Higginbotham tears right off the back and crashes into contact. They build the phases up close, feeding the forwards off the fringes of the ruck. But the knock-on comes and the Rebels depart empty handed.

Since the second half try, Rebels have held 91% of possession. Rebel scrum on the Chiefs' five, right in front; the backline divided equally on both side..

Vant Leven splits off the back and slips a simple offload to Cane who dives over unchallenged. Poor cover defence by the Rebels. Rebels struggling to get their hands on possession this half.

This time the ball pops out of the scrum and Chiefs are forced to play it. They begin to hammer the Rebel defence and eventually cross only to be held up. Another scrum..

Chiefs hit the ground running and are threatening the Rebels' line after only a minute. They earn a penalty when Higginbotham fails to release the player, inches from the line. Chiefs opt for the scrum and win another penalty. They reset the scrum, in search of the penalty try..

After a first quarter dominated by the visitors, the Rebels have rallied and restored some respectability to the score-line. They finish the half in promising form and will look to narrow the lead even further in the second half. Higginbotham leading the Rebel charge admirably. Chiefs have shown their tremendous attacking capability, capitalising on even the smallest of opportunities. An interesting second half to come..

The first half concludes with the Rebels on the attack in Chief territory. But a knock on comes just inside the twenty-two, and Chiefs clear from the resulting scrum.

Pyle caps a phenomenal Rebel effort with a try in the corner. Chiefs cough the ball up on the halfway and the Rebels launch the attack. Woodward attacks down the right hand fringe before slipping the ball back inside. Rebels are brought to within five metres. Phipps then moves the ball quickly to Pyle on the wing who crosses.

Anascombe touches down for his third try and the four-try bonus point. Cruden delivers the ball to Nanai-Williams on the half way. Nanai bursts over the gain-line with some impressive footwork. He draws the final two defenders before slipping a wonderful offload to Anascombe on the wing.

Chiefs respond quickly with try number three. Rebels concede a turnover in their own half. Leonard snaps up the ball and tears down-field. He spots the overlap outwide and seeks to exploit, zipping the ball out to Williams and then Anascombe who touches down in the right hand corner.