Rebels 2020

[RoffsChoice]

I'm amazed that people are shitting on the coaches, players, and combinations after one game.

You've arguably got the most exciting halves pairing in the conference and you want to just throw it away because they didn't look too good in their first competitive game together? ​

If you beat the Brumbies this week, will it be all "To'omua should be the Wallaby 10, Hodge should be the Wallaby 13, Wessels the best coach in Australia"?

It's a week. One game. The Brumbies lost eight of their first eleven games in 2018, and ended the season with four wins from five, were one bad ref call away from playing in the QFs, and unquestionably the in-form team of the Aussie conference.

Have some patience, let the coach work out what works and what doesn't with some new players in key positions, let him redesign his gameplan. Fifteen games left to get a finals spot, then it's just three wins to a title.

 

[Dctarget]

will it be all "To'omua should be the Wallaby 10, Hodge should be the Wallaby 13, Wessels the best coach in Australia"?

Yep

 

[qwerty51]

It’s not really just one week. It’s their 9 match losing streak from last season where they weren’t just losing but getting smashed. The program fell off a cliff.

 

[KevinO]

It’s not really just one week. It’s their 9 match losing streak from last season where they weren’t just losing but getting smashed. The program fell off a cliff.

Throw in the results for all of last season,

7 wins, 2 against the Sunwolves, 2 against the Reds and 1 against the Highlanders C team. The only two notable wins were against the slow starting Brumbies cause we faced them 2 times in the first few rounds.

Was really a poor season when you look back at the results.

 

[Rebelsfan]

Throw in the results for all of last season,

7 wins, 2 against the Sunwolves, 2 against the Reds and 1 against the Highlanders C team. The only two notable wins were against the slow starting Brumbies cause we faced them 2 times in the first few rounds.

Was really a poor season when you look back at the results.

And on that happy thought, let's look to the next couple of games: Brumbies on Friday away followed by Tahs at home. As it stands now, I would not think we have a win in the bag with those either, despite the Tahs being bottom of the ladder atm.

 

[Micheal]

And on that happy thought, let's look to the next couple of games: Brumbies on Friday away followed by Tahs at home. As it stands now, I would not think we have a win in the bag with those either, despite the Tahs being bottom of the ladder atm.

Hey! Anyone who plays the Crusaders first up is bottom of the table after Round 1.

By Round 8 we'll be at least...

... 11th.

 

[Adam84]

I'm amazed that people are shitting on the coaches, players, and combinations after one game.
You've arguably got the most exciting halves pairing in the conference and you want to just throw it away because they didn't look too good in their first competitive game together?
If you beat the Brumbies this week, will it be all "To'omua should be the Wallaby 10, Hodge should be the Wallaby 13, Wessels the best coach in Australia"?

It's a week. One game. The Brumbies lost eight of their first eleven games in 2018, and ended the season with four wins from five, were one bad ref call away from playing in the QFs, and unquestionably the in-form team of the Aussie conference.

Have some patience, let the coach work out what works and what doesn't with some new players in key positions, let him redesign his gameplan. Fifteen games left to get a finals spot, then it's just three wins to a title.

Its Wessels 3rd year in charge now, through which he had one of the best squads on paper with little to show, I think there has been a fair amount of patience. Some of the off-season decisions made around the NRC and trial games were also a little baffling, and quite frankly, a waste of time for some. Just not sure what he is playing at with some of those decisions.

If he doesn't perform this year, he is gone.

 

[oztimmay]

13 February 2015 ​

Crusaders​

10–20 ​

Rebels AMI Stadium, Christchurch

In 2015. At the pub with KevinO,. Never been drunker after a Rebels match.

 

[KevinO]

Hey! Anyone who plays the Crusaders first up is bottom of the table after Round 1.

By Round 8 we'll be at least.

. 11th.

13th Feb 2015 Crusaders 10 - 20 Rebels - Christchurch

 

[Rugbynutter39]

The Storm essentially built their club and culture around Bellamy. If I recall he became head coach around 4 years after the club first entered the competition, so hes been there for around 18 years. It quickly became his club and players who came to Melbourne were coming to get the Bellamy treatment and become better players.

The Rebels tried to build their club around their star mercenary players and the culture and management was an afterthought. I honestly think they are close enough to a full clean out of that original group to create something new and should focus on finding a high profile coaching staff to build around if they are to become successful.

Yep set aside some big bucks for high profile and proven coach. Jake White?

 

[Brumby Jack]

Yep set aside some big bucks for high profile and proven coach. Jake White?

 

[Rugbynutter39]

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Well I was trying to be realistic on what is the upper level in terms of coaches a oz super rugby side could bid for - yes not very high

 

[Tex]

FWIW I reserve every fucken right under the sun to swing violently from rabid approbation to slobbering pitchfork and torch wielding mob incitemet, depending on each week's performance.

Members' rights, ya know.

 

[Rebelsfan]

“We’ve had a disappointing start but we’ve learnt in the past that Super Rugby is not won in round one, so hopefully this is a turning point for the rest of our season,” said Wessels. What a sad, sad response to a first round loss to Sunwolves. Surely Wessels and the team have more than hope.

 

[Tex]

What would you prefer he said?

 

[Silverado]

He's probably right. The last 2 years they started out on fire and fell away. The Brumbies started poorly but peaked at the end.

 

[oztimmay]

Crusaders ahve been doing it for year, and clearly it's working for them.

 

[KevinO]

He's probably right. The last 2 years they started out on fire and fell away. The Brumbies started poorly but peaked at the end.

Yep, the Rebels knocked the Brumbies off twice last year early and took a comfortable lead at the top of the conference. Did not mean anything come round 18.

Rebels have two really big sections of the season that they need to make sure they perform. Rounds 3-8, 4 home games a bye and trip to the Clan.

And 13-18, 4 home games, bye, trips to Sydney and Chiefs.

 

[Tex]

Yep yep yep agree. Get red and nude about how the team didn't show up to play, missed tackles and made silly errors, but to rag on a coach because he didn't use the right adverb seems to be focusing on red herrings.

 

[Rebelsfan]

What would you prefer he said?

He could say that he has decided to 'spend more time with his family'