Brumbies v Rebels: Super Rugby live scores, blog
Roar Guru By Elisha Pearce, 14 Apr 2012 Elisha Pearce is a Roar Guru & Live Blogger
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Brumbies player Stephen Moore is tackled. AAP Image/Dave Hunt
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ACT Brumbies Vs. Melbourne Rebels |
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2012 Super Rugby Tournament, 14 April, 2012 |
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| Canberra Stadium, Bruce, ACT | ||
| ACT Brumbies 37 defeated Melbourne Rebels 6 | ||
| ACT Brumbies | Melbourne Rebels | |
| 37 | FINAL SCORE | 6 |
| 5 | TRIES | 0 |
| 3/5 | CONVERSION KICKS | 0/0 |
| 2/2 | PENALTY GOALS | 2/2 |
| 0/0 | DROP GOAL | 0/0 |
Top scorers:
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Important moments:
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| Referee: C Joubert |
| Touch judges: J Leckie & D Mitchelmore |
The Brumbies get the chance to reaffirm their spot at the top of the Australian Conference when they host the Rebels in Canberra tonight. Join us from 7.30pm AEST as we keep score, provide insightful commentary and leave ample room for banter.
Every in-conference match has importance from here on in. The Brumbies will want to keep pace with the Waratahs, who won in Perth last night, and the Rebels are trying to make their own push for a wild-card place.
The Brumbies went down to a more-experienced Reds team last week and will be desperate to get back on track.
The Rebels took on a disappointing Blues team to register a morale boosting win at home.
The Rebels have improved their defence and will obviously rely on Beale,O’Connor and Cipriani for strike power.
The Brumbies are playing with structure but need to throw the ball wide as they did in the first five matches of the competition and test the Rebels defence, and scrumhalf Nic White is a good surprise attack weapon.
Providing he does plenty of running and not kicking, the Brumbies will have some options around the scrum and breakdown area.
It is hoped that both teams open up and not resort to aimless kicking for ‘field position’.
Unless both of these teams can show something different in attack then they are not going to surprise any other franchises in Super Rugby, as neither possesses the forward power or depth to outmuscle any of the teams above them on the ladder.
The Brumbies Wallaby front row duo of Ben Alexander and Stephen Moore have been in outstanding form leading their young Brumbies from up front and lanky winger Jesse Mogg has been a revelation on the wing.
Don’t forget to log from kick-off at 7.35pm AEST on for all the action, commentary and scores you can handle!
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11:47pm
Jagman said | 11:47pm | Report comment
I think the brumbies just found their best starting side. Pity Kuridrani went down at the end though that looked pretty bad and might be the season for him.
10:38pm
Lippy said | 10:38pm | Report comment
If any of you want a laugh I recommend visiting Keo the South Africans have lost the plot. The amount of abuse and tripe that goes on in that site is unbelievable. They’re pretty upset over the Stormers loss not to mention the Rebels canning at the hands of the Brambles has only heightened calls for their 6th team and The Rebs being dropped.
I thought i’d seen some rubbish and sore loser types on this site but it has nothing on Keo.
11:50pm
AndrewCT said | 11:50pm | Report comment
Keo has some nice articles, but yeah they seem to get the dumbest of the dumb on there. Some of them are just embarrassing. Try sport24, they are slightly better but lots of people causing, or rugby365 (normally more interesting comments and they are quite fair… mostly).
10:25pm
Johnno said | 10:25pm | Report comment
All those Mcabe knockers eat humble pie. JOC is not an I/C in the modern game. He is not up to handling the big centres like, SBW,Kahui and Nonu, Frans stein, Jdevlliers, Jamie roberts, he is a wing , or fullback or 5/8, or even half back i think he would be good.
But he is not big enough or physical enough to be a world class I/C. Mcabe is the best defensive I/C inw old rugby.
Give me Mcabe or A.Faianga any day at I/C over JOC .
Boy though that Brumbies no 13 the O/C is the find of the year him and J Tomane.
He i was reading about him today Fijian born Tevita Kuridrani just turned 21 2 weeks ago , 6’5 104kg what a find he will be for Australia over the next year. He is raw with more training and development he will be just the powerhouse outside centre Australia needs and has been looking for , for World cup England 2015.
He has already played for Australia in 7evens so under IRB laws is now bound to play for Australia for life. A great talent , he has been compared to SBW and he is taller too. Like a young Radike Samo. Fiji’s political problems means they are losing some of there top talent. Henry Speight also chose to stay with Australia and turned down an offer to play for Fiji at RWC 2011.
