User:Comes.amanuensis/sandbox2 - Rebels rewrite

2011 Inaugural squad
(Brumbies Academy)

(FC Grenoble)

(Sydney University) (London Wasps)

(ACT Brumbies) (ACT Brumbies) (Sydney Roosters)

Staff & Coaching Team
General Manager Rugby Ops - Danny Corcoran

Head Coach - Rod Macqueen

Assistant Coach - Damian Hill

Skills Coach - Nathan Grey

Assistant Coach - Mark Bakewell

Video Analyst - Ben Darwin

High Performance Manager - Troy Thomson

Strength and Conditioning - Mark Andrews

Supporters
In April 2009, Neville Howard and Gavin Norman created an independent supporter group to grow awareness of the bid at a grassroots level. The group organized via popular social networking tools such as Facebook and Twitter. They currently have 3,100 Facebook fans and 210 twitter followers.

After the license was awarded to Australia and subsequently Melbourne, Victoria, the group has now become the Rebel Army.

Stadium
Rebels' training and administration will be based in Carlton North, in specially upgraded facilities at Princes Park stadium, which also hosts the Carlton Football Club.

The Rebels will play all eight home games at AAMI Park on Friday nights at 7:40pm, during their inaugural season. The stadium had been conceived in the previously unsuccessful Victorian bids for a Super rugby team. It was designed by Cox Architects (Sydney), with input from Waratah and former Wallaby prop Al Baxter. AAMI Park was officially opened 8 May 2010 with a rugby league test between Australia and New Zealand which drew 29,442 spectators. The Rebels' co-tenants will be Melbourne Victory (soccer), Melbourne Heart (soccer) and Melbourne Storm (rugby league). A recent Melbourne Victory testimonial game drew a crowd of 5,000 (May 14, 2010).

2011 season
The 2011 Super Rugby season kicks off 18 February 2011. The Rebels' fist competition match is against the Waratahs (NSW) at AAMI Park. But first there's a pre-season game against the Crusaders (New Zealand), 5 February 2011, also at AAMI Park.