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Friday, March 13, 2009

Milestone match for Super 14 + presentation to Justin Collins

The Super 14 competition hits a significant milestone tonight, with the Blues vs Cheetahs match the 1,000th Super Rugby match.

According to New Zealand rugby stats guru Geoff Miller, in that time there have been:

· There has been a total of 50,689 points scored.
· 5,724 tries with an average of 5.7 tries per match.
· 3,965 conversions – with kickers having a 69.3 percent success rate.
· 4,532 penalty goals.
· 181 drop goals.

Meanwhile, Super rugby’s newest centurion, Blues flanker Justin Collins will receive a special presentation at the end of tonight’s match to mark his 100 Super rugby matches. NZRU Chairman Jock Hobbs will present Collins with a commemorative greenstone mere to mark his personal milestone.

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