2009 NRL Premiership - Round 21 Teams

South Sydney v Bulldogs

Stadium Australia

Sun Aug 2, 3:00pm AEST

Selected Round 21 Teams

The CyberView from the Hill - Last Week

The CyberView from the Hill - This Week

Late Changes

Dave Tyrell drops off the interchange bench.

LOSS 18-26

The South Sydney Rabbitohs were gallant in defeat against the Bulldogs at ANZ Stadium this afternoon (Sunday), going down 26 points to 18 in front of 24,217 Members and supporters. The Bulldogs scored five tries to three in a tough and willing battle that spanned the entire 80 minutes. The Rabbitohs fought hard throughout the game with the Bulldogs lifting their intensity in the second half to snatch the win. The Rabbitohs were the first to score when fullback Nathan Merritt crossed in the eighth minute of play. Halfback Chris Sandow delivered a cross field bomb towards the posts, which was collected by Merritt who scored adjacent to the uprights. Sandow converted to give the Rabbitohs an early six-nil advantage. Four minutes later the Rabbitohs scored in an identical position, this time through lock forward David Fa’alogo. A short ball from Issac Luke near the right-hand upright saw Fa’alogo charge and score next to the sticks. Sandow added the extras to take the score out to 12-nil. The Bulldogs struck back when Josh Morris scored in the 17th minute on the left hand side. Eight minutes later, Hazem El Masri crossed for his first of two tries after Jamal Idris knocked the ball back inside for El Masri to pounce. He converted his own try to bring the visitors within two. Beau Champion was the next to score, touching down in the 30th minute of play. Sandow made a long break and through a no-look pass inside which Champion collected and scored. Sandow converted again to give the Rabbitohs well-earned 18-10 lead at the break. The Rabbitohs were playing free-flowing, attacking football and it was paying off. The Rabbitohs were creating opportunities for themselves and they were taking them. The second half was, however, a different story. The Bulldogs came out with renewed a vigour and tougher resolve, really taking it to the Rabbitohs in the second forty minutes. El Masri scored his second in the 52nd minute, converting to restore the slim two-point advantage to the Rabbitohs. The video referee found in favour of Bryson Goodwin in the 61st minute, followed by a try to Gary Warburton in the 71st minute. The Bulldogs were able to hold out the Rabbitohs few attacking raids in the second stanza to steal the 26-18 win. The Rabbitohs were very energetic throughout the match, but were unable to play the high-intensity football for the whole 80 minutes. “We turned up with a lot of energy and played some really good footy to start the game,” Rabbitohs Head Coach Jason Taylor said. “We’re working hard to get through the tough areas in games. “They turned the screws in the second half and put the pressure on to us. “The game was there to be won, and I think we played well enough to win it, but we need to concentrate for the full 80 minutes. “We’ve got to learn from today. “They’re a very strong team and they were particularly impressive in the second half.” Rabbitohs captain Roy Asotasi said: “They came out in the second half fired up. “It’s disappointing we didn’t match them.

 8 min  6-0
12 min 12-0
14 min 12-4
23 min 12-10
30 min 18-10
53 min 18-16
59 min 18-20
68 min 18-26

Merritt, Fa’alogo, Champion tries
Sandow 3 from 3 goals

Crowd      24,217
Referee    G.Badger / A.Klien

Penalities  4-3
Scrums      5-7

                            Min Tac Pe MT LB   R  DR    m Er OL   K TA  T  G/A  FG
Flbk - Merritt, Nathan       80   2  -  1  2  15   -  113  2  -   1  -  1  -     -
Wing - Simpson, Jamie        80   4  -  2  -  11   3   77  -  -   1  -  -  -     -
Cntr - Best, Colin           80  19  1  1  -  13   -  125  3  1   -  -  -  -     -
Cntr - Champion, Beau        80  18  -  3  -  14   -  105  1  -   -  -  1  -     -
Wing - Talanoa, Fetuli       80   7  1  1  -  10   3   60  -  -   1  -  -  -     -
5/8  - Sutton, John          80  18  -  2  1   6   -   72  2  4   6  -  -  -     -
Half - Sandow, Chris         80  11  -  7  1   2   -   37  2  1   9  2  -  3/3   -
Prop - Stuart, Luke          57  31  -  -  -  12   -  105  -  1   -  -  -  -     -
Hook - Luke, Issac           49  22  -  7  -   7   6   56  4  1   2  1  -  -     -
Prop - Asotasi, Roy          60  22  -  2  -  13   -   88  -  -   -  -  -  -     - (c)
SRow - Lowe, Ben             54  22  -  1  -   9   -   70  -  1   -  -  -  -     -
SRow - Pettybourne, Eddy     56  20  -  -  -   9   -   59  -  -   -  -  -  -     -
Lock - Fa'alogo, David       61  31  1  1  1  15   -  100  -  1   -  -  1  -     -

Int  - Wing, Craig           54  29  -  3  -   9   4   66  -  -   1  -  -  -     -
Int  - McPherson, Shannan    26  18  -  1  -   6   -   46  -  -   -  -  -  -     -
Int  - Crocker, Michael      39  21  -  -  -  12   -   80  -  -   -  -  -  -     -
Int  - Geddes, Scott         22  12  -  1  -  10   -   63  -  1   -  -  -  -     -

