The Blues attempt to run out of their 22m but go nowhere. West clears up field and the Crusaders are on the counter attack.

Blues were under pressure at the scrum and Airi Hunt loses to forward again. He is having a tough time out there.

The maul collapses, but fortunately for the Blues it collapsed over the tryline. 5m scrum to the Blues.

Penalty to the Blues at scrum time. They set up a 5m lineout.

Early engage by the Crusaders, Blues scrum again.

Crusaders lose the ball forward from the kickoff. Blues have a scrum 10m from the Crusaders tryline. 5 minutes remaining in the half.

The Crusaders take a lineout quickly and attack the tryline. Romano then picks the ball up from a ruck and easily barges his way over the tryline.

The Crusaders take a lineout quickly and attack the tryline. Romano then picks the ball up from a ruck and easily barges his way over the tryline. TMO checking where the quick throw was taken from.

Nanai makes a brilliant hard tackle on Havili, but he still gets the pass away. Crusaders attacking inside the Blues 22m area.

Carter puts through a cross-kick which just bounces in front of Nadolo. Nearly another 7 pointer.