Stadium Australia
Fri Jul 10, 7:35pm
The CyberView from the Hill - Last Week
The CyberView from the Hill - This Week
Late ChangesCrossman has dropped off the interchange bench.
WIN 36-12
The South Sydney Rabbitohs have responded to their critics in the best way possible, running out winners tonight (Friday) 36 points to 12 against the Penrith Panthers in front of 9,017 Members and supporters at ANZ Stadium. Five-eighth John Sutton scored a double for the Rabbitohs in a powerful display, with the Rabbitohs running in six tries to the Panthers two. Also impressive was the Rabbitohs’ clean score sheet in the first half, leading 20 points to nil at the break. The Rabbitohs were on fire early, scoring a try through second-rower Eddy Pettybourne in just the third minute of play. A straight and direct charge at the line from close range saw him crash over, and Chris Sandow’s conversion gave Souths an early six-nil lead. A penalty goal to Sandow in the 28th minute extended the lead to eight, with Jamie Simpson’s 36th minute try further lengthening the lead. Simpson raced 90 metres after taking an intercept deep in his own territory to give the Rabbitohs a 14-nil lead. It did not finish there for the half, when five-eighth John Sutton carried three defenders over the line with one minute left on the clock to take the Rabbitohs into the sheds at the break with a 20-nil lead. The Rabbitohs were making metres up the middle of the Panthers defence, and the Rabbitohs defence was immaculate in the first 40 minutes, including the team’s little men like Sandow and Issac Luke. Fullback Nathan Merritt added to the Rabbitohs total just three minutes into the second stanza, after a weaving 50 metre run which had the Panthers defence in tatters. An offload from Shannan McPherson created the opportunity for Merritt who took the score line to 26-nil. Panthers fullback Jarrod Sammut was denied a try in the 50th minute by the video referee, however the man upstairs gave his next decision in favour of Penrith when hooker Paul Aiton dived over from dummy half to score. Luke Walsh converted to reduce the deficit to 20 points. The Panthers struck again in the 58th minute through centre Geoff Daniela. In a messy try which saw the ball bounce around after a kick and then get stripped, Daniela was awarded a try on ‘benefit of the doubt’ to bring the away side within 14. The Rabbitohs consolidated, with Sutton scoring his second try in the 69th minute when he took a run from dummy half. A try to Colin Best in the 76th minute which saw Sandow across field and then Best loop around the back to make the extra man finished the scoring at Rabbitohs 36 – Panthers 12. Rabbitohs Head Coach Jason Taylor said the Rabbitohs still have more improvement in them. “It was a much more committed performance tonight,” Taylor said. “This week we adjusted what we’ve been doing and the boys really responded well. “We changed heaps of stuff this week – our pre game, our training times, our meeting times. It was a shakeup of what we were doing. “We needed to switch on for the full 80 minutes and we didn’t get there tonight. Our issues have been mental and we worked hard on concentrating for the full 80 minutes this week. “Tonight we got 40. The first period of the second half wasn’t there, so we need to improve on that. “We’ve been too accepting of our performances which have been below standard. We need to be harder on ourselves. We’ve got to get better. “I had to step up and get more out of the guys. I’ve learnt an enormous amount out of all of this and so have the boys. “This week was an attitude adjustment from our whole team, and we have to keep improving it.” Rabbitohs captain Roy Asotasi said the team took good look at itself this week and took a step forward. “JT (Taylor) got into us. It was the first time he had done it all year really. We let him down, and we let down our team and our Club,” Asotasi said. “We talked about what we had to do and get up for the game. We spoke about playing together for each other, and we showed that we can work together. We’ve got to keep working hard. “One win isn’t enough. We have eight games left and we have to perform in all of them.” Taylor spoke about the contribution of five-eighth John Sutton. “He was excellent tonight,” Taylor said. “He’s the sort of player who’s going to be the one to reap the rewards if we play to our potential in a consistent fashion. “He’s a skilful player and he can sometimes over play his hand. “We were mentally weak until tonight, and he’s one player that can control that as well.” Sutton said he examined his game from last week and realised he had to step up. “I was more switched on this week,” Sutton said. “I really wanted to improve on last week’s performance. JT (Taylor) showed us what we did wrong and I was in most of them. “I thought Issac Luke and Chris Sandow stood up tonight and that helps my game. We’ve got eight games to go so we have to do it from now on. “I expect to play my best every week for the team, and everyone was more focussed this week. “We were always going to come out and prove a point tonight and the boys stood up. We need to continue to do that.”
