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The Melbourne Rebels 2014 Super Rugby season has come to an end with a disappointing loss against the Bulls in South Africa.
FINAL SCORE:
Bulls 40
Melbourne Rebels 7
Early on Saturday morning the Melbourne Rebels complete their Super Rugby season against the Bulls, who are also no hope of making the finals.
Join us from 3:10am AEST, bright and early or nice and late depending on how you roll, for live scores and plenty of banter in the comments about the game.
For the Rebels it’s a somewhat merciful end to a season that began with so much promise. Wins over some of their Australian opponents led some to believe that this could finally be their year, the breakthrough, but it wasn’t to be.
Unfortunately, the mercy ends with the fact that it’s over. They have to play the Bulls at the fortress, Loftus Versfeld, a veritable graveyard for visiting teams.
After going down to the Lions last week, you can’t think that the Rebels will get much done this morning.
They will try their guts out, as they always do, but they don’t have a hardened football team yet as the Bulls do.
Bryce Hegarty has been very promising this year, and Mitch Inman and Tamati Ellison have been reliable in creating go-forward in the midfield, but a lack of clinical finishing and experience in some key positions meant they haven’t always made things easy for themselves.
Unfortunately, Hegarty is out for the Rebels, along with Scott Higginbotham (suspended) and Tom Kingston (knee), leaving them seriously undermanned for this game.
They do have plenty to play for though, with a win lifting them off the bottom of the table, at least until we know the result of the Cheetahs-Lions match.
In a season that has produced some good surprises for the Rebels, it would be a fitting way to end.
For the Bulls, they have nothing left to play for either. Their finals hopes are gone, and pride and Springbok positions will be on the line, as well as the desire to see them finish their series on a high.
Join us right her for live scores and bater from 3:10am AEST, and join the discussion in the comments section!
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