The Force were unlucky when they could not hang on to the lead last week against the Hurricanes and allowed 2 tries in the last 10 minutes to just lose the game. Believe they match up well with the Highlanders whose strength is at the breakdown and the Force have a very good back row who also do well in winning some quality ball. The Force also showed that they have the ability to attack when they have the ball and at times made the Hurricanes look very ordinary. Would not be surprised if they won this as the Highlanders were disappointing in losing to the Lions, and not sure that even the inclusion of Thomson will be able to lift them, as they been unimpressive and not played the same as they did earlier in the season
Rebels +12.5 @ 2.02 Centrebet
Some pretty poor form by the Rebels who have lost their last 4 games by at least 15 points, but they are fresh off a bye, with no injnury concerns and generally play well in front of their home crowd. The Stormers beat the Brumbies and the Blues and have played pretty well and will look to this game as an easy one compared to the others. Expecting some sort of complacency in their game here as they will be looking to head back home after this game, and they may not be as focused as they have been in the other two games that they played on the road. Doubt the Rebels win this, but believe that they can keep this closer than what is expected of them.