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WELCOME REBELS V CRUSADERS SAT 27 MAY PROGRAM CONTENTS

Everything you need to know going into Rd14:

Welcome

Main Story

Curatain Raiser Teams

Meet #OurRebels

Team Lists

Week by Week

Training Gallery

Dewar Shield

Rebels U20s Gallery

Sponsors

The Melbourne Rebels will host the Crusaders for the first time in three years when the New Zealanders come to town on Saturday night. The Rebels return home for their second last home game of the season and last outing at AAMI Park before Juneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s international break. The Crusaders remain the only undefeated team in the 2017 Vodafone Super Rugby season after they defeated the Chiefs 31-24 in the Fijian capital Suva on Friday night last week.

Results are split between the two sides in Melbourne after the Rebels defeated the Crusaders in the first meeting at AAMI Park in 2012 before the Kiwis bounced back to win the last game in 2014. The Rebels have always enjoyed a hard fought contest against the most successful side in Super Rugby history with four of the five previous fixtures resulting in a margin of ten points or less.

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FEATURE STORY

MCMAHON EXCITED ABOUT BEAST PARTNERSHIP

Sean McMahon wants to make up for lost time with backrow partner Amanaki Mafi for the remainder of the 2017 Vodafone Super Rugby season. McMahon has watched in awe of Rebels new recruit Mafi after the Japanese international filled the backrow void for the first 11 games of the season. After an ankle and knee injury sidelined McMahon for the first half of the season before the Wallaby returned to action off the bench against the Reds and made his first start of the year

against the Waratahs. McMahon had nothing but praise for Mafi’s impact at the Rebels this season. “He(Mafi) is an absolute beast, I can’t fault anything that he has done,” McMahon said. “He’s been every week, just smashing runs, tackling and ruck, he’s an absolute animal out there.” McMahon regrets not getting the opportunity to play more with Mafi this season but looks forward to partnering with him for the remaining four games of the season.

“I haven’t had the opportunity to play as much as I would have liked with him,” McMahon said. “As I’ve said before he’s a beast of a player, we could’ve worked really well together. “Hopefully we can finish the end of the year together and see how it goes.” Mafi, in his debut Super Rugby season, leads the competition for runs with 138 and most prolific forward for run meters and offloads. McMahon was last year named Super Rugby player of the year. The Rebels host the undefeated Crusaders for just the third time in the club’s history and first time since 2014. McMahon insist that the Rebels need to give a full 80-minute performance after being guilty of lapses of concentration on the stroke of half and full time this season. “They are having an amazing season, but as you know, it’s just down to us and the attitude we bring this weekend,” McMahon said.

“As I’ve said before he’s a beast of a player, we could’ve worked really well together.” “We just got to step up and bring the physicality and we have to play the full 80 minutes, and that’s talking about the 10 (minutes) of that first half and the last 15(minutes) of the second half. “We just can’t drop off as a team, every player needs to be doing everything.” “Especially the bench needs to come on and really put on the performance we need.” McMahon said he’s still building towards an 80-minute performance that he can be proud of and known for. “I think at the moment for me, it’s really all about building back that game fitness,” McMahon said. “Being able to go the full 80 minutes at the full pace, that I’m known for.”

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4:45PM SATURDAY 27 MAY AAMI PARK, MELBOURNE

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ST KEVIN’S COLLEGE Owen Mahoney Aaron George Tim Patterson Andre Coten Patrick McKenzie Otis Trail Zac Harper Simon Harris Mosese Tuipoluto Angus Edwards Angus Tighe Sam Lindeman Aidan Trinh Dion Duggan Joe Waitieri

KEEP SCORE TRIES PENALTY GOALS CONVERSIONS DROP GOALS TURNOVERS LINEBREAKS

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LAST 5 ROUNDS Rd 4 V St Patrick’s Drew 14-14 Rd 3 V Geelong Grammar Won 40-21 Rd 2 V Xavier College Won 48-5 Rd 1 V Scotch College Won 79-0

