Brumbies book place in Super Rugby finals
THE Brumbies have clinched Super Rugby’s Australian conference with a 32-3 bonus-point thrashing of the hapless Melbourne Rebels in Canberra.
THE Brumbies have clinched Super Rugby’s Australian conference with a 32-3 bonus-point thrashing of the hapless Melbourne Rebels in Canberra.
WHILE Tony McGahan says the Brumbies deserve top billing heading into the finals, the Rebels will take some positives if they can knock Canberra off for a second time this season.
EX-WALLABY Brendan Cannon has slammed the ARU’s handling of player welfare amid proposed cutting of Melbourne Rebels or Western Force from Super Rugby.
AFTER sitting on the sideline for most of the season through injury, it was fitting Melbourne Rebels prop Tody Smith was notified of his Wallabies call-up on the couch.
MELBOURNE Rebels’ status as Super Rugby’s most enterprising franchise is undergoing radical change ahead of the 2014 season.
MELBOURNE Rebels have suffered a devastating pre-season blow with the long-term loss of Irish recruit Tom Sexton.
FREE of injury and excited over Melbourne’s potential, Scott Higginbotham is poised to be installed as Rebels’ captain.
WHEN Tom English was recruited to the Rebels a medical issue was kept secret from the youngster – and his new club.
SCOTT Higginbotham is confident Melbourne Rebels can cover the loss of troubled star duo Kurtley Beale and James O’Connor.
THE Rebels will face NSW – and their former star Kurtley Beale – in the club’s first competitive outing under new coach Tony McGahan.
POWER-running backrower Scott Higginbotham will be fit for a Wallaby tour SOS if Australia’s thin backrow stocks are ravaged any further.
REBELS coach Tony McGahan has defended the club’s decision to cut James O’Connor, citing the overall welfare of the franchise as justification.
MELBOURNE Rebels are daring to go where AFL won’t by staging a Super Rugby match on Good Friday.
THE draw for the 2014 Super Rugby season is out – so where and when will Benji Marshall, Kurtley Beale and co kick-off their campaigns?
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