Lealiifano seals it for ACT
The Brumbies kept their semi-final hopes alive with a last-minute try from Christian Lealiifano sealing a 28-21 win over the Lions.
Last Updated: 25/04/08 1:20pm
The ACT Brumbies kept their Super 14 semi-final hopes alive with a last minute try from Christian Lealiifano sealing a 28-21 win over the Lions in Canberra on Friday.
With the scores level, Brumbies fly-half Lealiifano broke away in the final minute to give coach Laurie Fisher a memorable 50th birthday present.
The Lions had started the game off with a bang with a try from Cobus Grobbelaar after just two minutes.
But the Brumbies soon bounced back through captain Stirling Mortlock who scored under the posts.
With a converted try a piece, the teams were separated by two Mortlock penalties at half-time.
The Lions played far better in the second half and took the lead thanks to two tries in the space of five minutes from full-back Earl Rose.
But a try and penalty from opposite number Mark Gerrard drew the sides level and set up a grand stand finish.
A yellow card for Lions prop JC Janse van Rensburg proved to be the turning point of the game as the exhausted visitors just couldn't hold on at the end.
