Brumbies snatch late win against Western Force

The Brumbies scored a try in the dying embers of their Super Rugby Pacific clash against the Western Force to win 29-23 on Sunday.

The tense match under the sunny skies of Canberra provided endless entertainment, climaxing in a thrilling finish that saw two tries in the final four minutes.

After a relative scrappy start, scrumhalf Ian Prior opened the scoring for the Force in the quarter-hour mark with a penalty.

The Brumbies hit back shortly, with a clever dummy from Wallaby flyhalf Noah Lolesio making space for winger Tom Wright, who stepped his opposite number for a well-worked try.

The hard-working Tim Antsee was then held up on the line by desperate Brumbies defence, but the Force got some reward minutes later when Prior slotted another penalty.

The Lolesio and Prior then swapped penalty kicks each and the players went down the tunnel with the Brumbies leading 10-9.

In the second stanza, the visitors started like a house on fire, with winger Toni Pulu finishing off a superlative end-to-end effort that was ignited by winger Manasa Mataele.

The Brumbies returned to one of their favourite weapons, the lineout maul, to get back in front. First, hooker Folau Fainga'a rumbled over the line and ten minutes later it was flanker Rory Scott's turn to cash in five points off the back of their strong pack.

With the Brumbies leading 22-16 with four minutes to play, the game for territory was clearly evident until Fergus Lee-Warner provided some late drama. The charging lock broke the line and popped up a perfect offload for Jake McIntyre, who scrambled over the line next to the poles

The replacement flyhalf converted his own try to silence the crowd and give the Force a one-point lead with two minutes left on the clock.

But Wright would