Cape Town - The Rebels have named an unchanged team to face the Brumbies in their Round 2 Super Rugby match in Melbourne on Friday.
Kick-off is at 10:40 SA time.
Accoridng to the Super XV website, Rebels coach, Damien Hill, admitted the team gained a lot from their first round encounter against the Force and was poised to continue to build into Friday's clash at AAMI Park.
"The Brumbies are a completely different unit to the one we beat in our inaugural season," said Hill.
"We are going to have to improve on last week's performance, because this Brumbies side is definitely a step up.
Teams:
Rebels:
15. James O'Connor, 14. Lachlan Mitchell, 13. Mitch Inman, 12. Rory Sidey, 11. Richard Kingi, 10. Kurtley Beale, 9. Nick Phipps, 8. Gareth Delve (captain), 7. Scott Fuglistaller, 6. Scott Higginbotham, 5. Luke Jones, 4. Hugh Pyle, 3. Laurie Weeks, 2. Ged Robinson, 1. Nic Henderson
Substitutes: 16. Shota Horie, 17. Paul Alo-Emile, 18. Cadeyrn Neville, 19. Jarrod Saffy, 20. Nic Stirzaker, 21. Alex Rokobaro, 22. Tom English
Brumbies:
TBA
Kick-off is at 10:40 SA time.
Accoridng to the Super XV website, Rebels coach, Damien Hill, admitted the team gained a lot from their first round encounter against the Force and was poised to continue to build into Friday's clash at AAMI Park.
"The Brumbies are a completely different unit to the one we beat in our inaugural season," said Hill.
"We are going to have to improve on last week's performance, because this Brumbies side is definitely a step up.
Teams:
Rebels:
15. James O'Connor, 14. Lachlan Mitchell, 13. Mitch Inman, 12. Rory Sidey, 11. Richard Kingi, 10. Kurtley Beale, 9. Nick Phipps, 8. Gareth Delve (captain), 7. Scott Fuglistaller, 6. Scott Higginbotham, 5. Luke Jones, 4. Hugh Pyle, 3. Laurie Weeks, 2. Ged Robinson, 1. Nic Henderson
Substitutes: 16. Shota Horie, 17. Paul Alo-Emile, 18. Cadeyrn Neville, 19. Jarrod Saffy, 20. Nic Stirzaker, 21. Alex Rokobaro, 22. Tom English
Brumbies:
TBA