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.
The 11-time Super Rugby champions piled on six tries to three in a bonus-point blowout at Orangetheory Stadium in Christchurch.
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.
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.
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.
Waratahs No.10 Ben Donaldson had the last laugh over his opposite number Carter Gordon in a come-from-behind NSW win.
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.
The Crusaders have put a big dent in the Western Force’s Super Rugby Pacific finals hopes with a clinical 48-13 bounce-back win in Christchurch.
The Tahs have scored a crucial win over the Reds to give their finals hopes a massive boost.
NSW kept their finals hopes alive by scoring a match-winning try in the 78th minute at Allianz Stadium.
Waratahs coach Darren Coleman hopes Saturday’s defeat is the worst of it,expecting his cavalry to return and with it some momentum in a six-week run into the finals.