Home at last: Rebels savour Melbourne return after brutal COVID year


  • Rugby
  • Thursday, 18 Mar 2021

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Emotions will be high and memories foggy when the Melbourne Rebels march out for their first match at their home stadium in 377 days on Friday, having been chased out of their digs by a maddening series of COVID-19 outbreaks.

The road-weary Rebels face the winless New South Wales Waratahs in a Super Rugby AU match at Melbourne Rectangular Stadium, a venue they last graced on March 7, 2020 when they thrashed South Africa's Lions 37-17.

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