Force (11) 23 / 30 (15) Rebels (Final Score)

The Western Force and Melbourne Rebels did battle in Super Rugby at NIB Stadium, Perth at 10:40 SA Time (08:40 GMT, 16:40 Perth Time).

This was the live match discussion Article.

The match was broadcast LIVE on SuperSport 1 & SHD on TV in SA.

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Scorers:

Force:

• Penalties – Sias Ebersohn (2)
• Drop Goals – 0
• Tries – Winston Stanley (1), Will Tupou (1), Patrick Dellit (1)
  
• Conversions – Kyle Godwin (1)

Rebels:

• Penalties – James O’Connor (2)
  
• Drop Goals – 0
• Tries – Hugh Pyle (1), Jason Woodward (2), Richard Kingi (1)
  
• Conversions – James O’Connor (2)

Teams:

Western Force: 15 Will Tupou, 14 Patrick Dellit, 13 Winston Stanley, 12 Kyle Godwin, 11 Alfie Mafi, 10 Sias Ebersohn, 9 Alby Mathewson, 8 Ben McCalman, 7 Matt Hodgson (Captain), 6 Angus Cottrell, 5 Hugh McMeniman, 4 Toby Lynn, 3 Salesi Ma’afu, 2 Heath Tessmann, 1 Kieran Longbottom.
Replacements: 16 Ben Whittaker, 17 Tetera Faulkner, 18 Sam Wykes, 19 Chris Alcock, 20 Mick Snowden, 21 Sam Christie, 22 Sam Norton-Knight.

Rebels: 15 James O’Connor, 14 Jason Woodward, 13 Mitch Inman, 12 Rory Sidey, 11 Richard Kingi, 10 Angus Roberts, 9 Nick Phipps, 8 Scott Higginbotham (Captain), 7 Scott Fuglistaller, 6 Luke Jones, 5 Cadeyrn Neville, 4 Hugh Pyle, 3 Paul Alo-Emile, 2 Ged Robinson, 1 Nic Henderson.
Replacements: 16 Shota Horie, 17 Laurie Weeks, 18 Jarrod Saffy, 19 Jordy Reid, 20 Nic Stirzaker, 21 Tom English, 22 Cooper Vuna.

Referee: Mike Fraser (New Zealand)
Assistant referees: Rohan Hoffman (Australia), James Leckie (Australia)
TMO: Matt Goddard (Australia)