3 min 6-0
28 min 8-0
36 min 14-0
39 min 20-0
43 min 26-0
52 min 26-6
58 min 26-12
69 min 32-12
76 min 36-12
Sutton 2, Best, Merritt, Simpson, Pettybourne tries
Sandow 6 from 7 goals
Crowd 9,017
Referee B.Cummins / T.De Las Heras
Penalities 7-3
Scrums 4-5
Min Tac Pe MT LB R DR m Er OL K TA T G/A FG
Flbk - Merritt, Nathan 80 2 - 1 3 12 1 156 2 - 3 - 1 - -
Wing - Simpson, Jamie 80 2 - - - 5 1 126 1 - - - 1 - -
Cntr - Best, Colin 80 24 - - 1 8 2 57 1 1 1 - 1 - -
Cntr - Champion, Beau 80 8 1 1 - 11 5 75 - - - - - - -
Wing - Talanoa, Fetuli 80 3 - - - 7 3 53 - 1 - 1 - - -
5/8 - Sutton, John 80 26 - - 2 11 1 113 - 4 5 1 2 - -
Half - Sandow, Chris 80 17 - 1 - 2 - 16 1 - 7 - - 6/7 -
Prop - Stuart, Luke 62 38 - 1 - 16 - 116 - - - - - - -
Hook - Luke, Issac 62 30 - 4 - 5 5 49 1 - 2 - - - -
Prop - Asotasi, Roy 63 39 - 1 - 17 - 118 1 1 - - - - - (c)
SRow - Lowe, Ben 80 43 - - - 12 - 82 - - - - - - -
SRow - Pettybourne, Eddy 46 15 - 2 1 16 - 133 1 - - - 1 - -
Lock - Fa'alogo, David 34 17 1 1 - 8 - 65 - - - - - - -
Int - Falloon, Beau 18 12 - - - 2 2 17 1 - - - - - -
Int - McPherson, Shannan 25 17 - - - 8 - 53 - 1 - 1 - - -
Int - Tyrrell, Dave 51 24 1 3 - 7 - 52 - - - - - - -
Int - Geddes, Scott 39 24 - - - 9 - 69 - - - - - - -
TOTAL 341 3 15 7 1350 9 8 18 3 6 6/7 -
Completion Rate - 29/35
Opposition Offloads - 7
Effective 1st Tackles
3 min 0m P / TRY
4 min 19m Sandow kick
6 min 29m P / Sandow kick DIG
10 min 25m Sutton kick / SCR
12 min 20m DB (Dropped Ball)
14 min 26m Luke kick DIG
17 min 16m Pe ERR / Sandow kick / SCR
19 min 55m Sutton kick / 14m / SS-P
22 min 29m Pe ERR / P / Sutton kick COFIG
27 min 0m P / GOAL
30 min 91m Sandow kick / 29m / SS-P
32 min 22m Luke kick / SCR
35 min 0m Pe ERR / TRY
39 min 0m P / TRY
half time
41 min 16m Sandow kick
43 min 0m TRY
45 min 33m Sandow kick / CD (Charge Down) / Merritt kick
49 min 69m SS Err (Pe No-TRY)
51 min 57m SS Err (Pe TRY)
54 min 20m Merritt kick
56 min 61m SS Err (Pe TRY)
60 min 40m Merritt kick
62 min 0m Sutton kick / 5m / TIG (Tackled In Goal)
65 min 1m Sutton kick / Pe ERR
66 min 28m Sandow kick / DIG
69 min 0m P / TRY
71 min 50m Luke kick OOF (Out On Full)
76 min 0m P / Sandow kick / TRY
78 min 30m Best kick
79 min 100m DB
Average effective 1st tackle location
- 27.9m - for the whole match
- 23.7m - 1st half
- 31.5m - 2nd half
If you now remove the tries
- 33.2m - 1st half
- 38.8m - 2nd half
Other FG Matches
22-4 Newc Newcastle b Canberra
16-14 MtSm Bulldogs b Warriors
48-10 Woll St Geo-Ill b Manly
18-12 Robi Gold Coast b Parramatta
W D L B Diff PT
ST GEO-ILL 13 - 4 1 +181 28
BULLDOGS 12 - 4 2 +116 26 +
GOLD COAST 11 - 5 2 +38 26
MELBOURNE 10 1 5 2 +93 25
NTH QLD 9 - 7 2 +114 22
NEWCASTLE 10 - 7 1 +48 22
BRISBANE 9 - 7 2 -33 22
PENRITH 8 - 8 2 +5 20
Manly 8 - 8 2 +3 20
Souths 6 1 9 2 -40 17
Wests Tig 6 - 10 2 -22 16
Canberra 6 - 10 2 -52 16
Warriors 5 1 10 2 -77 15
Parramatta 5 1 10 2 -129 15
Cronulla 5 - 11 2 -73 14
Sydney 4 - 12 2 -172 12
+ deducted 2 points for extra player on the field
Judiciary News
No Souths players were placed on report.
