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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
