Rebels v Reds: Teams
Stirling Mortlock, Al Campbell and Julian Huxley will play their final games on Australian soil when the Rebels tackle the Reds.
Last Updated: 28/06/12 10:21am
Stirling Mortlock, Al Campbell and Julian Huxley will play their final games on Australian soil when the Rebels tackle the Reds.
Mortlock, who has overcome a calf strain, and Campbell will retire at the end of the season, while Huxley is moving to Narbonne in France.
The Rebels, who have also seen former England international Michael Lipman quit the sport, will be boosted by the return of James O'Connor and Kurtley Beale for the clash.
The play-off chasing Reds have made two changes to their line-up for the trip to Melbourne.
Both changes come in the pack with Adam Wallace-Harrison repacing injured skipper James Horwill in the second-row, while Jake Schatz starts on the blindside.
Reds coach Ewen McKenzie has made a further two alterations to his bench with Radike Samo and Ben Lucas coming into the match-day squad.
Rebels: 15 Kurtley Beale, 14 Mark Gerrard, 13 Mitch Inman, 12 Stirling Mortlock (c), 11 Cooper Vuna, 10 James O'Connor, 9 Nick Phipps, 8 Gareth Delve, 7 Hugh Perrett, 6 Tom Chamberlain, 5 Hugh Pyle, 4 Cadeyrne Neville, 3 Jono Owen, 2 Adam Freier, 1 Nic Henderson.
Replacements: 16 Ged Robinson, 17 Rodney Blake, 18 Al Campbell, 19 Tim Davidson, 20 Nic Stirzaker, 21 Lachlan Mitchell, 22 Julian Huxley.
Reds: 15 Luke Morahan, 14 Dom Shipperley, 13 Anthony Faingaa, 12 Mike Harris, 11 Digby Ioane, 10 Quade Cooper, 9 Will Genia (c), 8 Scott Higginbotham, 7 Liam Gill, 6 Jake Schatz, 5 Adam Wallace-Harrison, 4 Rob Simmons, 3 James Slipper, 2 Saia Faingaa, 1 Greg Holmes.
Replacements: 16 James Hanson, 17 Ben Daley, 18 Radike Samo, 19 Beau Robinson, 20 Ben Lucas, 21 Chris F'Sautia, 22 Nick Frisby.
