SR U20's - Blues v Moana Pasifika

[Duluth]

Blues

1 S.POLE
2 N.POLE
3 LUAMANUVAE
4 LEE
5 CHRISTIE
6 COOK
7 RUBEN
8 BAKER
9 WILLIAMS
10 SIMPSON
11 RICE
12 TEREPO
13 TAELE
14 SALMON
15 MAXWELL

16 TAITO
17 AHLOO
18 TATANA
19 AHOKOVI
20 TAGI-FUIMAONO
21 AIKEN
22 WHIU
23 DUNCAN
24 SAUNDERSON-RURAWHE
25 FALEAFA
26 LATU

[Duluth]

Pasifika

1 AUIMATAGI
2 LUI TAFILI
3 FRUEN
4 SAULALA
5 SAMUELU
6 RIRINU
7 GEMMELL
8 ELATO
9 SINGH
10 PULINI
11 NIULEVAEA
12 AFAMASAGA
13 TUITUPOU
14 POPOALII
15 TAU VESI

16 RAVULA ARMSTRONG
17 OTUKOLO
18 ROUNDS
19 FAALUPEGA
20 JUSTICE RIPINE
21 HELU
22 NANAI
23 VAIOLETI
24 IOELU
25 SAMI
26 TONGA

[Duluth]

A good break by one of the Blues, a couple of penalties then Simpson gets over for a simple try

[Duluth]

Haha pay attention. MP score when a Blues forward wasn't looking at the edge of a ruck

[Duluth]

Contact seems a bit heavier than the previous game. Some big Blues hits

[Duluth]

Messy work from the Blues

Tuitupou gets the MP try. Strange that he's drifted out of the Blues/Auckland system

[Duluth]

Blues 28-14 at HT

[Bovidae]

MP are very unstructured. Their ad lib rugby is meaning a lot of mistakes and some missed tries. Tuitupou does look classy.

[Duluth]

Unstructured is working for MP now

Blues 35-26

[Duluth]

MP knock on reaching out for a try

[Duluth]

..and then held up over the line

[Duluth]

Good passing and support play for that Blues try.

42-26

Game should be safe now but MP gave them a fright in that second half. Blues got too loose and gave away easy turnovers

[Bovidae]

The Blues were soft around the fringes of the rucks as MP exploited that. I never thought the Blues would lose.

[Bovidae]

Just to highlight how fluid these teams can be, Riki Ruben, who was one of the Blues best today, was playing for MP at this tournament last year.

[Duluth]