Good defence from the Blues in the first 5mins

Te Rama Reuben is the Baabaas no.18.

Pace from Tito-Harris creates a long range try

20-12 to the Blues at 30mins

Playing into the wind

25-19 Blues at halftime. Good competitive half

Baabaas have some big powerful runners in close. Blues getting the edge in most areas, they look a lot better in phase play

The wind seems significant

Nice run and offload by Kobe Walters.

30-19

That was against the run of play. Baabaas have had loads of ball this half. Accuracy and set piece is letting them down

The Blues look so dangerous on turnover ball.

Che Clark somehow gets over the line. Looks like he would be tackled 5m out but he kept fighting

44-26

A couple of cards in this half against the Blues. Too aggressive at the breakdown.

Final score 51-26

Impressive score after the Baabaas beat the Crusaders in the weekend

Blues into the final against the Canes or Highlanders

The breakdown was a mess in this game. The same when this ref did a Rd 1 game.

@taniwharugby

He went well yesterday. He’s been asked to play out of position because there’s injuries at lock

@Duluth yeah he certainly aint tall enough for lock, but has the skills and workrate.

See him make similar sorts of breaks/runs at club level most weeks, with these games he wont be there for the opening round of club rugby this weekend.