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The Brumbies will host defending Super Rugby champions the Highlanders in a sudden death quarter-final next week after wrapping up the Australian conference title on Saturday night.The Canberra-based outfit secured top place on the domestic ladder with an uninspiring 24-10 win over the last-placed Western Force at GIO Stadium.They only needed a single point to claim Australias sole ticket to the playoffs, after rivals the NSW Waratahs jumped head of them with a bonus point from Fridays 34-28 loss to the Blues in Auckland.With the Highlanders beating the Chiefs 25-15 in Dunedin earlier on Saturday, the 2015 champions moved into fifth spot on the overall standings - just behind the fourth-placed Brumbies.They will face off in Canberra at an early 6pm (AEST) kick-off on Friday night.Its the fourth straight year the Brumbies have qualified for the finals and get the opportunity to win their first championship since 2004.The Force, meanwhile, finish their horror season - during which coach Michael Foley was sacked, the ARU took control, and a number of players misbehaved while on tour in South Africa - with just two wins from 15 games.The Brumbies victory marked their seventh consecutive win over Australian opposition, a feat theyve never before achieved in Super Rugby.But the task will be a lot tougher next week against New Zealands second-ranked Highlanders.A repeat of their flat performances against the Blues last Friday and the Force will unlikely be enough to advance.They started slowly and struggled to find momentum in attack on Saturday in a rather dull final-round game in front of 9,387 fans.The were twice denied tries in the first half, with star Force fullback Dane Haylett-Petty holding up Wallabies Matt Toomua then Tevita Kuridrani in two mighty efforts over the line.Both made up for it later, Toomua scoring in the 26th minute and Kuridrani after the half-time siren.A penalty try in between and an earlier goal gave them a 24-10 lead at the break over the Force, who had a potentially game-changing no-try ruling by the TMO but landed one via inside centre Ben Tapuai on 31 minutes.The scoreline didnt change in the second half, with co-captain Stephen Moore getting the biggest cheer of the final 40 minutes after passing Nathan Sharpe to become Australias most-capped Super Rugby player on 163 games.While its the first time the Brumbies have finished the season on top of the conference since 2013, coach Stephen Larkham was disappointed.Apart from some fight late in the first half, he wasnt impressed with their second term.We came out after half-time and looked a little bit promising, but we just dropped too much ball and it became a bit of a defensive game, he said.The pleasing thing for us is that we really didnt let them score a try except for (Tapuais) intercept try.Interim Force coach Dave Wessels, on the other hand, said he couldnt fault his sides effort.He felt Kyle Godwins marginal disallowed try in the 38th minute was the turning point.It wouldve been the easiest thing in the world to just give up in that last piece of the game and we did the opposite of that, he said. 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Im good enough to play well.The Aggies (6-0) will need him and the rest of their star players to be at full strength as they put their undefeated record on the line on Saturday against the Crimson Tide (7-0), the Southeastern Conferences other unbeaten team.Garrett and fellow defensive end Daeshon Hall have formed a dangerous combination this year with nine tackles for losses each, helping the Aggies rank third in the nation with 9.7 a game.While Alabama was dismantling Tennessee 49-10 last week, the Aggies had time to recharge before traveling to Tuscaloosa, Alabama, this week.It was a good situation for us ... I thought our guys were at a point where they needed it, coach Kevin Sumlin said. It came at the right time after getting through the two weeks prior.The Aggies got a 24-13 win at South Carolina on Oct. 1 despite playing without Garrett and three other starters. The next week, Garrett played almost exclusively on third downs when they held off a late charge by Tennessee to get a 45-38 victory in double overtime.Texas A&M also used its break to evaluate what its done so far and how the team can build on that success in the second half of the season.You spend about a day looking back and do a midseason report on where were at, the receivers did it, receiver Christian Kirk said. Just where werre at and what we can work on to go through this last stretch and win every game.dddddddddddd. So it was good to look back and see what we need to improve on.Kirk leads the team with 40 receptions and his 352 yards receiving rank second for the Aggies. Kirk and Josh Reynolds, who is first on the team with 488 yards receiving, have been Trevor Knights favorite targets with senior Ricky Seals-Jones out the last two games with an injury.Knight has been solid in his first season at Texas A&M after joining the team as a graduate transfer from Oklahoma. He has thrown for 1,500 yards with nine touchdowns and five interceptions. Hes also proven to be a threat on the ground, rushing for 502 yards with nine more scores.Its been a nice bounce-back season for Knight, who was benched last year in favor of Baker Mayfield before leaving Oklahoma. He also spent some time last week reflecting on his first six games with the Aggies and came away with an encouraging conclusion.I still dont think weve played our best football on the offensive side of the ball, he said.The defense is also looking for ways to get better after giving up some big leads before coming back to win in overtime in a couple of games this season. Despite those lapses, defensive coordinator John Chavis has been impressed with much of the work his unit has done so far.When youre in situations to finish a game, weve got to be able to do that, he said. We have not done that as well as I expect and our players expect. 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