THE BENCH 16. Sam Hill 17. Matthew Phillips 18. Luca Zudich 19. Pat Marulli 20. Ben O’Leary 21. Harry Davies 22. Joe Masi 23. Darcy Peel

OFF-FIELD TEAM Coaches: Mr Doherty, William, Mr Crompton, Dan, Mr Dash, Chris Physio: Ms Dawn Cantwell

CURTAIN RAISER TEAM LISTS

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Rd 4 V Brighton Grammar Won 35-29 Rd 3 V Trinity Grammar Lost 19-40 Rd 2 V Geelong Grammar Lost 19-33 Rd 1 V Xavier College Won 64-43

THE BENCH 16. Will Lowther 17. Jethro O’Connor 18. Fred Langley 19. Jamie Miller 20. Jack Fergus 21. Jack McCullogh 22. Andrew Feaver 23. Angus Verbeek

MELBOURNE GRAMMAR Finn Burnett

2 3 4

Harry Stout Basil Kloufetos Max Wilson

5 6 7 8 9

Joe O’Connell Stephen Wylie Charlie Nadenbousch Alesana Sa’aga Angus Keeble

10 11 12 13 14

Max Leuga Will Backwell Dudley Raurela Henry Edwards Jode Moorthy

OFF-FIELD TEAM Manager: Rob Shields Coach: Tyronne Mitchell Coach: Ruhan van Zyl Physio: Dom Favilla

KEEP SCORE

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7.45PM SATURDAY 27 MAY AAMI PARK, MELBOURNE

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MELBOURNE REBELS Toby Smith James Hanson Tyrel Lomax Steve Cummins Lopeti Timani Sean McMahon Colby Faingaa Amanaki Mafi Nic Stirzaker Jackson Garden-Bachop Marika Koroibete Reece Hodge Tom English Sefa Naivalu Ben Volavola

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LINEBREAKS

TOTAL

KEEP AN EYE ON... SEAN MCMAHON

THE BENCH 16. Siliva Siliva 17. Fereti Saâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;aga 18. Laurie Weeks 19. Culum Retallick 20. Hugh Sinclair 21. Ben Meehan 22. Mitch Inman 23. Jonah Placid

OFF-FIELD TEAM Head Coach: Tony McGahan Asst. Coaches: Zane Hilton, Craig McGrath, Morgan Turinui Ath Performance: Damian Mednis S&C: Shane Lehane, Brendan Whelan Team Manager: Mark Rowe Analysts: Eoin Toolan, John Batina Doctor: Dr. Asheer Singh Asst Manager: Chris Thomson Head Physio: Cullan Ball Rehab: Nick Court GM Rugby: Baden Stephenson

TEAM LISTS

KEEP AN EYE ON... MATT TODD

THE BENCH 16. Andrew Makalio 17. Joe Moody 18. Oli Jager 19. Luke Romano 20. Jed Brown 21. Mitchell Drummond 22. Mitchell Hunt 23. George Bridge

OFF-FIELD TEAM Head Coach: Scott Roberston Assistant Coach: Brad Moor Assstant Backs Coach: Leon MacDonald Assistant Forwards Coach: Jason Ryan

CANTERBURY CRUSADERS Wyatt Crockett

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Ben Funnell Michael Alaalatoa Quinten Strange Sam Whitelock Heiden Bedwell-Curtis Pete Samu Jordan Taufua Bryn Hall

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Richie Mo'unga Manasa Mataele Tim Bateman Seta Tamanivalu Israel Dagg David Havili

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2017 DEWAR SHIELD DRAW

V1 as at 23 Nov

Round 1 Moorabbin v Endeavour Hills v Footscray v Souths v Melbourne Uni v

25 March Power House Box Hill Melbourne Harlequins Bye

Round 10 Power House Box Hill Melbourne Harlequins Bye

Round 2 Melbourne Footscray Box Hill Souths Power House

1 April Endeavour Hills Harlequins Melbourne Uni Moorabbin Bye

Round 11 Endeavour Hills v Harlequins v Melbourne Uni v Moorabbin v Power House v

