Highlanders are awarded with a scrum penalty and Hunt clears for touch

Some players receive some attention for blood

Crusaders get into the Highlanders 22 but they knock it on in their run and it'll be a scrum to the Highlanders

Crusaders doing well as they get close to the Highlanders 22

Fakatava clears the ball with a box kick from his 22. Crusaders gather on the halfway

Mo'unga gets the game back underway

It's been a powerful and rather dominant first half from the Highlanders as they seemed in control from the word "go". The Crusaders struggled as most of their dangerous moves seemed to have been thought of and covered by the Highlanders. Their errors and mistakes throughout the game didn't help their cause either and they found themselves in a compromising position of possibly not having points at the break. But they fought on and got a try in the dying seconds of the first half but they'll still have a lot of work to do to topple a formidable force in the Highlanders!

Mo'unga's conversion ends the half!

HT: Crusaders 7-16 Highlanders

The Crusaders get their first try of the match! After a few phases, Taylor powers over the line in what looked like an inevitable try.

Crusaders maul from the lineout and they start to look dangerous