Referee apologises for 'unfortunate situation'

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The ACT Brumbies overcame a unusual disallowed effort to beat the Queensland Reds 23-17 successful Canberra connected Saturday and support their unbeaten Super Rugby Pacific record.

Brumbies playmaker Noah Lolesio was initially awarded a 75th infinitesimal effort that would person iced the triumph earlier referee James Doleman took the 5 points disconnected the scoreboard.

"I'll conscionable explain, it's a truly unfortunate concern with our comms," Doleman told captains Ryan Lonergan and Tate McDermott.

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"Unfortunately the comms person gone retired when there's been a sound connected by achromatic (Brumbies), truthful we can't past play the vantage retired for the try. So we're going to spell backmost to the vantage for the penalty. The comms, I'm atrocious guys, I couldn't perceive it."

Boos rang retired astatine GIO Stadium but they turned to cheer and opus aft the last whistle successful a solemnisation of stalwart Nic White's 100th crippled for the club.

Halfback White scored the opening effort of a choky lucifer that the present 3-0 Brumbies nevertheless ever seemed apt to win.

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The hosts led 13-0 astatine halftime earlier Reds stars James O'Connor and Jordan Petaia ignited a 2nd fractional comeback.

O'Connor missed circular one with wounded and has travel disconnected the seat successful the past 2 games down teenage imaginable Tom Lynagh.

The seasoned laid connected 2 tries for Petaia - 1 with his footwear and 1 with his hands - earning praise from All Blacks large Andrew Mehrtens.

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"Nothing similar a spot of competition," Mehrtens said connected Nine and Stan Sport.

"He's seen Tom Lynagh get immoderate plaudits successful the aboriginal stages of Super Rugby. The aged bull wants to travel backmost and found his primacy."

Wallabies adjunct manager Dan McKellar said O'Connor had "a immense power and made a existent difference" for the present 1-2 Reds and expected him to commencement adjacent weekend.

"I conscionable wanted to spell retired determination and play my game," O'Connor said.

"I benignant of fell distant from that, the past portion of past year, listening to excessively galore radical successful the background. It's bully to conscionable beryllium fit."

The Brumbies instrumentality connected Moana Pasifika adjacent week portion the Reds conscionable a buoyant Fijian Drua connected the backmost of their stunning upset of the defending champion Crusaders.

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