Reds v Brumbies: Teams

Genia: Scrum-half with title-chasing Reds

The Reds are looking to sew-up top spot in the Australian Super Rugby conference with a win over the Brumbies.

A win at the Suncorp Stadium in their final home game of the season will also put the Reds in the finals.

With a 12-point lead and only three games remaining, the Reds require just one more victory - against the Brumbies at home and Western Force and Chiefs on the road - to secure first place.

Victory on Saturday would also extend the Reds winning streak at Suncorp Stadium to 13 matches following their thrilling last minute 17-16 win over the Crusaders at the weekend.

In their round three contest against the Brumbies the Reds recorded just their second-ever Super Rugby victory over their ACT based rivals in a hard fought 31-25 affair.

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The result was also the Reds first victory in Canberra in the professional rugby era and was the first win in what would be a seven game winning streak, which was broken in round 11 against the Hurricanes.

The Brumbies have made one injury-enforced chance to their starting XV that lost to the Stormers last week.

Scrum-half Nic White is set to make his debut from the Brumbies bench with the Eastwood playmaker being drafted into the side in the absence of Josh Valentine, who is out with a hamstring strain.

White is one of just three changes to the Brumbies matchday 22 with Henry Vanderglas making his long-awaited return to the top grade in place of Michael Hooper and Colby Faingaa - both are in Italy with the Australian Under 20's.

Patrick Phibbs will take Valentine's place in the starting line-up.

Vanderglas has been plying his trade with the Australian Sevens team over the last two seasons, clocking up the frequent flyer points around the globe with Michael O'Connor's team.

Reds: 15 Ben Lucas, 14 Luke Morahan, 13 Anthony Faingaa, 12 Ben Tapuai, 11 Digby Ioane, 10 Quade Cooper, 9 Will Genia, 8 Radike Samo, 7 Ben Coridas, 6 Scott Higginbotham, 5 James Horwill (c), 4 Rob Simmons, 3 James Slipper, 2 Saia Faingaa, 1 Ben Daley.
Replacements: 16 James Hanson, 17 Greg Holmes, 18 Adam Wallace-Harrison, 19 Jake Schatz, 20 Ian Prior, 21 Will Chambers, 22 Dom Shipperley.

Brumbies: 15 Pat McCabe, 14 Henry Speight, 13 Tyrone Smith, 12 Christian Lealiifano, 11 Adam Ashley-Cooper, 10 Matt Giteau (c), 9 Patrick Phibbs, 8 Ita Vaea, 7 Julian Salvi, 6 Mitchell Chapman, 5 Mark Chisholm, 4 Ben Hand, 3 Ben Alexander, 2 Stephen Moore, 1 Jono Owen.
Replacements: 16 Anthony Hegarty, 17 Jerry Yanuyanutawa, 18 Peter Kimlin, 19 Henry Vanderglas , 20 Nic White, 21 Robbie Coleman, 22 Andrew Smith.