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Brumbies have taught Queensland Reds a lesson in attacking precision, with a 52-13 thumping at Suncorp Stadium that keeps their Super 14 finals hopes alive.
Brumbies continued their 14-year dominance over the Reds with a 14th victory from 15 Super matches and gained a vital bonus point in scoring seven tries to two.
The win moves the Brumbies to provisional joint-fourth on the table midway through round 12 on 32 points - equal with the New South Wales Waratahs and Crusaders.
Veteran flanker George Smith was superb for the visitors who easily won the breakdown battle to bounce back from last week's record 56-7 loss to Hurricanes with their highest-ever score against the Reds.
While it was a wonderful night for the Brumbies, it was disastrous, even from before the first whistle, for Queensland.
Playmaker Berrick Barnes was a late scratching after suffering a groin strain in the warm-up to put a major dent in their hopes of a first successive win in three years
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The competition battlers also lost skipper James Horwill in the second half with an ankle problem while backs Mark McLinden and Digby Ioane were also injured.
Hooker Sean Hardman had little to celebrate in his record-breaking 135th appearance for his state as rival rake and ex-Red Stephen Moore tasted a sweet victory against his old side.
Fellow former Queenslanders Gene Fairbanks and Mitchell Chapman, who combined for the first try in the 23rd minute, were also impressive for the Brumbies as were lock Peter Kimlin, two-two try skipper Stephen Hoiles and prop Ben Alexander.
Without Barnes, Queensland lacked the tactical smarts to make the most of their opportunities while they also lacked the urgency and intensity of the previous week's upset of the Blues.
Horwill admitted the Brumbies, who effectively attacked the inside channel, came out with more desire.
"We just didn't work on the inside (in defence) and the Brumbies exploited it," he said.
Ahead 10-3 after half an hour, the Brumbies blew the game open with two tries in five minutes as Kimlin set up Hoiles before scoring the softest of tries himself by waltzing past Brando Va'aulu and Horwill for a 24-3 lead.
Rising halfback Will Genia gave the 19,346-strong home crowd some hope on the stroke of half-time with a 25m solo try and then darted over again just after the break to close the score to 24-13.
But the Brumbies hit back immediately with Alexander storming over from 10m in the ineffective tackle of Van Humphries to secure the bonus point and kill off the Reds.
AAP
http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,...002381,00.html
injuries galore for the reds....
It would have been nice for the Reds to win two in a row..if only to make the finals equation for the Force a little easier.
it was all bad from the start when Berrick Barnes got injured in the warm-up
I can see why theyre desperate for braid to stay or to sign richard brown or beau robinson..........george smith had a field day and murdered them at the breakdown.
Nice to see The Brumbies bounce back this week... they left the Reds in pieces last night... Well one boys... The Crusaders and Hurricanes now get an easy 4 points when they face the Reds in the last two rounds...
and got worse at it went on,,the bench looked like a first aid station at the end.I thought Genia?was holding it together there for awhile and went he went off it all went rapidly down hill. Mcalinden out for the remainder of the year? Trust they will have a team for th enext two clashes and finish the season on a high.
It was on the cards for the Brumbies to trash them
Qeensland Reds _ "Beautiful one week, crap the next".
They would of won with your man Berrick steering them around. Huge pre game loss.
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