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Penalty against Nabuli for an intentional knock down. Lucky it wasn't a yellow. 20 seconds to go, Blues 25m out.

Blues reserve prop goes to the bin for a scrum penalty. Reds played for that one without a doubt. Greene kicks to touch 15m out. That one actually looked like a right call, few others maybe not. Mafi's throw in is picked off, way to low. West chips from his 22 and it comes off. Blues...

4 minutes to go, 25 - 22 still to the Reds with an injury break for Neville. Will resume with a scrum to the Reds 40m from the Blues line. Mafi on for Ready.

According to the Reds facebook page, Reds U20 won 34 - 20.

Reckon Matwijow could get a yellow for the foot?

Blues 23 and 7 force a penalty for holding from Matwijow. Kick goes out about the 22. Ioane goes through a huge midfield hole but the Reds defence scrambles and holds on just a few metres out. Replacement Blues halfback Guyton dives over from a back of a ruck near the posts, Blues try!

Blues also got a warning with that the next scrum penalty will see someone in the bin. Replay didn't show much, looks like the Blues prop went down first under pressure but there wasn't much in it. Greene on for McIntyre, 8 to go.

Blues scrum attacking the Reds, but the Blues prop pops. 15,197 crowd. Not as bad as I first thought. 25 - 16 to the Reds, 9 minutes to go, Reds scrum about 15 out from their own line. Big Blues scrum again, but it again goes against them for the LHP angling in.

Blues drop another with a sniff of a try on. Much better linespeed from the Reds, forcing mistakes now from the Blues where at the start of the game the were sitting back.

Geez, that ball was always going out. Brain explosion from Kerevi. And that;s a huge dive.

13 minutes. Kerevi just dropped the ball trying to offload. Needed to do that earlier if he was going to.

Still 15 - 13.

Tui had a big game last game. Big midfield break and clever linking to set up Frisby's try, lots of carries in the first few games. This game he's been very quiet, adnd just knocked on again. Reds doing well to hold out the the Blues so far this half, you get the feeling if the Blues get...

The issue now with the Reds lineout is that Ready has overthrown a few to the middle and back, so they are forced to go to a front ball which the Blues now expect. Every throw to the front now will be a lottery for the Reds. They need to sort it out to keep close to the Blues, because the...

A lot of reported Graham supporters removed there. Interesting that they didn't even stand for re-election.

Yeah, this scoreline is definitely flattering the Reds, which is funny as they are 15 - 13 down right now. Warning to the Blues about lying around the back of the ruck, could be a yellow later if they don't clear it up.

Frisby's kicks on turnovers have been good. Ant Fainga'a had a huge clear out, but shame they couldn't turn the ball over. Ready's throwing has been a bit off, and the Blues lineout has forced the Reds to lose a few.

Blues blew one there. I am both surprised that this game isn't bad at all, and that the Blues are not ahead by a lot more. The Reds defensive patterns are still shocking, particularly marking up out wide. Reds scrum smashing the Blues in one of the few positives for the Reds.

Mumm was just blatant there. Dumb does not describe it. Clan can still do their best to lose this though. Lucky call to the Clan there at the end maybe makes up for some poor calls against them. Good game for the last 20, certainly came alive.

Would maybe like to see Browning given a start ahead of Schatz. Think Browning has had more impact than Schatz so far, Setu will be hard to drop from the 23 Gill returns, though.