Watch Blues vs Chiefs Live Super 15 rugby on Friday at 06:35am UK time

Blues host Chiefs on Friday in the New Zealand conference to kick off the third round of Super Rugby action for 2018 at Auckland's iconic Eden Park.

Uncharacteristic indiscipline plagued the Chiefs throughout the opener, with sin bins and a penalty try preventing them from seeing the game through despite sneaking into an early second half lead.

Event details:
NAME: Blues - Chiefs
DATE: March 2, 2018
TIME: 06:35 UTC
VENUE: Eden Park, Auckland , New Zealand
REFEREE  : Ben O'Keeffe
AVG. CARD : 0.25 1.75

Blues team
Blues: 1 Pauliasi Manu, 2 James Parsons, 3 Ofa Tuungafasi, 4 Patrick Tuipulotu, 5 Scott Scrafton, 6 Jimmy Tupou, 7 Murphy Taramai, 8 Akira Ioane, 9 Augustine Pulu (captain), 10 Bryn Gatland, 11 Rieko Ioane, 12 TJ Faiane, 13 George Moala, 14 Matt Duffie, 15 Melani Nanai.

Substitutes: 16 Leni Apisai, 17 Alex Hodgman, 18 Michael Tamoaieta, 19 Gerard Cowley-Tuioti, 20 Jerome Kaino, 21 Sam Nock, 22 Daniel Kirkpatrick, 23 Michael Collins.

Chiefs team
Chiefs: 1 Aidan Ross, 2 Nathan Harris, 3 Nepo Laulala, 4 Brodie Retallick, 5 Michael Allardice, 6 Liam Messam, 7 Sam Cane (captain), 8 Taleni Seu, 9 Brad Weber, 10 Damian McKenzie, 11 Solomon Alaimalo, 12 Johnny Faauli, 13 Anton Lienert-Brown, 14 Sean Wainui, 15 Shaun Stevenson.

Substitutes: 16 Liam Polwart, 17 Karl Tu’inukuafe, 18 Angus Ta’avao, 19 Mitchell Brown/Luke Jacobson, 20 Lachlan Boshier, 21 Te Toiroa Tahuriorangi, 22 Tiaan Falcon, 23 Bailyn Sullivan/Declan O’Donnell.

                                        Betting Odds:
                                          Blues win: 1/1
                                            Chiefs win: 8/10
                                               Draw: 22/1

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