Stadium Australia
Mon Jul 27, 7:00pm
The CyberView from the Hill - Last Week
The CyberView from the Hill - This Week
Late ChangesMichael Crocker is a late withdrawal.
WIN 40-20
The South Sydney Rabbitohs have secured the 2009 Ron Coote Cup with an emphatic 40 points to 20 victory over arch-rivals the Sydney Roosters in front of 11,031 Members and fans at ANZ Stadium tonight (Monday). Rabbitohs winger Jamie Simpson scored a hat trick of tries in his sides eight-tries-to-four romp over the Roosters, almost scoring a fourth only to be denied by the video referee. Simpson dedicated his performance to a friend, Todd Parnell, who passed away over the weekend in Brisbane. Simpson made a 'TP' symbol with his hands after scoring his first try. The Rabbitohs took home the Ron Coote Cup, having also defeated the Roosters in the opening round of the competition by 52 points to 20. The Rabbitohs opened with an early try to Simpson in the fourth minute, when a well worked backline play stretched the ball to the right wing for Simpson to score. Just six minutes later he scored his second, with the ball swung to the right again. The Roosters’ defence was more switched on this time, however Simpson was strong enough to bounce out of three tackles to score in that familiar right hand corner. In the 20th minute, hooker Issac Luke was awarded a try by the video referee, after burrowing through two defenders to score adjacent to the left hand upright. Chris Sandow’s conversion gave the Rabbitohs a 14-nil lead after the first quarter. The Rabbitohs go-to-man, John Sutton, was the next to score, with the five-eighth showing all the skills, stepping, dummying and scoring on the right hand side of the field. The Roosters finally struck back in the 28th minute through Mitchell Aubusson, but the Rabbitohs had opened up a sizable lead at the break, 18 points to 4. In the 49th minute of play, Roosters second-rower Willie Mason was sin-binned for a professional foul, giving the Rabbitohs great field position. One minute later, Eddy Pettybourne touched down for his side’s fifth try after hitting a short ball from Sutton and crashing over. Sandow converted to give the Rabbitohs a 20-point advantage. Roosters’ winger Shaun Kenny-Dowall pegged one back for the visitors, before Simpson scored his third try in the 66th minute. With the play looking like it had broken down, Sandow took control of the ball and delivered a pin-point accurate cross field bomb that covered about 45 metres, to find a leaping Jamie Simpson in the right hand corner. The Rabbitohs had re-established their 20-point break and were flying in attack...literally. Two minutes later, the good guys struck again through serial try-scorer Nathan Merritt. Issac Luke made a break up the middle of the field before offloading to Merritt who raced 60 metres to score under the black dot. Sandow’s conversion extended the lead to 34-8. Nine minutes from full time Simpson was denied a fourth try after one of the referees called the play back for a forward pass. The Rabbitohs then let in tries to Jake Friend and Mitchell Pearce, the Roosters reducing the deficit to 14 points. The Rabbitohs then sealed the win in the 79th minute when Craig Wing crossed for the final try of the night, slicing through the Roosters defence. Sandow’s conversion after the siren finished the scoring at Rabbitohs 40 – Roosters 20. South Sydney Head Coach Jason Taylor said he was pleased overall with his side’s performance. “We had to get the job done tonight, and that’s what we did,” Taylor said. “They came out hard at us in the opening sections of both halves, and we did well to not only hold them but gets points against them. “We would have liked to have done it a bit better tonight, but we’re happy with the win.
