Dixon goes off his feet at the ruck and is penalised. O'Connor lines up another kick to take the lead.

Genia and Feauai-Sautia link up beautifully as Genia breaks down the blind side of a maul. They pass the ball between each other until Feauai-Sautia is eventually brought down. They recycle the ball and get within metres of the tryline before losing it forward.

The Reds continue their onslaught as they make good ground from a lineout on halfway. The Highlanders Fekitoa brings relief to his team as he wins the ball off Kerevi at the ruck.

Geldenhuys brings the scrum down and the Reds are awarded a penalty in front of the poles. Should be an easy 3 points.

The Reds have put major pressure on the Highlanders after the O'Connor break, fortunately for the Highlanders a poor pass leads to a knock on. Highlanders scrum on their own 22m line.

The Reds have their first attacking movement of the match and they go 4 phases without making ground. O'Connor then gets the ball with no options, but somehow he does brilliantly to break through a number of tackles and go 60m before being tackled near the tryline.

Highlanders continue to control the match, they get within 5m of the tryline before being penalised for entering the ruck from the side. The Reds are able to clear the pressure.

Reddish steals the Reds ball at the lineout and Banks puts in a great kick for the corner which puts the Reds under pressure to clear quickly.

O'Connor gets the match underway. The Highlanders get the match off to a great start, they take a penalty quickly and find it easy to make good ground off every phase. The Reds have missed a number of early tackles. Eventually the Reds give a penalty away at the ruck and Banks lines up an early kick at poles.

10min to kickoff.