Rebels (20) 42 / Hurricanes (20) 25 (Final Score) 

The Melbourne Rebels hosted the Hurricanes at AAMI Stadium, Melbourne at 10:40 SA Time. This was the match thread for discussion of the game. The match was broadcast live on SuperSport 1 on TV in SA.

After conceeding 3 early tries the Melbourne Rebels rallied and scored 6 tries after conceeding a consolation bonus point try to the Hurricanes, 2 minutes from full time.

The Melbourne Rebels won handsomely by 42 / 25.

Scorers:

Rebels: 3 Conversions & 2 Penalties Danny Cipriani, 1 Try Rodney Blake, 2 Tries Alistair Campbell, 1 Try Michael Lipman, 1 Try Cooper Vuna, 1 Try Nick Phipps

Hurricanes: 1 Conversion & 1 Penalty & 1 Try Daniel Kirkpatrick, 1 Try Chris Eaton, 1 Try Victor Vito, 1 Try Dane Coles

  

Teams:

Rebels: 15 Richard Kingi, 14 Luke Rooney, 13 Lachlan Mitchell, 12 Stirling Mortlock (captain), 11 Cooper Vuna, 10 Danny Cipriani, 9 Nick Phipps, 8 Gareth Delve, 7 Michael Lipman, 6 Jarrod Saffy, 5 Hugh Pyle,  4 Alister Campbell, 3 Greg Somerville, 2 Ged Robinson,  1 Rodney Blake.
Replacements: 16 Luke Holmes, 17 Laurie Weeks, 18 Adam Byrnes, 19 Tim Davidson, 20 JP du Plessis, 21 Peter Betham, 22 Afusipa Taumoepeau.

Hurricanes: 15 Cory Jane, 14 Julian Savea, 13 Conrad Smith, 12 Ma’a Nonu, 11 Andre Taylor, 10 Daniel Kirkpatrick, 9 Chris Eaton, 8 Victor Vito, 7 Jack Lam, 6 Faifili Levave, 5 Jason Eaton, 4 Jeremy Thrush, 3 Neemia Tialata, 2 Andrew Hore (captain), 1 John Schwalger.
Replacements: 16  Dane Coles, 17 Anthony Perenise, 18 James Broadhurst, 19 Serge Lilo, 20 Tyson Keats, 21 Aaron Cruden, 22 Jayden Hayward.

Referee: Jaco Peyper (South Africa)
Assistant referee: Nathan Pearce (Australia), Lourens van der Merwe (South Africa)
TMO: George Ayoub (Australia)

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