MELBOURNE: Amid the boisterous support for the Queensland Reds in the Lang Park terraces on Saturday, there may be a few fans left misty-eyed when Will Genia and Quade Cooper return to their old stomping ground in Melbourne Rebels colours.
Their paths have crossed again, however, both given warm welcomes at Dave Wessels' Rebels, and their revived partnership has raised the team's hopes of finally cracking a playoffs spot eight years after joining the tournament in 2011. New Zealand-born Cooper will have special motivation to perform, having never been given a chance under Thorn through the entirety of a humiliating 2018 season.
After signing with the Rebels, he posted an action photograph of a Wallabies game on social media, showing him fending off All Black Thorn with a hand to the neck. Cooper was among three former Wallabies exiled from the Reds by Thorn. Former inside centre Karmichael Hunt was banned for a second cocaine possession arrest in three years, while prop James Slipper tested positive to the same drug twice.Having given plenty to Queensland rugby, Cooper has mixed emotions about the state he left behind.
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