched the bonus point by scoring the six tries.

"I actually had my first game in 2010 against the Blues so it was quite special to bring up the ton against them," Cruden said. "We were good in patches but in saying that there are still things to work on." 

Reuters