11:51pm
bluerose said | 11:51pm | Report comment
u right, i was very impressed with McCabe/Kuridrani combo, hopefully they can continue to find their form, Tomane is a handful on the wing, Kuridrani could end our long misery at O/C
10:15pm
King of the Gorgonites said | 10:15pm | Report comment
And also great crowd. Well done Canberra.
10:01pm
Crashy said | 10:01pm | Report comment
Kog- crowd was 14000 tonight. I think we,ll see well over 20k for the Tahs game in a couple of weeks. Brumbies looking very good. Injuries have been kind so far and if they come back from Africa with one win they have a big chance to win the conference. If they make the finals anything can happen. Rebels were ordinary.
9:34pm
Chris of Vic said | 9:34pm | Report comment
Thank God that is over,if I wasn’t a Rebels fan I’d have been leaping for joy for the Brumbies. Deserved conference leaders, I hope they can take that form to South Africa.
KOG’s if you’re out there, I was scathing of the Brum’s after the first game, but they have really improved in skill and execution
9:37pm
Justin said | 9:37pm | Report comment
I have been McCabes biggest critic but he has improved a fair amount this year. Running at holes rather than men, looking to pass (not natural but he is moving the ball) and even put in a clearing kick tonight. So hats off for clearly training hard to improve his skill set.
God that hurt to write
9:47pm
Chris of Vic said | 9:47pm | Report comment
O’Connor had such an off night (as did most of the Reb’s) that McCabe completely out played him. Gerrad, Phipps, Kingi, he’ll the whole back line was average to crook. Saffy has a way to go to be a 7, he looks more comfy at 6, but I won’t write him off yet after 1 game.
What I really noticed was how much lower the Brumby’s body height was at the breakdown. So many times they were in and under the Rebs.
10:00pm
Justin said | 10:00pm | Report comment
One thing I noticed in the 2nd half was how often Kingi had to pass around, through or over a Brumby. They slowed the attack very well. Phipps is al ong way from last year and Kingi IMO deserves a start.
Hill made a mistake of breaking up the locking pair and putting Jones at 6. Didnt work, Jones isnt quick enough for 6 on what I have seen. He is going to be a great tight lock like a Brad Thorn type, though maybe not quite as solid.
11:48pm
bmwwilliams said | 11:48pm | Report comment
Justin, I haven’t been a great fan of Mccabe at wallabies level either.
But the sight of him repeatedly running over the top of JOC tonight should certainly make people rethink the idea that he is the long term 12 for the Wals.
The Brums put out a frankly frightening team in size and aggression tonight, and completely took the Rebs’ flashy stars out of the game.
It’s the same lesson the ABs have been teaching the Wallabies in recent years – If only Robbie Deans would pay attention!
10:13pm
King of the Gorgonites said | 10:13pm | Report comment
Ha. I’m here! There is a lot to like about that lot. Its not all doom and gloom for oz rugby as some predict. I saw plenty of talent out there, at least in the brumbies strip.
9:26pm
Lippy said | 9:26pm | Report comment
This game just highlights how dire the Blues were last week.
Who would have thought this rabble actually beat the Blues.
9:35pm
Justin said | 9:35pm | Report comment
Yep, like they had never played with each other before. Just a woeful effort. Very disappointed with that across the board. Only guys to hold their head up were Jones and… wow not much else really. Delve, Gerrard tried hard. The front row is pathetic, no news there. Its the biggest problem they have. Their backline play is all behind the man league plays and easy to defend.
That match threw up more questions than answers for me.
9:23pm
Elisha Pearce said | 9:23pm | Report comment
Siren goes but the scrum will still be packed…
The Brumbies win the scrum and kick it out. Thats game.
Brumbies 37 have soundly beaten the Rebels 6.
9:21pm
Elisha Pearce said | 9:21pm | Report comment
79min
Rebels have the ball and Beale at first 5 puts a few runners into some space. They work right up to 6m out and then DROP IT AGAIN!
Oh no.
Brumbies 37 – Rebels 6
9:18pm
Elisha Pearce said | 9:18pm | Report comment
76min
Rebels win the lineout and go forward a few times.
Then Holmes puts Gerrard away down the line and get tries to shape for a kick but drops it cold over the line.
Brumbies 30 – Rebels 6
9:17pm
Elisha Pearce said | 9:17pm | Report comment
Great move ends with Tomane getting right inside the Rebels 22. Eventually it is turned over again and the Rebels get a penalty in the ruck.
