Sports Pulse are Following Melbourne Rebels in SuperRugby

The super 15 or SuperRugby tournament starts tomorrow. SportTrades have selected Melbourne Rebels as their ‘adopted’ side. We will be providing you with match reports and occasional news from the club. The reason why we chose the Rebels is very simple – Danny Cipriani. We start with tomorrows team selection, enjoy the season.




The Melbourne Rebels have named a 22 –man squad ahead of Friday’s Super Rugby season opener against the Waratahs at AAMI Park.

Head Coach Rod Macqueen said, "The team is looking forward to the challenge of playing the Waratahs and that all players named in the squad will get a run on the night."

“The build-up of excitement around the club this week has been incredible and we are excited to be playing in front of a home crowd at AAMI Park,” Macqueen said.

“Adam Freier has been unavailable for selection due to injury but we are pleased Sam Cordingley has passed a medical clearance and will be taking the field,” Macqueen said.

“We know this will be our greatest test yet, the Waratahs are a well-drilled, physical team, who have been playing together and enjoying success in Super Rugby for many seasons, we are definitely the new kids on the block,” Macqueen said.

The two teams will play for the inaugural Weary Dunlop Shield, to be awarded to the winner each time these teams meet for years to come.

Rebels Team For Round 1

1 Nic Henderson

2 Ged Robinson

3 Greg Somerville

4 Adam Byrnes

5 Kevin O'Neill

6 Hoani Macdonald

7 Michael Lipman

8 Gareth Delve (vc)

9 Sam Cordingley

10 James Hilgendorf

11 Luke Rooney

12 Cooper Vuna

13 Stirling Mortlock (c)

14 Lachlan Mitchell

15 Julian Huxley

16 Heath Tessmann

17 Laurie Weeks

18 Alister Campbell

19 Jarrod Saffy

20 Nick Phipps

21 Danny Cipriani

22 Afusipa Taumoepeau

Post taking in full from Melbourne Rebels website.