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App users click here for latest updates. Blues 32 Highlanders 17 Highlanders (Dixon, Fakatava tries; Ioane 2 conversions, penalty goal) Full time 77th minute - The game is turning scrappy with both sides throwing their subs on and throwing the ball around. Garden-Bachop breaks again down the wing but knocks is on in contact. At the scrum, the Blues dominate and win a penalty on halfway. 72nd minute - TRY HIGHLANDERS to Folau Fakatava From the lineout five metres out and the rolling maul going nowhere, Fakatavasnipes down the short side and catches the Blues napping and crashes over. I...
Sam Darry will make his Super Rugby debut for the Blues on Sunday in their home opener. The easy option for Sam Darry would have been to stay exactly where he was, in a familiar home city, surrounded by family and friends, immersed in a proven Crusaders rugby development system and just wait for his chances to eventually roll around. But, like the proverbial salmon swimming against the current, the 20-year-old Dunedin-born Cantabrian decided to take the less travelled route and jump off the famous red and black rugby production line to come north to seek opportunity. It is fair to say the e...
The Highlanders have dropped Mitch Hunt back to the bench for Sunday's game against the Blues
The Blues will unleash their capture from the Crusaders in Sunday afternoon's game against the Highlanders at Eden Park