Stadium Australia
Fri Apr 24, 7:30pm
The CyberView from the Hill - Last Week
The CyberView from the Hill - This Week
Late ChangesJamie Simpson started the match with Issac Luke on the bench. Shannon McPherson and Ben Lowe dropped off the 6 man bench.
WIN 32-26
The South Sydney Rabbitohs have defeated the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 32 points to 26 at ANZ Stadium tonight (Friday) in front of 11,208 Members and fans. Beau Champion scored two tries in the Rabbitohs victory, which saw the home team score six tries to five, securing their fourth win for the season from seven matches. The opening ten minutes was a torrid affair, with both sides dishing out some heavy defence, but it was the Rabbitohs who registered first points in the 11th minute of play. Second-rower David Kidwell charged on to a short ball on the right hand side of the field, busting through the defence to score his first try for the year. Chris Sandow converted to give the Rabbitohs a six-nil lead. Seven minutes later, Beau Champion scored his first try after some hot-potato football landed in his hands on the right hand side of the field. Some great handling from Sandow set up the try, and Sandow’s conversion gave the Rabbitohs a 12-nil lead. Just three minutes later and the Rabbitohs had scored their third try, this time through David Fa’alogo. It was a John Sutton grubber kick towards the left hand corner that found Fa’alogo in-goal for the four-pointer. The Rabbitohs seem to nod off at this point, allowing Paul Gallen to score in the 26th minute. The Rabbitohs responded when captain Roy Asotasi scored a fantastic individual try that combined a break, step and dummy to score a 35 metre four-pointer. Sandow’s conversion took the Rabbitohs lead out 22-6. The Rabbitohs took the foot off the pedal again, allowing Luke Covell and David Simmons to score, with Covell converting all three Sharks’ first half tries. The score at half time read 22-18 in favour of the Rabbitohs, but South Sydney were more dominant than that. They were making good metres through the forwards and the backs were creating opportunities. It was two periods of football slumber that let the Sharks back into the game. Rabbitohs winger Nathan Merritt pulled off a bell-ringing try-saving tackle in the 46th minute, giving the Rabbitohs the jolt they needed to kick on with the game. In the 49th minute, Champion scored his second after he slid past three defenders to score. Three minutes later Merritt scored a try of his own after Champion had made a 40 metre break before offloading to Merritt to touch down. The game seemed safe at 32-18, yet the Rabbitohs allowed the Sharks back into the game for a third time when Ben Pomeroy and Covell scored tries in the 66th and 75th minutes respectively. The final five minutes were nerve-racking for Rabbitohs fans, but the red and greens held on to secure the two competition points. The Rabbitohs looked good in attack, with halfback Chris Sandow getting more involved in the game week-after-week. The Rabbitohs defence lacked potency at times, which Rabbitohs Head Coach Jason Taylor said was the most disappointing part of his team’s effort. “We took the two competition points which keeps us moving along, but I was disappointed with how we played tonight,” he said at the post-match media conference. “We scored some good tries, but our defence was way off what it should be. “They played well and tested us, but we invited them back into the game too many times, especially in the first half. “We have to improve in certain areas and we will work hard on that. We’re doing it for periods, but we need to do it for the full 80 minutes. We need to work hard at playing with consistency. “We’ve got great fight in our team, and they just kept coming. “We’re working hard at getting (Chris Sandow) back into our game. We have players like John Sutton, Craig Wing and Issac Luke who are keen for the ball, and it’s important that he gets his hands on the ball as well. His attack has been heading in the direction we want it to.” Rabbitohs captain Roy Asotasi said he was also disappointed with the way his team played in patches. “I’m disappointed too. We’ve let in too many tries and made too many errors in the last two weeks,” he said. “We need to work hard this week and get ourselves up for the Titans game. “We’ve got to stop playing in patches and work hard for the wins for the whole game.”
