Melbourne Rebels 2024

[Rebelsfan]

Absolutely disgusting, they talked about playing with pride and playing for the city. Tonight’s performance was disgraceful. Absolutely pathetic how about some heart? How about showing you care for the jersey you play in.

As a Rebels member I have seen a lot of losses but I have never been left feeling embarrassed like I was today

Fuck me I drank 20 over priced mid strength’s and ate the dog shit food they serve there and could have still thrown a line out better than either of the Rebels hookers. It shows where Aus Rugby is at that Uelese can make a national squad, his line out throwing is like a broken clock as he only gets it right twice a day. No different to his days in the junior Wallabies. We talk about coaching but what about accountability for the players? You can lead a horse to water but you can’t make it drink. If they don’t have the level of professionalism or the pride in their own performance to get those basics right get rid of them.

And their number 8 outran our winger to score a try!

 

[Steve_Grey]

And their number 8 outran our winger to score a try!

There looked to be no discernible game plan from the Rebels - and CG needs to go back to kicking school. That said, Brumbies #7 and #8 were outstanding.

 

[Rebel man]

I felt the game plan wasn’t all that bad. It was the unforced errors, the ill discipline and the line out throwing.

If dropping to 14 and playing uncontested meant the line outs were also uncontested as well I’d play with 14 next week over picking Mafi or Uelese

 

[Steve_Grey]

Let's hope TT hasn't cracked a bone in his wrist - he looked uncomfortable.

 

[Rebel man]

Let's hope TT hasn't cracked a bone in his wrist - he looked uncomfortable.

Made of glass that bloke

 

[Adam84]

Made of glass that bloke

not really
he didn’t have any injuries for the first 6 years of his career, he played a massive amount of rugby across QPR, NRC, Super Rugby and Test in that period. The calf & achilles done in 2022 was the first major injury he has had In his career.

 

[Steve_Grey]

5000 at Rebels tonight (which is ok given tix were only available Mon), and 8000 at Force?

These numbers are similar to the smaller English Clubs which have small grounds. The OZ franchises will have to reduce their cost base to sustain at these crowd levels.

 

[Rebel man]

5000 at Rebels tonight (which is ok given tix were only available Mon), and 8000 at Force?

These numbers are similar to the smaller English Clubs which have small grounds. The OZ franchises will have to reduce their cost base to sustain at these crowd levels.

After how insipid that performance was they will be lucky to get 500 next week. Why should the fans care when the players so evidently don’t?

 

[Tex]

A smaller suburban ground would be fine for us, tbh.

The Victory had similar issues in the A-League. Started at the old Olympic Park then moved to Marvel (55k capacity) with a groundswell of support. A few lean years and smaller crowds made the fan experience in the half full stadium pretty average.

 

[Tex]

Anyway, can't see fans giving up a Friday evening to watch us get flogged again and again and again.

 

[SouthernX]

After how insipid that performance was they will be lucky to get 500 next week. Why should the fans care when the players so evidently don’t?

Next week is super rugby round.
A chance for rebels rugby to redeem themselves in front of crowd of rugby casuals

 

[Steve_Grey]

Next week is super rugby round.
A chance for rebels rugby to redeem themselves in front of crowd of rugby casuals

Can you explain (briefly) what Super Rugby round means? Was this round last night not part of Super Rugby?

 

[Slim 293]

Can you explain (briefly) what Super Rugby round means? Was this round last night not part of Super Rugby?

Super Round

Gear up for the rugby-est round of the season as Super Round Melbourne takes centre stage at AAMI Park from March 1st to March 3rd, 2024. Witness all 12 Super Rugby teams go head-to-head over one weekend and one epic venue.

super.rugby

 

[Rebel man]

Can you explain (briefly) what Super Rugby round means? Was this round last night not part of Super Rugby?

All the teams play in Melbourne

 

[SouthernX]

Perfect chance Rebel man to win new fans.

 

[Rebel man]

Perfect chance Rebel man to win new fans.

Fans aren’t going to change teams though.

Put it like this I love the AFL and my Pies.

Hypothetically if there were 5 NZ teams in the AFL and I moved there I would still support the Pies no matter what and my kids would be Pies fans. Where as again hypothetically if they had a league of their own I’d have no issue adopting my local side and buying a membership.

 

[The Ghost of Raelene]

I agree. Thought it was better than expected and a bit of crowd scattered throughout.

Wonder if the Rebels would lean into a Us v Them attitude and drive some ticket sales. I know you don’t want to cause trouble or seem like they’re agitating but people get into that.

 

[Alex Sharpe]

After how insipid that performance was they will be lucky to get 500 next week. Why should the fans care when the players so evidently don’t?

I think the players probably deserve a break here. You can attribute the loss to a lot of things but i doubt not caring is one of them.

 

[Rebel man]

I think the players probably deserve a break here. You can attribute the loss to a lot of things but i doubt not caring is one of them.

Mate they had to do better unforced error after unforced error. The work rate was poor, it’s one thing getting beaten but when the other team out works you it’s a bad reflection on the players

 

[swingpass]

Rebels 2024 seems like Rebels 2011 - 2023 rinse and repeat, thats what pisses me off the most. The same issues season after season, go back and look at the previous years match/Rebels pages on these forii, exactly the same complaints from fans, save for the odd few games here and there. Frustrating and disappointing. i think the available talent has been wasted over the years, which as others have pointed out is a coaching/management issue, it has never been satisfactorily resolved. i did have higher hopes with this years group of assistants. Ah weel, only a few more games to endure.