Summary

  • Final score: Lions 16-22 Blues

  • Lions now won 1, lost 1 on 2017 tour

  • Next up - the mighty Crusaders on Saturday

  • Stander try, Halfpenny con & 3 pens for Lions

  • R Ioane, SB Williams, West tries, Perofeta con, West pen & con for Blues

  1. Postpublished at 76 mins

    Blues 22-16 British and Irish Lions

    Lions up to within 10 metres.

    The Blues packing tight in defence around the fringes...

  2. try

    Converted try - Blues 22-16 Lionspublished at 74 mins

    Ihaia West (con West)

    Ihaia West celebratesImage source, Getty Images

    New Zealand teams aren't out of a match until they are back in the dressing rooms.

    A delicious offload from Akira Ioane springs Sonny Bill Williams who canters in behind the red defence.

    Then Ihaia West pops up on his shoulder, swerves past Leigh Halfpenny and slides under the posts.

    The Lions have five minutes to score a try.

  3. Postpublished at 73 mins

    Blues 15-16 British and Irish Lions

    The Lions forwards are right into this, loving their dominance in the close combat.

    Courtney Lawes wins a wrestle, keeping the ball off the floor and turning over possession.

    Maro Itoje leaps and pumps a fist in celebration, Kyle Sinckler chest bumps off him.

    Now, to snuff this game out and take the W.

  4. Penalty - Blues 15-16 Lionspublished at 71 mins

    Leigh Halfpenny

    Leigh Halfpenny kicks a penaltyImage source, Getty Images

    You wouldn't want anyone else taking it.

    Leigh Halfpenny blocks out the jeers and splits the sticks to put the tourists ahead.

  5. Postpublished at 70 mins

    Blues 15-13 British and Irish Lions

    Joe Marler takes his opposite number apart at scrum time, sending the Blues scrum skidding back at a rate of knots.

    Both he and Sinckler are keen to give the Blues front row a debrief on that set-piece.

    More importantly, Leigh Halfpenny is lining up a kick, 40m out, to take the Lions back in front.

    Eden Park is jeering as he prepares to strike...

  6. Postpublished at 10:21 British Summer Time 7 June 2017

    Kyle Sinckler carries the ballImage source, Getty Images

    The Blues are still managing the game well and looking the more threatening with ball in hand. Liam Williams' yellow card is another illustration of the Lions poor discipline throughout the game so far.

    He probably got let off the hook on the first collision in the air but there can't be many arguments with the second one. Having said that the Lions tempo has been better since going down to 14 men so you have to credit the boys in terms of their belief and ability to react to the sin bin

    A two-point ball game with 12 minutes to go. The Lions have to dig deep. This week has billed as a decisive one with the Crusaders on the horizon. which makes the closing exchanges of this game immense.

    You can put your questions directly to Ugo as he is doing a Facebook Live with us after this match - stay tuned for more details!

  7. Postpublished at 10:19 British Summer Time 7 June 2017

    Chris Jones
    BBC 5 live rugby union reporter at Eden Park, Auckland

    Liam Williams ready to come back on. Lions won the sin-bin period 3-0.

  8. Replacementpublished at 67 mins

    Blues 15-13 British and Irish Lions

    Elliot Daly wallops a penalty kick up towards the Blues 10m line as Liam Williams trots back into the fray.

    But Ken Owens' throw into the line is skew-whiff, wasting a prime attacking position.

    That is Owens' last act. On comes Rory Best who takes the captaincy as well.

  9. Penalty - Blues 15-13 Lionspublished at 66 mins

    Leigh Halfpenny

    With a minute left on Liam Williams' sin-bin, the Lions are back to within a score of any kind.

    Will a full complement get the job done for the tourists?

  10. Postpublished at 65 mins

    Blues 15-10 British and Irish Lions

    Ken Owens takes a good flat ball. Rhys Webb snipes tight to the breakdown.

    The Lions are keeping the ball and cranking up the pressure.

    Penalty as Augustine Pulu fails to roll away.

