SYDNEY : The Auckland Blues and ACT Brumbies locked in home Super Rugby Pacific quarter-finals with victories over the Otago Highlanders and Melbourne Rebels on Friday, wins that also had an impact on the five-way battle for the last two playoff spots. The Blues had to grind out the 16-9 victory over the
SYDNEY : The Auckland Blues and ACT Brumbies locked in home Super Rugby Pacific quarter-finals with victories over the Otago Highlanders and Melbourne Rebels on Friday, wins that also had an impact on the five-way battle for the last two playoff spots.
"We had to work hard for it but to able to come back here next week, it's a good feeling," said Brumbies captain Nic White. The Brumbies already had a try from flying winger Corey Toole, however, and hooker Connal McInerney went over before halftime to give the hosts a 14-10 lead. Earlier in Auckland, only lock Patrick Tuipulotu managed to breach the staunch Highlanders defence but his try and 11 points from the boot of Harry Plummer proved enough for the Blues to prevail in an arm-wrestle of a contest.
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