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Brumbies rocket to the top, Moana march on

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Brumbies rocket to the top, Moana march on

The Brumbies stormed to the Super Rugby summit, while Moana Pasifika’s playoff hopes received a massive boost at the expense of the defending champion Blues.

Andy Muirhead and Tom Wright’s second-half tries propelled the Brumbies to a 24-14 victory in Canberra, consigning the fourth-placed Reds to a fifth consecutive defeat against their Aussie rivals, despite Josh Nasser’s late rolling maul effort.

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In Auckland, Kyren Taumoefolau’s hat-trick inspired sixth-placed Moana to their first triumph over the Blues.

The 27-21 result saw Vern Cotter’s men slide to seventh and out of the finals spots, with skipper Ardie Savea’s late pilfer sealing the historic victory for Tana Umaga’s troops.

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Meanwhile, the Force’s playoff hopes evaporated after a 38-7 drubbing by the Fijian Drua at Churchill Park.

Despite Sio Tomkinson’s early try, the ninth-placed Force couldn’t contain the Drua’s second-half onslaught led by Elia Canakaivata’s double, allowing the 10th-placed Fijians to climb off the bottom rung of the ladder.

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