The Rebels start their Super Rugby campaign after having their bye last weekend, and face the Waratahs who come off a last minute loss to the Reds.
The Rebels have James O’Connor making his debut for the Melbourne based team, with Kurtley Beale having to wait until later in the campaign to make his debut. Having not seen anything from the Rebels thus far, it is impossible to speculate exactly how good they will be.
The Waratahs came out firing last week, leading the Reds through most of the second half before the Reds scraped home, and should come out firing again this weekend, looking for that first win. Halangahu continues at pivot as captain, with Adam Ashley-Cooper shifting from fullback to wing, to make space for Aussie Sevens star Bernard Foley.
I expect a bit of a scrappy match, with the Rebels making all the mistakes and silly errors that every other team had the chance to make last weekend.
Rebels: 15. Mark Gerrard, 14. Lachlan Mitchell, 13. Mitch Inman, 12. James O`Connor, 11. Cooper Vuna, 10. Daniel Cipriani, 9. Nick Phipps, 8. Gareth Delve, 7. Tom Chamberlain, 6. Luke Jones, 5. Hugh Pyle, 4. Adam Byrnes, 3. Laurie Weeks, 2. Adam Freier, 1. Nic Henderson
Replacements: 16. Luke Holmes, 17. Rodney Blake, 18. Alister Campbell, 19. Jarrod Saffy, 20. Richard Kingi, 21. Lloyd Johansson, 22. Julian Huxley
Waratahs: 15. Bernard Foley, 14. Tom Kingston, 13. Rob Horne, 12. Tom Carter, 11. Adam Ashley-Cooper, 10. Daniel Halangahu (Captain), 9. Sarel Pretorius, 8. Wycliff Palu, 7. Chris Alcock, 6. Dave Dennis, 5. Kane Douglas, 4. Dean Mumm, 3. Sekope Kepu, 2. Tatafu Polota-Nau, 1. Benn Robinson
Replacements: 16. Damian Fitzpatrick, 17. Paddy Ryan, 18. Lopeti Timani, 19. Jono Jenkins, 20. Brendan McKibbin, 21. Brackin Karauria-Henry, 22. Nathan Trist
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GO TAHS !!!
So…
36 automatic deaths..
13 lifelines lost..
25 users on the Waratahs here..
@Richard Ferguson (Comment 2) :
And 1 on the Rebels 😯
@Richard Ferguson (Comment 3) :
probably somebody who wanted to pick the reds and picks rebs by accident …
oh well …
@Zibbie (Comment 4) :
Or selected the ‘losing’ team..
Either way, we will see at least one more lifeline lost..
@Richard Ferguson (Comment 5) :
With my luck the Rebels will win ..
Rebels 3 – 0 Waratahs
O’Connor penalty
4min
@Richard Ferguson (Comment 2) : I am one of those…. Nervous yet….
Bwhahahahahahhaha Aussie commentators are refering to a “Sir Roll Pretorius”
Sarel must have royalty in his family somewhere.
@KSA Shark © (Comment 9) :
hahahahahahahahahahaha!!
@Richard Ferguson (Comment 3) : 😯 😯 😯 😯 😯 😯 😯
Tom Carter TRY!!!!!!!!!
@KSA Shark © (Comment 12) : in my squad. 😎
Conversion over
Waratahs 7 – 3 Rebels
12min
@KSA Shark © (Comment 9) : sure its not Sheroll Pretorius 😉
Haha Tom Carter is such a “snotkop”.
Try Tom Carter
Is this game worth watching?
Rebels 6 – 12 Tahs
30 mins
@KSA Shark © (Comment 13) :
dam you and your evil FL skills … 😛
Penalty Tahs.
Rebels 6 – 15 Tahs
31 mins
@lostfish (Comment 18) : It’s not too bad.
Try Tahs. Kepu!
HalfTime
Rebels 6 – 22 Waratahs
The only Aussie team that’ll make play-offs are probably the Reds,the rest will probably get some whoopings from their South African and New Zealand counterparts
@Ludz (Comment 25) :
and the Tahs ? ❓
Try Foley.
Rebels 6 – 29 Tahs
45 mins
@Ludz (Comment 25) : The Tahs certainly won’t be a walkover for anyone.
@Zibbie,possibly,but am not too convinced by them,they’ll be competitive to a certain extent. They have a phenomenal scrumhalf,who is that guy?
Bryce is giving the teams a lecture. “There is some pushing and shoving going on but it’s a man’s game so I’m gonna let it stand”
Kette: Well do you want to sound like a man? 😆
@Ludz (Comment 29) :
Sheril Pretorius
Zibbie,hahaha,you gotta love these Aussie commentators
Random thought,but I still don’t see how Toby Faletau is better than Gareth Delve
@KSA Shark © (Comment 9) : An dree us Bekker
@lostfish (Comment 34) : 🙂
so after a few penalty’s and now an penalty try for the Rebels the score is
Tahs 32 – 19 Rebels
12 min to go
@Franshark (Comment 36) : my pick Waratahs by 13, let this be the final score please
@Franshark (Comment 36) :
Who got the yellow ?
PK Waratahs
Waratahs 35 – 19 Rebels
71 min
Tatafu Polota-Nau was send of with a yellow card, colapsing the mall…
@Zibbie (Comment 38) : see comment 40 🙂
@Zibbie (Comment 38) : howzit going, all exited about tonight’s game…..
@Franshark (Comment 40) : @Franshark (Comment 41) :
Thank you good sir
Oakley Last Man Standing
175 teams entered the game:
89 still alive with a lifeline.
35 still alive with no lifeline.
51 out of the game
AAh man, FULL TIME
Waratahs 35 – 19 Rebels
Waraths 35 – 19 Rebels
FULL TIME
@Franshark (Comment 42) :
sad about the Blues loosing like that 😛
ATM id say more nervous than excited …
i think it comes with being a Lions supporter … But ill be there cheering on the boys !
Flip just how desperate are the Rebels? Their captain isn’t even an Aussie. 😳
@Franshark (Comment 45) : @KSA Shark © (Comment 46) : The Rebels were at home! 😈
@Zibbie (Comment 47) : well, my LMS pick is save for the weekend so I can enjoy the rest of the weekends rugby…… the lions made me too nervous last week
@Ben (Comment 49) : the score don’t reflect that, 🙂
@Ben (Comment 49) : 😳 oops I thought it was in Melbourne. 🙂
@KSA Shark © (Comment 52) : It was! 😆
Spot on margin for me 😉
@Ben (Comment 49) : see, that ICE just came and make everyone looking for writing mistakes…
Rather see make her LMS pick than getting me in trouble 😆
@Franshark (Comment 55) : Only pointed it out because KSA doesn’t practice what he preaches. 😀
@Franshark (Comment 50) :
yea i still have to pick them … ill check the calendar for when we are playing the rebels
@Ben (Comment 56) : well in that case, he also spelled Waratahs wrong 😆
@Zibbie (Comment 57) : 🙂
@Franshark (Comment 55) : 😆
@Franshark (Comment 55) : i think Ben joined the committee to improve the accuracy standards at SW. I feel threatened 😛
@rekinek (Comment 61) : 😛