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)
28@ Scrumdown:
Dour as they come… doing some work inbetween.
By the way, how is the Huisdier’s Notebook now?
Force 12 / 6
trips @ 19
hello broetsie!! 😀
Force 12 / 9
PING PONG… TIT FOR TAT
31@ grootblousmile:
Seems to be ok, but you know the “fairer” sex. “Why is this different, why is that different?”
A. Shut up and get on with it.
All in all though it is great for her. Thanks a million.
29@ The_Young_Turk:
Rather watch U9/b Rugby than the UEFA Champions league final between Manchester Rovers and Barca Madrid, or whoever it was!
Flok… the Farce needs to get out of their 22 and into Rebels areas… I still need 10 from them for Bru
Penalty Rebels… Malkoppie going for posts
12 / 12
wow sooooo boring !!!!
can guarentee tomorrow at 5 pm wont be boring 🙂
Rebels doing all the play now…. eishhhhhhhhh
Try by David Smith for the Force
Is this “derby” comparable to the 2 SA derby games last weekend?
Force 17 / 12
Tryyyyyyyyyyy Stannard for the Force!
Force 24 / 12
OK, 12 point margin…. 1 out, so far
46@ grootblousmile:
Force need a penalty. Then I’m in like Flynn!
Try Adam Freyer for the Rebels
Force 24 / 19
Flok, now I need 8 from the Farce, somehow… an unconverted try and a penalty…. hardly likely
7 minutes left in the game
ok ouens
bit hectic here
chat later
Flippin Aussie Also Rans are a useless bunch of Kangaroo eating pillocks!
Try Mortlock for the Rebels…. level… kick to come
24 / 24
Penalty Force, 45 m out
Force 27 / 24
Time is up… Force lineout
Final Score: Western Force 27 / 24 Melbourne Rebels
I owe, I owe… it’s off to work I go….
Cheers!
Gooooooooooooooi Mieliessssssssss!
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