Melbourne Rebels 2024

[GoMelbRebels]

Great pickup, now another lock and 12 and we might be competitive next season

As long as they all stay fit and uninjured.

 

[GoMelbRebels]

Good pickup, happy to see Daugunu staying in Australia. Hopefully he gets a bit more time at 13 given what he showed against the chiefs this year.

Truly terrible teaser though.

it got us all talking and speculating, so maybe not so bad.

 

[Wilson]

it got us all talking and speculating, so maybe not so bad.

I like the intent and the idea of hinting it, but I don't think having a key part of the hint that wrong is a sustainable strategy for engagement.

 

[Dctarget]

Think with Proctor & Daugunu this pushes Kellaway to 15, which is good for the Wallabies. I think he’s better there than 13 anyway.

9. Louwrens 10. Gordon 11. Anderson 12. Ili 13. Proctor 14. Daugunu 15. Kellaway 22. Gordon 23. Lancaster

looking a lot better

 

[Dctarget]

I like the intent and the idea of hinting it, but I don't think having a key part of the hint that wrong is a sustainable strategy for engagement.

Yeah playmaker is odd

 

[Jimmy_Crouch]

Think with Proctor & Daugunu this pushes Kellaway to 15, which is good for the Wallabies. I think he’s better there than 13 anyway.

9. Louwrens 10. Gordon 11. Anderson 12. Ili 13. Proctor 14. Daugunu 15. Kellaway 22. Gordon 23. Lancaster

looking a lot better

Mason Gordon is a million miles from super rugby at this stage.

 

[Dctarget]

Hopefully a change of scenery can help Filipo find some form, there was a brief moment where he was the incumbent wallaby winger. Very happy to have another pilferer with Hardwick leaving.

 

[SouthernX]

Mason Gordon is a million miles from super rugby at this stage.

I don’t know about that…

I think his better than Nick Jooste. Jooste got a couple of caps this year with the rebels as the utility playmaker back option… who fills that role at rebels next year? They probably go a 6-2 bench anyways so yeah Mason might be on the outside looking in on that scenario.

 

[Members Section]

No one at wests again this week, have we pushed the wrong buttons?

 

[Highlander35]

No one at wests again this week, have we pushed the wrong buttons?

Zac and Angelo are technically still on the books no?

(I do get what you're saying, it is kinda weird)

 

[SouthernX]

Eloff and Vaihu have been named on rugby Xplorer

 

[Jimmy_Crouch]

I don’t know about that…

I think his better than Nick Jooste. Jooste got a couple of caps this year with the rebels as the utility playmaker back option… who fills that role at rebels next year? They probably go a 6-2 bench anyways so yeah Mason might be on the outside looking in on that scenario.

Based on what?

 

[Jimmy_Crouch]

Josh Canham lining up for the bullsharks

 

[Mick The Munch]

fair to say (so far and hoping Proctor is signed) and with respect to the players move on, all our signings are upgrades

 

[Dctarget]

Is Lancaster playing 15s somewhere?

 

[Wallaby Man]

Is Lancaster playing 15s somewhere?

He’s in World Cup u20s squad this week. Have heard he’s on one of those shared contracts next year and will be spending portions of the year with the 7s squad in lead up to the Olympics.

Perhaps shared contract wrong wording but believe will spend some time with 7s team.

 

[Mick The Munch]

Just noticed a nice bit of shithousery by the Rebels media team on Insta.

Onya

 

[hifflepiff]

fair to say (so far and hoping Proctor is signed) and with respect to the players move on, all our signings are upgrades

We're looking worse for wear in the locks without Philip or Hosea, even with LSL (Lukhan Salakaia-Loto).

 

[Members Section]

Zac and Angelo are technically still on the books no?

(I do get what you're saying, it is kinda weird)

Ah yep & I see they have added Eloff now. but its not a Rebels team anymore lol. Having a decent hunt around I see Kemu is back playing at quins today & Lebron is at EH. Its like if he is not in the starting side at wests he plays down here.

 

[Wilson]

Ah yep & I see they have added Eloff now. but its not a Rebels team anymore lol. Having a decent hunt around I see Kemu is back playing at quins today & Lebron is at EH. Its like if he is not in the starting side at wests he plays down here.

Not sure if anything has come to a head yet or there is just time off in play for guys after the super season, but it does look like the Rebels are going to need to diversify beyond the Wests relationship. QPR is trialling a points cap like the Shute Shield this year and while it doesn't have any effect yet things are clearly moving in a direction that will make it very difficult for the Rebels to drop most of their super squad in a single club side, or really even two or three, when you consider those clubs exist underneath other super sides with their own players flowing back through to them.