Brumbies (15) 25 / Reds (22) 31 (Final Score) 

The Brumbies hosted the Reds at Canberra Stadium, Canberra at 10:40 SA Time. This was the match thread for discussion of the game. The match was broadcast live on SuperSport 1 & M-Net on TV in SA.

The Brumbies scored 4 tries to 1 but their ill-dicipline cost them as Quade Cooper was on song with the bott, slotting 7 penalties, 1 conversion and 1 drop goal.

Scorers:

Brumbies: 1 Conversion & 1 Penalty Matt Giteau, 1 Try Stephen Moore, 1 Try Pat McCabe, 1 Try Ita Vaea, 1 Try Ben Alexander

Reds: 7 Penalties & 1 Conversion & 1 Drop Goal Quade Cooper, 1 Try Scott Higginbotham

Teams:

Brumbies: 15 Pat McCabe, 14 Henry Speight, 13 Adam Ashley-Cooper, 12 Robbie Coleman, 11 Francis Fainifo, 10 Matt Giteau (captain), 9 Josh Valentine, 8 Ita Vaea, 7 Julian Salvi, 6 Colby Faingaa, 5 Mark Chisholm, 4 Ben Hand, 3 Dan Palmer, 2 Stephen Moore, 1 Ben Alexander.
Replacements: 16 Huia Edmonds, 17 Salesi Ma’afu, 18 Peter Kimlin, 19 Michael Hooper, 20 Patrick Phibbs, 21 Matt Toomua, 22 Christian Lealiifano.

Reds: 15 Ben Lucas, 14 Rod Davies, 13 Will Chambers, 12 Anthony Faingaa, 11 Digby Ioane, 10 Quade Cooper, 9 Will Genia (captain), 8 Leroy Houston, 7 Beau Robinson, 6 Scott Higginbotham, 5 Van Humphries, 4 Rob Simmons, 3 James Slipper, 2 Saia Faingaa, 1 Ben Daley.
Replacements: 16 James Hanson, 17 Greg Holmes, 18 Adam Wallace-Harrison, 19 Ed Quirk, 20 Liam Gill, 21 Mike Harris, 22 Luke Morahan.

Referee: Mark Lawrence (South Africa)
Assistant referees: Angus Gardner (Australia), Sindile Mayende (South Africa)
TMO: George Ayoub (Australia)