The ACT Brumbies have fended off a fast-finishing Crusaders outfit to win 31-24 in Canberra, a dramatic late penalty try securing them a home playoff final.
The Fijian Drua have put paid to Queensland's Super Rugby Pacific home finals hopes with a 28-19 victory over the fifth-placed Reds in Suva.
Former New Zealand scrumhalf Sid Going, who enjoyed a decade-long career with the All Blacks, has died at age 80.