HIGHLIGHTS-Super Rugby week 10

ACT BRUMBIES 20 JAGUARES 25

The Jaguares kept their playoffs hopes alive and dealt the ACT Brumbies' post-season ambitions a blow with a 25-20 win over the home side in Canberra on Sunday.

The Jaguares kept the Brumbies scoreless until five minutes before halftime before Tom Banks touched down twice to pull the hosts to within 13-10 at the break.

Winger Emiliano Boffelli scored the winning try nine minutes from the finish, with Matias Orlando and Jeronimo de la Fuente also crossing for the Jaguares.

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Sharks keep playoff hopes alive with win over Stormers

Bulls win a third in a row as they beat Rebels

Crotty fires Crusaders to win over dogged Sunwolves

Lions overpower Waratahs to extend South Africa

Umaga feels the Blues of intense derbies

Folau criticism continues, RA under fire

NZ boss pours cold water on Shields's selection

SHARKS 24 STORMERS 17

Burly prop Thomas du Toit crashed over for a late try as the Sharks claimed a crucial victory over the Stormers in their South African derby at King’s Park on Saturday.

The match was full of errors from both sides, but sprung to life in the second half as the Sharks kept their playoff hopes alive and inflicted a sixth defeat of the season on the ailing Stormers.

Brilliant centre Lukhanyo Am and flank Jean-Luc du Preez also crossed the tryline for the home team, who move to 18 points in the South African conference, 12 behind runaway leaders the Lions, with both sides having played nine matches.

The Stormers scored their tries through wing Raymond Rhule and hooker Ramone Samuels, and were always in the game as they led 7-3 at halftime.

BULLS 28 REBELS 10

Three first-half tries set the scene for the fast-improving Bulls to register a comfortable bonus-point victory over the Melbourne Rebels at Loftus Versfeld on Saturday.

The Bulls outscored their Australian visitors by four tries to one to register a third win in a row and stay second in the South African conference.

The Pretoria-based side scored their tries through hooker Adriaan Strauss, centre Jesse Kriel, wing Divan Rossouw and scrumhalf Andre Warner.

The Rebels managed just a single score through scrumhalf Michael Ruru and slipped to a third successive defeat after a surprise loss to the Jaguares in Melbourne in their previous outing.

REDS 12 CHIEFS 36

Hooker Samisoni Taukei'aho scored a bonus-point try five minutes after the hooter as the Waikato Chiefs cruised to victory over the Queensland Reds in Brisbane on Saturday.

Taukei'aho powered over at the back of the maul as the Chiefs got the vital score having set up an attacking line-out for the last play of the game.

The Chiefs scored their other tries through locks Tyler Ardron and Brodie Retallick, fullback Charlie Ngatai and hooker Liam Polwart as they extended the New Zealand team's 35-match winning run over Australian sides in the competition.

The visitors led 24-0 at halftime as their forwards dominated but faced a more clinical opponent in the second period as the Reds scored two tries through centre Samu Kerevi.

CRUSADERS 33 SUNWOLVES 11

Ryan Crotty scored a brace of tries as the Crusaders fended off a feisty Sunwolves team 33-11 in Christchurch on Saturday but the home win came with a heavy injury toll.

Hooker Ben Funnell limped off early in the first half with his number eight team mate Tom Sanders also coming off in the arms of trainers with a leg injury at the half-hour.

The injuries robbed the Crusaders of cohesion and the dogged Sunwolves pulled within three points early in the second half before Crotty sparked a belated rally with his second try.

WARATAHS 0 LIONS 29

South Africa's Lions weathered a strong start from the Waratahs then controlled the tempo of the game and much of the ball as they easily beat the Australian conference leaders.

Winger Michael Tambwe scored the only try of the first half, while Kwagga Smith, Harold Vorster and Marnus Schoeman crossed in the second for the visitors who arrived in Australia only on Wednesday but showed no signs of jet lag.

The bonus-point victory moved them to 30 points at the top of the South African conference, 16 ahead of the Bulls, who have two games in hand.

BLUES 16 HIGHLANDERS 34

Loose forward Shannon Frizell scored three tries and set up another with a brilliant offload as the Highlanders extended the Blues' losing streak against New Zealand sides with a victory at Eden Park.

The Blues have not beaten a fellow New Zealand side since they recorded a 33-31 victory over the Highlanders in the first week of the competition in 2016, a streak of 15 matches -- 14 of them losses.

Scrumhalf Kayne Hammington was the beneficiary of Frizell's offload in the tackle of Akira Ioane, while flanker Dillon Hunt scored inside the first 40 seconds with a charge down of a clearing kick by Bryn Gatland.

Scrumhalf Jonathan Ruru and replacement back Tumua Manu scored tries while Gatland added two penalties for the home side, who are in the midst of an injury crisis with 18 players unavailable for selection. (Compiled by Ian Ransom and Nick Said; Editing by Amlan Chakraborty, Clare Fallon and Toby Davis)