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Crusaders 42 Rebels 17
Crusaders - Grace, Hall, Fainga'anuku, Williams & Blackadder 2 tries, Mo'unga 5 conversions, Burke conversion
Rebels - Hodge & Phillip tries, Hodge penalty & 2 conversions
Fulltime
40th minute - From the kickoff, Fainga'anuku makes another powerful run upfield and the Crusaders are awarded a penalty after the siren. Burke taps to himself and kicks out to end the contest, a convincing win the Crusadres, after a bumbling first half.
39th minute - TRY to Fainga'nuku
Crusaders risk losing a bonus point here, but from the kickoff, Fainga'anuku pounces on a loose ball and powers over the line. Pickerill refers it as a try, but checks for a Crusaders knock-on.
Replays show the ball grazed off Fainga'anuku's head, but he hasn't played at it, so try stands. Burke converts, CRU 42-17
37th minute - TRY to Phillip
Rebels win the attacking lineout, but the maul is held up. Ili is driven back, Ioane and Gibbon drive towards the posts, and Phillip props off his right foot to score.
Hodge converts, CRU 35-17
36th minute - Powell puts a kick to the goal area, but Pickerill is playing advantage for Crusaders offside.
35th minute - Rebels throw long to a lineout on the Crusaders 10 and Ili takes the ball forward. Powell stabs a kick through and Fihaki covers the threat, but Crusaders are penalised.
Ili lunges and falls short of the tryline.
34th minute - Burke kicks to touch and they win another lineout. Gibbon steals the ball and charges toward the 22.
Rebels win a clearing penalty.
33rd minute - From the kickoff, Hodge spills the ball and then plays it on the ground. Crusaders kick to the corner, win the lineout and maul to the line.
Rebels collapse the maul and are penalised.
31st minute - TRY to Hodge
Rebels win the lineout and release quickly, for Gordon to kick towards the posts and Hodge chases to score. he converts, CRU 35-10
30th minute - Crusaders are penalised on their feed to a defensive scrum five metres from their line and Rebels have a great chance to score here.
28th minute - Hodge finds touch deep inside the Crusaders 22 and win the lineout. They shift left, Hodge kicks to the corner, but the Vaihu can't gather to score.
27th minute - Rebels win a penalty advantage near halfway and Pickerill brings them back.
25th minute - TRY to Williams
Crusaders pounce on a loose pass and stab a kick ahead, toed on by Matera, who chases and gathers. When the ball moves left, Williams rumbles over.
Mo'unga grazes the left upright with his sideline conversion and over, CRU 35-3
23rd minute - TRY to Hall
Williams wins the lineout and Crusaders surge towards the posts. Gardner reaches out, but can't find the line, and Hall just dives over the ruck to score. Mo'unga converts with a drop kick, so they're hungry for points, CRU 28-3
22nd minute - Whitelock wins the lineout and Crusaders release to the backs. Burke stabs a kick towards the posts, but Pickerill brings them back for a penalty at the lineout.
21st minute - Crusaders have another penalty advantage in Rebels half and Mo'unga kicks into the 22 again.
20th minute - Crusaders win a clearing penalty and Mo'unga finds touch near the Rebels 22.
18th minute - Crusaders win a lineout and rumble towards the Rebels 22, but Reece can't take a difficult pass.
17th minute - Rebels charge into Crusaders half, but Williams is over the ruck and wins a penalty within seconds of joining the game.
16th minute - Crusaders replace both props with Newell and Williams replacing Jager and Bower.
15th minute - Rebels win a scrum penalty in the Crusaders half and try to break towards the 22. They spill the ball ancd Jackson pounces on it.
Fainga'anuku races upfield, but Rebels win a penalty at the ruck.
13th minute - From the kickoff, the Crusaders move the ball swiftly left, but Gardner loses the ball forward in midfield. Fergus Burke has replaced Goodhue, who made a great return from major injury.
11th minute - TRY to Blackadder
Hall bursts towards the 22 and finds Ennor, who heads towards the posts. As the ball comes left, Grace is tackled short of the corner flag, but finds Blackadder in support to score.
Mo'unga converts, CRU 21-3
10th minute - Crusaders win a lineout on the Rebels 22, but the maul isn't moving. Mo'unga stabs a kick down the shortside and Reece somersaults over in a horrible collision, as he chases.
He's OK.
Ninth minute - Big Crusaders scrum earns another penalty in Rebels half.