Huxley has been running it whenever he gets a touch.
Brumbies 30 – Rebels 6
9:15pm
Elisha Pearce said | 9:15pm | Report comment
73min
O’Connor goes on a great run and puts a man away down the line. Then Gerrard drops it forward a few tackles later, but not called. Brumbies get the ball back and earn a penalty on their 10metres line.
Brumbies 37 – Rebels 6
9:13pm
Elisha Pearce said | 9:13pm | Report comment
Kuridrani is down on the ground cramping.
He’s going off the field.
9:12pm
Burwood said | 9:12pm | Report comment
Brumbies: genuine contenders to win it all?
9:12pm
Elisha Pearce said | 9:12pm | Report comment
70min
Brumbies earn a scrum off the kick off. They win their feed and Prior sends it downfield.
The Rebels run it back and O’Connor drops it in the tackle. Brumbies kick it away again and Huxley is out there running it back, then Beale tries a few jinks. They are still in possession 5 phases on and then lose 10m from a loose pass. They have it at the halfway line and the Brumbies get a penalty.
Brumbies 37 – Rebels 6
9:09pm
Elisha Pearce said | 9:09pm | Report comment
68min
TRY BRUMBIES!
That came because of a chargedown and then 4-5 phases of forward running. Fardy scored dragging a few people after blowing through Henderson. Muggleton has to be wondering what is different about this team…
Kick is coming now – and good!
Brumbies 37 – Rebels 6
9:06pm
Elisha Pearce said | 9:06pm | Report comment
65min
Rebels have a scrum 5m from their own line. That scrum went to rubbish but the ref managed not to blow the whistle.
They give it back to the Brumbies again. So they get another chance to attack from the 22m line.
Brumbies 30 – Rebels 6
9:04pm
Elisha Pearce said | 9:04pm | Report comment
Sensational moves!
Tomane was on his own on the blindside. He chips his man, regathers and then was denied at the end by Beale who was able to shove him over the line.
Brumbies have the ball about 8m out from the lineout. They had room and forced a pass that went forward and was dropped.
Brumbies 30 – Rebels 6
9:01pm
Elisha Pearce said | 9:01pm | Report comment
60min
A few good runs and an earned penalty ends with a kick to the corner.
Rebels need to score here. Lineout is 6m out.
Rebels now have 53% possession on the game.
Oh a planned move falls apart and its a Brumbies penalty.
Brumbies 30 – Rebels 6
8:59pm
Elisha Pearce said | 8:59pm | Report comment
White is off for Prior and Palmer off for Alexander.
8:58pm
Elisha Pearce said | 8:58pm | Report comment
58min
Rebels string about 4 phases of side to side and O’Connor tries something but it leads to a drop when no one was quite sure what he wanted.
Brumbies scrum coming.
8:56pm
Elisha Pearce said | 8:56pm | Report comment
56min
A few scrappy phases is ended when the Brumbies lose the ball forward to a teammate. An interesting tactic that one.
Mogg is off and Coleman is on.
This game hasn’t been very good in the first half. The Rebels were never good in this game but the Brumbies have dropped off a bit in this half now too.
Brumbies 30 – Rebels 6
8:54pm
Elisha Pearce said | 8:54pm | Report comment
Rebels spread it wide and the defense is solid. Then the Rebels try to switch wide the other way and lose about 20m on a bad pass.
Gerrard drops the ball in a tackle and Brumbies win it. A long long kick is returned to the Rebels 10metres line again.
Brumbies 30 – Rebels 6
8:53pm
Elisha Pearce said | 8:53pm | Report comment
53min
Rebels win the ball and actually make a fair bit of ground up the field. That is killed off when Kingi throws a poor, low pass to Cipriani. Scrum Brumbies again. This time it’s a free kick to Rebels. This guy loves his whistle.
Brumbies 30 – Rebels 6
8:51pm
Elisha Pearce said | 8:51pm | Report comment
51min
Brumbies scrum 5m out ends in a penalty. There wasn’t a collapse but it’s given anyway. Apparently someone’s shoulders dropped below the waist height.
Kick for touch gets up to 10metres line.
Brumbies 30 – Rebels 6
8:49pm
Elisha Pearce said | 8:49pm | Report comment
50min
Rebels have a lineout on the back of their penalty.
Then the throw wasn’t straight. Great stuff from them. Getting all the basics right tonight.
