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The last round of Super Rugby AU set up a tantalising finals series, as the Rebels squeaked past the Force to knock out the Waratahs and set up a qualifying final date with the Reds, who in turn knocked over eventual grand final hosts the Brumbies.

The penultimate round of Super Rugby AU left the competition fascinatingly poised as the Brumbies clinched a home final by downing the Western Force, in the first Super Rugby game to be officiated by a female referee, and the Waratahs put themselves in the mix for the last spot in the finals by seeing off their direct competitors, the Melbourne Rebels.

With Kieran Read agreeing to play for Counties Manakau in the domestic Mitre 10 Cup in New Zealand this season, we wound back the clock on the double World Cup winner and former World Player of the Year’s career. Check out who Read made his debut alongside against Scotland at Murrayfield in 2008.

Round 7 of Super Rugby AU was a week of acid tests, as the Waratahs looked to build on their thumping of the Reds against the Western Force and the Queenslanders took on the Melbourne Rebels as both sides looked to prove their title credentials.

The end of season grades are in for Super Rugby Aotearoa and teachers’ pets the Crusaders unsurprisingly top the class. The Blues are much improved, Highlanders and Hurricanes perform above average but the Chiefs must do better.

If last week in Super Rugby AU saw the runners and riders separated, this was the week the pack got bunched back together as the Rebels and Waratahs put up massive first half displays to humble the unbeaten Brumbies and the Reds respectively.

Congratulations to Crusaders as they lifted the Super Rugby Aotearoa title after winning a modern classic against the plucky Highlanders. Meanwhile, the Hurricanes pushed them all the way by beating the hapless Chiefs as we analyse the weekend’s action.

After defeat last time out, the Crusaders got their Super Rugby Aotearoa title march back on track with a controversial victory over the Chiefs while the dogged Blues secured an impressive win against the Highlanders. Read our Five Talking Points from the weekend’s action.

It was a nail-biting Round 5 of Super Rugby AU, as a penalty after the siren saw the Brumbies past the Reds and the Western Force were denied a first win in Super Time by the Melbourne Rebels.

The hurt for the Chiefs still goes on as they went down to another demoralising loss to the Blues, while the Crusaders proved they are human after losing a humdinger to the Hurricanes. Read our Five Talking Points from the latest round of Super Rugby Aotearoa.

Round 4 summed up Super Rugby AU so far, as the table-topping Brumbies showed their class to down the Force 24-0 while the Waratahs crumbled to a 29-10 defeat to the Rebels.

Warren Gatland’s Chiefs blew a 24 point lead when they suffered an agonising overtime defeat to Aaron Smith’s Highlanders while the Hurricanes kept their title chances alive with a hard-fought victory over the Blues as the Barrett brothers faced off.

It was a classic round of what might have been in Super Rugby AU, as both the Force and the Waratahs look back on games they could have have come out of as winners but instead the Reds and Brumbies march on.

It was a story of old and new in Round 2 of Super Rugby AU, as an old favourite showed us went from hero to zero to hero again, the Reds' young back row emerged as genuine heavyweights and old friends were welcomed back into the fold.

Magic Mo’unga, Smith v Perenara and the clash of the unbeaten sides dominate the agenda as the halfway point of Super Rugby Aotearoa is upon us, with Round 5 seeing the pace-setters going head to head in Christchurch and the Highlanders travelling to Wellington to take on the Hurricanes.

Round 4 of Super Rugby Aotearoa saw drama on display across both games, with the Crusaders showing they are the side to beat and Warren Gatland’s Chiefs continuing their slump.

Here are our five talking points from the weekend’s action.

The Reds snapped an 11-game losing streak against their bitter New South Wales rivals, the Waratahs, while the Brumbies lived up to their pre-tournament billing as the team to beat by putting away the dangerous Rebels.