The Melbourne Rebels claimed a record-breaking 45-19 victory over the Queensland Reds in their Super Rugby opener at AAMI Park on Friday.
The Rebels, featuring a number of new impressive signings, made history by scoring seven tries - beating their previous record of six in a single game.
In the 10th minute the course of the game changed when Scott Higginbotham, the 25th captain of the Reds in Super Rugby, was red-carded for a high tackle with force to the head and this ultimately swayed the odds in the Rebels' favour.
However, despite their numerical disadvantage, the Reds dominated the early exchanges and were rewarded with a try. Samu Kerevi got a routine offload away in midfield that the Rebels thought had gone forward. Duncan Paia’aua couldn't believe his luck as he had an open run to the line with the Rebels guilty of not playing to the whistle.
Soon after, Lukhan Tui was sent to the sin-bin for his tip-tackle on Will Genia as the Reds went down to thirteen men for ten minutes.
The Rebels eventually capitalised on their numerical advantage when Caleb Timu's pass over the top found Sefa Naivalu on the overlap who ran in for his first try of the season. Jack Debreczeni knocked it over from in front to level matters on the scoreboard.
But the Reds just would not give up. Chris Feauai-Sautia made a busting run in midfield and produced a silky offload for Kerevi whose fine support running was rewarded as he got on the scoresheet.
Soon after, Genia's long pass exposed the 13-man Rebels on the left overlap as this time Tom English crashed over to once again restore parity on the scoreboard.
By this point the Rebels had well and truly wrested control of the game and soon Naivalu grabbed his brace to give the hosts the lead. Earning the right to go wide by sucking in the Reds defenders, Jaco Maddocks showed good vision to throw a nice, long ball out to the flying winger who had another routine dot-down in the corner.
Soon after, the Rebels had their fourth. Sucking in defenders with a rolling maul, Genia went left and used the quick hands of Reece Hodge and English to get the ball out to Dane Haylett-Petty who scored on his debut for his new side on the stroke of half-time as the hosts took a 26-14 lead in to the interval.
After the break the Rebels continued to mount the pressure with some powerful carries up the centre of the field. Debreczeni shifted his position as first receiver from the open to blindside quickly. Genia quickly found him and the fly-half broke the line to go over on the left side, making it 31-14.
Some silly play from the Reds then saw them leaking their sixth try as Pauiauia's careless no-look pass was intercepted by Dane Haylett-Petty who ran coast to coast and dot down for his second.
The Rebels put the gloss on the evening when Debreczeni joined the party, also grabbing a brace and his side's record-breaking seventh, with Genia once again the provider as the Wallabies scrum-half made it three try assists for the evening.
The Reds scored a consolation try through Feauai-Sautia, who finished clinically after good work by full-back Toua to break the line and find the winger with a long, spinning pass.
The scorers:
For Rebels:
Tries: Naivalu 2, English, Haylett-Petty 2, Debreczeni 2
Cons: Debreczeni 5
For Reds:
Tries: Paia'aua, Kerevi, Feauai-Sautia
Cons: Tuttle 2
Yellow Card: Tui
Red Card: Higginbotham
The teams:
Rebels: 15 Dane Haylett-Petty, 14 Jack Maddocks, 13 Tom English, 12 Reece Hodge, 11 Sefa Naivalu, 10 Jack Debreczeni, 9 Will Genia, 8 Amanaki Mafi, 7 Angus Cottrell, 6 Lopeti Timani, 5 Adam Coleman (c), 4 Matt Philip, 3 Jermaine Ainsley, 2 Jordan Uelese, 1 Tetera Faulkner
Replacements: 16 Anaru Rangi, 17 Fereti Sa’aga, 18 Sam Talakai, 19 Sam Jeffries, 20 Ross Haylett-Petty, 21 Michael Ruru, 22 Semisi Tupou, 23 Billy Meakes
Reds: 15 Aidan Toua, 14 Chris Feauai-Sautia, 13 Samu Kerevi, 12 Duncan Paia’aua, 11 Eto Nabuli, 10 Jono Lance, 9 James Tuttle, 8 Scott Higginbotham (c), 7 Adam Korczyk, 6 Caleb Timu, 5 Lukhan Tui, 4 Izack Rodda, 3 Taniela Tupou, 2 Brandon Paenga-Amosa, 1 James Slipper
Replacements: 16 Alex Mafi, 17 JP Smith, 18 Sef Fa’agase, 19 Kane Douglas, 20 Liam Wright, 21 Tate McDermott, 22 Hamish Stewart, 23 Filipo Daugunu
Referee: Brendon Pickerill (New Zealand)
Assistant referee: Nic Berry (Australia), Jordan Way (Australia)
TMO: Ian Smith (Australia)
© TEAMtalk Media
from Hollywoodbets Sports Blog http://ift.tt/2sV06Rt
best mesothelioma law firms, mesothelioma attorneys, mesothelioma
lawyer, mesothelioma lawsuits, mesothelioma lawyers, mesothelioma
lawsuit, mesothelioma attorney, mesothelioma settlement, mesothelioma
lawsuit settlements, mesothelioma settlements, mesothelioma law firm,
lawyer mesothelioma, get a online mesothelioma law firm today,
mesothelioma claims, mesothelioma claim, malignant mesothelioma,
mesothelioma law, mesothelioma law firm california, mesothelioma
compensation, mesothelioma law firms, asbestos settlement, asbestos
claim, mesothelioma, asbestos lawsuit, asbestos lung cancer,
mesothelioma law suit, asbestos claims720, asbestos attorney,
mesothelioma lung cancer, mesothelioma causes, asbestos lawyer390,
mesothelioma cancer, asbestos lawsuits, asbestos lawyers, causes of
mesothelioma, asbestos cancer, mesothelioma law suits, what is
mesothelioma, law offices, mesothelioma symptoms
Terimakasih anda telah membaca artikel tentang Rebels Thrash 14 Man Reds. Jika ingin menduplikasi artikel ini diharapkan anda untuk mencantumkan link https://viralsport.blogspot.com/2018/02/rebels-thrash-14-man-reds.html. Terimakasih atas perhatiannya.