Highlanders v Rebels

[Stargazer]

@Kiwiwomble TU-J is named on the bench.

[Kiwiwomble]

yes....i saw that

[Duluth]

@Stargazer said in Highlanders v Rebels:

4 Shannon Frizell
5 Max Hicks

The Highlanders website is showing Tucker instead of Hicks

[Stargazer]

@Duluth Yeah, I don't know whether the media release they sent per email or the one on their website is the correct one.

Edit: the line-up on their social media has Hicks starting at 5.

[Stargazer]

Melbourne Rebels Match Day 23 vs Highlanders

1 Matt Gibbon
2 Alex Mafi
3 Sam Talakai
4 Josh Canham
5 Matt Philip
6 Vaiolini Ekuasi
7 Brad Wilkin ( C )
8 Richard Hardwick
9 Ryan Louwrens
10 Reece Hodge
11 Monty Ioane
12 Stacey Ili
13 Lukas Ripley
14 Lachlan Anderson
15 Andrew Kellaway
16 Jordan Uelese
17 Isaac Aedo Kailea
18 Pone Fa'amausili
19 Trevor Hosea
20 Tamati Ioane
21 James Tuttle
22 Nick Jooste
23 Joe Pincus

https://melbournerebels.rugby/news/phillip-to-make-season-debut-against-highlanders-2023518

[Bones]

@Kiwiwomble said in Highlanders v Rebels:

its been mentioned but thats just stupid, we should be wringing even minute out of him if thats true

If that was the case then surely we blood new guys rather than one out of position and one out of form

This is all unless we've actually written off the season and they just dont want him to get injured but dont care about paea

Wait...is fucking Paea back again next year?

At least we've got Lowe on the wing, but fuck...that means we've got TUJ and Gregory to choose from, so we select Paea.

Spastic

[Grooter]

@Bones I've heard Paea is moving on to the Zebre club over in Italy

[Mattasaurus]

Scott Gregory dropped ... deservedly

[Nepia]

MMT's strangely on the outer (from starting) at the Highlanders this year. Or maybe he's trying the Frizell route to getting into the ABs?

[Mattasaurus]

8/12 in finals.... so crap... Landers don't deserve to be in with a sniff to be fair.

Hope they put a good performance on today.... gawd knows we the fans have suffered through the season so far.

[Mattasaurus]

@Nepia said in Highlanders v Rebels:

MMT's strangely on the outer (from starting) at the Highlanders this year. Or maybe he's trying the Frizell route to getting into the ABs?

I wonder if WIthy and Rentons form is a factor in it... I rate Marino one of the few areas we have a modicum of depth

[Nepia]

@Mattasaurus said in Highlanders v Rebels:

@Nepia said in Highlanders v Rebels:

MMT's strangely on the outer (from starting) at the Highlanders this year. Or maybe he's trying the Frizell route to getting into the ABs?

I wonder if WIthy and Rentons form is a factor in it... I rate Marino one of the few areas we have a modicum of depth

While I've found them to be in good form I haven't really noticed MMT being that out of form in his minimum amount of time on the field. Has he even started a match this year? I think even Nikora Broughton has started a match.

[Stargazer]

Looks like a try to me.

[Mattasaurus]

farking joke

[Stargazer]

The ref should have awarded the try and then let the TMO find conclusive evidence it was held-up.

[SouthernMann]

That is a horiffic call

[KiwiMurph]

I love how assistant refs miss all sorts of obvious shit and then old mate chimes in to deny a try

[Duluth]

Good to Smith having a crack around the fringes. His running game is still good but he doesn’t do it much in recent seasons

[Toddy]

Great steal by Harmon

[Mattasaurus]

Great hit by Frizzel forces the turnover