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RD 11: Rebels v Blues

KevinO

Geoff Shaw (53)
Ok, so this one for the Rebels to stand up, with only two home games left the Rebels really need to pull off a win.

Creditors meeting at 2pm Fri, so players should know the outcome.

Hopefully it's good news come through
 

zer0

John Thornett (49)
Stern Vern and the boys watching the Rebels starting scrum from last week:

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Scooter

Nicholas Shehadie (39)
5th v 2nd. At the start of the season, if you had said the Rebels were 5th after Round 10, I would have taken it and ran. (Although, I don't run very fast)

In front of their home fans, can the Rebels rebound from the horror show v the Crusaders? Given our run home, there is a chance the Rebels don't win another game.

Given how bad the scrum was and the starting front row were yanked after 30 minutes, do Cabous and / or Pone get a game?
 

Dctarget

Tim Horan (67)
REBELS (1-15): Isaac Kailea, Jordan Uelese, Taniela Tupou, Angelo Smith, Josh Canham, Josh Kemeny, Vaiolini Ekuasi, Rob Leota (c), Ryan Louwrens, Carter Gordon, Darby Lancaster, David Feliuai, Matt Proctor, Filipo Daugunu, Andrew Kellaway

RESERVES: Ethan Dobbins, Matt Gibbon, Sam Talakai, Tuaina Taii Tualima, Maciu Nabolakasi, Jack Maunder, Jake Strachan, Lachie Anderson

BLUES (1-15): Ofa Tu'ungafasi, Ricky Riccitelli, PJ Sheck, Patrick Tuipulotu (c), Laghlan McWhannell, Anton Segner, Dalton Papali'i, Hoskins Sotutu, Taufa Funaki, Harry Plummer, Caleb Clarke, AJ Lam, Rieko Ioane, Mark Tele'a, Cole Forbes

RESERVES: Kurt Eklund, Joshua Fusitu'a, Marcel Renata, Sam Darry, Cam Suafoa, Sam Nock, Corey Evans, Bryce Heem
 

Dctarget

Tim Horan (67)
Happy to have Proctor and Daugunu starting wiht Kellaway, close to our best backline. Not sure how we haven't found a better 12 than Feliuai hanging around.
Front row swapped around after last week's pasting. Good luck to Dobbins.

No matter, still going to get raaaaiiiiled.
 

zer0

John Thornett (49)
RESERVES: Kurt Eklund, Joshua Fusitu'a, Marcel Renata, Sam Darry, Cam Suafoa, Sam Nock, Corey Evans, Bryce Heem

Well, was not expecting to see Suafoa for the rest of the season, given his cancer treatment. Hopefully he's back to something approaching his 2023 levels of physicality because I think the Blues really missed a big powerful blindside last week. Segner is great, but is more of a Papalii 2.0 and doesn't hit as hard/dominate tackles like Ioane or Suafoa do.
 
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KevinO

Geoff Shaw (53)
Big ask, but just hoping the Rebels show up. Need a win, fans need something to cheer for right now.
 

KiwiM

Arch Winning (36)

The Blues haven’t held back in their admiration for teammate Cameron Suafoa, who will make his return from receiving treatment for cancer against the Melbourne Rebels on Friday night.

Last month, the 25-year-old lock took a break from Super Rugby, in order to focus completely on his treatment.

In 2023, a sarcoma tumour was found in Suafoa’s back, before it was promptly removed, followed by radiation therapy in March of this year.

But that didn’t stop Suafoa by any means. Already this year, he’s played two Super Rugby matches, starting against the Hurricanes and coming off the bench against the Waratahs, away in Sydney, both while undergoing treatment.
 
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