The Blues crashed to their seventh defeat of this Super Rugby season, toppled 20-13 by Argentina's Jaguares in a result that was significant for the visitors and downright depressing for the hosts.
It was the Jaguares' first victory in New Zealand and first over a Kiwi side in this competition as they lit up a wintry night at a cavernously empty Eden Park in testing conditions as driving wind and rain put a premium on aspects such as skill, tactics, patience and physicality up front that the Blues are lacking throughout much of this campaign.