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.
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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)
Another tap…
Try Delve… bonus point for them too
Bulls 31 / 28 Rebels
Lemoenetyd
Moet gou ‘n duif uit die sitkamer gaan jaag… netnou terug
@ Cheetah4eva: AT THE BOOTOM OF THE MAUL
Yes great bloke, played for Laeveld later on,
Pity about his daughter, tragic that….and Vleis will also be remembered for the fatal Chris Burger incident at Free State Stadium, when he accidentally landed on Chris’ neck at the bottom of a loose scrum.
@ Pietman:
Sorry, delete caps, laptop shifting gears here.
Dit was maklik…. verestoffer… groot skuifdeur oop… jaag die dom ding uit
Jeez never ever thought Rebels would get 4 tries against the Bulls.
Bulls need to wake up here.
So this is a try feast, let us guess how many tries by the end of the game, could we see another 8 in the next 40 min?? 😯 😯
one bonuspoint for tries scored
for
BOTH teams
BEFORE
halftime?
jeez!! IF and IF it ever happened before, surely it mustve been in the first 1 or 2 years of superrugby?
..
now
should WE be worried?
with the bok defensive coach coming from the bulls?
Bulls need to shore up their defence in the 2nd half… but keep attacking
I was in a pub on Saturday night. Had a few….
I noticed two large women by the bar.
They both had strong accents so I asked,
“Hey, are you two ladies from Scotland?”
One of them chirped: “It’s WALES you friggin’ idiot!”
So, I immediately apologized and said…,
“Sorry, are you two whales from Scotland?”
94@ Pietman:
Piet is it the, Saudi home brew talking there?…… hehehehehehe.
94 @ Pietman,
I wasn’t aware of the Chris Burger story, but the thing with his daughter really devastated him. I was at the funeral, and it tore me apart to see the big man weep uncontrollably. Played a fun day gholf later that year, and had a chat to him, and you could see, that though he was handling it well, he was hurting. I spoke to him again a few months back, and he told me his son was heading back to Nelspruit, from Bloem, to try get into the Pumas squad.
Wonder how that is going. Big lad too
I think the Bulls mission was to score their 4 tries… paramount to kick the tour off on a bonus point win, then close the taps on defence… well, I hope so!
loosehead @ 100
is that why you were in hospital earlier this week?
98@ Ashley:
Boks defence coach should be the Stormers. Meyer has slipped up there I think. Stormers defence is top class and one of the best in this tourney much like the Chiefs defence. Nienaber
105@ Puma:
sorry never finished there.
Nienaber should have been the Boks defence coach.
@ Loosehead:Sounds like Gansbaai, plenty of those whales in our main street and in the Saloon, hehehehehe
105 @ Puma:
Meyer will tell the Defensice coach what he wants…. as far as I know, Nienaber was unavailable
Sitting in a bar the Scotsman says, “As good as this bar is, I still prefer the pubs back home. In Glasgow, there’s a wee place called McTavish’s. The landlord goes out of his way for the locals. When you buy four drinks, he’ll buy the fifth drink.”
“Well, Angus,” said the Englishman, “At my local in London , the Red Lion, the barman will buy you your third drink after you buy the first two.”
“Ahhh, dat’s nothin’,” said the Irishman, “back home in my favorite pub, the moment you set foot in the place, they’ll buy you a drink, then another, all the drinks you like, actually. Then, when you’ve had enough drinks, they’ll take you upstairs and see that you gets laid, all on the house!”
The Englishman and Scotsman were suspicious of the claims. The Irishman swore every word was true.
Then the Englishman asked, “Did this actually happen to you?”
“Not meself, personally, no,” admitted the Irishman,
“but it did happen to me sister quite a few times.”
2 Nd Half ON!
@ Loosehead,
No wonder you were so quiet, 1st you got snotted by 2 whales, and then Sias did you a dirty? 
Come on Bulls… play in thier half… not in yours
@ Cheetah4eva:
Vleis still in White River?
He was never a dirty player though…didn’t have to be! The mere sight of him was enough to make you shake in your togs….
108@ grootblousmile:
I thought Nienaber was available, not very sure on that though.
HKGK….Bulle sal moet speel!!!!
Jacques Potgieter off injured… looks like a bad knee injury… helped off the field
@ Puma:
Shhhhtttttt! You know …..
114 @ Puma:
Nienaber signed a new WP / Stormers contract about 2 months ago
He was staying on a plot just outside Nelspruit, as far as I know. But yeah he is still in the area. Heard a story he was divorced, but I am not sure. Haven’t seen him in a while.
117@ Pietman:
🙂
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