Great fight by the Highlanders and the Chiefs but the home side won this unofficial knock out game. The Chiefs will have plenty to do to make the knock outs as they relinquish a 4 game winning streak against the Highlanders
Chiefs lose the ball after poor retention at the rucks and the Highlanders earn a penalty for being offside
Cruden hit high on his line while they were under pressure. Luckily for the Chiefs they can relieve the pressure
Quick tap by Kerr-Barlow and he is stopped just short. The big replacement, Hohneck barges over and with 4 minutes to go it is for the Chiefs to win
Deliberate knock on by Ben Smith when the Chiefs were 5m out
10 minutes to go and the Chiefs would need to score twice to win this.
Shaky line out but the Chiefs keep it tight. Nanai-Williams finds himself in the 10 channel and steps a man to go over
Penalty to Chiefs and Cruden goes for touch. Going for broke here by the defending champions
Latimer with a line break. Chiefs in centre field in front of the posts hunting for a try. They lose it and Ben Smith gets his kick charged but it goes out behind the line. 22m drop out
Scrum penalty to Highlanders, Angling in by Hohneck