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Rebels running the ball back from halfway. Saffy is on too, so is Reid. Jones and Higgers look to be on, so I guess Neville and Fuglistaller are off. Rebels go wide to the winger Higgers, who grubbers ahead to turn over the ball. Turns into a kicking duel, with the crowd booing every time...

No try! Think the TMO got it right. Commentators agree. Agree that Woodward looks promising. Back three of the Rebels has been better than the back three of the Force, Mafi aside. Rebels looking better with JOC (James O'Connor) at 10 instead of Roberts. Uncontested scrums! Who is off?

JOC (James O'Connor)'s pass looks forward to me.

Alcock on, not sure who is off. Christie now kicks the ball out on the full. Rebels run it up the touchline and take it quickly. They go down the blind side, JOC (James O'Connor) taps the ball on without catching it to Woodward who tip toes down the sideline to score. All too easy, well it looked like it...

Christie looks better on attack than Eberson. Christie stands a bit flatter and has a pass in front of his man. Eberson the better kicker, though. Godwin now kicking for the Force, and he gets it from in front. 23 to 18 to the Rebels, about 20 to go.

Rebels defence all over the shop as first Mafi nearly strolls through, then it goes back to Tupou midfield and he goes over.

Rebels drive the scrum forward and win a penalty on the halfway line. Force losing Longbotton for Faulkner and Rebels bringing Weeks on for PAE made a difference. JOC (James O'Connor) lines up the penalty, right in front just over 45 out. Ball goes over the black dot. 23 to 11 Rebels up, 23 to go. Rebels...

Eberson is down, getting a lot of attention. Apparently was taken out by his own team mate, according to Clarkie. Eberson heads off, Christie is on. Will be a straight swap. Force elect to go to touch 45 out right in front. Christie kicks the ball dead. Woeful kick.

Rebels starting to look more settled on attack as they get some quick ball and get over the advantage line too easily. Eventually a poor pass sees the Rebels 12 (sidey?) drop the poor, Good run and offload from Cottrell sets it up for Alby to run through the Rebels defence, but he drops it...

JOC (James O'Connor) misses the conversion. 20 to 11 to the Rebels, 30 to go. Weeks on, not sure for who. Think it is PAE. Saffy warming up. Phipps steals the Force's lineout, JOC (James O'Connor) kicks aimlessly to Tupou who marks and kicks back.

Known a few guys I used to play for who have done grade 2 and 3 AC joints in their shoulders. Maybe 3 - 4 weeks on the sidelines, no op needed I think. Until he gets an op it will need to be heavily taped. Unless he has a fracture, then it's not good.

Nice set of hands from the Rebels front row sees them going forward and earning a penalty before Pyle knocks on in contact. Penalty is 10 out, 10 from the touchline. Higgers elects to kick for touch, Rebels lineout, 5m from the Force line. Nice lineout move sees the Rebels 1m and the Force...

Force kick away the ball pointlessly. A few kicks later and the Rebels are on the Force's 22. 3M looks shattered on the sideline.

Eberson drags it to the right, distance was good, accuracy was not. Have to say that Mafi is great on the wing for the Force, but Dellitt and Tupou are really uninspiring. 3M has an AC joint injury. He may be gone for a while.

JOC (James O'Connor) to 10, Kingi to 15, Vuna on the wing. Roberts must be off. Roberts wasn't great in the first half. Penalty to the Force as Higgers picks and goes while the backline scream for it. Force to kick for goal, 42m out, almost right in front.

Foley interview sounds like the Force will go conservative. "We break the line and turn it over. We need to keep possession". (To paraphrase.) Game back on. Force with possession 25 out. Force go forward, then throw the ball to no-one and need to start again. Eberson is standing too deep...

Aaaargh. Not happy with that at this stage. Stiles hasn't been good at the Force. Not happy that Graham is bringing his Force coaching team with him.

He theoretically tackled a player already on the ground, which is illegal. HOWEVER, that is allowed 99.99% of the time when the player in question is sliding towards the tryline.

Hooter goes. Fake hooter goes. Eberson kicks it, crowd cheers. 15 - 11 at half time, the Force have fought back. Rebels not in it for the last 15 minutes at all.

Roberts kicks it over the sideline from the kick off. Bit of an error fest from the Rebels in the back end of this half. Force easily get over the advantage line, Rebels caught offside 40m out, just to the right of the post. Higgers given a warning for the amount of penalties against the...