Eighth minute - Mo'unga puts up a speculative bomb in his own half, recovered by Blackadder, and Matera crosses halfway, but Taylor drops a pass from Ennor. Taylor is subbed off, along with Drummond and Gallagher.
Seventh minute - Rebels win a lineout in their own half and can't make any ground upfield, so Gordon eventually kicks high. They recover the ball and charge into the Crusaders half, but they spill the ball.
Sixth minute - Crusaders have a lineout outside the Rebels 22, but Taylor's throw is crooked.
Fifth minute - Mo'unga rips through the Rebels defence and finds Ennor, who is tackled in midfield by Hodge, who wins the penalty at the ruck.
Fourth minute - From the kickoff, the Crusaders try to break out of their half and win a penalty advantage. Reece cuts infield and finds Blackadder rumbling over halfway.
Second minute - TRY to Blackadder
Crusaders enter the Rebels half again and Grace makes metres down the right. When the ball shifts left, Fainga'anuku puts Matera down the sideline, he finds Mo'unga inside and he finds Blackadder cutting inside to score.
First minute - Mo'unga puts his kickoff deep, but Fainga'anuku spills the ball to end the Crusaders attack.
Halftime
40th minute - Crusaders have a scrum free-kick and try to break upfield, but Whitelock is smashed in a tackle by Orr and Rebels win another penalty in the Crusaders half. Hodge will line up another kick, as the siren goes.
Hodge curls his kick inside the right upright, CRU 7-3
38th minute - Rebels win a lineout on the Crusaders 22, but lose the ball and Fainga'anuku almost has a clear run to the tryline 80 metres away.
37th minute - Hodge hits the right upright and away with his kick.
36th minute - Drummond is on top of Tuttle quickly, Whitelock grabs the loose ball and hares upfield, but he's called back for offside. Hodge will attempt the penalty kick from near halfway.
35th minute - Rebels win a scrum in their own half and break over halfway. Worth dashes down the right sideline.
34th minute - Mo'unga puts Whitelock through a gap, but he also drops the ball in the tackle.
33rd minute - Gallagher wins a lineout on the Rebels 10 and Crusaders shift left.
32nd minute - Rebels win a lineout in thei rown half and maul towards halfway. The ball goes loose and Mo'unga sends Drummond away.
Gordon clears from his goal area and finds a good touch towards halfway.
30th minute - Another big Crusaders scrum has the Rebels in trouble, but Drummond is around on his opposite too quickly and is penalised, allowing the Rebels to clear.
29th minute - Rebels win a lineout, but Vaihu drops the ball in midfield.
Crusaders scrum in midfield and they win a penalty advantage. They shift left, where Ennor sears towards the goal-line, but Fainga'anuku spills the ball, as another chance goes begging.
28th minute - Rebels win the lineout and kick deep, but Reece returns the ball to where they started.
27th minute - Taylor throws long to the lineout, but the Rebels contest and disrupt, earning a penalty.
26th minute - Goodhue takes Gordon's clearance and bursts upfield. Crusaders have a penalty advantage and come back for the penalty, when Ennor spills the ball.
Mo'unga kicks to touch.
25th minute - To'omua won't return from his HIA, so Gordon is here to stay.
Crusaders hot on attack, but Mo'unga's pass right is cut off by Hodge and Gordon clears long.
24th minute - Big Crusaders scrum earns a penalty and Mo'unga kicks to the corner.
22nd minute - Bridge takes a high ball and is smashed in a tackle. Goodhue makes good metres down the left and Matera breaks up centrefield, but Taylor's pass to Drummond goes forward and is spilled.
21st minute - From the kickoff, Drummond breaks upfield, Rebels regain it momentarily, but spill it forward.
19th minute - TRY to Grace
Rebels win the scrum and burst out of their 22. Gordon kicks deep and Bridge runs it back under penalty advantage.
Bower runs powerfully down the left, Pickerill has found a new penalty advantage, but Mo'unga breaks the defence and finds Grace outside in support to score. Mo'unga converts, CRU 7-0
18th minute - Jager rumbles into the 22, Mo'unga takes a half gap and offloads, but Blackadder spills a long pass from Goodhue to end the move.
17th minute - Whitelock wins a lineout near the Rebels 10 and Crusaders maul forward. They release left and Bridge busts up centrefield.
15th minute - Crusaders looking vulnerable so far, but explosive and capable of breaking out to score at any time. They feed a scrum and shove their opponents, Reece kicks ahead and Pickerill brings them back for a scrum penalty to the Crusaders.
