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MITCH Inman knows precisely what to expect on Saturday night from the Brumbies — vengeance and redemption.
The Brumbies' previously spectacular season — and the apparent likelihood of a top-two finish — unravelled on a horror South African tour where they floundered with losses to the Cheetahs and Bulls.
Those failures saw Stephen Larkham's troops slip from second overall to seventh as archrivals NSW and Western Force moved to second and fourth, respectively.
The fallout leaves Melbourne precariously placed as the Rebels venture to Canberra seeking to atone for their heaviest home loss of the season against NSW last Friday.
"They'll be a bit like a bear with a sore tooth after a couple of losses on the road," Inman said.
"We're expecting big things from Brumbies, they're quite impressive when they play in Canberra.
"They'll be looking to improve a lot and try and play a big physical sort of game that's very clinical."
The Brumbies slide means success against a Melbourne outfit which beat it in March is doubly important as NSW (Chiefs) and the Force (Crusaders) embark on daunting away assignments.
But the Rebels are also desperate to respond after being bulldozed by the highly impressive Waratahs.
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"Obviously we're a bit disappointed from our loss last week," Inman said.
"We were physically dominated for a lot of the second half so we're looking to improve on that.
"We've just got to go with the mentality this week that we just want to do the fundamentals very well — that's carry strong and retain our ball.
"We were physically exposed by the Waratahs on the weekend and we're looking to obviously improve on that and have a very good mindset.
"We're looking to make first-up tackles, tackle with intent, retain the ball and be very strong over that breakdown."
Melbourne will be without flanker Sean McMahon and centre Lalakai Foketi, who will represent Australia in the world junior world cup in New Zealand.
But it will regain hooker Shota Horie and back Male Sa'u from international duty with Japan and, possibly, prop Laurie Weeks (ankle) and centre Tamati Ellison (knee) from injury."
"With those experienced players, it gives the team a lot of confidence," Inman said.
"They do their job very well and with a bit of class.
"It will be great to have them back."
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