[2017 Super Rugby] Round 10: Kings vs. Rebels (29/04/2017)

[TRF_heineken]

Venue: Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium
Time: 19:30 CAT (SA, GMT+2)​

Teams

Kings: 15 Masixole Banda, 14 Wandile Mjekevu, 13 Berton Klaasen, 12 Luzuko Vulindlu, 11 Makazole Mapimpi, 10 Lionel Cronje (captain), 9 Louis Schreuder, 8 Andisa Ntsila, 7 Tyler Paul, 6 Chris Cloete, 5 Wilhelm van der Sluys, 4 Irne Herbst, 3 Ross Geldenhuys, 2 Martin Bezuidenhout, 1 Justin Forwood

Substitutes: 16 Michael Willemse, 17 Schalk van der Merwe 18 Dayan van der Westhuizen, 19 Mzwanele Zito, 20 Stefaan Willemse, 21 Johan Steyn, 22 Nicolaas Hanekom, 23 Pieter-Steyn de Wet

Rebels: 15 Reece Hodge, 14 Sefa Naivalu, 13 Tom English, 12 Mitch Inman, 11 Marika Koroibete, 10 Ben Volavola, 9 Nic Stirzaker (captain), 8 Amanaki Mafi, 7 Colby Fainga'a, 6 Jake Schatz, 5 Culum Retallick, 4 Steve Cummins, 3 Tyrel Lomax, 2 Siliva Siliva, 1 Fereti Sa'aga

Substitutes: 16 James Hanson, 17 Toby Smith, 18 Laurie Weeks, 19 Dominic Day, 20 Will Miller, 21 Hugh Sinclair, 22 Mick Snowden, 23 Jackson Garden-Bachop

 

[InsaneAsylum]

The Kings thoroughly deserved to beat the Waratahs and the Rebels only saving grace will be the Kings long trip back to SA might take a toll on them.

I am hoping the Rebels can play smarter and more skillful Rugby than the Waratahs did and keep the Kings back 3 out of the game.

 

[TRF_heineken]

The Kings thoroughly deserved to beat the Waratahs and the Rebels only saving grace will be the Kings long trip back to SA might take a toll on them.

I am hoping the Rebels can play smarter and more skillful Rugby than the Waratahs did and keep the Kings back 3 out of the game.

The Rebels should worry more about Cloete in the forwards. He's slowly becoming the first choice fetcher in SA, and has been a real menace to the opposition. And the Sharks didn't have a fetcher in their team last week.

 

[InsaneAsylum]

The Rebels should worry more about Cloete in the forwards. He's slowly becoming the first choice fetcher in SA, and has been a real menace to the opposition. And the Sharks didn't have a fetcher in their team last week.

It'll be interesting to see how the amatuer Will Miller goes this week then. He had a good debut but as you said, he had free reign over the ball. It'll be interesting to see how he goes head to head with another fetcher on the park.

 

[galumay]

The Kings should be able to dispel some of the memories of a poor tour away with a win back at home over the Rebels.

 

[Bruce_ma gooshvili]

Ouch. I know the Kings are improving and will have been playing with confidence after a decent tour, but I didn't expect this thrashing. Hard to draw conclusions from this other than the Rebels shot their bolt last week.

https://youtu.be/9k6HhyHgeNQ

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Ouch. I know the Kings are improving and will have been playing with confidence after a good tour, but I didn't expect this thrashing. Hard to draw conclusions from this other than the Rebels shot their bolt last week.

https://youtu.be/9k6HhyHgeNQ

 

[Car]

That was painful to watch.

 

[InsaneAsylum]

yes the Rebels sucked - it doesn't help when you bring 2 9's on tour and one goes down before the game and the other goes down 30 minutes into the game.

I'm not sure why Ben Meehan is not around, but his Instagram account shows him on holidays, somewhere nice with a hot chick - The Rebels need him!