Quade Cooper has been cleared of a concussion sustained last weekend and will suit up to face the Bulls in a crucial Super Rugby clash this weekend.
The half failed to finish the Rebels last clash against the Reds, but has passed a fitness test this week.
In a further boost to the Rebels chances of tackling the Bulls, Matt Toomua will play his first game of the season for the franchise, having arrived in Melbourne earlier this week after a stint playing in England with Leicester.
The Waratahs have made three changes to their side ahead of a derby clash with the Reds. Tom Robertson, Adam Ashley-Cooper and Lachlan Swinton all move into Daryl Gibson’s first XV, with Robertson making his first start of the season after a long injury layoff.
Queensland have meanwhile named New Zealander Matt McGahan to make his Super Rugby debut at fullback. That’s one of two changes to the Reds XV, with Lukhan Salakaia-Loto being promoted to the starting line-up at No.6.
Angus Scott-Young moves across to No.8, while Scott Higginbotham moves to the bench.
The Hurricanes have also named their side, with Beauden Barrett sitting out due to All Blacks enforced rest ahead of the World Cup.
James Marshall takes his spot, while the other chance to their starting side sees Du’Plessis Kirifi play in the number seven jumper for Reed Prinsep, with Ardie Savea moving to number eight.
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Hurricanes
1. Toby Smith, 2. Asafo Aumua, 3. Jeffrey Toomaga-Allen, 4. James Blackwell, 5. Isaia Walker-Leawere, 6. Vaea Fifita, 7. Du’Plessis Kirifi, 8. Ardie Savea, 9. TJ Perenara, 10. James Marshall, 11. Ben Lam, 12. Ngani Laumape, 13. Matt Proctor, 14. Wes Goosen, 15. Jordie Barrett
Bench: 16. Ricky Riccitelli, 17. Chris Eves, 18. Ross Geldenhuys, 19. Kane Le’aupepe, 20. Heiden Bedwell-Curtis, 21. Finlay Christie, 22. Fletcher Smith, 23. Salesi Rayasi
Jaguares
1. Nahuel Tetaz Chaparro, 2. Agustin Creevy, 3. Enrique Pieretto, 4. Guido Petti, 5. Tomas Lavanini, 6. Pablo Matera, 7. Juan Manuel Leguizamon, 8. Javier Ortega Desio, 9. Tomas Cubelli, 10. Joaquin Diaz Bonilla, 11. Ramiro Moyano, 12. Jeronimo de la Fuente (c), 13. Matias Moroni, 13. Sebastian Cancelliere, 15. Emiliano Boffelli
Bench: 16. Julian Montoya, 17. Mayco Vivas, 18. Santiago Medrano, 19. Lucas Paulos, 20. Marcos Kremer, 21. Felipe Ezcurra, 22. Domingo Miotti, 23. Matias Orlando
Rebels
1. Tetera Faulkner, 2. Anaru Rangi, 3. Jermaine Ainsley, 4. Ross Haylett-Petty, 5. Matt Philip, 6. Angus Cottrell, 7. Richard Hardwick, 8. Rob Leota, 9. Will Genia, 10. Quade Cooper, 11. Marika Koroibete, 12. Billy Meakes, 13. Reece Hodge, 14. Jack Maddocks, 15. Dane Haylett-Petty (c)
Bench: 16. Hugh Roach, 17. Matt Gibbon, 18. Sam Talakai, 19. Sam Jeffries, 20. Pone Fa’amausili, 21. Michael Ruru, 22. Campbell Magnay, 23. Matt Toomua
