The Swire Shipping Fijian Drua suffered another loss to the Brumbies in the 2025 Shop N Save Super Rugby Pacific, going down 38-21 at GIO Stadium, Canberra.
The Drua started off strong in the first 15 minutes of the first half, attacking and defending their try line.
Brumbies centre Len Ikitau scored the first try of the match to help the host side lead 7-0.
A few minutes later, the Brumbies scored again through Ryan Lonergan to put them to a 14-0 lead.
The Drua rallied together and pushed forward, scoring their first try through Elia Canakaivata to close the gap to a 14-7 game.
Drua’s defence was left exposed in the final 10 minutes of the first half, giving the Brumbies the advantage to score another two tries through Ikitau and Andy Muirhead.
The Brumbies led the Drua 28-7 in the first half.
The Drua came back firing in the second half to score back-to-back tries from Motikai Murray and Tevita Ikanivere to close the gap to 28-21.
The Brumbies put on the pressure against the Drua, making the Fijian boys commit a lot of mistakes.
Ikitau scored his third try in the 50th minute to put the Brumbies out of reach from the Drua.
The Drua showed determination as they tried their very best to cross the Brumbies try line, however, Ikanivere’s try in the 55th minute of the match was disallowed after TMO ruled that Ikanivere knocked the ball forward at the try line.
The final 10 minutes sent the crowd on their feet as both teams showed they wanted the win.
With the Drua trailing by 12 points, another mistake resulted in Murray receiving a yellow card for a high tackle in the 78th minute.
The Brumbies took advantage of that and managed to cross the Drua’s try line to collect a bonus point win.
In another result, the Hurricanes edged the Highlanders 20-18.
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79' Try to Brumbies. Tom Wright. DRUA 21-38 BRU
78' Motikai Murray shown a yellow cad for a high tackle. DRU 21-33 BRU
75’Brumbies gets a penalty inside their 22m line. Drua penalised for holding on. DRU 21-33 BRU
72' Drua gets a penalty inside Brumbies 22m line. They go for a line-out. DRU 21-33 BRU
66’ Drua survives Brumbies attack. They get a penalty. DRU 21-33 BRU
58’ Iosefo Masi loses the ball inside Brumbies 22m line. Heart break for the Drua. DRU 21-33 BRU
55' Tevita Ikanivere's try was disallowed after TMO review the try. DRU 21-33 BRU
50’ Try to Brumbies. Len Ikitau. DRU 21-33 BRU
48’ Try to Drua. Tevita Ikanivere. DRU 21-28 BRU
41' Try to Drua. Motikai Murray. DRU 14- 28 BRU
2nd half: Kick off- Brumbies
HT: DRU 7-28 BRU
35’ Bumbies knocks-on the ball inside their 22m line. A chance for the Drua to close the gap. They get a scrum. DRU 7-28 BRU
32’ Try to Brumbies. Andy Muirhead. DRU 7-28 BRU
27’ Try to Brumbies. Len Ikitau. DRU 7-21 BRU
26’ Try to Drua. Elia Canakaivata. DRU 7-14
23’ Try to Brumbies. Ryan Lonergan. DRU 0-14 BRU
19' Try to Brumbies. Len Ikitau. DRU 0-7 BRU
15' Fiji gets a scrum inside their 22m line. They survive the attacks from Brumbies. DRU 0-0 BRUM
9' Elia Canakaivata gets a penalty for Drua inside their own 22m line. They take the line-out. DRUA 0-0 BRU
5' Drua still on attack. Brumbies defence holding on. Drua loses the ball inside Brumbies 22m. DRUA 0-0 BRU
1' Drua gets a penalty inside Brumbies half. Isaiah Ravula misses. DRUA 0-0 BRU
Kick off: Drua
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