{"id":539059,"date":"2026-03-14T02:38:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-14T02:38:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/539059\/"},"modified":"2026-03-14T02:38:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T02:38:07","slug":"act-brumbies-make-maiden-trip-to-ba-to-face-fijian-drua","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/539059\/","title":{"rendered":"ACT Brumbies make maiden trip to Ba to face Fijian Drua"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"css-2425b0\">The ACT Brumbies are set to play the Fijian Drua in the first-ever game in Ba at Four R Stadium.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">The Brumbies travel to Fiji for the second time in their history, fresh off a last-second defeat to the Queensland Reds at home.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stan.com.au\/watch\/sport\/rugby\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"css-tm001h\">Watch every second of the 2026 Super Rugby Pacific season live and on demand via Stan Sport.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">It&#8217;s a special afternoon for Fijian-heritage back-rower Rob Valetini, who brings up his 100th Super Rugby game.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">For the Drua, they are looking to christen the new stadium with victory after they had the bye last week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">The Drua have never beaten the Brumbies in their history, one of few teams they have not tasted success against.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">FOLLOW ALL THE ACTION IN THE LIVE BLOG BELOW OR THE <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugby.com.au\/match-centre\/205\/2026\/949229\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"css-tm001h\">MATCH CENTRE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>FIJIAN DRUA v ACT BRUMBIES TEAMS<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">DRUA (1-15):\u00a0Haereiti Hetet, Sairusi Ravudi, Mesake Doge, Mesake Vocevoce, Isoa Nasilasila, Etonia Waqa, Motikiai Murray, Elia Canakaivata, Frank Lomani (c), Isaiah Armstrong-Ravula, Ponipate Loganimasi, Isikeli Rabitu, Tuidraki Samusamuvodre, Joji Nasova, Iliasia Droasese<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">Replacements:\u00a0Penaia Cakobau, Emosi Tuqiri, Peni Ravai, Vilive Miramira, Kitione Salawa, Isoa Tuwai, Isaak Fines-Leleiwasa, Iosefo Namoce<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">BRUMBIES (1-15):\u00a0Lington Ieli, Billy Pollard, Darcy Breen, Nick Frost, Toby Macpherson, Tuaina Taii Tualima, Luke Reimer, Rob Valetini, Klayton Thorn, Tane Edmed, Kye Oates, David Feliuai, Kadin Pritchard, Hudson Creighton, Andy Muirhead (c)<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">Replacements:\u00a0Liam Bowron, Blake Schoupp, Tevita Alatini, Lachie Shaw, Rory Scott, Ryan Lonergan, Declan Meredith, Austin Anderson<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">Referee:\u00a0Paul Williams<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">Assistant Referees:\u00a0Angus Mabey, Michael Winter<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">TMO:\u00a0Aaron Paterson<\/p>\n<p>HOW TO WATCH FIJIAN DRUA v ACT BRUMBIES<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">The Drua&#8217;s clash with the Brumbies will be shown LIVE on Stan Sport.&#13;<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">Coverage will be live and ad-free on Stan Sport, slated to start at 2:00 pm with kickoff expected at 2:35 pm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The ACT Brumbies are set to play the Fijian Drua in the first-ever game in Ba at Four&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":539060,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[58864,64,63,217781,760,85,48013],"class_list":["post-539059","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-act-brumbies","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-fijian-drua","tag-rugby","tag-sports","tag-super-rugby-pacific"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/539059","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=539059"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/539059\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/539060"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=539059"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=539059"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=539059"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}