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Chiefs thrash Blues in warm-up

Cape Town - The Chiefs have beaten their New Zealand counterparts, the Blues, in a Super Rugby pre-season clash in Whangarei on Thursday.

The Chiefs won 41-20 after leading 24-6 at half-time.

Ironically, the Blues will host the Chiefs in Week 1 of this year's Super Rugby in Albany on Saturday, February 14.

Scorers:

Blues

Tries: Steven Luatua, Simon Hickey
Conversions: Hickey (2)
Penalties: Ihaia West (2)

Chiefs

Tries: Johan Bardoul, Ben Tameifuna, Brad Weber, James Lowe (2), Tevita Koloamatangi
Conversions: Damian McKenzie (2), Marty McKenzie (2)
Penalty: McKenzie

Teams:

Blues

15 Lolagi Visinia, 14 Ben Lam, 13 George Moala, 12 Francis Saili, 11 Tevita Li, 10 Ihaia West, 9 Jimmy Cowan, 8 Steven Luatua, 7 Brendon O'Connor, 6 Joe Edwards, 5 Hayden Triggs, 4 Josh Bekhuis, 3 Angus Ta'avo, 2 Matt Moulds, 1 Sam Prattley

Substitutes (from): Nic Mayhew, James Parsons, Ofa Tu'ungafasi, Culum Retallick, Tom Murday, Blake Gibson, Simon Hickey, Hamish Northcott, Greg Pleasants-Tate, Jamison Gibson-Park, Matt McGahan, Dan Bowden, Matt Vaega, Pita Akhi, Brynn Hall, Frank Halai, Melani Nanai, Will Lloyd, Jack Ram

Chiefs

15 Tom Marshall, 14 Bryce Heem, 13 Seta Tamanivalu, 12 Charlie Ngatai, 11 James Lowe, 10 Damian McKenzie, 9 Brad Weber, 8 Maa'ma Vaipulu, 7 Sean Polwart, 6 Johan Bardoul, 5 Michael Fitzgerald, 4 Matt Symons, 3 Ben Tameifuna, 2 Quentin McDonald, 1 Pauliasi Manu

Substitutes (from): Michael Allardice, Tim Bond, Rhys Marshall, Siate Tokolahi, Mitchell Graham, Josh Dowsing, Tevita Koloamatangi, Kayne Hammington, Marty McKenzie, Anton Lienert-Brown, Robbie Robinson, Jamie Mackintosh, Mitchell Crosswell, Tim Nanai-Williams, Brian Alainu’uese

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