A Tevita Kuridrani hat-trick delivered the Brumbies a 22-10 bonus-point win against the Bulls in Canberra on Friday.

The win extends the Brumbies lead at the top of the Australian conference and moves them into second on the Super Rugby ladder.

Kuridrani is making the Wallabies No.13 jersey his own ahead the World Cup in Japan later this year, while Brumbies skipper Christian Lealiifano was also superb.

“The boys adapted well tonight and trusted our game and plan and I’m glad because it paid off,” Lealiifano said.

“It’s positive (to be winning) at this time of year but it’s time to continue that momentum and put in the work and things will pay off.”

Brumbies coach Dan McKellar said the emphasis against the Bulls was discipline but his men were penalised inside 30 seconds and the visitors went ahead 3-0.

The Brumbies crossed for the first try when fullback Tom Banks drew two defenders and off-loaded to Kuridrani who scored in the corner after five minutes.

Three collapsed mauls led to Brumbies flanker Tom Cusack being sin-binned on 14 minutes and a Bulls try came next when they pushed over at scrum time.

The Brumbies turned down four kickable penalties in the first half but their second try didn’t arrive until just before the break.

The Bulls nullified the Brumbies’ usually reliable maul so they called on Kuridrani to break the line and the star outside centre delivered to make it 12-10 at half-time.

The Brumbies have scored some sensational set-piece tries this season and added another from the scrum on 44 minutes.

Lealiifano ran at the line and found Henry Speight with an inside ball who then sent it back outside for Irae SImone to score his first Super Rugby try.

The Brumbies had the wind in their sails and went back on the attack with Kuridrani scoring his third from an overlap just before the hour mark.

The scores remained unchanged for the final 20 minutes as the Brumbies made it six successive wins at home.