MELBOURNE : The ACT Brumbies were the only Australian team to lock up a top-four spot in Super Rugby Pacific and are again the nation's best hope of stopping a New Zealand sweep of the quarter-finals starting on Friday.By the time the Brumbies host the Wellington Hurricanes in Canberra on Saturday in a re
MELBOURNE : The ACT Brumbies were the only Australian team to lock up a top-four spot in Super Rugby Pacific and are again the nation's best hope of stopping a New Zealand sweep of the quarter-finals starting on Friday.
Fijian Drua, meanwhile, face the toughest assignment in the competition on Saturday when they make their post-season debut against the Canterbury Crusaders in Christchurch where the champions have won all 27 playoffs dating back to 1996. But the path to the semi-finals is anything but assured, with captain-prop Allan Alaalatoa sidelined with injury and the Hurricanes full of beans after a comeback win over the Crusaders in Wellington last weekend.
The twice-champion Chiefs have home advantage for as long as they last in the playoffs after finishing the regular season at the top of the table and face a Reds team that limped into eighth spot after three straight defeats. "We're keen to rip in and we know it's a bit of a redemption game after our only loss," Chiefs fullback Shaun Stevenson told New Zealand media this week.Defeat could mean Brad Thorn's last game in charge of the Reds, with the dual international out of contract at the end of the season.
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