Force (15) 25 / Rebels (14) 26 (Final Score) 

The Western Force hosted the Melbourne Rebels at NIB Stadium, Perth at 13:05 SA Time. This was the match thread for discussion of the game. The match was broadcast live on SuperSport 1 and M-Net on TV in SA.

The Melbourne Rebels came from behind to win a close game, their first away game win.

Scorers:

Force: 2 Conversions & 2 Penalties James O’Connor, 1 try Sam Wykes, 1 Try Nathan Charles, 1 Try Rory Sidey

Rebels: 3 Penalties & 1 Conversion Danny Cipriani, 1 Try Mark Gerrard, 1 Try Hugh Pyle, 1 Try Richard Kingi

  

Teams:

Western Force: 15 Cameron Shepherd, 14 Alfie Mafi, 13 Nick Cummins, 12 Gene Fairbanks, 11 David Smith, 10 James O’Connor, 9 Brett Sheehan, 8 Ben McCalman, 7 Matt Hodgson, 6 Richard Brown, 5 Nathan Sharpe (captain), 4 Sam Wykes, 3 Tim Fairbrother, 2 Nathan Charles, 1 Pek Cowan.
Replacements: 16 Ben Whittaker, 17 Kieran Longbottom, 18 Tom Hockings, 19 Tevita Metuisela, 20 James Stannard, 21 Matt Brandon, 22 Pat Dellit.

Rebels: 15 Mark Gerrard, 14 Richard Kingi, 13 Lachlan Mitchell, 12 Stirling Mortlock (captain), 11 Luke Rooney, 10 Danny Cipriani, 9 Nick Phipps, 8 Gareth Delve, 7 Michael Lipman, 6 Jarrod Saffy, 5 Kevin O’Neill, 4 Alister Campbell, 3 Greg Somerville, 2 Ged Robinson, 1 Nic Henderson.
Replacements: 16 Luke Holmes, 17 Laurie Weeks, 18 Hugh Pyle, 19 Tim Davidson, 20 Sam Cordingley, 21 Peter Betham, 22 Afusipa Taumoepeau.
 
Referee: Craig Joubert (South Africa)
Assistant referee: Ian Smith (Australia), Angus Gardner (Australia)
TMO: Matt Goddard (Australia)

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