The Gallagher Chiefs have dropped to second on the DHL Super Rugby Pacific table after losing 25-19 to the Queensland Reds at Brisbane’s Suncorp Stadium on Saturday.
Fullback Josh Ioane put the Chiefs on the board with the first try in the 12th minute, scoring on the back of some consistent driving play by the pack and then an inside cut to cross.
But the Reds responded quickly, going to their lineout drive for hooker Matt Faessler to cross four minutes later.
Two good runs by winger Suliaisi Vunivalu created the Reds’ second try, the first giving them good field position and the second providing room down the blindside with inside support from No. 8 Harry Wilson and flanker Fraser McReight, who scored.
Chiefs flanker Simon Parker charged down a Vunivalu clearance in the 46th minute.