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Rebels sign Kotaro Matsushima for the 2016 season. Another utility back. http://melbournerebels.com.au/news/article/tradition-continues-at-rebels-with-japanese-international-for-2016/

Naturally my Kiwi mate found this footage of the all-mighty Rene Ranger in BEAST mode. Still, rose coloured glasses on, I'm sure there is some Rebel goodness here. Rycee Hodge managd to beat Rene at least once.

I'm guessing both teams emptied the bench. They had Super Rugby on the pine; we had a mix of NRC, DS and Super players. Expire nice was bound to get the Blues over the line. Meh, it's only pre season. Without seeing footage, I'm not losing sleep.

Ouch ouch ouch

Few quick tries to the Blues. Scores now 26 - 7.

Rebels with a converted Try. Blues still lead 14 - 7.

14 - 0 Blues.

End of the first quarter. Still 7 - 0 Blues.

7 - 0 Blues.

Surprised it's not being streamed, can see cameras there. Oh well.

Match will be live tweeted by @BluesRugbyTeam. I'm assuming the @MelbourneRebels will fire up wit some twitter updates too.

From the Blues website. Interesting to see the ex Melbourne Storm winger Matt Duffie get a run. The Blues players to get game time, including All Black and Blues captain Jerome Kaino, on Thursday are: Sione Mafileo, Nic Mayhew, Sam Prattley, Ofa Tu’ungafasi, Namatahi Waa, Quentin MacDonald...

I was thinking BroTV, but that's too easy. Think this might be a job for the Gunston Broadcasting Corporation. Wonder if Mr D. Pillock can reach out to them...

Looks like we'll be huddling around a Twitter feed for updates. No stream or FoxSports feed of the match. not really that surprised by that. Follow @BluesRugby for updates. sure the @MelbourneRebels feed will be pumping too.

Also, the photos that Mr Wobbly took of last weeks open training session showed Pat Leafa in a CAM boot.

Remember that a young Mr Higgers was a bit of a yellow card magnet back when he started with the Rebels. Fast forward two seasons and he was much more settled. Having the (c) after your name on the team sheet can have a calming effect. Wait and see I guess.

Same with Telusa Veianu. He's been tearing it up for the Tigers in season..

No time for Mitchell's actions and antics. I'll be harsh bastard about this, but he should be thinking about getting his English visa organised and pissing off for a few years. Still, the only way it will stick is through due process, so that could take some time. Don't wan another...

Who do we want to run at 12 this year? Name your dream 12 guys, and give context (e.g game plan, style etc...)

Plenty of the leadership group did Interview last year, they seemed to rotate it around a lot.