S. African leg crucial to Rebels

STAR halfback Will Genia believes the Rebels’ two games in South Africa will make or break their Super Rugby season, but he will have to watch from Melbourne after injuring his hamstring.

Scans on Sunday revealed a grade one hamstring strain suffered in the three- point loss to the Jaguares on Saturday.

The defeat at AAMI Park forced the Rebels to surrender top spot in the Australian conference to the NSW Waratahs.

Taking on the Bulls in Pretoria followed by the Stormers in Cape Town, the Rebels have never won in South Africa.

“I feel like this tour makes or breaks our season, we are at mid-season and don’t want to start falling away,” he said.