Rathbone starts for Brumbies!

Cape Town - Pat McCabe and SA-born Clyde Rathbone will start for the Brumbies against the Rebels in their Vodacom Super Rugby clash in Canberra on Saturday.

Kick-off is at 11:40 SA time.

McCabe comes in at fullback with Jesse Mogg dropping down to the bench, while Rathbone appears on the left wing in place of Robbie Coleman for his first appearance of the season.

The other change sees another SA-born player, Ruan Smith, win a spot at tighthead prop ahead of Wallaby Ben Alexander, after impressing off the bench.

Smith's twin brother JP starts on the bench.

Teams:

Brumbies
15 Pat McCabe, 14 Henry Speight, 13 Tevita Kuridrani, 12 Christian Leali'ifano, 11 Clyde Rathbone, 10 Matt Toomua, 9 Nic White, 8 Ben Mowen (captain), 7 Jarrad Butler, 6 Fotu Auelua, 5 Scott Fardy, 4 Sam Carter, 3 Ruan Smith, 2 Stephen Moore, 1 Scott Sio

Substitutes: 16 Josh Mann-Rea, 17 JP Smith, 18 Ben Alexander, 19 Leon Power, 20 Jordan Smiler, 21 Michael Dowsett, 22 Andrew Smith, 23 Jesse Mogg

Rebels

TBA