Season over for Brumbies as Chiefs’ resolute defence holds firm

Season over for Brumbies as Chiefs’ resolute defence holds firm

The ACT Brumbies’ Super Rugby Pacific season is once again over in heartbreaking fashion,beaten 19-6 in a tight semi-final by the Chiefs in Hamilton.

  • byAlex Mitchell

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Reds denied Super history by Chief McKenzie’s boot
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Super Rugby

Reds denied Super history by Chief McKenzie’s boot

The Queensland Reds have scored three tries to two but lost 29-20 to the Chiefs,Damian McKenzie’s perfect boot denying them a slice of history in their Super Rugby Pacific quarter-final.

  • byMurray Wenzel
Empty farewell for Hooper as Tahs thumped in quarter-final
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Super Rugby

Empty farewell for Hooper as Tahs thumped in quarter-final

The Waratahs were unable to extend Michael Hooper’s NSW career by a few more weeks after losing to the Blues at Eden Park.

  • byIain Payten
Western Force’s Super Rugby finals dream shattered in Perth
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Rugby Union

Western Force’s Super Rugby finals dream shattered in Perth

Western Force’s dreams of a first Super Rugby Pacific finals have been shattered in a 24-point loss to the table-topping Chiefs in a do-or-die clash at HBF Park.

  • byNick Taylor
Drua seal Super Rugby finals berth as Reds wilt in Fiji
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Super Rugby

Drua seal Super Rugby finals berth as Reds wilt in Fiji

The Queensland Reds face a nervous wait after the Fijian Drua swallowed them up in a 41-17 win that secured a Super Rugby Pacific feel-good story with a finals berth in just their second season.

  • byMurray Wenzel
Waratahs’ winning run comes to crashing halt against ruthless Crusaders
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Waratahs

Waratahs’ winning run comes to crashing halt against ruthless Crusaders

The 11-time Super Rugby champions piled on six tries to three in a bonus-point blowout at Orangetheory Stadium in Christchurch.

  • byDarren Walton
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Last-minute try cruels Reds’ Super Rugby finals hopes

Last-minute try cruels Reds’ Super Rugby finals hopes

A last-minute try has robbed the Queensland Reds of just their second Dunedin win in 27 years and left the injury-hit side in grave danger of missing the Super Rugby Pacific finals.

  • byMurray Wenzel
Force end 14-match losing streak against Brumbies in style

Force end 14-match losing streak against Brumbies in style

The Western Force have snapped a 14-match losing streak against the Brumbies with a 34-19 triumph over the “little puppies” at HBF Park.

  • byJustin Chadwick
Reds cop dose of Blues in Thorn’s final Suncorp clash

Reds cop dose of Blues in Thorn’s final Suncorp clash

All Blacks star Beauden Barrett spun a web around the Queensland Reds before limping off as the Blues inflicted a 19-point win in Brad Thorn’s last game as coach at Suncorp Stadium.

  • byMurray Wenzel
Waratahs make it three on the trot with bonus-point win over Rebels

Waratahs make it three on the trot with bonus-point win over Rebels

Waratahs No.10 Ben Donaldson had the last laugh over his opposite number Carter Gordon in a come-from-behind NSW win.

  • byTom Decent
Reds snap 21-game,10-year NZ drought to beat Chiefs

Reds snap 21-game,10-year NZ drought to beat Chiefs

The Queensland Reds have broken their New Zealand hoodoo and ended the Chiefs’ unbeaten season with a stunning Super Rugby Pacific upset in New Plymouth.

  • byMurray Wenzel