2nd Jul 2025
5 losses in a row
The let down from a golden point defeat, showed as the Dolphins tore us apart. We saw Walker go down with a injury once again this season. Early missed tackles that resulted in tries, saw us playing catchup football. But any comeback was snuffed out when we gifting the opposition 3 tries from dropped balls. 2025 season is fast approaching a conclusion. After 5 losses in a row we are now in a situation that we must win almost all remaining games to make the finals. Now off to a hostile Brookvale to play against Manly.
Smith Arrives
Welcome Brandon Smith, after finishing his rehab, Smith has been named on the bench this week. It will be a slow and steady return from his ACL injury. Looking forward to seeing him in action on the weekend.
Sullivan heartbreak
Jayden Sullivan our halfback, made his reserve grade debut on the week. It what looked like a simple grubber in goal, his foot got stuck in the mud and he broke a bone in his leg in a freak acident. We wish him the a speedy recovery, but his 2025 season is now over. And his loan contract arrangement may mean he has played his last game also.
Trew scores a double on debut
Bailey Trew a Brisbane Broncos development player, recommended to South Sydney by Issac Luke, transfered to South Sydney this week. Big tall 6ft 6inch winger, he had a immediate impact scoring with his first toych in the game. Scored another try and almost scoring a hatrick. He will be one to watch for the rest of the year.
June 30 Transfer Window a success
The mid season Jun 30 transfer window has been a success once again. Clubs had the option to source or let go of players while managing injuries or gaps in their roster. The window worked very well as clubs used the last few weeks to perform a transfer, and it occurred with the minimum of fuss. Keeping it down to a 4 to 6 week period helps also. The NRL and RLPA need to seriously look at how this worked and apply it to Nov 1 transfers. We all dislike seeing players sign for 2026 before a ball is kicked in anger in 2025. All that then happens is players get out of the final year of their on amost all occasions anyway. So the excuse of needing time to plan their relocation is not much of a concern to players.
Round 17 - Stat Attack
Statistically it was a poor game. Completions dropped to 72% from 84% last week. Errors dropped to 14 from 10 last week. We gave away 5 penalties and 3 6-again calls from 4 last week. Souths Effective 1st tackle improved to a poor level of 35.6m from 31.2m last week. Our missed tackles dropped to a average level of 34 from 30 last week. Opposition offloads improved to 5 from 8 last week.
Looking at our left side defence - Johnston-Wighten/Aitken-Walker/Wighton-Duncan (0-2-3-0) dropped to 5 from 3 missed tackles last week. On the right side Munro-Graham-Humphreys-Aitken/Arrow (0-3-4-3) was steady at 10 again this week. Ruck defence Keppie/Tatola-Havili/Mamouzelos-Koloamatangi/Moale-Arrow/Hubner (5-4-3-7) dropped to 19 from 17 missed tackles last week.
Our go forward dropped to 1661m from 1671m last week. With our props go forward dropped to a poor level of 351m compared to 507m last week. Koloamatangi, Duncan, Aitken, Arrow and Wighton made 10+m per run. Koloamatangi, Duncan, Hubner, Tatotla, Wighton, Graham, Munro, LMitchell and Johnston made 100+m in the match. Koloamatangi made 200+m for the match. Defensively Duncan was our best in the tackling raking up 46 tackles. Duncan, Munro and Johnston didn't miss a tackle.
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Rd15 Canterbury StAu L 18-24 Rd16 Melbourne StAu L 24-25 Rd17 Dolphins LngS L 28-50
Rd15 Gold Coast Robi L 8-28 Rd16 BYE Rd17 Wests-Tig Brok W 28-10
2022 Rd08 Gosf W 40-22 17,248 G.Atkins 2023 Rd04 StAu W 13-12 18,379 C.Sutton 2024 Rd01 LVgs L 24-36 40,746 A.Klein Rd01 Brok L 20-24 Rd01 Brok W 16-14 : 2024 Rd16 StAu W 14-0 10,576 C.Butler Rd16 StAu L 20-42 Rd15 StAu L 6-34 : 2025 Pre01 Gosf L 24-34 5,679 P.Gough :
First Grade Pe 6A SB OR SO
2024 Rd21 Canberra Bruc L 12-32 12,114 Referee 6-7 4-4 - - - :
2025 Rd11 Wests-Tig Camp W 22-12 11,110 Referee 3-8 3-5 1 - - :
2025 Rd13 Warriors StAu L 30-36 16,237 Referee 4-1 4-4 1 - - :
M W D L : PeW PeD PeL PeF PeA : 6AW 6AD 6AL 6AF 6AA : SB OR SO
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