11 min 6-0
17 min 12-0
21 min 16-0
26 min 16-6
32 min 22-6
36 min 22-12
39 min 22-18
49 min 28-18
51 min 32-18
66 min 32-22
75 min 32-26
Champion 2, Merritt, Kidwell, Asotasi, Fa'alogo tries
Sandow 4 from 6 goals
Crowd 11,208
Referee B.Cummins / A.Shortall
Penalities 5-6
Scrums 5-7
Min Tac Pe MT LB R DR m Er OL K TA T G/A FG
Flbk - Capewell,Luke 80 9 1 4 - 12 1 75 1 - - 1 - - -
Wing - Merritt, Nathan 80 6 - 1 - 7 - 59 1 - - - 1 - -
Cntr - Best, Colin 80 13 - 1 - 6 2 44 2 3 - - - - -
Cntr - Champion, Beau 80 20 1 4 3 10 1 111 1 2 - - 2 - -
Wing - Talanoa, Fetuli 80 8 1 1 1 9 5 72 1 - - - - - -
5/8 - Sutton, John 80 16 - 3 - 11 - 86 - 2 10 1 - - -
Half - Sandow, Chris 80 19 - 7 - 1 - 4 2 - 5 1 - 4/6 -
Prop - Stuart, Luke 57 26 - - - 13 - 116 - - - - - - -
Hook - Simpson, Jamie 49 19 1 1 - 4 4 26 - - - - - - -
Prop - Asotasi, Roy 55 16 - 1 1 18 - 194 1 - - - 1 - - (c)
SRow - Kidwell, David 55 19 2 5 1 7 - 40 1 - - 1 1 - -
SRow - Fa'alogo, David 77 34 - 2 - 13 - 105 - 1 - - 1 - -
Lock - Wing, Craig 55 19 - 1 - 5 1 44 - - - - - - -
Int - Luke, Issac 42 14 - 4 - 12 10 100 2 3 1 1 - - -
Int - Pettybourne, Eddy 42 20 - 1 - 6 - 41 - - - - - - -
Int - Lowe, Jamian 25 14 - 1 - 10 - 80 - 1 - - - - -
Int - Geddes, Scott 23 9 - - - 7 - 48 - - - - - - -
TOTAL 281 6 37 6 1245 12 12 16 5 6 4/6 -
Completion Rate - 25/32
Opposition Offloads - 11
Effective 1st Tackles
1 min 93m SS Err 92m / SS P
3 min 77m Sandow kick 29m / SS P
7 min 15m SCR / P / SS Err / SCR
11 min 0m CE Err / SCR / Sutton kick / P / TRY
13 min 25m Sutton kick 25m
15 min 45m Sutton kick COF
18 min 0m CS Err / SCR / Sutton kick / TRY
21 min 0m P / Sutton kick / TRY
23 min 26m Sandow kick COF
25 min 74m SS CIG / (CS TRY)
29 min 42m Sutton kick COF
32 min 0m P / TRY
33 min 41m Sutton kick
36 min 100m SS Err / (CS TRY)
37 min 75m SS P
38 min 96m SS Err / (CS TRY)
half time
41 min 79m SS Err / SCR
43 min 54m SS Err / SCR
45 min 28m CE Err / SS Err / SCR
49 min 0m P / TRY
52 min 0m TRY
53 min 3m Luke kick
55 min 22m Sutton kick
57 min 96m Sandow kick CIGOF / 30m / SS P
59 min 93m SS Err / SCR 87m / 6TG / (CS NO TRY)
62 min 65m Sandow kick COF
64 min 52m CS Err / SCR / SS Err / SCR / (CS TRY)
68 min 28m Sandow kick / SCR
70 min 27m CE Err / Sutton kick CIGOF
71 min 53m SS Err
72 min 19m SCR / Sutton kick 1m / SS P
76 min 100m SS Err / (CS TRY)
77 min 89m SS P
78 min 55m SS CIG
79 min 6m CS Err / Sutton kick
Average effective 1st tackle location
- 45.1m - for the whole match
- 44.3m - 1st half
- 45.7m - 2nd half
If you now remove the tries
- 59.1m - 1st half
- 51.1m - 2nd half
Other FG Matches
40-8 Lang Brisbane b Parramatta
29-0 SFS St Geo-Ill b Sydney
14-14 Olym Melbourne d Warriors
26-12 Town Nth Qld b Manly
30-20 Bruc Bulldogs b Canberra
26-24 Camp Wests-Tig b Newcastle
34-20 Penr Penrith b Gold Coast
W D L B Diff PT
BRISBANE 6 - 1 - +62 12
BULLDOGS 6 - 1 - +70 10 +
ST GEO-ILL 5 - 2 - +59 10
GOLD COAST 5 - 2 - +24 10
SOUTHS 4 - 3 - +38 8
NEWCASTLE 4 - 3 - +8 8
WESTS-TIG 4 - 3 - -25 8
MELBOURNE 3 1 3 - -7 7
Warriors 3 1 3 - -13 7
Nth Qld 3 - 4 - +42 6
Penrith 3 - 4 - +4 6
Manly 2 - 5 - -25 4
Canberra 2 - 5 - -35 4
Sydney 2 - 5 - -48 4
Parramatta 2 - 5 - -94 4
Cronulla 1 - 6 - -60 2
+ deducted 2 points for extra player on the field
Judiciary News
No one was charged on the weekend.
U20 National Youth Toyota Cup - Round 7
v Cronulla-Sutherland, 5:15pm
WIN 32-14
In the Toyota Cup match in round seven at ANZ Stadium, Rabbitohs winger Kennedy Pettybourne scored a hat-trick to cannon his team to victory, 32 points to 14. Centre Junior Vaivai scored 12 points of his own in the victory.