4 min 4-0
9 min 8-0
20 min 14-0
24 min 18-0
27 min 18-4
49 min 24-4
59 min 24-8
66 min 28-8
67 min 34-8
72 min 34-14
74 min 34-20
79 min 40-20
Simpson 3, Sutton, Luke, Merritt, Pettybourne, Wing tries
Sandow 4 from 6, Luke 0 from 2 goals
Crowd 11,031
Referee J.Robinson / G.Sutton
Penalities 5-3
Scrums 4-3
Min Tac Pe MT LB R DR m Er OL K TA T G/A FG
Flbk - Merritt, Nathan 80 1 - 2 2 15 1 159 1 - - - 1 - -
Wing - Simpson, Jamie 80 3 - 4 2 8 3 64 1 - - - 3 - -
Cntr - Best, Colin 80 11 - 2 - 9 2 74 - 4 1 - - - -
Cntr - Champion, Beau 80 12 - 1 1 13 2 83 - 2 - 2 - - -
Wing - Talanoa, Fetuli 80 3 1 5 2 10 5 133 - 1 2 - - - -
5/8 - Sutton, John 80 14 - 2 1 10 - 73 1 2 10 1 1 - -
Half - Sandow, Chris 80 7 - 7 - 6 - 37 - - 10 1 - 4/6 -
Prop - Stuart, Luke 56 31 - 3 - 14 - 109 - - - - - - -
Hook - Luke, Issac 52 19 - 1 2 8 7 73 - 2 - 1 1 -/2 -
Prop - Asotasi, Roy 62 17 - 2 1 18 - 206 - - - - - - - (c)
SRow - Lowe, Ben 58 20 - 3 - 9 2 66 - - - - - - -
SRow - Pettybourne, Eddy 51 16 - 4 1 12 - 88 - - - - 1 - -
Lock - Fa'alogo, David 54 24 2 1 - 14 - 111 - 2 - - - - -
Int - Wing, Craig 50 21 - - 1 10 5 99 1 1 - - 1 - -
Int - McPherson, Shannan 26 19 - 1 - 6 - 43 - - - - - - -
Int - Geddes, Scott 42 23 - - - 18 - 143 - - - - - - -
Int - Tyrrell, Dave 29 12 - 1 - 2 - 8 - - - - - - -
TOTAL 253 3 39 13 1599 4 14 23 5 8 4/8 -
Completion Rate - 36/41
Opposition Offloads - 8
Effective 1st Tackles
1 min 3m Sutton kick
4 min 0m P / TRY
6 min 31m Sandow kick COF
9 min 0m P / P / TRY
12 min 25m Sutton kick COF
14 min 65m Sutton kick 12m / SS P
16 min 15m ES Err / Sandow kick
18 min 0m Sutton kick CIG
20 min 0m P / TRY
22 min 0m Sandow kick CIG
23 min 20m Sandow kick
24 min 0m ES Err / TRY
27 min 80m Sandow kick 32m / SS P (ES TRY)
32 min 22m SS Err
33 min 0m ES Err / Best kick CIG
34 min 2m Sandow kick COF
36 min 40m SS Err
38 min 33m Sutton kick
40 min 45m Sandow kick / SCR
half time
41 min 5m Sutton kick / SCR
43 min 46m Sutton kick COF
45 min 25m Sandow kick / SCR
47 min 28m ES Err / Sandow kick
49 min 0m ES Err / P / TRY
52 min 15m Sutton kick / Talanoa kick
53 min 27m Talanoa kick COFIG
55 min 45m Sutton kick
57 min 15m Sandow kick
59 min 29m ES Err / SS Err / SS CIG (ES TRY)
66 min 0m ES Err / Sandow kick / TRY
67 min 0m TRY
72 min 84m SS Err (NO TRY) 15m / SS P (ES TRY)
74 min 100m (ES TRY)
76 min 10m ES Err / Sandow kick
78 min 0m ES Err / Sandow kick CIG
79 min 0m TRY
Average effective 1st tackle location
- 22.5m - for the whole match
- 20.1m - 1st half
- 25.2m - 2nd half
Without tries
- 23.8m - 1st half
- 33.0m - 2nd half
Other FG Matches
44-20 Gosf Manly b Newcastle
34-18 Robi Gold Coast b Brisbane
27-8 StAu Parramatta b Bulldogs
28-20 Town Penrith b Nth Qld
30-10 Olym Melbourne b Cronulla
25-4 Canb Wests-Tig b Canberra
29-4 MtSm St Geo-Ill b Warriors
W D L B Diff PT
ST GEO-ILL 14 - 4 2 +206 32
BULLDOGS 13 - 5 2 +104 28 +
GOLD COAST 12 - 6 2 +47 28
MELBOURNE 11 1 6 2 +111 27
MANLY 10 - 8 2 +33 24
PENRITH 10 - 8 2 +26 24
NEWCASTLE 10 - 8 2 +24 24
NTH QLD 9 - 9 2 +86 22
Brisbane 9 - 9 2 -81 22
Souths 8 1 9 2 +12 21
Wests-Tig 8 - 10 2 +19 20
Parramatta 7 1 10 2 -108 19
Warriors 6 1 11 2 -96 17
Canberra 6 - 12 2 -86 16
Cronulla 5 - 13 2 -99 14
Sydney 4 - 14 2 -198 12
+ deducted 2 points for extra player on the field
Judiciary News
South Sydney captain Roy Asotasi has been charged with making dangerous contact in Monday night's NRL match against the Sydney Roosters. The New Zealand international was charged after appearing to contact Roosters hooker Jake Friend with his knees late in the match. Asotasi has escaped any ban as he has taken an early guilty plea.
U20 National Youth Toyota Cup - Round 20
v Sydney Roosters, 4:45pm
WIN 48-10
In the Toyota Cup, the South Sydney Rabbitohs completely dominated the Sydney Roosters, running out 48 points to 10 winners. Adam Reynolds and Junior Vaivai both scored doubles, with Reynolds racking up a personal tally of 24 points.
