Rebels 2017

[amirite]

May have serious injury to THAT ankle

I would go so far as to say that ends the Rebels' chances of finishing higher than mid-table.

 

[Slim 293]

May have serious injury to THAT ankle

According to........?

 

[Scrubber2050]

Hey Slim, have any of your cohorts down Melbourne way seen Sean training this week, or maybe last week allowing for the fact that the lad got married at a prestigious Mermaid Beach, beachfront property on Saturday.

I'm told he was walking fine down the "aisle" but wasn't actually running.

 

[Slim 293]

Hey Slim, have any of your cohorts down Melbourne way seen Sean training this week, or maybe last week allowing for the fact that the lad got married at a prestigious Mermaid Beach, beachfront property on Saturday.

I'm told he was walking fine down the "aisle" but wasn't actually running.

 

[Rugger Mate]

Hey Slim, have any of your cohorts down Melbourne way seen Sean training this week, or maybe last week allowing for the fact that the lad got married at a prestigious Mermaid Beach, beachfront property on Saturday.



I'm told he was walking fine down the "aisle" but wasn't actually running.

Your mail is good Scrubber, he's gone for 8-10 weeks, Ankle rooted. Not training

 

[GoMelbRebels]

Your mail is good Scrubber, he's gone for 8-10 weeks, Ankle rooted. Not training

 

[Mr Wobbly]

I'm no doctor, but that looks like a crook ankle

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

^^^^^^^ not to mention what looks like some vin ordinarie potentially going to waste....... must pack a punch, tho, looks like the poor bugger's toes up which can't be comfortable in a moonboot. Or maybe it's just some Bucks Night tomfoolery gone awry & Sean's too afraid to 'fess up?

 

[amirite]

8-10 weeks with 4 weeks of it served in the preseason isn't the end of the world I guess.

 

[GoMelbRebels]

I assume it is the injury he sustained in the Wallabies, but if that was the case you would have thought he would have had surgery then, rather than going snowboarding...

 

[oztimmay]

It is a big loss, but we do have a wealth of loose forwards that can go some way to plugging the gap.

 

[Micheal]

It is a big loss, but we do have a wealth of loose forwards that can go some way to plugging the gap.

I was thinking that if you guys lost a player from any position, your lucky it was the backrow.

4. Jeffries
5. Timani
6. Reid
7. Fainga'a
8. Mafi

Isn't bad at all. Quite a handy pack with a mixture of bruisers and workhorses.

Bench has only Fox / Leota as backrow cover though. Any more losses and your getting quite thin. Of course, Timani can always shift back to 6 or 8, but you don't have a huge amount of quality 2 rows either.

Worst comes to worst put Inman at 6 haha. Or see if you can borrow some of the Force's NRC pick ups (Figg, the Brisbane City 8 etc).

 

[upthereds#!]

I was thinking that if you guys lost a player from any position, your lucky it was the backrow.

4. Jeffries
5. Timani
6. Reid
7. Fainga'a
8. Mafi

Isn't bad at all. Quite a handy pack with a mixture of bruisers and workhorses.

Bench has only Fox / Leota as backrow cover though. Any more losses and your getting quite thin. Of course, Timani can always shift back to 6 or 8, but you don't have a huge amount of quality 2 rows either.

Worst comes to worst put Inman at 6 haha. Or see if you can borrow some of the Force's NRC pick ups (Figg, the Brisbane City 8 etc).

Think you'll see Fainga'a on the bench with those players, with a proper lock at second row - rettalick or day.

 

[Mr Wobbly]

I was thinking that if you guys lost a player from any position, your lucky it was the backrow.

4. Jeffries
5. Timani
6. Reid
7. Fainga'a
8. Mafi

Isn't bad at all. Quite a handy pack with a mixture of bruisers and workhorses.

Bench has only Fox / Leota as backrow cover though. Any more losses and your getting quite thin. Of course, Timani can always shift back to 6 or 8, but you don't have a huge amount of quality 2 rows either.

Worst comes to worst put Inman at 6 haha. Or see if you can borrow some of the Force's NRC pick ups (Figg, the Brisbane City 8 etc).

I would rather see something like -

4. Jeffries
5. Retallick/Cummins
6. Mafi
7. Reid
8. LT

We're going to need to play two locks that can take a line out with Reid/LT/Colby as the third option.

Our line out already gets pantsed on a regular basis. Going with only one primary jumper isn't going to make it better.

 

[Mr Wobbly]

https://melbournerebels.com/2017/01/26/rebels-sign-japanese-winger-kentaro-kodama/

85kg winger signed?

 

[oztimmay]

Even the scrummies are heavier...

Tell me again why we need more Wingers?

 

[Scooter]

I thought she was Wing Attack? No matter, a lethal combo to be sure!

She can play both Centre and Wing Attack. At Vixens she has played mostly centre with Madi Robinson at Wing Attack. Robinson is with Magpies this year, but would expect Watson to play Centre still.

 

[Scooter]

https://melbournerebels.com/2017/01/26/rebels-sign-japanese-winger-kentaro-kodama/

85kg winger signed?

How many people do we have in our squad this year. Seems like more than in prior years.

 

[GoMelbRebels]

Even the scrummies are heavier.

Tell me again why we need more Wingers?

Probably just using our allowed Japanese signing.

 

[RugbyReg]

Probably just using our allowed Japanese signing.

Mafi?