La prima uscita dei Rebels di Melbourne della stagione 2012 è di quelle da dimenticare. A Geelong i Chiefs rifilano alla squadra di Cipriani, O’Connor e Beale un sonoro 36 a 0 che non ammette repliche.
The scorers:
For the Rebels:
None
For the Chiefs:
Tries: Thompson, Kerr-Barlow, Bradley, Horrell, Pulu, Taumalolo
Cons: Cruden 3
The teams:
Melbourne Rebels squad: Aholelei, Holmes, Weeks, King, Pyle, Jones, Saffy, Davidson, Kingi, Cipriani, Mosese, Lloyd, Huxley, Vuna, Gerrard, Tessman, Alo-Emile, Byrnes, Delve, Kingi, O’Connor, Mortlock, Beale, Ford, Lloyd.
Chiefs squad: Alex Bradley, Phillip Burleigh, Shane Cleaver, Aaron Cruden, Marcel Cumming-Toone, Hika Elliot, Mike Fitzgerald, Josh Hohneck, Andrew Horrell, Richard Kahui, Tawera Kerr-Barlow Tanerau Latimer, Fritz Lee, Brendon Leonard, Lelia Masaga, Liam Messam, Tim Nanai-Williams, Martino Nemani, Augustine Pulu, Ronald Raaymakers, Brodie Retallick, Robbie Robinson, Toby Smith, Ben Tameifuna, Sona Taumalolo, Kane Thompson, Asaeli Tikoirotuma, Scott Waldrom, Jackson Willison.
Referee: Angus Gardner
Assistant referees: Steve Walsh, Matt Hall
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