40 min 12-10
K.Pettyborne 3, Farrell, Vaivai, Morgan tries
Vaivai 4 from 6 goals
Other NYC Matches
18-16 Lang Brisbane b Parramatta
12-8 SFS St Geo-Ill b Sydney
46-32 Olym Melbourne b Warriors
26-22 Town Manly b Nth Qld
52-36 Bruc Bulldogs b Canberra
46-34 Camp Wests-Tig b Newcastle
22-16 Penr Penrith b Gold Coast
W D L B Diff PT
MANLY 7 - - - +162 14
MELBOURNE 6 - 1 - +91 12
GOLD COAST 5 - 2 - +110 10
ST GEO-ILL 5 - 2 - +84 10
BULLDOGS 5 - 2 - +24 10
CANBERRA 4 - 3 - +27 8
WESTS-TIG 4 - 3 - -43 8
SOUTHS 3 - 4 - -4 6
Warriors 3 - 4 - -44 6
Cronulla 3 - 4 - -51 6
Nth Qld 3 - 4 - -51 6
Parramatta 2 - 5 - -30 4
Brisbane 2 - 5 - -72 4
Newcastle 2 - 5 - -82 4
Sydney 1 - 6 - -56 2
Penrith 1 - 6 - -65 2
NRL Club Championship
W D L B Diff PT
ST GEO-ILL 10 - 4 - +143 20
Gold Coast 10 - 4 - +134 20
Bulldogs 11 - 3 - +94 20 +
Melbourne 9 1 4 - +84 19
Manly 9 - 5 - +137 18
Brisbane 8 - 6 - -10 16
Wests-Tig 8 - 6 - -68 16
Souths 7 - 7 - +34 14
Warriors 6 1 7 - -57 13
Canberra 6 - 8 - -8 12
Nth Qld 6 - 8 - -9 12
Newcastle 6 - 8 - -74 12
Penrith 4 - 10 - -61 8
Cronulla 4 - 10 - -111 8
Parramatta 4 - 10 - -124 8
Sydney 3 - 11 - -104 6
Reserve Grade - NSW Cup Round 6
v Windsor Wolves, Windsor Sports Complex, Sat Apr 25 5:00pm
LOSS 26-36
Late Changes - Apps, Greenfield, Ngaro are out. Johnston starts wing, McQueen centre, Blaker second row. North Sydney Bears lost their third match in a row when they were beaten 36-26 by Windsor Wolves on Saturday. Bears coach Wayne Lambkin said the team were playing well but not handling the pressure when they gave away penalties. "We played the better football on the weekend that’s the disappointing part about the loss," Lambkin said. The Bears jumped to an early 10-0 lead when David Tyrrell and Chris McQueen scored tries. But Windsor players Ben McFadgeon and Junior Paulo each scored two tries to put them their team ahead 22-10 at halftime. "We have to concentrate for longer periods and work harder in the down time because we only touched the ball three times in the last 20 minutes of the first half," Lambkin said. McQueen scored the first points of the second half when he crossed for the Bears before Wolves players Josh Batemann, Geoff Daniela and Andrew Pearn all scored tries to put the match beyond doubt. Justin Hunt scored late for Bears.
6-0
10-0
10-6
10-10
10-16
39 min 10-22
16-22
60 min 16-28
16-32
16-36
22-36
26-36
McQueen 2, Tyrrell, J.Hunt tries
Hogan 3 from 4 goals
Final Line Up
T G/A FG
Flbk - Wara, Samu - - -
Wing - Johnston, Curtis - - -
Cntr - McQueen, Chris 2 - -
Cntr - Baird, Bladen - - -
Wing - Robinson, Reece - - -
5/8 - Hunt, Justin 1 - -
Half - Hogan, Jarryd - 3/4 -
Prop - Trembath, Chris - - -
Hook - Falloon, Beau - - -
Prop - Crossman, Garett - - -
SRow - Blaker, Brett - - -
SRow - Tyrrell, Dave 1 - -
Lock - Dalton, Sean - - - (c)
Int - Sayegh, David - - -
Int - Kaifoto, John - - -
Int - Hunt, Matt - - -
Int - Cleal, Kan - - -
4 3/4 -
Other NSW Cup Matches
42-26 Cres Bankstown b Auckland
48-12 Hens Shellhrbur b Newtown
36-22 Camp Wests b C Coast
32-20 Ring Cronulla b Wentworthville
W D L B Diff PT
WESTS 5 - - 1 +54 12
WENTWORTHVILLE 4 - 1 1 +20 10
BANKSTOWN CITY 3 - 2 1 +46 8
BALMAIN-RYDE 3 - 2 1 -5 8
CENTRAL COAST 3 1 2 - +16 7
NORTH SYDNEY 2 - 3 1 +18 6
CRONULLA 2 - 3 1 -6 6
AUCKLAND 2 1 3 - +1 5
Shellharbour 2 - 4 - +46 4
Windsor 2 - 4 - -32 4
Newtown 1 - 5 - -100 2
NSWRL U18 SG Ball - Quarter Finals
Other U18 Matches 36-18 Ende Manly b Townsville 22-16 Brok Melbourne b Newcastle 32-26 Ende Canterbury b Newtown 26-20 Lngl Bris-Norths b Parramatta
NSWRL U16 Matthews - Quarter Finals
Other U16 Matches
38-16 Ende Canterbury b Townsville
26-24 Brok Wests b St George
34-10 Brok Newcastle b C Coast
38-24 Lngl Parramatta b Bris-Norths