U20 National Youth Toyota Cup - Round 18
v Penrith, 5:20pm
WIN 40-18
In the Toyota Cup, the South Sydney Rabbitohs defeated the Penrith Panthers 40 points to 18. Kane Morgan scored a double to help the Rabbitohs maintain their position in the top eight.
40 min 22-6
Morgan 2, Capewell, Clark, Reynolds, Vaivai, Starling, Molan tries
Vaivai 4 goals
Other NYC Matches
24-20 Newc Canberra b Newcastle
46-16 MtSm Warriors b Bulldogs
23-6 Woll Manly b St Geo-Ill
28-26 Robi Parramatta b Gold Coast
W D L B Diff PT
MANLY 13 1 2 2 +338 31
ST GEO-ILL 13 - 4 1 +215 28
MELBOURNE 12 - 4 2 +155 28
CANBERRA 10 2 4 2 +76 26
WESTS-TIG 9 1 6 2 -40 23
BRISBANE 9 - 7 2 +84 22
WARRIORS 8 1 7 2 +9 21
SOUTHS 7 1 8 2 +44 19
Nth Qld 7 - 9 2 -40 18
Bulldogs 6 1 9 2 -157 17
Parramatta 6 - 10 2 +7 16
Gold Coast 6 - 10 2 -52 16
Penrith 6 - 10 2 -86 16
Sydney 5 - 11 2 -115 14
Newcastle 5 1 11 1 -174 13
Cronulla 3 - 13 2 -264 10
NRL Club Championship
W D L B Diff PT
ST GEO-ILL 26 - 8 2 +396 56
Melbourne 22 1 9 4 +248 53
Manly 21 1 10 4 +341 51
Brisbane 18 - 14 4 +51 44
Bulldogs 18 1 13 4 -41 43 +
Canberra 16 2 14 4 +24 42
Gold Coast 17 - 15 4 -14 42
Nth Qld 16 - 16 4 +74 40
Wests-Tig 15 1 16 4 -62 39
Souths 13 2 17 4 +4 36
Penrith 14 - 18 4 -81 36
Warriors 13 2 17 4 -88 36
Newcastle 14 1 17 2 -141 33
Parramatta 11 1 20 4 -122 31
Sydney 9 - 23 4 -287 26
Cronulla 8 - 24 4 -337 22
Reserve Grade - NSW Cup Round 15(Split Round)
Other NSW Cup Matches
34-6 Crst Bankstown b Shellharbour
W D L B Diff PT
BANKSTOWN CITY 10 - 4 1 +212 22
CENTRAL COAST 9 1 4 - +75 21
WESTS 7 1 5 2 -46 19
NORTH SYDNEY 8 - 6 1 +89 18
CRONULLA 8 - 6 1 +60 18
BALMAIN-RYDE 7 - 6 2 +49 18
WENTWORTHVILLE 7 - 6 2 +36 18
AUCKLAND 4 1 8 2 -73 13
Windsor 4 1 8 2 -97 13
Newtown 5 - 9 1 -204 12
Shellharbour 3 - 10 1 -105 8