Rebels (28) 35 / Bulls (31) 41 (Final Score)
The Melbourne Rebels and Vodacom Bulls did battle in Super Rugby at AAMI Stadium, Melbourne at 11:40 SA Time (19:40 NZ Time).
This was the live match discussion Article.
The match was broadcast LIVE on SuperSport 1, SHD & CSN on TV in SA.
*******************
Scorers:
Rebels:
- Penalties – 0
- Drop Goals – 0
- Tries – Rodney Blake (1), Cooper Vuna (2), Nick Phipps (1), Gareth Delve (1)
- Conversions – Kurtley Beale (5)
Bulls:
- Penalties – Morné Steyn (2)
- Drop Goals – 0
- Tries – Akona Ndungane (1), Bjorn Basson (1), Morné Steyn (1), CJ Stander (1), JJ Engelbrecht (1)
- Conversions – Morné Steyn (5)
Teams:
Rebels: 15 Julian Huxley, 14 Mark Gerrard, 13 Mitch Inman, 12 Lachlan Mitchell, 11 Cooper Vuna, 10 Kurtley Beale, 9 Nick Phipps, 8 Gareth Delve (captain), 7 Tim Davidson, 6 Luke Jones, 5 Hugh Pyle, 4 Cadeyrn Neville, 3 Rodney Blake, 2 Ged Robinson, 1 Nic Henderson.
Replacements: 16 Adam Freier, 17 Jono Owen, 18 Alister Campbell, 19 Ryan Hodson, 20 Richard Kingi, 21 James Hilgendorf, 22 Stirling Mortlock.
Bulls: 15 Zane Kirchner, 14 Akona Ndungane, 13 JJ Engelbrecht, 12 Wynand Olivier, 11 Bjorn Basson, 10 Morné Steyn, 9 Francois Hougaard, 8 Pierre Spies, 7 Jacques Potgieter, 6 CJ Stander, 5 Juandré Kruger, 4 Flip van der Merwe, 3 Werner Kruger, 2 Chiliboy Ralepelle, 1 Dean Greyling.
Replacements: 16 Willie Wepener, 17 Frik Kirsten, 18 Wilhelm Steenkamp, 19 Arno Botha, 20 Jano Vermaak, 21 Louis Fouché, 22 Johann Sadie.
Referee: Andrew Lees (Australia)
Assistant referees: Angus Gardner (Australia), Julian Pritchard (Australia)
TMO: George Ayoub (Australia)
Bulls now into the 40’s (42)… realistically they need about 18 or 20 Log points more to make the play-off’s
pietman @ 206
watter kop? 😀
Oh how I would like a 7 from 7 Bru weekend…. but there is 5 games to go.
212 @ Ashley:
Hello Asblikkie… hoe gaan dit tussen die toners?
206 @ Pietman
See now you have gone and ruined the friendship! Nee wraggies man, ‘n mens skop nie ‘n Cheetah as hy nog bloei nie! Dis net verkeerd!
Kom ons hoop dan maar die Cheetahs speel vir 90 minute, vir die res, van die seisoen. Veral teen die Nulle
gbs @ 211
congrats with the win bru
as we normally say .. a win is a win is a win
..
but i must add, i’m a bit wowwied about you defence bru
thought the brumbies scored those thries because the bulls relaxed, but now i’m not so sure anymore!!
@ GBS,
Fat lot of good that will do, the way they are leaking tries, a reverse drubbing of 90 points could be on the cards vs the Crusaders or the Chiefs, who unlike the Rabble have serious firepower in the backline hehe
gbs @ 214
besig man. dis hoekom ek ni eers kon comment op d game nie.
chat later weer. gou-gou weg!!
216 @ Ash
Agree, felt terrible about the Cheetahs choke, but I must say, against a top team, it can almost be condoned, but how on earth do you explain the try count vs the Rabble???
217 @ Cheetah4eva:
One game at a time… the Bulls will work on their game… they always do.
Bulls vs Tahs next week is a biggie… Waratahs sometimes good, sometimes average.
217 @ GBS
Have to agree with you there. Tahs were pretty good vs the Crusaders, with Fruen being the difference.
Whats with the Bulls farking handing out bonus points to the enemy. vs the Brumbies, now 2 vs the Rabble! Gee whiz, talk about being generous!
Eish, flat out today, no rugby at all, apart from 2 minutes – at least I saw a nice try!. But where is that chickenshit smelling Turky? I say chickenshit, because thats what I have been walking in this morning, and his nose is now a millimetre from my boot. Hahaha suffer down there, and may the forth be with me and I stay above you – forever ‘bru!!!!!!!
222 @ Cheetah4eva:
Bulls must just keep winning… and if possible get the bonus points too… no matter how many they give away.
They’ve already surpassed the Stormers by 1 Log point, simply because they do get bonus points, despite the fact that they have lost one more game than the Stormers.
The destiny of the other sides are in their own hands.
Even if the Sharks picks up 5 points this weekend with a bonus point win, if they win… they’ll still be 10 Log points behind the Bulls. As it now stands, they are 15 Log points adrift.
Cheetahs MUST look after themselves and win… and then only if possible earn some bonus points. Last week hurt their play-off aspirations in a big way.
224 @ GBS,
Agreed, I took some flak from Stormers supporters because I said, they were going to rue their toothless attack, but now the writing is on the wall. Another “amper season” looms. They will be bridesmaids forever!
225@ Cheetah4eva:Nothing like a good bridesmaid – so much more fun, and generally a lot prettier too!!!
Flok, next week it’s the Bulls in Pink again, against the Waratahs… damn I do not like the pink gear one bit.
223 @ Just For Kicks:
There are not many things more smelly than wet farking chicken shit!
Smelly fella!
228@ grootblousmile:It’s a farmers perfume mate!
227@ grootblousmile:Ha, and you boys were worried about coming to Cape Town dressed in pink. You’re going to get absolutely ‘sheeped’ when you get to Sydney!!!!!!!!!!!
229 @ Just For Kicks:
Do you farm with Chickens too?
230 @ Just For Kicks:
They will have to wear their “Blikbroeke” with combination locks in the week… and just take them off for training sessions and the game then.
Would’nt want the Bulls players to be violated by some Aussie “Mates”…. hehehe
I’m expecting Flip van der Merwe to be cited and suspended and Jacques Potgieter’s knee / leg injury looked like it will keep him out of the game for a few weeks too.
231@ grootblousmile:No, my neighbour does
234 @ Just For Kicks:
So, why were you in chicken shit then… do you just like the squeely feeling between the toes, or what?
I see Luke Jones of the Rebels was cited for his dangerous tip-tackle on Bjorn Basson… no news yet whether Flip is cited or not for the punch
Users Online
Total 81 users including 0 member, 81 guests, 0 bot online
Most users ever online were 3735, on 31 August 2022 @ 6:23 pm
No Counter as from 31 October 2009: 41,435,824 Page Impressions
_