This weekend saw individual milestones, more hoodoos broken, a buzzer-beater, dancing horses, a 'shoey' and something no rugby player ever wants to see.
I guess you could say it was just another round of Super Rugby AU and Aotearoa.
So, who were the winners and losers?
Let's run the cutter on this weekend's action.
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Super Rugby AU
Brumbies 42, Force 14
The rugby gods did the Force no favours in the lead-up to this game.
Travelling to Canberra to take on the Brumbies is hard enough.
But throw in a bye week for the defending champs to stew on losing in heartbreaking fashion at home in their last game and it was pretty clear to see, things would end badly for the Force.
Losing fly half Jake McIntyre to injury early in the game also didn't help and then the points started leaking.
Impressive young Brumbies centre Len Ikitau bagged a double in the first half, as the team lay waste to the Force in a six tries to two demolition.
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Folau Fainga'a almost got a try of his own from a rolling maul, as he quickly spotted the sideline camera to celebrate.
The TMO ruled him held up, but at least he knows his angles.
The Brumbies had the game well in hand, and things started to get a little weird.
Maybe the home fans were feeling overjoyed, maybe the cooler evening in the nation's capital took some effect.
Whatever it was, the final minutes of the match saw both Brumbies mascots (Jack and Jill) enjoying a dance on the sideline, followed moments later by a Brumbies fan sculling a sideline beverage from a filthy looking footy boot.
A 'Shoey' may seem unappealing at the best of times, but this one was particularly so.
Reds 46, Waratahs 14
Waratahs openside flanker Carlo Tizzano is a tackling machine.
The rookie comfortably completed the most tackles of anyone, as NSW hosted the Reds at Stadium Australia.
However, the young tearaway who reportedly used to eat 25,000 kilojoules a day would've needed something else to stop Taniela Tupou.
Following a sweeping series of offloads and interplay from the Reds, Tizzano looked up and saw that he was the only man standing between the rampaging prop and the try line.
Needless to say, Tupou bumped Tizzano off to score the Reds' fourth try, which would soon be followed by a hat-trick to Reds hooker Alex Mafi, who had only come on in the second half.
The Waratahs did grab a try of their own to Will Harris and got close to scoring on a few occasions, but were just unable to get enough points to stay in the contest.
The Reds recorded their first win in Sydney since 2013 and retained the Bob Templeton Cup.
Super Rugby Aotearoa
Hurricanes 30, Highlanders 19
Or more accurately: Jordie Barrett 30, Highlanders 19.
The youngest Barrett brother ran in a hat-trick of tries and kicked nearly everything within his sizeable range to steer the Hurricanes to victory.
On a night in Dunedin that celebrated Aaron Smith's 154th Super Rugby match, to become the most capped Highlander and halfback in Super Rugby history, the Hurricanes somewhat spoiled the party.
https://twitter.com/Te_Nug/status/1375397200251994113?s=20The Highlanders scored three tries of their own and had extended periods of pressure with the ball in hand, but were just unable to capitalise on their wealth of opportunities.
Meanwhile, the Canes made double the number of tackles throughout the match and seemed to accumulate points each time they entered the opposition half, as they recorded their first win of 2021.
A rousing haka after the match honoured an emotional Smith, who was also presented with a commemorative Highlanders sword - surely one of the more awesome ornaments in world sport.
Chiefs 15, Blues 12
Fresh from a huge comeback win the previous week, a suddenly energised Chiefs returned to FMG Stadium in Hamilton to take on their rivals from up the road – the Blues.
This game turned in to a slugfest, but really, would we have expected anything else?
The Chiefs threatened a number of times in the first half, with inside centre Quinn Tupaea seemingly breaking the Blues' defensive line at will.
They were unable to convert numerous linebreaks into any points though, instead it was the Blues' Akira Ioane who grabbed the only try of the first half.
Undeterred, the Chiefs kept hammering away in the third quarter and briefly took the lead, as powerful hooker Samisoni Taukei'aho scored from a driving maul.
The Blues responded almost immediately, as rangy replacement forward Tom Robinson sliced down the right-hand touchline for a scintillating try, to regain the lead.
That lead held until the 79th minute when outstanding Chiefs loose forward Luke Jacobson cut through the Blues physical defence to nearly score himself, then passing a dodgy looking offload.
The ball was quickly recycled for electric fullback Damian McKenzie to spin out of a couple of Blues tacklers and crash over to win it at the death.
I guess you could say it was better late than never.
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