Highlanders (6) 27 / Western Force (10) 41 (Final Score)

The Highlanders hosted the Force at Lakes Leisure Events Centre, Queenstown at 4:30 SA Time. This is the match thread for discussion of the game. The game was broadcast live on SuperSport 1 on DSTV in SA. The Force bagged a full 5 Log points by beating the Highlanders by 41 / 27.

Scores:

Highlanders: 4 Penalties Mathew Berquist, 1 Try Chris King, ! Try Steven Setephano, 1 Try Fctu’u Vainikolo

Force: 4 Conversions & 1 Penalty & 1 Try James O’Connor, 2 Tries Cameron Shepherd, 2 Tries Ryan Cross, 1 Try Justin Turner

Teams:

Highlanders: 15 Israel Dagg, 14 Ben Smith, 13 Kenny Lynn, 12 Jason Shoemark, 11 Fetu’u Vainikolo, 10 Mat Berquist, 9 Jimmy Cowan (captain), 8 Steven Setephano, 7 Alando Soakai, 6 Adam Thomson, 5 Hayden Triggs, 4 Josh Bekhuis, 3 Clint Newland, 2 Jason Rutledge, 1 Chris King.
Replacements: 16 Jason Macdonald, 17 Bronson Murray, 18 Joe Tuineau, 19 Tim Boys, 20 Sean Romans, 21 Robbie Robinson, 22 Jayden Hayward.

Western Force: 15 James O’Connor, 14 Cameron Shepherd, 13 Mitch Inman, 12 Ryan Cross, 11 Mark Bartholomeusz, 10 David Hill, 9 Chris O’Young, 8 Richard Brown, 7 David Pocock, 6 Matt Hodgson, 5 Nathan Sharpe (captain), 4 Tom Hockings, 3 Tim Fairbrother, 2 Ben Whittaker, 1 Pek Cowan.
Replacements: 16 Nathan Charles, 17 Matt Dunning, 18 Ben McCalman, 19 Sam Wykes, 20 Justin Turner, 21 Sam Harris, 22 Dane Haylett-Petty.

Referee: Marius Jonker
Assistant referees: Keith Brown, Josh Noonan
TMO: James McPhail