Brumbies extend Kiwi slump
The Brumbies stunned the Chiefs on Saturday in Hamilton to accelerate New Zealand’s sudden slide in Super Rugby Pacific.
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The Brumbies stunned the Chiefs on Saturday in Hamilton to accelerate New Zealand’s sudden slide in Super Rugby Pacific.
Coach Dan McKellar didn’t hold back in his assessment of the decision to red-card Brumbies fullback Tom Banks for an inadvertent clash of heads during a match against the Western Force on Friday.
The Brumbies, Crusaders and Reds kept their unbeaten Super Rugby Pacific records intact at the weekend but competition newcomers Fijian Drua slumped to another heavy defeat.
The Western Force scored an impressive bonus-point victory away over the Melbourne Rebels, while the Brumbies crushed newcomers the Fijian Drua in Canberra on Saturday.
The Brumbies scored a 78th-minute try to seal a season-opening bonus-point 29-23 victory over the Western Force in Canberra on Sunday.
It’s Aaron Cruden and Sonny Bill Williams against Stephen Larkham and Matt Giteau as the 2012 Chiefs travel to face the 2004 Brumbies in Game 16 of the Greatest Super Rugby Team tournament.
The second of scrumhalf Aaron Smith’s two tries sparked a second-half surge as the Highlanders secured a bonus-point win against the Brumbies in Canberra on Friday.
The 2002 Crusaders continued their unbeaten run by thrashing Jake White’s Brumbies 35-10 in Game 10 of the interactive Greatest Super Rugby Team tournament in Christchurch.
The Brumbies withstood a late onslaught to claim a narrow 12-10 victory over the Hurricanes in Canberra, their first in the Super Rugby Trans-Tasman tournament.
Reduced to a punching bag for New Zealand rugby, Australia need only seize the opportunity to engage South Africa in a mutually beneficial rugby competition, writes ZELIM NEL.