Drua v Rebels

[Duluth]

https://melbournerebels.rugby/news/rebels-recall-wallabies-pair-for-historic-clash-in-fiji-2023330

1 Matt Gibbon
2 Alex Mafi
3 Sam Talakai
4 Tuaina Taii Tualima
5 Josh Canham
6 Josh Kemeny
7 Brad Wilkin
8 Vaiolini Ekuasi
9 Ryan Louwrens
10 Carter Gordon
11 Monty Ioane
12 Stacey Ili
13 Reece Hodge
14 Lachie Anderson
15 Joe Pincus

16 Jordan Uelese
17 Cabous Eloff
18 Pone Fa'amausili
19 Angelo Smith
20 Daniel Maiava
21 James Tuttle
22 David Feliuai
23 Andrew Kellaway

[Stargazer]

https://drua.rugby/content/michael-naitokani-in-line-for-potential-debut-sau-and-cirikidaveta-return-for-crucial-rebels-clash

[Stargazer]

Late changes in Drua line-up:

Frank Lomani ruled out.
Peni Matawalu starting at 9.
Phillip Baselala on the bench (21)

[KiwiMurph]

Drua in Fiji are a different animal

[KiwiMurph]

A sweet dive to finish a sweet try

[Stargazer]

This could become a nightmare for the Rebels.
The women's game between these teams ended in a 39 - 12 win to Fijiana Drua.

[Stargazer]

That new Drua reserve halfback is an 18-year-old debutant.

[Stargazer]

One thing is clear again: Monty Ioane is not as good as Digby was.

[KiwiMurph]

Another brilliant Drua try.

[Stargazer]

The Mafi try showed how different camera angles may show different things. On the first, you couldn't see the grounding and only saw the ball bounce forward. So the crowd thought he knocked it on. On the second, you see a clear grounding and then the ball bounces forward. Clear try.

[Stargazer]

Wrong decision from the AR. Hodge didn't touch the ball before it went out.

[Duluth]

33 points in 30mins for the Drua

[Stargazer]

@Duluth Home advantage may be bigger in Fiji than anywhere else. Temperature is over 30 degrees Celsius (it may feel hotter), with a humidity over 70.

[Stargazer]

HT: Drua 33 - 7 Rebels

[Derpus]

@Stargazer Thought there was a pretty strong argument for an obstruction in that try. But then the Drua very clearly illegally sacked that last Rebels maul so I guess these wildly inconsistent and incompetent refs eventually even out?

[Stargazer]

Brilliant 50:22 from Kellaway.

[Duluth]

Massive forward pass

[Winger]

@Duluth said in Drua v Rebels:

Massive forward pass

If they had missed this I would have given up on these refs

[Winger]

Good try FD.38-14

[Mattasaurus]

that was nicely worked. wish SBW was kept on the side line instead of blithering on