Socceroos coach Holger Osieck has called on his strikers to sharpen up their finishing before Friday's World Cup qualifier against Oman.

The Oaks 2012 went to an O'Brien runner but it wasn't the favourite Maybe it was Was, with Seamie Heffernan riding to a 20/1 victory.

Super Rugby's defending champions, the Queensland Reds, need to upset this year's front-runners to boost their ailing play-off hopes.

Australian's champion sprinting mare stretched her unbeaten run to a record twenty victories with another clinical display in Saturday's Group 1 Sportingbet Robert Sangster Stakes over 1200m at Morphettville.

The Brumbies head on their South Africa tour on a high after demolishing Melbourne Rebels 37-6 on Saturday.