Super Rugby cellar-dwellers Melbourne Rebels will open up their coaching position next year after a disastrous start to their third season in the southern hemisphere provincial competition.
The Rebels, second last in the 15-team competition and bottom of the Australian conference, have won only two of their eight matches as the season approaches the halfway mark.
Damien Hill, who took over from former Australia coach Rod Macqueen last year, will need to re-apply for his job at season's end.
