Rebels (6) 24 / Force (9) 27 (Final Score)
The Melbourne Rebels hosted the Western Force at AAMI Stadium, Melbourne at 11:40 SA Time. This was the match thread for discussion of the game. The match was broadcast live on SuperSport 1, SHD & CSN on TV in SA.
In a dour match which only really came alight deep in the second half, the Western Force held on to win by 3 points.
Scorers:
Rebels: 4 Penalties Danny Cipriani, 1 Conversion & 1 Try Stirling Mortlock, 1 Try Adam Freyer
Force: 4 Penalties & 1 Try James Stannard, 1 Conversion & 1 Penalty Willie Ripia, 1 Try David Smith
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Teams:
Rebels: 15 Mark Gerrard, 14 Richard Kingi, 13 Afusipa Taumoepeau, 12 Stirling Mortlock (captain), 11 Cooper Vuna, 10 Danny Cipriani, 9 Nick Phipps, 8 Gareth Delve, 7 Michael Lipman, 6 Jarrod Saffy, 5 Adam Byrnes, 4 Alister Campbell, 3 Greg Somerville, 2 Ged Robinson, 1 Nic Henderson.
Replacements: 16 Adam Freier, 17 Laurie Weeks, 18 Kevin O’Neill, 19 Tim Davidson, 20 Lachlan Mitchell, 21 Peter Betham, 22 Julian Huxley.
Western Force: 15 Patrick Dellit, 14 Alfie Mafi, 13 Mitch Inman, 12 Rory Sidey, 11 David Smith, 10 James Stannard, 9 Brett Sheehan, 8 Richard Brown, 7 David Pocock (captain), 6 Matt Hodgson, 5 Sam Wykes, 4 Ben McCalman, 3 Matt Dunning, 2 Nathan Charles, 1 Kieran Longbottom.
Replacements: 16 Ben Whittaker, 17 Tetera Faulkner, 18 Tom Hockings, 19 Jono Jenkins, 20 Mark Swanepoel, 21 Willie Ripia, 22 Cameron Shepherd.
Referee: Garratt Williamson (New Zealand)
Assistant referees: Nathan Pearce (Australia), Simon Moore (Australia)
TMO: Steve Lesczcynski (Australia)
So Rebels get 1 bonus point for losing by <7 giving them a total of 24 log points, and so keep the Lions from retaining the Wooden Spoon!
Another trophy-less Super Rugby season for the JHB franchise!
scrumdown @ 61
ai ou scrumdown
i guess they were just not “good enough” to get the spoon, jong …
but
like us stormers supporters usually say … theres always next year!! 😀
62@ Ashley:
If we don’t put a positive spin on things, we’ll be crying into our beer in no time, and trying to slash our wrists with a blunt butter knife.
Once a Lion, Always a Lion! (Al het ons nie meer tande nie!)
scrumdown @ 63
i know
we (stormers supporters) have become masters at doing jus that (laughing at ourselves when we dont feel like it) … the lions did look quite good at the end of the season … hope they can build on the momentum gained!!
@ Scrumdown:
Scrumdown…one step at a time. Next year just focus on getting further away from the bottom. But the ou’s must seriously look at the capability of the administration there. I went to school in the Transvaal and a few of my schoolfriends friends played for Transvaal and the Boks, so I have a soft spot for the Lions. A very dear old friend died last year too, Liaan Kirkham and sort of thing makes you remember the Union.
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