Rebels' future remains uncertain as Reds battle arrives
Melbourne Rebels coach Tony McGahan is almost resigned to the likelihood his club won't find out if they will be cut or kept in Super Rugby until the end of the season.
Melbourne Rebels coach Tony McGahan is almost resigned to the likelihood his club won't find out if they will be cut or kept in Super Rugby until the end of the season.
Flanker Sean McMahon will make his long awaited return to the side after being forced out with ankle and then knee problems this whole season.
Melbourne's case to avoid the Super Rugby axe hit a King-size hurdle in Port Elizabeth.
The axe will fall in Perth or Melbourne, but what will be the ripple effect in Canberra?
Melbourne Rebels flanker Colby Fainga'a knows his team has an excellent chance to win its first ever game in South Africa but it will be far from easy.
ACT Brumbies boss Michael Thomson says Melbourne Brumbies merger will kill rugby in two cities.
Melbourne may never get a better chance at winning in South Africa than they had in on Sunday morning.
Will Miller will make his Super Rugby debut with Melbourne Rebels in South Africa early on Sunday morning.
The Brumbies will support off-contract players who are stuck in Super Rugby limbo as the competition's uncertainty drags on.
Super Rugby players are growing increasingly frustrated by the handling of the competition and the way teams were cut.
Ross Oakley calls for the ARU to bolster its Melbourne market in the same way the AFL empowered Greater Western Sydney.
The Rebels hope to have Wallabies prop Toby Smith back for their South African tour but have lost Lopeti Timani to a four-week suspension.
ACT Brumbies will see red after SANZAAR concedes possible sin-bin error in Melbourne Rebels loss.
All the talking points from the upset of the Super Rugby season.
The under pressure Melbourne Rebels came back from the death to beat the ACT Brumbies on Saturday night.
The Rebels and the Brumbies faced off in Melbourne on Saturday night with the Rebels winning 19-17.
"We unequivocally reject that the ARU has any ability to 'chop' or 'cut' (ARU words) the Melbourne Rebels Super Rugby licence," the statement read.
The Melbourne Rebels ratcheted up their battle with the Australian Rugby Union on Friday as they fight for their survival in a reduced Super Rugby competition from next year.
Queanbeyan brothers Saia and Colby Faingaa will play against each other on Saturday, but there was a plan to reunite them at the Brumbies.
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