Wallabies star Tom Banks was hospitalised with a facial fracture as the Brumbies maintained their unbeaten start to the Super Rugby Pacific season on a brutal weekend that saw All Blacks flyhalf Beauden Barrett suffer another head knock.
Coach Dan McKellar didn’t hold back in his assessment of the decision to red-card Brumbies fullback Tom Banks for an inadvertent clash of heads during a match against the Western Force on Friday.
The Rebels got their first win in Super Rugby Pasifika on Friday against the Fijian Drua, but it was the Pacific Islanders who stole the show in Melbourne.
Super Rugby newcomers Moana Pasifika upset the Hurricanes in a golden-point thriller on Friday to pick up their first-ever victory in the competition.
Siya Kolisi’s fancy footwork has been featured in this Flashback Friday compilation video of the best sidesteps in Super Rugby history.
The likes of Rupeni Caucaunibuca and Jonah Lomu have been included in an all-time Pasifika XV named by Super Rugby on Thursday.
The Brumbies clung on to edge the Reds in a top-of-the-table clash and clock their fifth straight win on a weekend of Super Rugby Pacific hit hard by coronavirus.
All three Super Rugby Pacific matches due to be played in New Zealand this weekend have been postponed because of Covid-19 outbreaks at three teams, competition organisers said.
Following England lock Charlie Ewels receiving the quickest red card in Six Nations history, take a look at this compilation of players who were slightly more fortunate.
Rameka Pohipi scored a match-winning try after the siren as the Chiefs upset the Crusaders, but the Brumbies and Reds kept their unbeaten Super Rugby Pacific records intact at the weekend.
