Rebels (9) 25 / Brumbies (16) 24 (Final Score)
The Melbourne Rebels hosted the Brumbies at AAMI Park, Melbourne at 10:40 SA Time (19:40 AEDT). This was the match thread for discussion of the game. The match was broadcast live on SuperSport 1 & CSN on TV in SA.
The Rebels bounced back from a horrible start in Week 1 to rack up their first ever win. They will still be concerned that they had very little possession though and the Brumbies will be kicking themselves for not converting so many chances in the Rebels 22m area into solid points.
Scorers:
Rebels: 6 Penalties & 1 Conversion Danny Cipriani, 1 Try Stirling Mortlock
Brumbies: 3 Penalties & 1 Conversion & 1 Drop Goal Matt Giteau, 1 Try Pat McCabe, 1 Try Henry Speight
Teams:
Rebels: 15 Mark Gerrard, 14 Lachlan Mitchell, 13 Stirling Mortlock (captain), 12 Julian Huxley, 11 Cooper Vuna, 10 Danny Cipriani, 9 Nick Phipps, 8 Gareth Delve, 7 Michael Lipman, 6 Jarrod Saffy, 5 Kevin O’Neill, 4 Adam Byrnes, 3 Greg Somerville, 2 Ged Robinson, 1 Nic Henderson.
Replacements: 16 Heath Tessman, 17 Laurie Weeks, 18 Alister Campbell, 19 Tom Chamberlain, 20 Richard Kingi, 21 Afusipa Taumoepeau, 22 Luke Rooney.
Brumbies: 15 Pat McCabe, 14 Henry Speight, 13 Adam Ashley-Cooper, 12 Robbie Coleman, 11 Francis Fainifo, 10 Matt Giteau (captain),9 Josh Valentine, 8 Ita Vaea, 7 Julian Salvi, 6 Mitch Chapman, 5 Mark Chisholm, 4 Ben Hand, 3 Dan Palmer, 2 Steve Moore, 1 Ben Alexander.
Replacements: 16 Huia Edmonds, 17 Salesi Ma’afu, 18 Peter Kimlin, 19 Colby Faingaa, 20 Patrick Phibbs, 21 Matt Toomua, 22 Andrew Smith.
Referee: Jonathan Kaplan (South Africa)
Assistant referees: James Leckie (Australia), Stephen Hill (Australia)
TMO: George Ayoub (Australia)
daar word nog bietjie scores gepost op die Cricket thread , maar ek gaan ook nou n breek maak tot later vanmiddag
@ sharky_forever:
See you all down here when we go live here on R-T, I have to hit the malls quickly, cheers.
Forgot.
Well done Rebels.
Now out of here.
SuperSport has axed rugby commentator and Sport24 editor Andrew “Tank” Lanning for sending out a tweet during a closed workshop regarding the utilisation of players during a World Cup year.
“The tweet was: ‘SA Rugby to ‘manage’ the Springboks during the Tri-Nations. I think it’s a good thing,'” Lanning told News24 on Friday.
Expert opinion suggests that the focus for SA rugby should be on the Rugby World Cup rather than the Tri-Nations. However, SA Rugby is contractually bound to field the strongest team for the Tri-Nations and any hint of resting top players would be viewed as a breach of contract.
“SA Rugby asked me to delete the tweet and told SuperSport about it. SuperSport thought I had breached trust and cancelled my meeting with them in Johannesburg without reason.
“I called them childish,” Lanning said.
@ sharky_forever:150 – Sharky, before I go, you think we can do it tomorrow? Heck I am nervous for our Sharks. We have to win tomorrow. Think all home games is a must win.
I know the last time Blues beat us was in 2005. Then this is a really good Blues side.
@ Puma:
hey bro , yes we should win
i cant see why not , the saders did not play that great and lost, also the traveling etc
but one also can never say never
@ sharky_forever:156 – Sorry mate, only going to answer now. Had to take another call.
Well I do hope so. If the weather permits think we will see a cracker. But I don’t care really if we win that is enough for me. Then we hit the road and just hope we pick up some wins before coming home.
Okay now out of here.
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