Rebels (11) 34 / Blues (9) 23 (Final Score)
The Melbourne Rebels and Blues did battle in Super Rugby at AAMI Park, Melbourne at 11:40 SA Time (19:40 Melbourne Time).
This was a live match discussion Article.
The match was broadcast LIVE on SuperSport 1, SHD & CSN on TV in SA.
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Scorers:
Rebels:
- Penalties – James O’Connor (5)
- Drop Goals – 0
- Tries – Kurtley Beale (1), James O’Connor (1), Gareth Delve (1)
- Conversions – James O’Connor (2)
Blues:
- Penalties – Gareth Anscombe (3)
- Drop Goals – 0
- Tries – Rudi Wulf (1), Chris Lowrey (1)
- Conversions – Gareth Anscombe (2)
Teams:
Rebels: 1. Nic Henderson, 2. Adam Freier, 3. Rodney Blake, 4. Luke Jones, 5. Hugh Pyle (vc), 6. Jarrod Saffy, 7. Michael Lipman, 8. Gareth Delve (c), 9. Nick Phipps, 10. Danny Cipriani, 11. Mark Gerrard, 12. James O’Connor, 13. Mitch Inman, 14. Lachlan Mitchell, 15. Kurtley Beale
Replacements: 16. Ged Robinson, 17. Laurie Weeks, 18. Alister Campbell, 19. Tim Davidson, 20. Richard Kingi, 21. Julian Huxley, 22. Lloyd Johansson
Blues: 1. Tony Woodcock, 2. Keven Mealamu (c), 3. Charlie Faumuina, 4. Filo Paulo, 5. Ali Williams, 6. Chris Lowrey, 7. Daniel Braid, 8. Brad Mika, 9. Alby Mathewson, 10. Gareth Anscombe, 11. Rene Ranger, 12. Ma’a Nonu, 13. Benson Stanley, 14. Lachie Munro, 15. Rudi Wulf
Replacements: 16. Tom McCartney, 17. Tevita Mailau, 18. Liaki Moli, 19. Dan Pryor, 20. Piri Weepu, 21. Michael Hobbs, 22. Hadleigh Parkes
Referee: Bryce Lawrence
Assistant referees: Andrew Lees, James Leckie
TMO: Matt Goddard
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@ Loosehead:News is that Ashley Johnson is going to sign with London Wasps
@ JFK,
That would be a good career move for the man, just married and all. The pound will definately boost his balance!
The competition for starting spots at the Cheetahs is going to be hectic next year. The contenders
Brussow, Lappies Labuschagne, Phillip van der Walt, Boom Prinsloo, Armandt Koster, Dries van Schalwyk, Willie Britz, Eric le Roux, Francois Uys, and hopefully Juan Smith!
Always sad to lose a quality player like Ash, but the Cheetahs will be able to cover the loss
Go Blues. Only cause I have picked them on bru. Otherwise rather the Rebels won here.
@ Cheetah4eva:Ja, you’ve got some good players coming thru, lets hope that the Bulls don’t see them!
Daniel Braid out of the Blues, and Prior will start
Players coming out
Penalty Rebels, O’connor for posts
He slots it 3-0 Rebels
Blues with a penalty, Anscombe slots it 3-3
Blues looking much the better side early on, making all the running so far
Blues hard on attack down the left side, Rebels having to defend hard……it’s all the Blues, through 14 phases, then Beale steals the ball, runs the length of the field to score in the corner – O’Conner with the conversion, but wide 8-3 Rebels
Freier – sub off
Robinson – sub on
O’conner with another penalty, but misses to the right
Blues, suddenly look shell shocked after that intercept, Rebels with an attacking scrum
Scrum penalty Rebels, and another shot at the sticks
O’Connor slots it, 11-3 Rebels
Blues back on attack after a short arm
Poor line out throw gives the advantage back to the Rebels – Rebels scrum
Second scrum infringement by the Rebels, this time a full penalty awarded to Blues
Anscombe slots it, 11-6 Rebels
Blues scrum all over Rebels at the moment, pushed Rebels back 20 meters
Rebels scrum, and a relieving Cipriani kick sees the Rebels back into the Blues half
Blues being their own worst enemies here, dropping, knocking and generally getting in each others way
Mika – sub off
Moli – sub on
Big Blues scrum ends in a penalty for the Blues, kick for touch up to the Rebels 22
Blues forwards working the ball up
Blues forwards keeping the ball tight, and result is a penalty Blues right in front
Weeks – sub on
Blake – sub off
Ancsombe slots it, Rebels 11-9 Blues
Poor passing and knocks from both side spoiling the game a bit
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