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2011 Super Rugby Melbourne Rebels Player of the Year

July 11th, 2011 · No Comments

Lee Coan wrote this article.
It was difficult to predict where the new kids on the block, the Melbourne Rebels, would finish in their debut year of Super Rugby. Well, difficult for Rugby Reg who tipped them to finish 10th in his season preview back in January. “With better depth, I reckon they’ll sneak […]

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Tags: Hugh Pyle · Jarrod Saffy · Opinion · Nick Phipps · Melbourne Rebels · gareth delve · review · rugby · richard kingi · Mark Gerrard

Analysis: Rocky’s blindside replacement by the stats

June 12th, 2011 · No Comments

Lee Coan wrote this article.
After sixteen rounds of this Super Rugby season, the Wallaby Captain and Blindside Flanker has played a total of 84 minutes – less than 7% of it. With Rocky Elsom unlikely to play any rugby before the Tri-Nations, it must surely be an understatement to say that the Wallabies […]

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Tags: Melbourne Rebels · Ben Mowen · analysis · Super Rugby · Jarrod Saffy · blindiside flanker · Dave Dennis · scott Higginbotham · peter kimlin · rocky elsom · statistics · western force · queensland reds · act brumbies · NSW waratahs · Wallabies

Preview Rebels v. Reds

May 5th, 2011 · No Comments

Lee Coan wrote this article.
Ah this takes me back. An impressionable teenager in a movie theatre in outback Queensland. The rebellious youngster in an epic battle against the bigger stronger opponent. Sitting on the edge of my seat as the movie climaxes and they finally face each other.
“Did the Waratahs tell you […]

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Tags: Melbourne Rebels · James Slipper · Jarrod Saffy · Quensland Reds · Anthony Faingaa · Radike Samo · ewen mckenzie · stirling mortlock · quade cooper · digby ioane · preview

Rebels v. Reds Preview

May 5th, 2011 · No Comments

Barbarian wrote this article.
Ah, this takes me back. An impressionable teenager in a movie theatre in outback Queensland. The rebellious youngster in an epic battle against the bigger, stronger opponent. Sitting on the edge of my seat as the movie climaxes and they finally face each other.
“Did the Waratahs tell you what […]

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Tags: Melbourne Rebels · James Slipper · Jarrod Saffy · Quensland Reds · Anthony Faingaa · Radike Samo · ewen mckenzie · stirling mortlock · quade cooper · digby ioane · preview

Ahh, let’s try that again. Rebels v Brumbies Preview.

February 22nd, 2011 · No Comments

Lee Coan wrote this article.
When you sit down to try to come up with a list of positives for the Rebels to take forward to this week’s game, following the loss to the Waratahs on Friday night there’s really only one standout. They aint playing the Tahs again!
Not the Waratahs.
So early in the […]

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Tags: Pat McCabe · Melbourne Rebels · Jarrod Saffy · Cooper Vuna · julian huxley · Danny Cipriani · rugby · stirling mortlock · act brumbies · preview

With a Rebel yell they cried- “more, more, more”

January 27th, 2011 · No Comments

Lee Coan wrote this article.
So sang Billy Idol (well…kinda) and so sang the ARU as they announced that the Melbourne Rebels would be the newest addition to the Australian Rugby professional landscape. MORE teams means MORE games and MORE money. More, more, more indeed.
Stirlo - the team's behind him!
While money in the coffers […]

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