Reds (25) 53 / Rebels (3) 3 (Final Score)

The Reds hosted the Melbourne Rebels at Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane at 11:40 SA Time. This was the match thread for discussion of the game. The match was broadcast live on SuperSport 1 and CSN on TV in SA.

The Reds ran rampant, scoring 7 tries of which 6 were converted to a solitary penalty by the Melbourne Rebels.

Scorers:

Reds: 2 Penalties & 5 Conversions Quade Cooper, 1 Try Anthony Faingaa, 1 Try Adam Wallace-Harrison, 1 Try Scott Higginbotham, 1 Try Ben Daly, 2 Tries & 1 Conversion Michael Harris, 1 Try Luke Morahan

Rebels: 1 Penalty Danny Cipriani

Teams:

Reds: 15 Ben Lucas, 14 Rod Davies, 13 Ben Tapuai, 12 Anthony Faingaa, 11 Digby Ioane, 10 Quade Cooper, 9 Will Genia, 8 Leroy Houston, 7 Beau Robinson, 6 Scott Higginbotham, 5 Adam Wallace-Harrison, 4 Rob Simmons, 3 James Slipper, 2 Saia Faingaa, 1 Ben Daley.
Replacements: 16 James Hanson, 17 Greg Holmes, 18 Radike Samo, 19 Ed Quirk, 20 Liam Gill, 21 Michael Harris, 22 Luke Morahan.

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

Referee: Stuart Dickinson
Assistant referees: Ian Smith, Stephen Hill
TMO: Steve Lesczcynski