14th minute - Big Crusaders scrum buckles the Rebels scrum, but Rebels clear and Gordon breaks upfield to the Crusaders 22. Hodge kicks to the goal area, but it bounces dead.
13th minute - To'omua is leaving the field and Rebels only have two back reserves, so they've had to burn one early.
12th minute - Crusaders win a scrum on the Rebels 10 and try to work a move in midfield, but the pass to Fainga'anuku goes astray and forward. To'omua reels out of the attempted tackle and is still down.
11th minute - Rebels win the lineout and Hodge's high kick is spilt forward by the Rebels. Bridge grabs the ball and takes the Crusaders attack forward, but Pickerill brings them back for the knock-on.
10th minute - Rebels win another scrum penalty and Hodge clears their 22.
Ninth minute - Crusaders steal the ball in their 22 and break upfield, with Reece dashing down the right sideline, before finding Bridge inside. Bridge passes back to Reece, but the move breaks down metres from the tryline, when the ball is spilt forward into touch.
Eighth minute - Bridge takes a high kick near the sideline and does well to stay in play. Eventually, Mo'unga clears from his own goal-line to outside the 22.
Seventh minute - Rebels still on attack inside the Crusaders 22, but Crusaders defence is solid and To'omua spills the ball, losing ground.
Sixth minute - Rebels win a scrum penalty on their 10 and Hodge kicks for touch inside the 22 again. Gallagher steals the lineout for the Crusaders.
Fifth minute - Reece takes a quick lineout throw in his own half and Crusaders break up field. Ennor juggles a pass behind him and finds Goodhue in support, before Fainga'anuku dives over for an apparent try, but the officials find a forward pass from Matera in that movement.
Fourth minute - Rebels win a lineout on the Crusaders 22, but a speculator pass is almost snaffled by Reece.
Third minute - Mo'unga takes a short dropout and Reece hoofs the ball downfield. Blackadder is penalised at a breakdown and Hodge kicks deep into the Crusaders half.
Second minute - To'omua lines up a kick at goal from wide right and hooks it left.
First minute - Brendon Pickerill will referee this encounter, as To'omua kicks off for the Rebels. Bridge clears to outside the Crusaders 22 and Rebels have a penalty from the lineout.
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Kia ora, good evening and welcome to Newshub's live coverage of the Super Rugby Pacific clash between the Crusaders and Rebels at Melbourne's AAMI Park.
After their historic defeat by the Blues last week, the southern Super Rugby powerhouse find themselves in the unfamiliar position of regrouping, trying to avoid back-to-back losses.
Realistically, the Melbourne home side should provide them with that level of comfort, although last time they met, the Rebels had the satisfaction of depriving their rivals the winning margin they required to make last year's Super Rugby Trans Tasman final.
In the forward pack, veteran lock Sam Whitelock returns to relieve a desperate shortage of second-rowers for the Crusaders, with captain Scott Barrett suspended for his red card last week. Among the backs, most interest will centre on All Blacks midfielder Jack Goodhue, after missing the last 12 months with a knee injury.
TAB Odds: Crusaders $1.01, Rebels $13
Crusaders: 1-George Bower, 2-Codie Taylor (c), 3-Oli Jager, 4-Zach Gallagher, 5-Sam Whitelock, 6-Pablo Matera, 7-Ethan Blackadder, 8-Cullen Grace, 9-Mitch Drummond, 10-Richie Mo'unga, 11-Leicester Fainga'anuku, 12-Jack Goodhue, 13-Braydon Ennor, 14-Sevu Reece, 15-George Bridge
Reserves: 16-Ricky Jackson, 17-Tamaiti Williams, 18-Fletcher Newell, 19-Dominic Gardner, 20-Corey Kellow, 21-Bryn Hall, 22-Fergus Burke, 23-Chay Fihaki
Rebels: 1-Cameron Orr, 2-James Hanson, 3-Cabous Eloff, 4-Matt Philip, 5-Josh Hill, 6-Rob Leota, 7-Brad Wilkin, 8-Michael Wells, 9-James Tuttle, 10-Matt To'omua, 11-Glen Vaihu, 12-Stacey Ili, 13-Andrew Kellaway, 14-George Worth, 15-Reece Hodge
Reserves: 16-Efi Ma'afu, 17-Matt Gibbon, 18-Rhys Van Nek, 19-Josh Canham, 20-Tamati Ioane, 21-Sam Wallis, 22-Joe Powell, 23-Carter Gordon
