The ACT Brumbies downed the gritty Golden Lions 24-13 but for the fourth straight week of the Super 14 they failed to crown victory with a bonus point.
It was the Brumbies' third win in four outings this season, but it was a frustrating night in the rain in their first home match of the campaign as they were unable to score their fourth try to claim an elusive bonus point.
The Brumbies scored their third try in the 56th minute through Wallaby hooker Stephen Moore, but they could not snare a fourth try in the final 24 minutes.
"It was disappointing in the last 10 minutes that we couldn't get the bonus point, but otherwise we did well in difficult conditions," Brumbies' captain Stephen Hoiles said.
The Brumbies have now won 33 of 35 games against South African teams at home, with the Coastal Sharks of 1998 and Northern Bulls of 2007 the only teams from the Republic to have avoided defeat there.
The Brumbies are at home to the Coastal Sharks next week, while the Lions travel to Sydney to take on the NSW Waratahs.
