Rebels v Brumbies

When: Friday 9 March at 7:45pm AEDT
Where: AAMI Park, Melbourne
TV: LIVE on FOX Sports 505
Radio: LIVE on RUGBY.com.au Radio and ABC Grandstand Platforms 
 
Broadcast information:

• The Rebels will be looking to break another club record after winning their opening two matches of the season for the first time ever
• Rebels winger Tom English will step in as interim Captain while Adam Coleman recovers from sternum soreness
• The Brumbies welcome back Wallabies prop Scott Sio after a calf strain kept him out of action for the first two weeks
• Coach Dan McKellar has replaced Tom Cusack with flanker Lolo Fakaosilea in the starting XV 

• Suncorp Stadium will host a double header with the Queensland Women kicking off first against arch rivals NSW Women in the opening match of the Buildcorp Super W season
• The Reds are then set to celebrate Chris Feauai-Sautia’s 50th Queensland and Super Rugby cap milestone
• Coach Brad Thorn has made one personnel change and three positional shifts which will see Filipo Daugunu earn his run-on debut on the wing

• The Waratahs will head across the Pacific to take on the Jaguares who currently lay on the foot of the Super Rugby ladder
• The two teams have only met once before in Super Rugby with the Jaguares victorious 40-27 in Sydney last season
• The NSW squad will be looking to remain undefeated to start the season after forcing a draw with the Sharks in Durban last weekend thanks to Bernard Foley’s sideline conversion