Melbourne Rebels coach Damien Hill has named his 22-man side to take on Australian conference leaders, the Brumbies, in Saturday night's round eight clash in Canberra.

In the forwards, Ged Robinson comes into the starting side at hooker while Rodney Blake retains his spot at tighthead as Laurie Weeks recovers from injury.

Al Campbell shifts into the second row with Luke Jones at 6 as Michael Lipman is dropped to the bench.

Eddie Aholelei will also make his Rebels debut if he gets a run off the bench this weekend.

For the first time in the competition thus far, the Rebels have opted for consistency and named an unchanged backline

Rebels:

1. Nic Henderson, 2. Ged Robinson, 3. Rodney Blake, 4. Al Campbell, 5. Hugh Pyle (vc), 6. Luke Jones, 7. Jarrod Saffy, 8. Gareth Delve (c), 9. Nick Phipps, 10. Danny Cipriani, 11. Mark Gerrard, 12. James O'Connor, 13. Mitch Inman, 14. Lachlan Mitchell, 15. Kurtley Beale.

Replacements: 16. Luke Holmes, 17. Eddie Aholelei, 18. Michael Lipman, 19. Tim Davidson, 20. Richard Kingi, 21. Julian Huxley, 22. Lloyd Johansson.