The Queensland Reds’ scrum has powered a season-defining comeback win over the Highlanders that was 12 years in the making.
The Crusaders have restored Super Rugby order in Christchurch,running in six tries to beat an erratic Queensland Reds side.
“This one hurts,and you can see it in the faces of the players out there on the field,” Western Force coach Simon Cron said.
The Western Force have cracked a 14-year drought in Canberra to shock the ACT Brumbies with a 45-42 victory in the first Australian derby of the Super Rugby Pacific season.
If Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii’s international debut was spectacular,his Super Rugby sequel for the Waratahs was just as thrilling.
Melbourne’s last ever Super Rugby Pacific match has ended in heartbreak,with the Hurricanes storming to a 47-20 victory on the back of a big second half in Wellington.
The Queensland Reds’ season of high hopes and promise has ended in disappointment with a 43-21 submission to the Chiefs in the opening Super Rugby Pacific quarter-final in Hamilton.
The Waratahs’ hopes of qualifying for the finals have been officially dashed – and they’ve also claimed the wooden spoon.
The Queensland Reds’ Super Rugby Pacific home finals hopes have all but evaporated in a crushing homecoming for fallen Wallabies star Suliasi Vunivalu.
The Western Force have missed the chance to claim another Kiwi scalp,falling to the Highlanders in a 7-6 arm-wrestle in their Super Rugby Pacific clash in Dunedin.