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SYDNEY :The Auckland Blues kept alive their title defence with a last-gasp 20-19 victory over the Waikato Chiefs and the ACT Brumbies beat the Wellington Hurricanes 35-28 to complete the Super Rugby Pacific semi-final line-up on Saturday.
Australia flyhalf Noah Lolesio has been cleared by his ACT Brumbies team of serious injury after leaving the field on a stretcher and in a neck brace during his side's 33-14 Super Rugby Pacific win over the Western Force in Perth on Saturday.
MELBOURNE : Rob Valetini has recovered from a hamstring injury and will slot straight back into the ACT Brumbies' back row for his first Super Rugby Pacific match this season against the New South Wales Waratahs.
SYDNEY : James Slipper will become the second most-capped player in Super Rugby this weekend but the evergreen prop would rather be celebrating a first win for the ACT Brumbies at Eden Park since 2013 than another milestone come Friday night.
Joe Schmidt isn't the only overlap between this Wallabies team and Ireland.
Faced with a precarious financial position and a decline in their international standing, Rugby Australia has been looking to take control of the country's four Super Rugby teams.
The Auckland Blues rode their relentless forward power to the Super Rugby Pacific final for the second time in three years on Friday with a 34-20 semi-final victory over the ACT Brumbies at Eden Park.
ACT Brumbies coach Stephen Larkham is hoping to avoid another chastening experience when his team take on the Auckland Blues in Friday's Super Rugby Pacific semi-finals having already suffered a heavy loss at Eden Park this season.