Rugby-No place like home as Australia's best hunt playoff edge


  • Rugby
  • Thursday, 15 May 2025

SYDNEY (Reuters) - The ACT Brumbies and Queensland Reds have carried the heaviest loads to fire Australia's Super Rugby revival this year and Saturday's round 14 clash will decide which of them has the best shot at breaking New Zealand's stranglehold on the top two.

A top-two finish in the regular-season standings guarantees home advantage in the first two rounds of the playoffs, an edge that no team from outside New Zealand has enjoyed in the three years of Super Rugby Pacific.

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