Rebels (8) 18 / Reds (26) 33 (Final Score)

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

The Reds bagged 4 tries for their bonus point win.

Scorers:

Rebels: 1 Penalty Julian Huxley, 1 Try James Hilgendorf, 1 Try Afusipa Taumoepeau, 1 Try Peter Betham,

Reds: 3 Penalties & 2 Conversions Quade Cooper, 1 Try Scott Higginbotham, 1 Try Radike Samo, 1 Try Dom Shipperley, 1 Try Digby Ioane

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Teams:

Reds: 15 Ben Lucas, 14 Luke Morahan, 13 Anthony Faingaa, 12 Mike Harris, 11 Digby Ioane, 10 Quade Cooper, 9 Will Genia, 8 Radike Samo, 7 Beau Robinson, 6 Scott Higginbotham, 5 James Horwill (captain), 4 Rob Simmons, 3 James Slipper, 2 Saia Faingaa, 1 Ben Daley.
Replacements: 16 James Hanson, 17 Greg Holmes, 18 Adam Wallace-Harrison, 19 Leroy Houston, 20 Jake Schatz, 21 Will Chambers, 22 Dom Shipperley.

Rebels: 15 Julian Huxley, 14 Lachlan Mitchell, 13 Mark Gerrard, 12 Stirling Mortlock (captain), 11 Peter Betham, 10 James Hilgendorf, 9 Nick Phipps, 8 Gareth Delve, 7 Michael Lipman, 6 Hoani Macdonald, 5 Hugh Pyle, 4 Alister Campbell, 3 Laurie Weeks, 2 Ged Robinson, 1 Greg Somerville.
Replacements: 16 Heath Tessmann, 17 Nic Henderson, 18 Adam Byrnes, 19 Tim Davidson, 20 Sam Cordingley, 21 Cooper Vuna, 22 Afusipa Taumoepeau.

Referee: Bryce Lawrence (New Zealand)
Assistant referees: Ian Smith (Australia), Simon Moore (Australia)
TMO: Matt Goddard (Australia)