The Details
Venue: Dunedin, NZ (19:35 NZ)
Date: Friday 13th February 2009
Referee: Matt Goddard (AUS)
Broadcast: 08:00 SA | CSN/SS1
2009 Pre-season Match Results
Highlanders (Last year S14 position: 11)
Chiefs 36-19 Highlanders
Crusaders 40-17 Highlanders
Blues 45-34 Highlanders
Brumbies (Last year S14 position: 9)
Brumbies 28-14 Hurricanes
Waratahs 17-14 Brumbies
The Teams
Highlanders
15 Israel Dagg, 14 Ben Smith, 13 Jason Shoemark, 12 Johnny Leota/Jayden Hayward, 11 Fetu’u Vainikolo, 10 Daniel Bowden, 9 Jimmy Cowan (c); 8 Steve Setephano, 7 Alando Soakai, 6 Adam Thomson, 5 Hayden Triggs, 4 Josh Bekhuis, 3 Clint Newland, 2 David Hall, 1 Jamie Mackintosh.
Subs: 16 Jason Rutledge, 17 Chris King, 18 George Naoupu, 19 Tim Boys, 20 Sean Romans, 21 Hayward/Brett Mather, 22 Kenny Lynn.
Brumbies – TBA
The Statistics
Last Result – Away loss by Highlanders by 2 points
2008 Brumbies (3) 22 v 20 (2) Highlanders (Canberra)
Previous Results: Highlanders at home v Brumbies
Played 6 | Highlanders 4 v 2 Brumbies
Summary: LWWWWL
Year | Home Team | Tries | Score | Tries | Away Team | Pts diff
2007 Highlanders (1) 10 v 29 (4) Brumbies (- 19)
2005 Highlanders (1) 19 v 18 (2) Brumbies (+01)
2003 Highlanders (7) 45 v 19 (3) Brumbies (+26)
2001 Highlanders (4) 16 v 09 (1) Brumbies (+07)
1999 Highlanders (4) 09 v 08 (1) Brumbies (+01)
1997 Highlanders (1) 09 v 15 (4) Brumbies (- 06)
All Statistics: Highlanders v Brumbies
Played 13 | Highlanders 6 v 7 Brumbies
Summary: LLLWLWWWLWWLL
Most points for: Highlanders 45 v 70 Brumbies
Largest winning margin: Highlanders 26 v 44 Brumbies
Total points for: Highlanders 246 v 330 Brumbies
Average points for: Highlanders 20 v 27 Brumbies
Average points difference per game: Highlanders < Brumbies by 7
The Predictions
Ou Grote: Highlanders 23 v 19 Brumbies
Highlanders 23 v 19 Brumbies