Super Rugby Pacific Chiefs win, Blues beaten
- Dave Worsley
- 7 hours ago
- 2 min read
Updated: 7 hours ago
The Chiefs christianed their new venue, the Bay Oval with an emphatic 56-22 win over the Force to keep the lead in Super Rugby Pacific.
Emoni Narawa scored the first try taking a pinpoint Josh Jacomb chip, before the Force caught everyone completely unaware from the restart and Harry Potter raced over the line to score.
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Kaylum Boshier made it across for a contentious try for the home side giving the Chiefs a ten point lead at the break.
And then the Force fell away in the second half with three quick tries after half-time - two to Cortez Ratima setting up the victory including Samisoni Taukei’aho scoring in his 100th Super Rugby game.
However Potter again producted a try in the second spell but the Chiefs were too strong overall as they mixed-and-matched positional changes - Ratime to centre and Boshier on the wing plus Wallace Sititi back on the field with some strong displays.
Meanwhile the Blues season is now seven loss after the 35-21 loss to the Reds in Brisbane and teeters on the edge of missing the playoffs.
The Blues had a huge amount of possession in the first half that they failed to turn into points. before being outplayed in the second half.
The Blues loss was soured further by Mark Tele'a red-carded for a dangerous tip-tackle on Tim Ryan in the 31st minute.
The tackle was upgraded from yellow meaning the Blues played with 14 on the field for 10 minutes of the first half and 10 of the second.
Despite the loss of Tele'a Blues hooker Kurt Eklund crashed over for a try just before halftime in a game they never looked like winning..
Chiefs 56 (Cortez Ratima 2 tries, Emoni Narawa, Samisoni Taukei’aho, Kaylum Boshier, Ollie Norris, Luke Jacobson, Daniel Rona; Josh Jacomb 5 con, 2 pen) Force 22 (Harry Potter 2 tries, Bayley Kuenzle try, 54min; Ben Donaldson 2 con, pen)
Queensland Reds 35 (Tom Lynagh 2 tries, Tate McDermott, Lachie Anderson, Richie Asiate tries; Lynagh 4 con) Blues 21 (Kurt Eklund, Sam Nock, Anton Segner tries; Harry Plummer 2 con, Beauden Barrett con). HT: 14-7
