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The Brumbies fended off a late comeback from the Hurricanes to win their Super Rugby clash 30-23 in Canberra today to consolidate their lead in the Australian conference.
Jake White's Brumbies led by 14 points with 15 minutes left before Hurricanes scrumhalf TJ Perenara scored a converted try for his team to trail by seven points.
The Brumbies held on in the final ten minutes to stretch their conference lead to nine points over the Reds, who play the Rebels in Brisbane tomorrow.
In today's earlier game in Christchurch, the Crusaders came back from 22-10 down to edge the Waratahs 23-22 to keep their fragile playoff hopes alive.