8:48pm
Elisha Pearce said | 8:48pm | Report comment
49min
The Rebels got the ball back but then kicked it for some reason. McCabe kicks too and Gerrard runs it back well. The Rebels go wide and win a penalty for offside.
Brumbies 30 – Rebels 6
8:46pm
Elisha Pearce said | 8:46pm | Report comment
47min
Brumbies do a few phases quickly through the hands and then a little kick through almost works with the chase gathering but going into touch. They aren’t as dominant as the first half yet but the Brumbies are working back through the gears to get to that point now.
Brumbies 30 – Rebels 6
8:45pm
Elisha Pearce said | 8:45pm | Report comment
46min
Wow. Great steal from Rod Blake getting his hands on the ball first and 3 people couldn’t remove him.
Penalty to Rebels for not releasing. That is actually one of the strengths of his game. He’s great at holding his position in a ruck.
Brumbies 30 – Rebels 6
8:44pm
Elisha Pearce said | 8:44pm | Report comment
45min
Jones disrupted the lineout but couldn’t handle it.
Brumbies run strongly through midfield. Then a penalty for offside and White taps and goes quickly!
They are now near the 22.
8:43pm
Elisha Pearce said | 8:43pm | Report comment
44min
Brumbies scrum was very strong. Then the ref calls a penalty as the ball comes out. Annoying.
He’s pinged the rebels for backing away from the contact.
Brumbies 30 – Rebels 6
8:41pm
Elisha Pearce said | 8:41pm | Report comment
42min
Lineout coming and won by the Rebels. That was because of a scrum penalty. They are only about 8m out.
Saffy gets hit hard and coughs it up. Strong tackle.
Scrum to rebels about 10m out.
Brumbies 30 – Rebels 6
8:40pm
Elisha Pearce said | 8:40pm | Report comment
40min
Kick off by Cipriani!
Knock on immediately. Delve on the field now.
Brumbies 30 – Rebels 6
8:38pm
Adam said | 8:38pm | Report comment
Finally at my first brumbies game. Loving it, brumbies going for tries which is great!
8:32pm
Elisha Pearce said | 8:32pm | Report comment
The Rebels weren’t able to build continuity for the most part. They were sloppy with possession and really struggled to clear the ball from their ruck. It was the same way the other way too, the Brumbies were always blowing the Rebel’s forwards off the ball and creating quicker opportunities to run. The Rebels need to make it a race to every ruck to have a chance to get a platform to attack from.
8:28pm
Elisha Pearce said | 8:28pm | Report comment
HALF TIME
Rebels slow it down and rumble in the forwards. They’ve gone about 1m in 6 phases. Then going wide finally and it’s stolen. I think thats why they keep using the forwards.
Kick didn’t go out! Gerrard runs it back but then the ball is dropped by Pyle.
Brumbies 30 lead the Rebels 6. So far you’d have to say that it’s a deserved scoreline.
8:27pm
Elisha Pearce said | 8:27pm | Report comment
40min
Inman takes the hit up off the lineout and then Jones barrels it near to the tryline.
O’Connor was literally through the line and then passed for some reason. It was knocked down and the Rebels were lucky to get it back.
There is another penalty for lying on the ball.
O’Connor really should have taken that himself…
8:25pm
Elisha Pearce said | 8:25pm | Report comment
38min
Lealiifano gets the kick this time – right in front to get his confidence back.
Rebels have only had 25% of possession. And basically none of that was since my feed came on at the 26th min.
Rebels win the kick again and Saffy runs strongly. They are so slow though, no one else coming onto the ball.
Penalty to the Rebels for lying on the ball. Kick for touch. About 3 m out for the lineout and final attack.
Brumbies 30 – Rebels 6
8:24pm
Elisha Pearce said | 8:24pm | Report comment
36min
The lineout is won by the Brumbies and then 3 phases later McCabe scoots round a man and offloads to Mowen for the TRY!
That pass was ‘very flat’ as they say.
Brumbies 28 – Rebels 3
8:22pm
Elisha Pearce said | 8:22pm | Report comment
35min
Powerful Rebels scrum.
Gerrard kicks but not out. Speight runs it back into some good defense.
Ball is caught well in that ruck and eventually goes to the blindside. Fardy kicks it ahead, well done actually. Good second rower effort.
Brumbies 23 – Rebels 6
8:20pm
Elisha Pearce said | 8:20pm | Report comment
33min
Camera can’t see the fingers but looks like downward pressure.
