As cliched as it’d sound, it actually was a story of two halves within the penultimate match of Tremendous Spherical at Melbourne’s AAMI Park.

In the end, the Brumbies prevailed in a thriller in opposition to the Blues – taking the competition 25-20.

The primary 40 minutes have been a tit-for-tat contest with both sides seemingly responding to each level scored.

The second half was a far cry from the primary, with no factors scored and neither workforce actually threatening to attain.

In the long run, the lads from the capital took the scalp and with it their second straight win of the Tremendous Rugby Pacific season.

“Yeah mate, it was ugly, the final 15 to twenty minutes,” Noah Lolesio instructed Stan Sport pundit and Rugby World Cup winner Sonny Invoice Williams.

“In opposition to a facet just like the Blues, generally you have simply acquired to win ugly. 

“I am actually glad on how we fought by way of it. 

“The Blues are a high quality facet and I am certain that they’re going to mild up later this yr. 

“Actually proud of how we completed up there. 

Lolseio credited coach Steven Larkham’s strategy to bringing gamers off the bench to complete sturdy and seal the deal.

“He simply desires expertise, in the mean time, to come back off (the bench) for the final 30, 35 (minuted),” Lolesio defined.

“The important thing for us after we come on is to not overplay our hand and I felt like we did that.

“We acquired a bit too excited at instances clearly as a result of we wish to play, particularly in that second half. 

“The second half of that recreation we actually wished to play territory as a result of, once more, a high quality facet just like the Blues, if we overplay we flip over the ball and so they’ve acquired guys like Rieko (Ioane), Magnificence (Beauden Barrett) who can simply mild it up. 

“That was our recreation plan going into the sport.”

All instructed, the Brumbies scored three tries to the Blues’ two.

The Blues have been arguably too error-prone, conceding 17 penalties whereas the Brumbies made simply 9.

The Brumbies will face the Reds in spherical three whereas the Blues will go head-to-head with the Hurricanes.