Super Rugby's 'fastest man' unleashes yet again

The ACT Brumbies person survived a scare from a spirited Moana Pasifika broadside to support their unbeaten Super Rugby Pacific grounds with a rollicking 62-36 triumph successful Canberra.

The aptly named Miracle Fai'ilagi - spotted astatine the World Rugby Pacific harvester successful Samoa past twelvemonth - acceptable the code successful the 2nd infinitesimal with a galloping intercept effort connected Saturday.

And winless Moana kept throwing punches successful hunt of a large upset astatine GIO Stadium, adjacent beating the Brumbies astatine their ain crippled with a good worked rolling maul try.

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But Brumbies manager Stephen Larkham was capable to thin connected a precocious prime seat to propulsion distant precocious successful the 2nd half, highlighted by Ben O'Donnell's superb maiden effort that was acceptable up by chap erstwhile Australian sevens prima Corey Toole.

"The fastest man, beauteous much, successful the competition," Nine and Stan Sport commentator Morgan Turinui said of breakout winger Toole.

Ollie Sapsford - who shifted to extracurricular centre aft Len Ikitau's precocious withdrawal - was besides awesome for the Brumbies, who returned to 2nd connected the standings down the besides unbeaten Chiefs.

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Corey Toole of the Brumbies makes a enactment break. (Getty)

Next up for the Brumbies is simply a mouthwatering day with the defending champion Crusaders successful Christchurch connected Friday.

The present 2-2 Crusaders returned to signifier with a gutsy 34-28 triumph implicit the Blues connected Saturday successful a rematch of past year's last astatine Auckland's Eden Park.

The Brumbies volition archetypal request to caregiver immoderate superior bumps and bruises.

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"It's a large people but gee Moana Pasifika pushed this Brumbies broadside successful each aspects," erstwhile ACT and Wallabies fastener Justin Harrison said.

"The scoreline isn't truly reflective of what they enactment in."

It was besides an affectional instrumentality to Canberra for Brumbies fable Christian Lealiifano, who present captains Moana.

Christian Lealiifano of Moana Pasifika. (Getty)

"We came to Canberra with precocious ambitions mate, and 36 points, you deliberation you get adjacent to winning a contest," Lealiifano told Turinui.

"I deliberation conscionable the carnal battle, we mislaid that contiguous and that was disappointing for america man. It's successful our DNA to play carnal and the Brumbies truly matched america and benignant of overtook america successful that space."

Moana's adjacent lucifer is against the Hurricanes astatine Mt Smart Stadium adjacent Saturday.

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