Overview
- Queensland overturned an 11-point deficit in the final minutes, with Filipo Daugunu scoring in the 78th and Carter Gordon diving over after the siren to win 34-31 in Canberra.
- Super Rugby Pacific officials told ESPN the widely shared 'grassy knoll' footage was legitimate and the broadcast angle was deceptive, validating the sequence that led to the winning try.
- Officials also said the TMO could not intervene because the passage had already ended with a Brumbies knock-on before the decisive scrum.
- Brumbies coach Stephen Larkham flagged immediate selection headaches under World Rugby’s six-week load cap and a taxing trip to face the Fijian Drua, with rest plans for key players under review.
- Charlie Cale scored twice to reach seven tries in four games and prop James Slipper made his 202nd Super Rugby appearance to equal the competition record, in a match delayed about 90 minutes by lightning.