Short lineout back to Eklund

Box kick from Smith to touch

Sullivan kicks long, Hunt looks to run from deep

Box kick from Smith, dropped ball but Rieko Ioane has it

Sullivan gets the second half underway for the Blues

That wasn't a superb pass, it was a forward pass!

The Blues take a 13-6 lead over the Highlanders into halftime. The Highlanders opened the scoring with a penalty five minutes in, but the Blues hit back with a try ten minutes later to lead 7-3. The Highlanders picked up a yellow card after 23 minutes, with the resulting penalty making it 10-3. Despite being a player down, the Highlanders pulled three points back with a penalty to make it a four point ball game at 10-6. The Blues added a penalty with the final play of the half for a seven point advantage at the break.

And that will be halftime

Penalty to the Blues as the Highlanders went off their feet at the breakdown and they will kick for goal

Rieko Ioane pops a superb ball away to his brother Akira and he gets his offload away as the Blues storm to just 5m out