The Queensland Reds put a dent in the Melbourne Rebels Super Rugby semi-finals hopes, by defeating them 37-23 at Suncorp Stadium.
Queensland Reds 37 (Izack Rodda, Filipo Daugunu, Jono Lance tries; Lance 3 conversions; Lance 3 penalty goals; 1 penalty try) defeated Melbourne Rebels 23 (Angus Cottrell, Jack Maddocks tries; Reece Hodge 2 conversions; Hodge 3 penalty goals) at Suncorp Stadium on Friday 6 July 2018
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The teams:
Reds: 15 Jono Lance, 14 Filipo Daugunu, 13 Jordan Petaia, 12 Duncan Paia’aua, 11 Eto Nabuli, 10 Hamish Stewart, 9 Moses Sorovi, 8 Scott Higginbotham (c), 7 Liam Wright, 6 Caleb Timu, 5 Kane Douglas, 4 Izack Rodda, 3 Taniela Tupou, 2 Brandon Paenga-Amosa, 1 JP Smith Replacements: 16 Alex Mafi, 17 Harry Hoopert, 18 Ruan Smith, 19 Lukhan Tui, 20 Angus Scott-Young, 21 Tate McDermott, 22 Teti Tela, 23 Aidan Toua
Note: Liam Wright was a late replacement for George Smith
Rebels: 15 Dane Haylett-Petty, 14 Jack Maddocks, 13 Tom English (c), 12 Billy Meakes, 11 Marika Koroibete, 10 Reece Hodge, 9 Michael Ruru, 8 Amanaki Mafi, 7 Colby Fainga’a, 6 Angus Cottrell, 5 Geoff Parling, 4 Matt Philip, 3 Jermaine Ainsley, 2 Anaru Rangi, 1 Tetera Faulkner Replacements: 16 Nathan Charles, 17 Fereti Sa’aga, 18 Sam Talakai, 19 Ross Haylett-Petty, 20 Richard Hardwick, 21 Harrison Goddard, 22 Jack Debreczeni, 23 Sefa Naivalu
Date: Friday, July 6 Venue: Suncorp Stadium Kick-off: 19:45 local Referee: Paul Williams Assistant Referees: Nic Berry, Graham Cooper TMO: Ian Smith