Wherever the ACT Brumbies' journey finishes this year, they certainly won't have taken a dull route.

Pride dented by their record 56-7 loss to the Wellington Hurricanes last weekend, the Brumbies achieved an incredible turnaround and made the Queensland Reds feel their own sense of humiliation in Brisbane last night.

The 52-13 victory at Suncorp Stadium was the highest score by the Brumbies in 15 matches against the Reds and, incredibly, their 14th victory.

But such numbers are of little consequence to the Brumbies. The thing that matters is this: their push towards their first finals series in five years is well and truly back on track.

The seven-tries-to-two win gave the Brumbies a crucial bonus point, just their fourth of the season.

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