10 June Melbourne Footscray Box Hill Souths Bye

Round 3 Harlequins v Endeavour Hills v Moorabbin v Melbourne Uni v Box hill v

8 April Power House Souths Footscray Melbourne Bye

Round 12 Power House Souths Footscray Melbourne Bye

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17 June Harlequins Endeavour Hills Moorabbin Melbourne Uni Box hill

Round 4 Souths v Melbourne v Box Hill v Footscray v Endeavour Hills v

22 April Melbourne Uni Moorabbin Harlequins Power House Bye

Round 13 Melbourne Uni Moorabbin Harlequins Power House Bye

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24 June Souths Melbourne Box Hill Footscray Endeavour Hills

Round 5 Power House Harlequins Melbourne Uni Melbourne Bye

v v v v v

29 April Souths Moorabbin Endeavour Hills Box Hill Footscray

Round 14 Souths v Moorabbin v Endeavour Hills v Box Hill v Footscray v

1 July Power House Harlequins Melbourne Uni Melbourne Bye

Round 6 Harlequins v Moorabbin v Endeavour Hills v Box Hill v Souths v

6 May Melbourne Melbourne Uni Power House Footscray Bye

Round 15 Melbourne Melbourne Uni Power House Footscray Bye

8 July Harlequins Moorabbin Endeavour Hills Box Hill Souths

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3 June Moorabbin Endeavour Hills Footscray Souths Melbourne Uni

13 May Endeavour Hills Box Hill Footscray Melbourne Bye

Round 16 Endeavour Hills v Box Hill v Footscray v Melbourne v Bye v

15 July Moorabbin Power House Melbourne Uni Souths Harlequins

Round 8 Footscray v Box Hill v Power House v Endeavour Hills v Melbourne v

20 May Souths Moorabbin Melbourne Uni Harlequins Bye

Round 17 Souths Moorabbin Melbourne Uni Harlequins Bye

Round 9 Souths Melbourne Melbourne Uni Footscray Moorabbin

27 May Box Hill Power House Harlequins Endeavour Hills Bye

Round 7 Moorabbin Power House Melbourne Uni Souths Harlequins

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Finals

P1, P2, P3 - Four Team Playoff 5 August - Semi Finals SF 1 - Team 1 v Team 2 SF 2 - Team 3 v Team 4 12 August - Preliminary Final Loser SF 1 v Winner SF 2 19 August â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Grand Final Winner SF1 v Winner PF Game Management Match Starting Times: Dewar Shield 3:10pm Premier 2 1:30pm Colts 12.00pm Premier 3 12:00pm (Field 2) Women 1.30pm (Field 2) Premier 4 3:00pm (Field 2) Match Duration Premier 1 & 2 Premier 3 & 4

Halves 40 Min 35 Min

Stoppage Time Yes Yes

Season Break : Easter (15 April) Melbourne Rebels Fixture Red denotes home match Opposition

Time (local)

Thus 23 Feb

Blues

19:30

Sun 4 Mar

Hurricanes

15:15

RND

Date

1 2

ROUND 3 BYE 4

Fri 17 Mar

Chiefs

17:30

Fri 24 Mar

Waratahs

19:30

Fri 31 Mar

Highlanders

17:35

ROUND 7 BYE 8

Sat15 April

Brumbies

19:30

Sun 23 Apr

Sharks

3.30

Sun 30 Apr

Kings

3.30

Sat 6 May

Lions

15:00

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22 July Footscray Box Hill Power House Endeavour Hills Melbourne

Round 18 Box Hill v Power House v Harlequins v Endeavour Hills v Bye v

29 July Souths Melbourne Melbourne Uni Footscray Moorabbin

Sat 13 May

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