Rebels (6) 24 / Force (9) 27 (Final Score)
The Melbourne Rebels hosted the Western Force 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.
In a dour match which only really came alight deep in the second half, the Western Force held on to win by 3 points.
Scorers:
Rebels: 4 Penalties Danny Cipriani, 1 Conversion & 1 Try Stirling Mortlock, 1 Try Adam Freyer
Force: 4 Penalties & 1 Try James Stannard, 1 Conversion & 1 Penalty Willie Ripia, 1 Try David Smith
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Teams:
Rebels: 15 Mark Gerrard, 14 Richard Kingi, 13 Afusipa Taumoepeau, 12 Stirling Mortlock (captain), 11 Cooper Vuna, 10 Danny Cipriani, 9 Nick Phipps, 8 Gareth Delve, 7 Michael Lipman, 6 Jarrod Saffy, 5 Adam Byrnes, 4 Alister Campbell, 3 Greg Somerville, 2 Ged Robinson, 1 Nic Henderson.
Replacements: 16 Adam Freier, 17 Laurie Weeks, 18 Kevin O’Neill, 19 Tim Davidson, 20 Lachlan Mitchell, 21 Peter Betham, 22 Julian Huxley.
Western Force: 15 Patrick Dellit, 14 Alfie Mafi, 13 Mitch Inman, 12 Rory Sidey, 11 David Smith, 10 James Stannard, 9 Brett Sheehan, 8 Richard Brown, 7 David Pocock (captain), 6 Matt Hodgson, 5 Sam Wykes, 4 Ben McCalman, 3 Matt Dunning, 2 Nathan Charles, 1 Kieran Longbottom.
Replacements: 16 Ben Whittaker, 17 Tetera Faulkner, 18 Tom Hockings, 19 Jono Jenkins, 20 Mark Swanepoel, 21 Willie Ripia, 22 Cameron Shepherd.
Referee: Garratt Williamson (New Zealand)
Assistant referees: Nathan Pearce (Australia), Simon Moore (Australia)
TMO: Steve Lesczcynski (Australia)
Game ON!
Ealy Rebels penalty…. Cipiani going fo goal
Missed
Fork, the “r” on the other keyboard not working….
Rebels attacking hard
Miskien het ek die “R” net 1 keer te hard gemoer…. hehehe
Penalty Force… right out in front…
For my bru, hope Force win, but would be nice to see the Rebels end with win as well.
Anyhow out of here now. Catch up later or tomorrow.
Cheers all.
3 / 3
I have the Force by 13 on Bru
gbs @ 6
miskien het jy die R te lank ingehou te habana oppad was doellyn toe laas week!!
onthou jy?
dis toe jy “ag nee, donnerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr” gepost het!! 😀
Dir r is mos net vir die Kaapenaars!
11@ Ashley:
Waaaaaaavan praat jy ou grote, het jy onthou om jou Bob Martin pilletjies te drink vandag?
Dit sal selfs jou vel laat blink en jou stert laat swaai!
10@ grootblousmile:
I have the Force by 15, so they better just play along!
gbs @ 13
hehehehe,
did i hit a nerve?? 😉
Almost a Rebels try… but obstructive running by Cipriani around Mortlock
15@ Ashley:
No, you did not…
Neewat, Cipriani is so terrible…. what a plonker!
Al wie ‘n nerve gehit het was toe Bjorn vir Habana soos ‘n tidal wave geslat het 🙂
halloooo julle
20@ Tripples:
Hello Maiki!
Why does Cipriani kick ALL good Rebels possession away?
Force 6 / 3
22@ grootblousmile:
Babalas from this morning’s “regmaak” dop!
Force 9 / 3
Force 9 / 6
Lemoenetyd
27@ grootblousmile:
Seems like a thrillingly entertaining game!
Jeez, you guys are really rugby befok to watch this kak match 🙂
29@ The_Young_Turk:
Yip!
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