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Match Preview: Rebels v Waratahs. Finally!

February 15th, 2011 · No Comments

Lee Coan wrote this article.
Palu - out!
Super Rugby makes its much anticipated leap into the self-proclaimed ‘sporting capital of Australia’ this Friday night as the Melbourne Rebels take on the NSW Waratahs at AAMI Park. For the loyalists in Victoria, this is a debut five years overdue and should result in a packed […]

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Tags: julian huxley · wycliff palu · Rod McQueen · Melbourne Rebels · Cooper Vuna · Phil Waugh · Danny Cipriani · kurtley beale · rugby · stirling mortlock · NSW waratahs · drew mitchell · 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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Tags: Jarrod Saffy · JP Du Plessis · Kevin O'Neill · Hugh Pyle · Hoani MacDonald · Ged Robinson · Greg Sommerville · Heath Tessman · Laurie Weeks · Luke Rooney · Sam Cordingly · Tim Davidson · Tom Chamberlain · rodney blake · Peter Betham · Michael Lipman · Nicholas Phibbs · Nick Henderson · Cooper Vanu · Al Campbell · richard kingi · adam freier · julian huxley · Danny Cipriani · stirling mortlock · preview · rugby · Southern Hemisphere · Afusipa Taumoepeau · Rod McQueen · gareth delve · Melbourne Rebels · Provincial Rugby · adam byrnes · Luke Jones · James Hilgendorf · Lachlan Mitchell · Mark Gerrard

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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Tags: Jarrod Saffy · JP Du Plessis · Kevin O'Neill · Hugh Pyle · Hoani MacDonald · Ged Robinson · Greg Sommerville · Heath Tessman · Laurie Weeks · Luke Rooney · Sam Cordingly · Tim Davidson · Tom Chamberlain · rodney blake · Peter Betham · Michael Lipman · Nicholas Phibbs · Nick Henderson · Cooper Vanu · Al Campbell · richard kingi · adam freier · julian huxley · Danny Cipriani · stirling mortlock · preview · rugby · Southern Hemisphere · Afusipa Taumoepeau · Rod McQueen · gareth delve · Melbourne Rebels · Provincial Rugby · adam byrnes · Luke Jones · James Hilgendorf · Lachlan Mitchell · Mark Gerrard

Folau Rebels – Izzy the Real Deal

April 28th, 2010 · No Comments

Newb wrote this article.
My first decision when writing this article was whether to end that headline with an exclamation point or a question mark (you will note I opted
Flying High
for niether). For, make not mistake about it, the signing of NRL super star Israel Folau by the Melbourne Rebels and the ARU […]

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Tags: blair connor · Israel Folau · Melbourne Rebels · Rod McQueen · melbourne · rugby · Super 14 · stirling mortlock · Wallabies

Folau Rebels – Izzy the Real Deal

April 28th, 2010 · No Comments

Newb wrote this article.
Flying High
My first decision when writing this article was whether to end that headline with an exclamation point or a question mark (you will note I opted for neither). For, make no mistake about it, the signing of NRL super star Israel Folau by the Melbourne Rebels and the ARU […]

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Tags: blair connor · Israel Folau · Melbourne Rebels · Rod McQueen · melbourne · rugby · Super 14 · stirling mortlock · Wallabies

Stirling, Japan is your best bet

March 28th, 2010 · No Comments

Brumby Jack wrote this article.
A shadow of his former self
You don’t like saying it of a champion but Father Time has finally caught up with Stirling Mortlock.
Like George Gregan, who stayed too long at this level, he just ain’t the player he used to be.
He’s lost some pace, is starting to fall off […]

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Tags: Brendan Cannon · Radike Samo · Daniel Heenan · Rod McQueen · adam byrnes · nathan grey · gareth delve · richard kingi · hugh mcmeniman · rugby · Brian O'Driscoll · Stephen Larkham · stirling mortlock · nathan sharpe · george gregan · Danny Cipriani · Carlos Spencer

Melbourne Messiah and The Virgin Mary

January 16th, 2010 · No Comments

Lee Coan wrote this article.
The Messiah or just a naughty little boy?
The national media have been fawning all over Rod McQueen’s appointment as the new Super 15 Melbourne Rebel’s dual-hatted Head Coach/Director of Coaching like it was The Return of the King.
This soft focus coverage has glossed over a couple of obvious facts […]

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Tags: act brumbies · melbourne · British & Irish Lions · Rod McQueen · NSW waratahs · bob dwyer · Eddie Jones · rugby · Super 14 · Wallabies