The Brumbies secured back to back victories over the Sharks when they beat former coach Jake White's side 16-9 in Canberra last night.

The teams met in South Africa last year when White was coach of the Brumbies and they won 29-10.

In another match the Highlanders nearly lost on their home ground to the Lions last night after a close 23-22 win.

The Highlanders was leading 23-0 at half time before the Lions came back strongly and scored all their points in the second half and also coming away with a bonus point.

In other results the Force defeated the Cheetahs 23-16 while the Bulls kept their hopes of reaching the Super Rugby play offs alive after beating the Stormers 28-12 this morning.

Meanwhile the Crusaders will play the Reds at 6:05pm today.

Story by: Akuila Cama