Trailling 18-0 at halftime, they showed signs of a comeback, as they scored consecutive tries to Roger Tuivasa-Sheck and Leka Halasima, but could not complete the task.
Adding injury to insult, they lost the services of arguably their two best players this season and coach Andrew Webster may need to spend the next fortnight grooming re-inforcements.
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