{"id":614710,"date":"2026-04-18T08:43:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T08:43:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/614710\/"},"modified":"2026-04-18T08:43:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T08:43:08","slug":"act-brumbies-hunt-for-crucial-win-over-fijian-drua","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/614710\/","title":{"rendered":"ACT Brumbies hunt for crucial win over Fijian Drua"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"css-2425b0\">The ACT Brumbies are seeking to stay in touch with the top of the table as they face the Fijian Drua in Canberra.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">The Brumbies return fresh from a gutsy win over the Highlanders in Dunedin, looking for consecutive wins.<\/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\">They are boosted by the massive return of Wallabies superstar Tom Wright, starting at fullback.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">For the Fijian Drua, they are looking to keep their finals hopes alive after their tense victory against the Western Force.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">It&#8217;s set to be a brotherly battle as Kemu Valetini returns for the Drua, set to go up against brother Rob.<\/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\/949254\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"css-tm001h\">MATCH CENTRE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>ACT BRUMBIES v FIJIAN DRUA TEAMS<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">BRUMBIES (1-15):\u00a0James Slipper, Billy Pollard, Allan Alaalatoa, Nick Frost, Lachlan Shaw, Rob Valetini, Luke Reimer, Tuaina Taii Tualima, Ryan Lonergan (c), Declan Meredith, Corey Toole, David Feliuai, Kadin Pritchard, Ollie Sapsford, Tom Wright<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">Replacements:\u00a0Lachlan Lonergan, Blake Schoupp, Darcy Breen, Toby MacPherson, Rory Scott, Klayton Thorn, Tane Edmed, Andy Muirhead<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">DRUA (1-15):\u00a0Emosi Tuqiri, Zuriel Togiatama, Samuela Tawake, Temo Mayanavanua (c), Isoa Nasilasila, Etonia Waqa, Kitione Salawa, Isoa Tuwai, Issak Fines-Leleiwasa, Isaiah Armstrong-Ravula, Manasa Mataele, Virimi Vakatava, Tuidraki Samusamuvodre, Isikeli Basiyalo, Isikeli Rabitu<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">Replacements:\u00a0Kavaia Tagivetaua, Penaia Cakobau, Mesake Doge, Mesake Vocevoce, Joseva Tamani, Simione Kuruvoli, Kemu Valetini, Inia Tabuavou<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">Referee:\u00a0James Doleman<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">Assistant Referees:\u00a0Marcus Playle, Fraser Hannon<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">TMO:\u00a0Glenn Newman<\/p>\n<p>HOW TO WATCH ACT BRUMBIES v FIJIAN DRUA <\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">The Brumbies&#8217; clash with the Fijian Drua will be shown LIVE on Stan Sport.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-2425b0\">Coverage will be live and ad-free on Stan Sport, slated to start at 7:00 pm with kickoff expected at 7:35 pm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The ACT Brumbies are seeking to stay in touch with the top of the table as they face&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":614711,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[58864,64,63,217781,760,85,48013],"class_list":{"0":"post-614710","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-rugby","8":"tag-act-brumbies","9":"tag-au","10":"tag-australia","11":"tag-fijian-drua","12":"tag-rugby","13":"tag-sports","14":"tag-super-rugby-pacific"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/614710","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=614710"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/614710\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/614711"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=614710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=614710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=614710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}