9 min 6-0
14 min 6-4
17 min 12-4
35 min 18-4
39 min 24-4
60 min 30-4
64 min 36-4
71 min 42-4
73 min 42-10
79 min 48-10
Reynolds 2, Vaivai 2, Mundine, Morgan, Clark, Molan tries
Reynolds 8 from 8 goals
Other NYC Matches
40-10 Gosf Manly b Newcastle
34-22 Robi Brisbane b Gold Coast
39-20 StAu Bulldogs b Parramatta
30-22 Town Nth Qld b Penrith
44-12 Olym Melbourne b Cronulla
21-18 Canb Wests-Tig b Canberra
26-6 MtSm Warriors b St Geo-Ill
W D L B Diff PT
MANLY 15 1 2 2 +369 35
MELBOURNE 14 - 4 2 +197 32
ST GEO-ILL 13 - 5 2 +195 30
WESTS-TIG 11 1 6 2 -15 27
BRISBANE 11 - 7 2 +102 26
CANBERRA 10 2 6 2 +59 26
WARRIORS 9 1 8 2 +27 23
SOUTHS 8 1 9 2 +76 21
Nth Qld 8 - 10 2 -54 20
Bulldogs 7 1 10 2 -150 19
Gold Coast 7 - 11 2 -52 18
Penrith 7 - 11 2 -80 18
Parramatta 6 - 12 2 -22 16
Sydney 6 - 12 2 -151 16
Newcastle 5 1 12 2 -204 15
Cronulla 3 - 15 2 -297 10
NRL Club Championship
W D L B Diff PT
ST GEO-ILL 27 0 9 4 +401 62
Manly 25 1 10 4 +402 59
Melbourne 25 1 10 4 +308 59
Brisbane 20 - 16 4 +21 48
Wests-Tig 19 1 16 4 +4 47
Bulldogs 20 1 15 4 -47 47 +
Gold Coast 19 - 17 4 -5 46
Souths 16 2 18 4 +88 42
Nth Qld 17 - 19 4 +32 42
Canberra 16 2 18 4 -27 42
Penrith 17 - 19 4 -54 42
Warriors 15 2 19 4 -89 40
Newcastle 15 1 20 4 -178 39
Parramatta 13 1 22 4 -130 35
Sydney 10 - 26 4 -349 28
Cronulla 8 - 28 4 -396 24
Reserve Grade - NSW Cup Round 17
v Auckland Vulcans, Mt Smart Stadium #2, Sat Jul 25 11:00am NZT
WIN 28-8
Late changes - Dalton dropped off the bench. North Sydney Bears secured a place in the NSW Cup rugby league finals with their 28-8 win over Auckland Vulcans. With Saturday’s fast-finishing win in Auckland the Bears snared a nine-point lead over ninth-placed Windsor, with four competition matches and a bye remaining. “We’re now looking at the top four and we’re close enough if we are good enough,” coach Wayne Lambkin said. “Even at this stage of the year we are still learning. “But if we continue to try and achieve, we’ll be fine.” The Vulcans led 8-6 in the 63rd minute and looked likely to extend their lead when Chris McQueen scored an intercept try. Five minutes later the Bears scored another try against the run of play. “They were attacking our line again and put a grubber through and Justin Hunt picked it up and passed to Deon Apps, who ran the length of the field and scored a try,” Lambkin said. “That broke their spirit and we went on with it from there.”
22 min 0-4
28 min 6-4
50 min 6-8
62 min 12-8
68 min 18-8
74 min 24-8
76 min 28-8
McQueen 2, Blaker, Robinson, Apps tries
Justin Hunt 4 from 5 goals
Final Line Up
T G/A FG
Flbk - Wara, Samu - - -
Wing - McQueen, Chris 2 - -
Cntr - Nichols, Greg - - -
Cntr - Baird, Bladen - - -
Wing - Robinson, Reece 1 - -
5/8 - Hunt, Justin - 4/5 -
Half - Hogan, Jarryd - - -
Prop - Trembath, Chris - - -
Hook - Falloon, Beau - - -
Prop - Crossman, Garret - - -
SRow - Kidwell, David - - -
SRow - Lowe, Jamian - - -
Lock - Apps, Deon 1 - -
Int - Sayegh, David - - -
Int - Kaifoto, John - - -
Int - Hunt, Matt - - -
Int - Blaker, Brett 1 - -
5 4/5 -
Other NSW Cup Matches
34-10 RCos Wentwrthvl b Shellharbour
30-28 Wind Windsor b Newtown
24-20 TCrs Bankstown b Wests
36-20 Wyon Central C b Balmain-Ryde
W D L B Diff PT
BANKSTOWN CITY 11 - 4 2 +220 26
CENTRAL COAST 11 1 5 - +67 23
CRONULLA 9 - 6 2 +100 22
WESTS 8 1 7 2 -36 21
NORTHS 9 - 7 1 +96 20
BALMAIN-RYDE 8 - 7 2 +46 20
WENTWORTHVILLE 8 - 7 2 +46 20
WINDSOR 5 1 9 2 -135 15
Newtown 6 - 10 1 -196 14
Auckland 4 1 10 2 -103 13
Shellharbour 4 - 12 1 -105 10