The Chiefs form a maul before attacking the blind side. Pulu decides not to offload to Lowe who was surely in for a try in the corner, however he holds onto the ball and a scrum is called after the ball dies in the ruck. 5m scrum to the Chiefs. Major opportunity.

Cruden sets up a lineout near the Highlanders 22m, 8min remaining in the half.

Fekitoa gets a bit eager after his two brilliant steals earlier, as this time he gives away a silly penalty at the ruck for playing the ball on the ground.

A mistake by Osborne while fielding the ball leads to a Chiefs lineout 10m from the Highlanders tryline. The Chiefs then lose the ball forward at the lineout.

Aaron Smith milks a penalty as Tameifuna retreats in a offside position and Smith throws the ball into him, Should be an easy 3 points to take the lead.

Fekitoa makes another steal near his own 22m line and the Highlanders put the ball through the hands to counter attack. After some good hands, the Chiefs get fingers to the ball and lose it forward. Highlanders scrum near the Chiefs 22m.

The Chiefs have dominated territory by 83% to the Highlanders 17%. Amazing that the Highlander have held on for this long.

Cruden with his second miss of the match.

Highlanders are penalised straight after the kickoff after another obstruction call. It looks to be a rather tough call against them. Cruden lines up a kick to take the lead.

Messam is penalised for a deliberate knock-down and a kick is being lined up to level the scores.