Chiefs vs Blues Super Rugby 02-03-12

SuperRugby is the only tournament in the world that is played across so many different time zones which makes listing the kick off times extremely difficult.In addition to this Australia and New Zealand participate in Daylight savings and South Africa does not. Queensland in Australia also has different Daylight savings schedules to New South Wales and Perth is on a different time zone to Sydney. The Australian Times listed are Canberra as it is Australia's captital city.The Chiefs and the Blues start the Super Rugby action on Friday when they meet each other in Hamilton for the first of seven Super Rugby matches this weekend.




                                




Match Schedule
Chiefs vs Blues Super Rugby
Hamilton
19:35 local, 06:35 GMT, 12:35 BDT 

The Chiefs were hit fairly hard last week with injuries but have still managed to name a fairly strong team for the Blues.
The Chiefs and the Blues have played each other 17 times in Super Rugby and the Blues have won ten times. There have been no draws so the Chiefs have a 41% chance of beating the Blues going on past history.
The two teams have played each other 8 times in Hamilton which is a relatively happy hunting ground for the Blues as they have won 5 of the 8 matches. During the 2009 season in Hamilton the Chiefs hammered the Blues 63-34 which has distorted the average scores between the teams a bit.




The average score when the Chiefs play the Blues is Chiefs 25 Blues 24 and when they play in Hamilton the average score is Chiefs 25 Blues 22. As mentioned before the 2009 result will bring the Chiefs average up somewhat.
In Hamilton the Chiefs and Blues have alternated victories year by year since 1999 and this year the Chiefs are due a win to maintain that record.