The Blues get within inches of scoring in the dying moments, but the ball is lost forward. The final whistle is blown to put the Blues out of their misery.

Sopoaga kicks a small cross-kick to Osborne who gathers the ball in the air and pops it back to Ben Smith who gathers it and dives over the line for a try.

Dixon picks up from the scrum and gets within inches of the tryline. Aaron Smith then picks the ball up and attempts to dart around the side of the ruck to score, but Cowan holds him out. Another 5m scrum to the Highlanders.

Treeby gets an interception inside the Blues 22m area and sets up Buckman who gets within 5m of the tryline before offloading on his inside. The ball is recycled and Dixon gets over the line, but is held up. 5m scrum to the Highlanders.

Penalty to the Blues, Ben Smith dives onto the player on the ground. West's kick does not find touch, not much is going right for the Blues.

Penalty to the Highlanders, playing the jumper in the air at the lineout. Sopoaga sets up a lineout on the Blues 10m line.

10 minutes remaining. The Blues have a lineout on halfway, they attack the midfield before West puts through a grubber kick that goes out near the Highlanders 22m line.

Moala makes a great offload to O'Connor in the tackle who slices the defence, he then offloads to McGahan who gathers the ball and puts in a great hand-off to score under the poles

Joe Latta scores from the back of a dominant maul.

The Highlanders look as though they have scored from a maul through Joe Latta. TMO is checking the grounding.