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The Emirates Western Force ‘A’ team and Rebel Rising will clash again this weekend following an opening encounter at AAMI Park in which the Victorians earned opening honours.
A slow start by the West Aussies saw them down 10-0 after just five minutes but they were able to work their way back into the game to even the scores by half time.
The two sides continued to trade blows on the scoreboard however the Rebel Rising were able to maintain a six point advantage to run out 30-24 victors.
Coach Andrew Scotney was pleased with the team’s efforts, in particular the performances of Nedlands centre Juan Pretorius, prop Gary Neugebauer, Emirates Western Force academy player Cruze Ah-Nau and former Brumbies and Reds player Henari Veratau.
“The game was an excellent hit out for the side in terms of exposing all players to a high level of rugby,” said Scotney.
“The Melbourne side contained at least 12 players with either Test, Super Rugby or Sydney first grade experience.
“This gives the team a real platform to build on given that we’ve got a home game against the same opposition this weekend.”
The Emirates Western Force ‘A’ side will look to improve when the two teams go head to head again this weekend. The West Aussies are set to be boosted by a number of Emirates Western Force players that have returned from South Africa as well as a number of players coming back from injury.
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