Brumbies v Rebels: Teams
The Brumbies are without Mark Chisholm and Ita Vaea for Friday's derby with the Melbourne Rebels at Canberra Stadium.
Last Updated: 09/06/11 3:29pm
The Brumbies are without Mark Chisholm and Ita Vaea for Friday's derby with the Melbourne Rebels at Canberra Stadium.
Chisholm is ruled out through injury for the hosts while Vaea is serving a one-match suspension, forcing coach Tony Rea to make changes to his pack.
Mitchell Chapman will slide to the back of the scrum at number eight, while Henry Vanderglas gets his first start at blindside flanker.
There are also two new faces on the bench; lock Sam Carter and flanker Tom Boidin are rewarded after working hard with Sydney University.
Rea has kept faith with the backline that started the last game against the Queensland Reds, meaning Pat McCabe continues at inside centre.
"You could put Pat anywhere really and he is going to perform - we were very happy with his game against the Reds and expect more of that from him on Friday night," Rea said.
Cipriani returns
Melbourne, meanwhile, have recalled Danny Cipriani to their starting XV.
The controversial fly-half has not played for the club since the end of April due to a suspension imposed following a contractual dispute.
Cipriani returns to the Rebels starting line-up at stand-off in place of Julian Huxley who moves to the midfield.
Mark Gerrard resumes at full-back with Richard Kingi shifting to the wing and Lachlan Mitchell dropping to the bench in a much-changed back division.
Lock Hugh Pyle has been ruled out with a hamstring injury which sees Kevin O'Neill slot in as his replacement. Former Wallaby prop Rodney Blake returns to the side at loosehead prop and Greg Somerville comes in at tighthead.
Brumbies: 15 Christian Lealiifano, 14 Henry Speight, 13 Tyrone Smith, 12 Patrick McCabe, 11 Adam Ashley-Cooper, 10 Matt Giteau, 9 Patrick Phibbs, 8 Mitchell Chapman, 7 Julian Salvi, 6 Henry Vanderglas, 5 Peter Kimlin, 4 Ben Hand, 3 Ben Alexander, 2 Stephen Moore, 1 Jerry Yanuyanutawa
Replacements: 16 Anthony Hegarty, 17 Jono Owen, 18 Sam Carter, 19 Tom Boidin, 20 Nic White, 21 Robbie Coleman, 22 Andrew Smith.
Rebels: 15 Mark Gerrard, 14 Richard Kingi, 13 Julian Huxley, 12 Stirling Mortlock (c), 11 Cooper Vuna, 10 Danny Cipriani, 9 Nick Phipps, 8 Gareth Delve, 7 Michael Lipman, 6 Jarrod Saffy, 5 Kevin O'Neill, 4 Alister Campbell, 3 Greg Somerville, 2 Ged Robinson, 1 Rodney Blake.
Replacements: 16 Adam Freier, 17 Laurie Weeks, 18 Adam Byrnes, 19 Tim Davidson, 20 Lachlan Mitchell, 21 Peter Betham, 22 Afusipa Taumoepeau.
