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It is the second week on tour for the Highlanders, arriving in Fiji on Monday after travelling from the Super Round in Melbourne weekend. They have spent the week training and acclimatising to playing rugby in the hot and humid conditions which differ greatly to the autumnal Dunedin conditions they left a week ago.
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) Flyhalf Noah Lolesio returned from injury to score a try among a career-best 18 points as the ACT Brumbies beat the Dunedin-based Highlanders 28-17 Sunday to give Australian teams a rare win over New Zealand rivals in Super Rugby.