Chiefs vs Reds

Queensland's second straight Super Rugby loss was compounded by a "worrying" calf injury to star prop Taniela Tupou in Brisbane on Friday night.

Sean Maloney and Andrew Mehrtens are joined by Justin Marshall from the Stan Sport sofa. "It's just our discipline really. Tupou, who appeared to be nursing an issue throughout the first half, limped off the Suncorp Stadium turf and was consigned to a plastic chair in the second term as the Chiefs snatched a gritty 27-25 win to leapfrog the Reds into fourth on the ladder.

A gallant Queensland Reds side has fallen 27-25 to the Chiefs at Suncorp Stadium in Round 11 of Super Rugby Pacific.

Creighton’s conversion put the Reds within touching distance at 27-25 with just three-minutes remaining. Despite their disadvantage it was Queensland who were next to score, skipper Tate McDermott scooping up a loose ball and charging 40-metres downfield before linking with Josh Flook on his outside who found the line close to the right-hand corner. Creighton converted to open up a 13-6 lead for the hosts.

Chiefs hold on for win, despite red card late in the game.

The Queensland Reds will be keen to put last week's defeat behind them when they welcome the Chiefs to Suncorp Stadium.

Turns out sometimes they weren't." "A lot of those decision are 50-50 ... but it's over and we're bigger than blaming that loss on the ref," a gutted McDermott said. A Chiefs knock-on from the scrum offered them one last opportunity after the siren, only for the Reds to be penalised for another ruck infringement. "We scrum square over the ball ... the Reds have a good scrum but we wanted to see if they're prepared to scrum for longer. A red card for Chiefs substitute Samipeni Finau for a marginal high shot on McReight opened the door for the Reds with five minutes to play. It saw the Reds (7-3) drop out of Super Rugby Pacific's top four, the Chiefs (7-3) jumping them in a crucial race for a home final.

Taniela Tupou has limped off with a calf injury and the Queensland Reds' horror record against New Zealand Super Rugby rivals worsened in a frustrating loss to ...

Wallabies scrum cornerstone Tupou looked hobbled from the outset but was down for good when he copped a stray boot in the back of his leg in a scrum on halftime. Livewire halfback Tate McDermott's fumble from a kick return then worked in his favour, the halfback darting into the clear and setting up Josh Flook for a try against the grain. Hunter Paisami scored almost immediately but from the restart was penalised for obstruction, bumping into five-eighth Lawson Creighton in a seemingly innocuous incident.

The Blues have narrowly defeated the Western Force 22-18, despite not scoring after the 29th minute.

A Cortez Ratima try six-minutes after the siren evened the ledger again at the half-time break, the Chiefs defying a passage of dogged Reds defence to score their first try of the night. Harry Wilson had the first try of the game in the 31st minute, the number-eight burrowing his way through a mess of Chiefs defenders to score on the back of dominant Queensland scrum in the previous phases. The Force started the match brightly, with In-form winger Manasa Mataele racing in for the first try of the match in the eighth minute.