Rugby: Highlanders complete pre-season with loss

Kurt Baker
Kurt Baker
The Highlanders completed a miserable pre-season campaign with a 29-12 loss to the Blues in Auckland today.

At a rain-swept Unitec ground, the Blues dominated up front and led 15-7 at halftime.

Tries for the Highlanders were scored by fullback Kurt Baker and prop Jamie Mackintosh.

It was a third straight loss for the Highlanders, whose Super 15 campaign begins against the Chiefs in Hamilton next Saturday.

Full story in tomorrow's ODT.