Melbourne Rebels happy, but not satisfied after impressive win over Western Force Kurtley Beale in action for the Rebels. THE Melbourne Rebels have never enjoyed the footballing luxury of having more wins than losses in their three-season history, until last night. But for all the delight at having a positive ledger, and there was lots, there remained the nagging feeling much had to be done to keep it that way. As the drums that heralded the Rebels first season opening victory faded the home team gathered, arm-in-arm, on the field where that point was re-enforced. Check out our new Rugby Gold Match Centre Kurtley Beale was particularly animated, re-enforcing the effort was ok, but not good enough. "He's a passionate guy and he gets his pointy across and we weren't proud of the performance," new skipper Gareth Delve said. But we were proud of the effort we put in from the first minute o the last. It wasn't particularly pretty, but we showed a bit of character. I hope this is a great start for us and the fact we are not happy with a winning performance shows where we have set our standards this year. Rebels coach Damien Hill took a similar view. "I'm smiling on the inside," Rebels coach Damien Hill said post-match. It's a start, we won, but we're not happy with the performance. Skipper Delve was one of his team's great triers, and in that area coach Hill walked away with positives. He got 80 minutes of unbridled effort from the skipper, and full games from his triumvirate of stars in Kurtley Beale, James O'Connor and new gun Scott Higginbotham, bar his 10 minute referee enforced benching. Hill said Higginbotham was "patchy" but, like his teammates looked hungry too, although in the first half, bereft of the ball as a desert is bereft of water, Beale spent more time shaking his head than his hips. Standing in backfield as his forwards continuously coughed up the ball Beale wondered if all the pre-season playmaking work was worth it. Maybe that's what he was so vocal in the post-game huddle, a "get me the ball" moment. Eventually he got it, but it wasn't his legs that got the Rebels back in to the game, that was spider-like Hugh Pyle, the big lock a member of the Rebels tight-five which Hill praised. He said prop Laurie Weekes, a cheerleader for all of last year, "did not give up" in his 80 minutes too. Along with the tough nuts there was O'Connor who, radical hair-do aside, ran freely and fast and was laser-like with his boot.More sightings of those swift green feet could bring much pleasure this year, rather than the pain of his opening injury-interrupted season down south. Boxes were ticked at AAMI Park last night, and there were smiles, but all amid the knowledge the hard work of a winning rugby season had just begun.