RECAP: Blues v Chiefs

READERS' FORUM: Welcome to our coverage of the Super Rugby Aotearoa Round Seven encounter between the Blues and Chiefs in Auckland.

The Blues have won two of their last three Super Rugby games against the Chiefs and will be looking to snatch back-to-back wins against them for the first time since 2010/11 – after earning a 24-12 victory when they last met in Round Two of Super Rugby Aotearoa.

The Chiefs have won seven of their last nine away games against the Blues in Super Rugby, including a 37-29 win when they met in Round One of the 2020 Super Rugby campaign – their last encounter in Auckland.

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Teams:

Blues: 15 Matt Duffie, 14 Mark Telea, 13 Rieko Ioane, 12 TJ Faiane, 11 Caleb Clarke, 10 Beauden Barrett, 9 Finlay Christie, 8 Akira Ioane, 7 Dalton Papalii, 6 Blake Gibson, 5 Gerard Cowley-Tuioti, 4 Patrick Tuipulotu (captain), 3 Ofa Tuungafasi, 2 Kurt Eklund, 1 Alex Hodgman.

Replacements: 16 Luteru Tolai, 17 Karl Tu’inukuafe, 18. Sione Mafileo, 19 Josh Goodhue, 20 Tony Lamborn, 21 Sam Nock, 22 Otere Black or Emoni Narawa, 23 Harry Plummer.

Chiefs: 15 Damian McKenzie, 14 Sean Wainui, 13 Anton Lienert-Brown, 12 Alex Nankivell, 11 Solomon Alaimalo, 10 Kaleb Trask, 9 Brad Weber, 8 Pita Gus Sowakula, 7 Sam Cane (captain), 6 Lachlan Boshier, 5 Mitchell Brown, 4 Tupou Vaa’i, 3 Nepo Laulala, 2 Bradley Slater, 1 Reuben O’Neill.

Replacements: 16 Samisoni Taukei’aho, 17 Ollie Norris, 18 Ross Geldenhuys, 19 Adam Thomson, 20 Mitchell Karpik, 21 Lisati Milo-Harris, 22 Aaron Cruden, 23 Quinn Tupaea.

Referee: Brendon Pickerill

Assistant referees: Ben O’Keeffe, Paul Williams

TMO: Mike Fraser