Blues (23) 40 / Rebels (17) 23 (Final Score)
The Blues hosted the Melbourne Rebels at North Harbour Stadium, Albany at 09:35 SA Time. This was the match thread for discussion of the game. The match was bradcast live on SuperSport 1, SHD & CSN on TV on SA.
The Blues started like a house on fire, then allowed the Melbourne Rebels to claw their way back with 2 tries and good goal kicking, with some poor Blues licking to posts by Stephen Brett. At the end of the 2nd Half the Blues pulled away again, with 2 well-worked tries.
The Blues scored 6 tries to 2 by the Melbourne Rebels.
Scorers:
Blues: 1 Conversion & 2 Penalties Stephen Brett, 1 Conversion Luke McAlister, 2 Tries Rene Ranger, 1 Try Joe Rokocoko. 1 Try Benson Stanley, 1 Try Jared Payne, 1 Try Luke Braid
Rebels: 3 Penalties & 2 Conversions Danny Cipriani, 1 Try Cooper Vuna, 1 Try Lachlan Mitchell
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Teams:
Blues: 15 Isaia Toeava, 14 Joe Rokocoko, 13 Jared Payne, 12 Benson Stanley, 11 Rene Ranger, 10 Stephen Brett, 9 Alby Mathewson, 8 Peter Saili, 7 Luke Braid, 6 Jerome Kaino, 5 Ali Williams, 4 Anthony Boric, 3 John Afoa, 2 Keven Mealamu (captain), 1 Tony Woodcock.
Replacements: 16 Tom McCartney, 17 Tevita Mailau, 18 Filo Paulo, 19 Chris Lowrey, 20 Toby Morland, 21 Luke McAlister, 22 Lachie Munro.
Rebels: 15 Julian Huxley, 14 Lachlan Mitchell, 13 Mark Gerrard, 12 Stirling Mortlock (captain), 11 Cooper Vuna, 10 Danny Cipriani, 9 Nick Phipps, 8 Gareth Delve, 7 Michael Lipman, 6 Jarrod Saffy, 5 Hugh Pyle, 4 Alister Campbell, 3 Greg Somerville, 2 Ged Robinson, 1 Rodney Blake.
Replacements: 16 Heath Tessmann, 17 Laurie Weeks, 18 Hoani Macdonald, 19 Tim Davidson, 20 Richard Kingi, 21, James Hilgendorf, 22 Luke Rooney.
Referee: Jonathon White (New Zealand)
Assistant referees: Chris Pollock (New Zealand), Glen Jackson (New Zealand)
TMO: Ben Skeen (New Zealand)
29@ superBul:
Cheers
Penalty missed by Brett
Brett misses yet another penalty… time to bring McAlister on from the bench, I think
Try Benson Stanley, stole the ball from Cipriani’s hands, then romped through.
Brett misses the conversion from right in front….
Blues 28 / 17
Cipriani is having a shocker today….
McAlister on for Brett, who’s had a bad time with kicking to posts
Delve over for the Rebels but held up
Penalty Rebels, on Blues 10m line… they go for touch
Penalty Rebels, deep inside Blues 22
Blues 28 / 20
Penalty slotted by Cipriani
Blues 28 / 23
9 min to go and my margin for Bru is way out… eish
I’m starting to wonder whether it would not be better for the Rebels to win this one… for the sake of SA sides….
Try Jared Payne for the Blues
Blues 33 / 23
Now if only those missed kicks of the Blues were more accurate
Try Luke Braid for the Blues
Blues 40 / 23
Final Score: Blues 40 / 23 Melbourne Rebels
17-point margin… just too much for my Bru margin… oi vei!
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