Posts Tagged "Melbourne Rebels"

Melbourne Rebels insist there’s no need to panic about the season ahead despite the Super Rugby trial schedule from hell burning them early.

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After a performance injured skipper Stirling Mortlock described as tough watching, the Melbourne Rebels hope another week together on the training paddock yields a better performance in their second Super Rugby trial.

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Wallabies fullback Kurtley Beale showed flashes of brilliance in an otherwise lacklustre performance by the Melbourne Rebels in their first Super Rugby trial against the Chiefs in Geelong on Friday night.

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While the spotlight is on their star-studded backs, the Melbourne Rebels forwards will be auditioning for starting jerseys in their first Super Rugby trial on Friday night.

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The Melbourne Rebels don’t want Storm halfback Cooper Cronk, they just want to play like him.

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Star Rebels recruit Kurtley Beale is in danger of missing their trial matches with hamstring-related problems with his body unable to handle the increased training workload ahead of the Super Rugby season.

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In the business world, managing expectations is a crucial ability. Estimates are supplied to a project manager, who takes into account the resources we have at our disposal, our ability and experience, the complexity of the task at hand, and any potential roadblocks that could stop a timely delivery.

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They may be vying to wear the Melbourne Rebels No.10 rugby jersey and the goal-kicking honours but new signing James O’Connor insists Danny Cipriani is his team-mate before he is his rival.

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Nothing says blockbuster like the words ‘traditional rivals’. Rivalries are commonplace in sport but always make for special encounters. For the player it’s about pride and one-upmanship. For the fan it’s about bragging rights and sledging the day after.

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Danny Cipriani may be eyeing the England No.10 jersey but he’s no certainty to even play five-eighth for the Melbourne Rebels.

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Flamboyant Melbourne Rebels playmaker Danny Cipriani could miss the opening month of the Super rugby season if he earns a call-up for next year’s Six Nations.

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Kurtley Beale truly believes he and fellow star recruit James O’Connor can help transform the Melbourne Rebels from wooden spooners to Super Rugby champions in 2012.

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Melbourne Rebels skipper Stirling Mortlock feels in better shape than he has in years.

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Former representative rugby league stars Les Kiss and John Muggleton have made bigger names for themselves as rugby defence coaches. But Kiss will be hoping his career path doesn’t take the dramatic downturn suffered by Muggleton.

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One thing I’ve loved about working behind the scenes in the Rebel Army, and seeing this ragtag organisation thrive, is the relationships that have sprung up between Rebels supporters and our players.

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Incoming Rebels coach Damien Hill says the Super Rugby wooden spoon has left a bitter taste and Melbourne won’t settle for a second next season.

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It was finally announced on Saturday that James O’Connor will join close friend Kurtley Beale at the Rebels in Super Rugby season 2012. O’Connor and Beale are seen as the bright future of Australian Rugby, both in anyone’s starting XV for the Wallabies.

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Australian rugby sensation James O’Connor has signed a two-year deal with the Melbourne Rebels and the Australian Rugby Union.

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Rod Macqueen will step on to the Melbourne Rebels’ board of directors next season and away from day-to-day coaching at the Super Rugby club.

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Eight weeks ago, there was a brief press announcement that Kurtley Beale, the NSW prodigy since his school days, was leaving the Waratahs at the end of the 2011 season and heading for the Melbourne Rebels.

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