'I scored it, brother': Brumbies advance in epic final

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The ACT Brumbies volition alert the Australian emblem successful the Super Rugby Pacific semi-finals aft beating the Hurricanes 37-33 successful a heart-stopping lucifer successful Canberra connected Saturday.

Hurricanes skipper Ardie Savea was adamant helium had scored the match-winner successful the 85th infinitesimal but referee Nic Berry and TMO Brett Cronan ruled that Brumbies flanker Luke Reimer had got his mitt nether the ball.

"I scored it, brother," Savea told Stan Sport's Morgan Turinui.

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Ardie Savea of the Hurricanes remonstrates with the referee implicit the last decision. (Getty)

"Initially I scored it and past helium held maine up. But hey, it is what it is, man. I'm gutted, but honestly, brother, I'm conscionable truly grateful and blessed bro to beryllium here... it came down to that past play and arsenic overmuch arsenic I disagree, that's conscionable the mode footy goes."

The Brumbies will present play the Chiefs successful Hamilton adjacent Saturday aft the table-toppers edged past the Queensland Reds 29-20 successful an earlier quarter-final.

That was a tense lucifer but had thing connected the see-sawing precocious crippled astatine GIO Stadium arsenic the brave Brumbies repeated past year's quarter-final triumph implicit the Hurricanes.

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"One of the all-time large Super Rugby finals," Morgan Turinui said connected Stan Sport.

Super-sub Reimer besides scored a important 2nd fractional effort for Stephen Larkham's side, with backs Ollie Sapsford, Jack Debreczeni, Len Ikitau and Tom Wright grabbing the others.

The Hurricanes lone scored 3 tries to the location team's 5 but Brett Cameron's 4 penalties kept them successful interaction throughout.

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"Lukey Reimer - it's a 15 antheral effort there, but it takes 1 guy's manus to get nether the shot and bash thing special," Wright told Stan Sport.

"But thing peculiar conscionable looks similar your occupation a batch of the clip and helium gets unrewarded connected the TV with a batch of highlights.

"But he's our spell to finisher astatine the infinitesimal and helium conscionable did it again. I conscionable extremity my chapeau to Luke - large infinitesimal nether the sticks against 1 of the champion players successful the world."

It meant different week of coaching for venerable Brumbies adjunct Laurie 'Lord' Fisher, who is stepping down astatine the extremity of the season.

"It was nervus racking, but a magnificent effort by the boys," Fisher told Stan Sport.

"To support your enactment for 5 minutes against a prime broadside similar the Hurricanes is unbelievable and testament to the courageousness and tendency to triumph from that radical of players."

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