Hope of a Super Rugby finals berth is not lost for the Brumbies, who snapped a two-game losing streak with a 23-6 win over the Bulls on Friday night.

Australian sides have only twice managed to beat a New Zealand rival in 11 attempts this Super Rugby season.

COMMENT: He is rugby's most engaging character and deepest thinker but the realisation is dawning that David Pocock may not be all that he seems.

Wallabies and Brumbies flanker pens heartfelt apology over incident that resulted in the first suspension of his Super Rugby career.

WATCH: The Chiefs scored six devastatingly good tries, each one better than the last, to thump the Brumbies in Canberra.

It's early to be thinking about Super Rugby finalists and yet hard not to with the Chiefs playing the Brumbies this weekend.

Watch a replay of tonight's live blog of the Super Rugby semifinal between the Highlanders and the Waratahs.

Brumbies coach Stephen Larkham will take whatever perceived advantages he can get when his side plays the Hurricanes in their Super Rugby semifinal tomorrow.

Brumbies winger Henry Speight will miss the Super Rugby playoffs after being suspended for five weeks.

The Hurricanes are dangerous given their prowess on attack but have one major weakness.

Australia has two sides playing in the Super Rugby semifinals and they're stacked with Wallabies showing steady improvements in Australian rugby, writes Justin Marshall.

Ticket sales have been strong for the Hurricanes with more than 17,000 already snapped up for Saturday's semifinal at Westpac Stadium.

A classy ending from the Crusaders - shame about the beginning and the middle of their campaign.

The Blues have won their first match of the season, a nailbiting and nervous victory over the Brumbies.

Relive all the action as Blues grabbed their first Super Rugby victory of the season, beating the Brumbies at Eden Park.

The Australian conference leaders want to inflict further misery on their Blues hosts but plans to assess Jimmy Cowan's halfback credentials are in limbo.

Anyone looking at the 2015 Super Rugby points table would rate the Brumbies to spoil the Blues opening season foray on to Eden Park on Friday night in Auckland.

Israel Folau says there's no room for homophobes in rugby and he is certain homophobia is not a problem at the Waratahs.

Accusations of homophobic slurs have overshadowed the NSW Waratahs' commanding Super Rugby triumph over the Brumbies at Allianz Stadium.

Brumbies flanker Jarrad Butler is the man getting in the way of Super Rugby's most eagerly awaited match-up - and he couldn't care less.

Aaron Cruden's last-second penalty handed the Chiefs a narrow victory over the Brumbies in New Plymouth tonight.