Stephen Larkham has picked a full-strength side as the Brumbies' home finals hopes go on the line in a crucial Super Rugby Pacific clash with Moana Pasifika.
Darren Walton
A back injury will keep All Blacks captain Scott Barrett out of the Nations Championship rugby Tests in July and the side's tour to South Africa.
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Western Force will welcome back a pair of stars for the final game of their Super Rugby Pacific season against NSW Waratahs at HBF Park on Saturday.
Josh Kempton
After three season in charge, Rob Penney will be replaced by Scott Hansen as Canterbury Crusaders coach for the 2027 Super Rugby Pacific campaign.
Desperate to make a first final since 2013, the ACT Brumbies are wary of an emotion-charged Moana Pasifika outfit in a vital Super Rugby Pacific clash.
Western Force vice-captain Nick Champion de Crespigny is confident they can carry the right lessons from the back-half of the season into next after their finals push once again came up short.
Ben Smith
A series of last-gasp victories has given the Queensland Reds the belief they can go all the way and win a first Super Rugby title in 15 years.
Former Wallaby Sean McMahon is on target to pick up his second title in Japan after Tokyo Sungoliath edged their way into the League One semi-finals.
Western Force coach Simon Cron says he's gutted for his players after the franchise's finals drought stretched to 21 years.
Justin Chadwick
Western Force captain Jeremy Williams says the squad are shattered after their Super Rugby Pacific finals hopes were halted despite a valiant 19-15 win over Fijian Drua.
Western Force uber fan Geoff Kelly has provided the biggest, rolling wave in the Sea of Blue for more than two decades.
Glen Quartermain
Two former Australian internationals have been left celebrating after being part of Bordeaux's back-to-back European club triumphs in Bilbao.
Ian Chadband
Zac Lomax has scored his second Super Rugby try, but it wasn't enough to earn the bonus point the Force desperately needed to stay in the finals hunt.
Western Force have secured a valiant, come-from-behind win over Fijian Drua - but it was not enough to save their finals hopes after Queensland Red’s victory earlier in the day.
Queensland have coughed up a 19-point lead before pulling off a game-winning try at the death to scrape past Moana Pasifika and secure a finals berth.
The NSW Waratahs need a mathematical miracle to make the Super Rugby Pacific finals after suffering another frustrating home loss, this time to the Brumbies.
The clinical ACT Brumbies have held on for a tense derby win to clinch a Super Rugby Pacific finals spot with victory over the NSW Waratahs in Sydney.
Western Force star Jeremy Williams has opened up on his preparations ahead of a crucial fortnight for his side in the latest edition of his Captain’s Diary.
Jeremy Williams
Western Force coach Simon Cron says they are focused on their opponents and not the ladder despite knowing their finals hopes could be over by the time they face Fijian Drua on Saturday.
The Queensland Reds welcome back a host of Wallabies to face Moana Pasifika in what could be the Auckland-based club's final Super Rugby Pacific home game.
Murray Wenzel
Western Force’s Kurtley Beale will make Super Rugby Pacific history this Saturday when he moves into outright third on the games record list, but he insists he is only focused on making a maiden finals series.
James Palumbo
Force veteran Kurtley Beale is set to move into outright third on the all-time Super Rugby games list, but it's a finals berth he craves the most.
The fullback duel between the Waratahs' Max Jorgensen and the Brumbies' Tom Wright looms as a spicy sub-plot to a crucial Super Rugby Pacific derby in Sydney.
Queensland, facing a tricky trip to face Moana Pasifika, are in a frustratingly familiar position at the pointy end of the Super Rugby Pacific season.
