Rebels 2023

[swingpass]

This pretty much as expected imo, I watched training on Tuesday, none of the Wallabies or Aus A tourists were in the opposed session, save Bobby T. Uelese, Kemmeny, Rangi and Louwrens were running with on and off with the “A” side so to speak. Only Leota and Philip not there, Hosea and Pone F were training but didn’t do opposed session. I was wondering who the big boy at 6 was. Ps Canham has grown - a lot !

 

[Highlander35]

This pretty much as expected imo, I watched training on Tuesday, none of the Wallabies or Aus A tourists were in the opposed session, save Bobby T. Uelese, Kemmeny, Rangi and Louwrens were running with on and off with the “A” side so to speak. Only Leota and Philip not there, Hosea and Pone F were training but didn’t do opposed session. I was wondering who the big boy at 6 was. Ps Canham has grown - a lot !

Up or out?

 

[MelbourneRebels]

Up or out?

Mainly up, thankfully. Noticable difference when he came back, even though he was only away for a few months.

 

[swingpass]

Up or out?

I think officially he is now a big unit

 

[Rebel man]

Mainly up, thankfully. Noticable difference when he came back, even though he was only away for a few months.

Could we get an updated player profile with heights and weights listed as well as a weekly injury update?

 

[MelbourneRebels]

Get to know the new boys

 

[Members Section]

Mainly up, thankfully. Noticable difference when he came back, even though he was only away for a few months.

up? he was 6.4 in high school lol

 

[GoMelbRebels]

Drua currently 12-0 up in the second half. Was nil-all at half time.

 

[GoMelbRebels]

Drua wins 22-0. It would have been nice to get something. Say after me “trial matches don’t count “. Or do they?

 

[Dctarget]

Drua wins 22-0. It would have been nice to get something. Say after me “trial matches don’t count “. Or do they?

Bleak

 

[Wilson]

Drua wins 22-0. It would have been nice to get something. Say after me “trial matches don’t count “. Or do they?

Trial results don't count, but not scoring a point isn't a particularly good sign, particularly when defence is usually lacking.

 

[RugbyReg]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1619217455167176705

 

[Members Section]

shut up geoff, lol

 

[Wallaby Man]

Not good. I wanna give Foote a chance but I always cringe when coaches do culture things like “love” etc as culture buzzwords truly don’t make any difference in winning.

As pointed out before the match many players missing from the ideal starting team, so I’ll hold on to that.

 

[Wilson]

Not good. I wanna give Foote a chance but I always cringe when coaches do culture things like “love” etc as culture buzzwords truly don’t make any difference in winning.

As pointed out before the match many players missing from the ideal starting team, so I’ll hold on to that.

You'd think a backline of Tuttle, Gordon, Vudogo, Nu'u, Ripley, Anderson and Jooste shouldn't have too much trouble connecting though. They've all been with the side for a while now.

 

[qwerty51]

Not good. I wanna give Foote a chance but I always cringe when coaches do culture things like “love” etc as culture buzzwords truly don’t make any difference in winning.

As pointed out before the match many players missing from the ideal starting team, so I’ll hold on to that.

I mean we have a great example in Dave Rennie just recently.

 

[Sir Charles]

It is worth noting it was 0-0 until the Rebels put their younger inexperienced players in the game with a sprinkle of Vets and they actually held their own, all Drua tries came from broken play which is where they are the most dangerous - I think this game was the perfect opportunity to blood in these young fellas, it is something that has been lacking at this level for a long time and the club will be better off for it in the long term.

 

[Jimmy_Crouch]

It is worth noting it was 0-0 until the Rebels put their younger inexperienced players in the game with a sprinkle of Vets and they actually held their own, all Drua tries came from broken play which is where they are the most dangerous - I think this game was the perfect opportunity to blood in these young fellas, it is something that has been lacking at this level for a long time and the club will be better off for it in the long term.

Also expecting the Drua to be substantially better than last year after a proper off season together.

 

[Wilson]

It does sound like the conditions were pretty ordinary for the first half which goes someway to explaining the performance. Still, I'm not sure there's a heap of positives to take away from that.

 

[swingpass]

"The Rebels travelled to Fiji for the first time but left empty-handed, unable to turn a swag of possession into any points" rugby.com.au
deja vu, season 23 rinse and repeat the prior 11 years