Bulls
1. Lizo Gqoboka, 2. Schalk Brits, 3. Trevor Nyakane, 4. RG Snyman, 5. Jason Jenkins, 6. Paul Schoeman, 7. Hanro Liebenberg, 8. Duane Vermeulen, 9. Andre Warner, 10. Handre Pollard (c), 11. Rosko Specman, 12. Burger Odendaal, 13. Johnny Kotze, 14. Cornal Hendricks, 15. Warrick Gelant
Bench: 16. Jaco Visagie, 17. Simphiwe Matanzima, 18. Wiehan Herbst, 19. Jannes Kirsten, 20. Marco van Staden, 21. Embrose Papier, 22. Manie Libbok, 23. Divan Rossouw
Blues
1. Alex Hodgman, 2. James Parsons, 3. Ofa Tuungafasi, 4. Patrick Tuipulotu (cc), 5. Scott Scrafton, 6. Dalton Papalii, 7. Blake Gibson (cc), 8. Akira Ioane, 9. Jonathan Ruru, 10. Harry Plummer, 11. Rieko Ioane, 12. Ma’a Nonu, 13. TJ Faiane, 14. Caleb Clarke, 15. Melani Nanai
Bench: 16. Matt Moulds, 17. Lua Li, 18. Karl Tu’inukuafe, 19. Gerard Cowley-Tuioti, 20. Tom Robinson, 21. Augustine Pulu, 22. Otere Black, 23. Matt Duffie
Chiefs
1. Atu Moli, 2. Nathan Harris, 3. Angus Ta’avao, 4. Jesse Parete, 5. Mitchell Brown, 6. Pita Gus Sowakula, 7. Mitchell Karpik, 8. Tyler Ardron, 9. Brad Weber (c), 10. Marty McKenzie, 11. Etene Nanai-Seturo, 12. Anton Lienert-Brown, 13. Tumua Manu, 14. Sean Wainui, 15. Solomon Alaimalo
Bench: 16. Liam Polwart, 17. Aidan Ross, 18. Nepo Laulala, 19. Mitchell Jacobson, 20. Sam Cane, 21. Te Toiroa Tahuriorangi, 22. Shaun Stevenson, 23. Alex Nankivell
Reds
1. JP Smith, 2. Alex Mafi, 3. Taniela Tupou, 4. Izack Rodda, 5. Angus Blyth, 6. Lukhan Salakaia-Loto, 7. Liam Wright, 8. Angus Scott-Young, 9. Tate McDermott, 10. Bryce Hegarty, 11. Sefa Naivalu, 12. Samu Kerevi (c), 13. Chris Feauai-Sautia, 14. Jock Campbell, 15. Matt McGahan
Bench: 16. Brandon Paenga-Amosa, 17. Harry Hoopert, 18. Ruan Smith, 19. Scott Higginbotham, 20. Caleb Timu, 21. Moses Sorovi, 22. Duncan Paia’aua, 23. Seb Wileman
Waratahs
1. Tom Robertson, 2. Damien Fitzpatrick, 3. Sekope Kepu, 4. Ned Hanigan, 5. Rob Simmons, 6. Lachlan Swinton, 7. Michael Hooper (c), 8. Michael Wells, 9. Nick Phipps, 10. Bernard Foley, 11. Cameron Clark, 12. Karmichael Hunt, 13. Adam Ashley-Cooper, 14. Alex Newsome, 15. Kurtley Beale
Bench: 16. Tolu Latu, 17. Harry Johnson-Holmes, 18. Chris Talakai, 19. Tom Staniforth, 20. Will Miller, 21. Jake Gordon, 22. Lalakai Foketi, 23. Curtis Rona
Lions
Still to come.
Highlanders
1. Ayden Johnstone, 2. Liam Coltman, 3. Tyrel Lomax, 4. Josh Dickson, 5. Tom Franklin, 6. Luke Whitelock (c), 7. Dillon Hunt, 8. Shannon Frizell, 9. Aaron Smith, 10. Josh Ioane, 11. Patelesio Tomkinson, 12. Teihorangi Walden, 13. Rob Thompson, 14. Jordan Hyland, 15. Matt Faddes
Bench: 16. Ash Dixon, 17. Daniel Lienert-Brown, 18. Siate Tokolahi, 19. Jack Whetton, 20. James Lentjes, 21. Kayne Hammington, 22. Daniel Hollinshead, 23. Waisake Naholo
Stormers
Still to come.
