Northcott loses the ball forward at the ruck and the Highlanders have a scrum inside their own 22m area.

The Blues are not making it easy for the Highlanders.

Visinia collects a kick up field and makes a break down the side of the field, he offloads to Gibson-Park on his inside who quickly makes another offload to his inside, but he passes it to a Highlanders player who loses it forward. Blues scrum inside the Highlanders 22m area.

The ball dies in the ruck and the Highlanders are awarded a scrum on their own 22m line.

The Highlanders form a solid maul and have no problems getting over the line with ease.

Hardie scores from the back of a dominant maul

The Highlanders easily break through the Blues defence from the scrum and win a penalty on the halfway line after the Blues had hands in the ruck. Sopoaga puts in a beautiful kick to set up a 5m lineout.

O'Connor makes a great steal at the ruck for the Blues, they spread it wide to Nanai who makes a half-break, but his inside pass is lost forward. Highlanders scrum near their own 22m line.

The ball is chipped into touch on the full, the Blues have a lineout on their own 10m line, but for the third time in a row, they lose the ball at the lineout.

Mealamu is struggling at the lineouts, the ball is now thrown in skew. Highlanders scrum on the Blues 10m line.