Not exactly under control but pressure is there.
Oh TMO says knocked on over the line. That was a rugby league style call to me. That would be called in rugby most of the time.
Brumbies 23 – Rebels 6
8:18pm
Elisha Pearce said | 8:18pm | Report comment
Ball goes wide finally and Mogg almost got over. He was held up and then pushed back!
Then the ball is over the line! It’s going to TMO…
8:18pm
Elisha Pearce said | 8:18pm | Report comment
33min
Mowen pulls the ball off the scrum. So they couldn’t push it over and didn’t spread it wide to the man advantage either. Strange.
Ball is slow but only 3m out here. In the forwards…
8:17pm
Elisha Pearce said | 8:17pm | Report comment
32min
Brumbies win the ball. Speight gets to about 3m out and then Gareth Delve is yellowed for a professional foul!
Scrum not kick! This is going for the kill early.
Brumbies 23 – Rebel 3
8:16pm
Elisha Pearce said | 8:16pm | Report comment
31min
There was a cheeky cross field kick, Speight went without it, then Kuridrani tried an offload but it’s over the sideline.
We are told by Greg Martin that Kuridrani is from the same village of Lote Tiquiri. Great sticcato language.
8:14pm
Elisha Pearce said | 8:14pm | Report comment
30min
Brumbies scrum was solid and McCabe kicks long. Beale bombs it out of chasing range and the Brumbies set up and kick straight to O’Connor. He kicks another bomb and its straight up.
Now Brumbies have it just into attacking half. Timani in space on the wing, inside the 10metres line now…
Brumbies 23 – Rebels 3
8:13pm
Elisha Pearce said | 8:13pm | Report comment
26th min
Lealiifano misses another kick.
Brumbies lead 23-6.
Just a quick aside: the sound effect at kick off time is amazing. Sounds like a Brumbie got shot in the chest!
Rebels win the kick off again and then drop it. They are playing poorly. This time Inman wasn’t watching the ball as he caught it.
8:11pm
Elisha Pearce said | 8:11pm | Report comment
Rebels get the kick off back but lose it quickly in a ruck.
Mogg makes a great kick chase and the resulting ruck is won by the Brumbies.
4 phases later – TRY!!!
Basketball score coming here at this rate. 2 tries in 2 minutes.
Brumbies 23 – Rebels 3
8:09pm
Elisha Pearce said | 8:09pm | Report comment
Apparently Hooper has been a revelation at the number 7 position! That is the inside of Brendan Cannon.
Its another Brumbies try scored by the above mentioned Hooper.
Conversion missed.
Brumbies 18 – Rebels 6
8:08pm
Elisha Pearce said | 8:08pm | Report comment
And we have a feed now…
8:04pm
Elisha Pearce said | 8:04pm | Report comment
Brumbies score a TRY!!!
Conversion is good!
Brumbies 13 – Rebels 3
7:59pm
Elisha Pearce said | 7:59pm | Report comment
Rebels have knocked over a penalty now. It’s 6-3 after 15, Brumbies lead.
Cipriani hammered it over from 50m+.
7:58pm
Elisha Pearce said | 7:58pm | Report comment
Crusaders won with 1 try to the Stormers 2 tries.
7:56pm
Elisha Pearce said | 7:56pm | Report comment
Btw for people who haven’t heard yet, the Crusaders just handed the first loss of the year to the Stormers. Big win for the ‘Saders and also means the Bulls are only 1 game back from the Stormers now. Thats a hard team to beat.
7:55pm
Elisha Pearce said | 7:55pm | Report comment
Brumbies go ahead 6 – 0. Another penalty.
7:55pm
Elisha Pearce said | 7:55pm | Report comment
Im hearing so far that the Brumbies are finding plenty of room to attack so far. Muggleton will be on the sideline wondering what he has to do to fix this side’s tackling.
Fox is still giving me Boznich quality analysis of the penalty shootout win to the Glory. He’s got a special gift for using extremely long sentences.
7:50pm
Elisha Pearce said | 7:50pm | Report comment
Rebels left room for a Brumbies attack there. It was closed down as the ball carrier was pushed into touch.
7:48pm
Elisha Pearce said | 7:48pm | Report comment
The first points were scored by the Brumbies on a penalty kick!
Sorry I haven’t got anything else for you atm. The channel I’ve got still has the A-League going!
Perth won in penalty shootout for people who want to know.
7:22pm
King of the Gorgonites said | 7:22pm | Report comment
What crowd are they tracking for?