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Rebels out to revive Big Rugby pleasure

ByRomeo Minalane

May 14, 2022
Rebels out to revive Big Rugby pleasure

Admitting they were embarrassed by their Big Rugby Pacific performance towards the Blues, Melbourne coach Kevin Foote says his crew is having a stare to web admire after they host the Chiefs on Sunday.

The Rebels were humiliated 71-28 at Eden Park final spherical, with the ladder-main Blues running in seven tries within the principle half of alone.

“Embarrassment is exactly the note that we felt,” Foote talked about.

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“We missed 36 first-up tackles and that is the reason no longer correct ample.”

Foote talked about he had sought counsel from Wallabies coach Dave Rennie besides to other coaching colleagues following the fear defensive demonstrate.

“We started with the coaches, we reviewed our beget coach and I’m the defence coach – I got shimmering accurate options from the workers,” he talked about.

“I spoke to Dave (Rennie) and requested his recommendation … I then got here lend a hand to Wellsy (captain Michael Wells) and told him here’s what we stand for and what we’re going to fix and now we are succesful of pass forward.

“The overview became shimmering accurate and there became nowhere to cloak.”

Foote talked about they were having a stare to create amends towards the fourth-positioned Chiefs at AAMI Park.

The Highlanders climbed into eighth after their 61-10 snatch over the Western Force on Friday night, striking a important dent within the Rebels’ slim hopes of playing finals.

Foote talked about they were perfect targeted on a response on Sunday.

“The guys like trained the truth is neatly, they’ve reacted the truth is neatly,” Foote talked about.

“We now like got a likelihood to come lend a hand and restore some faith from our fans and the of us in our membership.

“We are searching to create determined we express a performance we are succesful of also fair be proud of, the number 1 thing is to demonstrate our persona.”

The Brumbies beat the Chiefs 38-28 final spherical and Foote talked about they spot an instance for how clinical his crew wished to be in defence.

He talked about they wished to govern the tempo and territory to earn on high of the Kiwis.

“We don’t are searching to be giving any crew turnover ball … what the Brumbies did became restrict the Chiefs to three linebreaks,” he talked about.

“They made their first-up tackles, they good and connected and like self belief of their defensive design.”

Skipper Wells missed the Blues match by strategy of hurt and talked about he’d been working inviting to create determined his crew became on the ball on Sunday.

“Our pleasure has been dented and the fellows like had a shimmering inviting ogle at themselves and we’re hungry to come lend a hand and present one thing, in particular at dwelling,” Wells talked about.

“We’re out to put admire lend a hand for what we misplaced over in Auckland.”

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