Crusaders
Still to come.
All times listed are AEST – Sydney/Melbourne/Brisbane.
samalavich
Roar Rookie
yes it was encouraging and needed. jordie put in a few great tackles as well. TJ has always been an excellent defensively but he was bossing those scrums, luckily the ref let him do what he did (some of it was borderline) or surely the blues would have scored at some point.
Ken Catchpole's Other Leg
Roar Guru
Yeh - how do you do that smiley face Chook? My attempts just result in multiple question marks.????
Doctordbx
Roar Rookie
That doesn't really sound like Quade. If anything I think he'd be happy for the rest, but the reality is the Rebels need to be firing on all cylinders here out for a chance, and Toomua is new to the squad and the game plan. It would be nuts to start him at 10.
Jimmy
Roar Rookie
Also, I hope they play with the same defensive grit they showed against the Blues last week. It was great to watch. I thought BB was excellent defensively last week and am a bit disappointed he's not playing again this week. There's no question about his attacking skills, but wow I love watching him defend well. Same with TJ. He was an absolute nightmare at Blues scrum time - just awesome.
Jimmy
Roar Rookie
Totally agree. Maybe they believe between TJ and Jordie they'll have enough direction to cope without a specialist 10? I sure hope so....
samalavich
Roar Rookie
Get back out there you girls blouse!!!
samalavich
Roar Rookie
Ok interesting. Thanks for that.
Paul D
Roar Rookie
First order of business is shutting down Kerevi, so AAC for defence is reasonable. I'm not expecting a high scoring affair, but given the green nature of the back 3 for the Reds I think I may have gone with the bigger body of Rona running off Beale and chasing kicks over Newsome.
riddler
Roar Rookie
the piggies are looking very good. agree on the backs. enjoy the game if you are going.
riddler
Roar Rookie
i am a big fan of duncan p. not sure why he isn't taking that next step up. people say he can't tackle but i have seen him make classic tackles.
Train Without A Station
Roar Guru
Yeah it’s possible they just guessed, or whoever told them just guessed. Or it’s possible he just shouldn’t be playing this week.
AJ
Guest
You're right about the forwards mate. It's a good squad and the bench one week can be the starters the next. Korczyk is playing well, had a blinder in club rugby last week against Brothers and he cant get a bench. It's mainly the backs that are the worry in the future. I dont know anything about Seb Wileman though?
jeznez
Roar Guru
I’m sure I heard the commentators say he’d failed a HIA but then again it was a Foxsports feed so that doesn’t mean they had a clue what they were talking about. The match write up on the Rebels website says he was removed as a “safety precaution”
Ken Catchpole's Other Leg
Roar Guru
Toomua may be an impetus for Quade being keen to front up quickly. I hope not for his health’s sake.
AJ
Guest
Yes riddler, I wouldn't want to talk him up too much... he was Man of the Match for Norths vs Easts last week as voted by the Tigers team. I think he's played about 5 prem games at 10 (Ive seen 2) and he comes across as a solid player, can pass, tackle, kick and has a dab occasionally. Good goal kicker. Seems to be growing in confidence, coming back from a broken leg. Big step up vs Tahs though. Mind you, in both games I watched, Duncan P was having an absolute field day and made him look like a co-star. He is a bloody good footballer mate.
riddler
Roar Rookie
aj have u seen him play? the piggies look good. asy at 8 will be interesting.
AJ
Guest
Ok McGahan to fullback. Least amount of disruption and can probably swap with Hegarty. He’s got a fairly good boot.
terrykidd
Roar Pro
Poor Tom English can't even make the bench now ..... if I was him I would be pissed.
Humey
Guest
The Waratahs 1 3 4 5 7 10 12 13 15 16 and 21 will be in the Wallabies best 23. Lock it in.
Matt
Guest
samalavich Listening and watching a Michael Cheika coaching youtube clip. If you last more than 15 seconds without fainting or bleeding from the ears you have passed the HIA.