Rebels vs Highlanders

[KiwiMurph]

@Tim 100%

[African Monkey]

The Rebels might regret not putting the Highlanders away when they should have.

[Stargazer]

Landers should have gotten the penalty.

[Stargazer]

C'mon, give Fakatava a few minutes!

[Tim]

Thought a knee went down.

[Stargazer]

Fakatava is coming on for his SR debut.

[Tim]

Was the Rebels' scrum on top in the first half too?

[African Monkey]

@Stargazer Wouldn't be the worst idea, give them some more energy. Banks has made a difference I feel.

[Stargazer]

Damn.

[Unite]

Bugger

[Yeetyaah]

Fuck there goes my multi. Rebels a could be a force to be reckoned with this season. Good game.

[Stargazer]

@Yeetyaah True, although the Landers were missing BFA and Aaron Smith.

[KiwiMurph]

@Stargazer said in Rebels vs Highlanders:

Fakatava is coming on for his SR debut.

Thought he looked very sharp. Should have got more mins.

[Stargazer]

@KiwiMurph Yeah, esp because Hammington isn't that great.

[Machpants]

Very much a Landers B team tho, I think that defeat was to be expected

[NTA]

Add toilet boy or BFA to that Highlanders team, and they win. Hemopo was massive. Set piece wonky tho.

Rebels are showing real grit and work ethic, and might just be greater than the sum of their parts.

[NTA]

I'll qualify my previous comment with: something like 10 personnel changes for the clan can't have helped.

[booboo]

Am watching on recording .. will comment a bit more later and am not reading the thread ... but just watched Ngani score his 2nd.

Fuck I am in love with Ngani Laumape

[KiwiMurph]

@booboo but what about this game?

Crowd was 11,029 in Melbourne. That's an above average crowd for the Rebels - pretty solid on a crazy hot Friday night.

[Siam]

Could only watch sporadically but any game that finishes with a dropped equalizing try is a good one.
Gutted he dropped that but fair dues on the win from the Rebels who've started the competition impressively.

For a rugby fan the All Blacks YouTube highlights are nothing more than scoring highlights, no other important moments make it in so you never get a sense of the drama or excitement of a game. Just dumbed down.

And fuck me the lead up to Melbourne's last try with Naholo on his feet and the hooker just worming along the ground was fucking ridiculous