Not sure what sort of fare will be dished up in Canberra today. The Brumbies will want to win at all costs, so they will probably be rather conservative.
Kick-off is at 11h40 SA time.
Brumbies: 15. Pat McCabe, 14. Henry Speight, 13. Tevita Kuridrani, 12. Christian Lealiifano, 11. Clyde Rathbone, 10. Matt Toomua, 9. Nic White, 8. Ben Mowen (capt), 7. Jarrad Butler, 6. Fotu Auelua, 5. Sam Carter, 4. Scott Fardy, 3. Ruan Smit, 2. Stephen Moore, 1. Scott Sio
Replacements : 16. Josh Mann-Rea, 17. Ben Alexander, 18. JP Smit, 19. Leon Power, 20. Jordan Smiler, 21. Michael Dowsett, 22. Andrew Smith, 23. Jesse Mogg
Rebels: 15. Jason Woodward, 14. Male Sau, 13. Tamati Ellison, 12. Mitch Inman, 11. Tom English, 10. Bryce Hegarty, 9. Ben Meehan, 8. Scott Higginbotham (capt), 7. Scott Fuglistaller, 6. Colby Faingaβa, 5. Luke Jones, 4. Cadeyrn Neville, 3. Laurie Weeks, 2. Pat Leafa, 1. Toby Smith
Replacements : 16. Shota Horie, 17. Cruze Ah-Nau, 18. Paul Alo-Emile, 19. Hugh Pyle, 20. Jordy Reid, 21. Josh Holmes, 22. Jack Debreczeni, 23. Tom Kingston

Well, the Canes and Chiefs losses were good results for the Brumbies…if they win tonight they’ll be up to fourth…and they become the team that we hope will trip up the Tahs!
Nice tackle by Rathbone first up…Rebels under big pressure on defence but manage to clear…
Brumbies lineout on the 22…
Brumbies attack through numerous phases…Toomua scores after the umpteenth phase…great running by Kuridrani…good pass by White…
Conversion hits the post…5-0…
And the Rebels kick it straight into touch…
Wow, the Rebels monster the Brumbies scrum…penalty Rebels…
They kick at posts from halfway…and Woodward nails it…good kick…5-3…
Good defence Rebels…but knocked…scrum Brumbies…
Blindside attack comes to nothing…Rebels lineout…
Scrummies kick charged down…lineout on the same.spot…take two…
This time lineout freekick to the Brumbies…
They opt for the scrum and take it through several phases…
McCabe scores after good work by Rathbone…
Steve Walsh takes responsibility for awarding the try without the TMO…and misses a miles forward pass…haha! 12-3 after 13 mins…
Brumbies looking very good whenever they have the ball…
Very quick recycling and excellent running again sees White putting in Toomua…
Another conversion missed…17-3…
Rebels witha good turnover…and then a poor knock!!
Brumbies with 80% possession and 91% territory…
Now some phases for the Rebels…looking good and then the final pass goes astray!
Good play by the Rebels…numerous phases…
Ultimately a mistake though and the Rebels hooker drops it…
Surely Speight’s afro has to create enough wind resistance to hold him back!
Brumbies win a scrum penalty…harsh call!
Kuridrani gaining good meters several times…but a good turnover to the Rebels and they put the ball onto the boot. Lineout on the Brumbies 22…
Great clearing kick by Nic White…
Brumbies attack after a poor Rebels pass…but they knock it…Rebels kick it deep…
Brumbies counter…before kicking it deep themselves…
Biiiig tackle on Rathbone! That was high…penalty advantage…Brumbies on the attack…
Numerous phases…advantage over…Brumbies within 5…
White gets his third assist as Sio scores…
That’s a bonus point after just 30 mins…
The conversion is well wide again…22-3…Lealiifano 1 out of 4 kicks…
22-3 after 32 minutes…
Brumbies turnover…and they kick it deep again…
Bit of ping pong before the Rebels put it out on halfway…
Penalty Rebels…in front of the kicker…
Rebels take it through the phases but the Brumbies defence is solid…
Rebels retain possesion…or not…after 12 phases a turniver to the Brumbies…
Rebels caught dawdling on the deep kick…caught in their 22 and do well to clear.
Still a Brumbies lineout just outside the 22…
Good move off the lineout…building up the phases…
Penalty Brumbies straight in front…
They already have a bonus point, so they take the shot…and nail it…
25-3 after 38 minutes…
Brumbies knock the kickoff badly…Rebels attack…
Penalty Rebels…they kick for the corner…
Rebels burst through the mall bjt the Brumbies defence holds…
Afzer the hooter and after numerous phases the Rebels get another penalty…
Tap and go…more phases…before the Brumbies steal it and clear…
25-3 at halftime…
I don’t know whether anyone is following the Brumbies game…they have been very impressive! There is also a schools game on…Glenwood vs Monument…7-7 after 15 minutes…
Great kick by the Monnas lighty…10-7…
Great break by the Glenwood flyhalf…almost score but the offload just doesn’t go to hand!
Man that looks like a hard field in Krugersdorp!
Penalty Glenwood…and off the upright! Unlucky…10-7 after 25 minutes…
Back to Canberra…somebody just got hurt…Fugistaller….
Brumbies scrum…great run White…Brumbies attack in the 22…
Looks like a try to Carter…TMO…
Try time…
Conversion good…32-3…after 43 mins…all Brumbies!
Big almost tackle by Rathbone…
Another rubbish call by Walsh as he awards the Brumbies a scrum for a knock on that wasn’t…
Rebels get the scrum penalty…
Monnas lead 13-7…
Poor lineout Rebels…Brumbies run from their 22…
White with the kick ahead…what happened there? No TMO?
At the end of the day it was a 22 drop out…
Brumbies running everything now…
Rebels lose another lineout…poor…
Brumbies run strongly and get a penalty!
They opt for the scrum…
Another penalty at the scrum…
And they opt to scrum again…
Little chip goes touch in goal harmlessly…hmmm!
Rebels win a lineout!!
And attack…get it going 50m…and then try another fancy little chip which is dotted down…dumb little chips…
Ebeks attack again…and then throw a shocker…scrum Brumbies…
And another scrum penalty…
32-3 after 55 mins…
Rebels get a turnover penalty…
And another poor pass…knock…Brumbies clear…
Hey…another one of those chips…another stuff up…directly into touch…
The game is degenerating badly!
Monnas, meanwhile lead 13-12…Glenwood have scored twice but have missed a couple of kicks…
Penalty Rebels…
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They kick for touch…and stuff up the lineout again!
Rebels turn it over…but 5m from the line opt to go to the air again…and don’t score…
Aha…5m scrum Rebels…
Penalty Rebels…quick tap not on the mark…they opt for.another scrum…
Ankther scrum penalty Rebels…
They opt for another scrum…
Good scrum bjt the Brumbies manage not to gibe away a penalty…reset!
Another scrum penalty…Ben Alexander gets carded…and they opt for another scrum…
Pat McCabe on the flank…
The scrum is finally over…Rebels push, push, push…TMO…
Try to Higginbotham…
10-32…70 mins…
π @ the Pastor have a looooong chat all on his own in here
Now again a very poor call by a TMO, it should have been a try to the Landers last week, and it should have been a try today for the Rebels.
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Pastor keeping the Impression numbers going for Rob all on his own
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Brumbies 37 – 10 Rebels
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