    Ken Owens asks Leigh Halfpenny to kick this one and try and reduce the debt to two points with 15 to go.

  11. Postpublished at 62 mins

    Blues 15-10 British and Irish Lions

    Courtney Lawes is tackledImage source, Getty Images

    The Lions trying to build some momentum in midfield as Kyle Sinckler and Courtney Lawes get a rumble on.

    CJ Stander gets some go-forward as well.

    But no sign of any gaps opening up in this Blues defence...

  12. Postpublished at 60 mins

    Blues 15-10 British and Irish Lions

    The Blues with a scrum 25m out and central.

    Rieko Ioane turns Jack Nowell inside out once again, before dragging another two Lions defender over the line with.

    Fortunately for the Lions, the pass to the Blues wing was forward from Ihaia West.

    I don't think this is the last time we are going to see Rieko Ioane on this tour.

  13. Postpublished at 10:08 British Summer Time 7 June 2017

    Blues 15-10 British and Irish Lions

    Chris Jones
    BBC 5 live rugby union reporter at Eden Park, Auckland

    Lions discipline is all over the place in the second half. Will cost them the game at this rate.

  14. Sin-binpublished at 56 mins

    Lions' Liam Williams

    Matt Duffie of the Blues is tackled in the air by Liam WilliamsImage source, Getty Images

    There is not a malicious fibre in Liam Williams' body but that is none-too bright.

    Once again he goes up for an aerial challenge with Blues winger Matt Duffie. Once again he takes out his opposite number when second favourite to catch the ball.

    Pascal Gauzere issues yellow and the Lions are right up against it with a little over 20 minutes to go.

  15. Postpublished at 56 mins

    Blues 15-10 British and Irish Lions

    The Lions are recycling the ball well, churning out quick possession for Rhys Webb after good runs from Maro Itoje and Liam Williams.

    But the Blues defence is not breaking down. Robbie Henshaw has to settle for a grubber into the Blues 22m when faced with a wall of Kiwis.

  16. Postpublished at 55 mins

    Blues 15-10 British and Irish Lions

    Matt Duffie of the Blues is tackled in the air by Liam WilliamsImage source, Getty Images

    Liam Williams gets a little over-eager as he flies up in pursuit of Johnny Sexton's precision bomb, taking out Blues winger Matt Duffie in the air.

    Williams is all apologies, but the referee reverses the penalty advantage that the Lions had in their back pocket.

    Blues grateful for that free shot at clearing their lines.

  17. Postpublished at 10:00 British Summer Time 7 June 2017

    Ugo Monye
    Former Lions and England winger

    Jack Nowell ended the season as a try scorer in the final as Exeter won the Premiership, but he hasn't had the same sparkling touch in a red shirt.

    His workrate can never be faulted but a couple of poor defensive reads and uncharacteristic unforced errors haven't allowed us to see the talent which we all know he possesses.

    In general terms, whatever messages were delivered to the Lions at half-time weren't heeded. In the opening 15 minutes we've witnessed a boost in intensity for the Blues, who have had a try disallowed and enjoyed a monopoly on territory and possession.

    The Lions need to get a foothold in the game. They must regain possession and keep hold of the ball!

  18. Replacementspublished at 53 mins

    Blues 15-10 British and Irish Lions

    Warren Gatland smashes glasses and breaks out the fresh legs.

    Peter O'Mahony, Kyle Sinckler and Joe Marler are on in place in James Haskell, Dan Cole and Jack McGrath.

  19. Penalty - Blues 15-10 Lionspublished at 53 mins

    Ihaia West

    Over she goes.

  20. Postpublished at 52 mins

    Blues 12-10 British and Irish Lions

    Augustine Pulu of the blues passes the ballImage source, Getty Images

    Maro Itoje comes crabbing over the top of a ruck, knocking the ball out of the hands of Augustine Pulu.

    Illegally though according to the referee.

    Replacement Ihaia West - on for Stephen Perofeta - lines up the penalty kick.