TOTAL                           307  3 33  3         1322 14 11  21  3  3  3/3   -

Completion Rate - 25/38

Opposition Offloads - 6

Effective 1st Tackles

 1 min 15m SS Err
 3 min 38m Simpson kick
 5 min  4m CB Err / Sutton kick (NO TRY)
 8 min  0m CB Err / SCR / P / Sandow kick (TRY)
10 min  0m Sandow kick / Talanoa kick / Champion kick CIG
12 min  0m TRY
14 min 58m SS Err / SS P (CB TRY)
20 min 74m SS Err
23 min 44m Sandow kick COFIG (CB TRY)
27 min 99m SS Err
30 min  0m TRY
32 min 11m Sandow kick / SCR
35 min  4m Sandow kick OOF / P / 6TG / Sutton kick
37 min  0m Sandow kick CIG
39 min 48m Sandow kick / SS Err (CB NO TRY)

half time

41 min 20m Sutton kick COF
43 min 99m CB Err / SCR
45 min 35m Wing kick
48 min 28m Sandow kick / DIG (NO TRY)
50 min 26m Sutton kick / SCR
53 min 100m SS Err (CB TRY)
55 min 39m Sandow kick COF
56 min 34m Sandow kick COF
57 min 24m Luke kick
59 min 55m SS Err (CB TRY)
63 min 15m P / SS Err / SCR
66 min 80m SS Err
68 min 79m Sutton kick DIG 28m / SS P (CB TRY)
73 min 18m P / SS Err
75 min 18m Luke kick
77 min 28m Merritt kick
80 min 35m Sutton kick COF

Average effective 1st tackle location
- 36.3m - for the whole match

- 27.9m - 1st half
- 43.1m - 2nd half

If you now remove the tries
- 35.5m - 1st half
- 43.1m - 2nd half

Other FG Matches

26-12 Koga St Geo-Ill b Melbourne
34-18 Robi Nth Qld    b Gold Coast
56-0  Canb Canberra   b Brisbane
32-32 Penr Penrith    d Warriors
30-18 Newc Sydney     b Newcastle
30-0  Ende Parramatta b Cronulla
19-18 SFS  Wests-Tig  v Manly

            W D  L B Diff PT 
ST GEO-ILL 15 -  4 2 +220 34
BULLDOGS   14 -  5 2 +112 30 +
GOLD COAST 12 -  7 2  +31 28
MELBOURNE  11 1  7 2  +97 27
PENRITH    10 1  8 2  +26 25
NTH QLD    10 -  9 2 +102 24
MANLY      10 -  9 2  +32 24
NEWCASTLE  10 -  9 2  +12 24
Wests-Tig   9 - 10 2  +20 22
Brisbane    9 - 10 2 -137 22
Souths      8 1 10 2   +4 21
Parramatta  8 1 10 2  -78 21
Canberra    7 - 12 2  -30 18
Warriors    6 2 11 2  -96 18
Cronulla    5 - 14 2 -129 14
Syd Rstrs   5 - 14 2 -186 14

+ deducted 2 points for extra player on the field

Judiciary News

Luke Stuart has been placed on report during the match, but this was dismissed by the match review committee. Chris Sandow has however been placed on report for a grade one tripping charge and has taken a early guilty please to avoid suspension.

U20 National Youth Toyota Cup - Round 21

v Bulldogs, 12:45pm

WIN 42-10

In the Toyota Cup, the South Sydney Rabbitohs hammered the Bulldogs 42 points to 10 at ANZ Stadium. Rabbitohs winger Malcolm Webster scored four tries in Souths Sydney’s nine-tries-to-two romp. Luke Capewell was a late inclusion.

 3 min 6-0
11 min 10-0
14 min 14-0
19 min 20-0
25 min 20-4
53 min 26-4
57 min 30-4
67 min 34-4
68 min 34-10
73 min 38-10

Webster 4, Peats, Hammett, Mansour, Morgan, Starling tries
Reynolds 3  from 7, Vaivai 0 from 1, Mundine 0 from 1 goals

Other NYC Matches

34-22 Koga St Geo-Ill b Melbourne
36-28 Robi Nth Qld    b Gold Coast
30-18 Canb Brisbane   b Canberra
30-28 Penr Penrith    b Warriors
30-22 Newc Newcastle  b Sydney
24-18 Ende Cronulla   b Parramatta
40-34 SFS  Manly      b Wests-Tig

            W D  L B Diff PT 
MANLY      16 1  2 2 +375 37
ST GEO-ILL 14 -  5 2 +207 32
MELBOURNE  14 -  5 2 +185 32
BRISBANE   12 -  7 2 +114 28
WESTS-TIG  11 1  7 2  -21 27
CANBERRA   10 2  7 2  +47 26
SOUTHS      9 1  9 2 +108 23
WARRIORS    9 1  9 2  +25 23
Nth Qld     9 - 10 2  -46 22
Penrith     8 - 11 2  -78 20
Bulldogs    7 1 11 2 -182 19
Gold Coast  7 - 12 2  -60 18
Newcastle   6 1 12 2 -196 17
Parramatta  6 - 13 2  -28 16
Sydney      6 - 13 2 -159 16
Cronulla    4 - 15 2 -291 12

NRL Club Championship

            W D  L B Diff PT 
ST GEO-ILL 29 0  9 4 +427 66
Manly      21 1 11 4 +407 61
Melbourne  25 1 12 4 +282 59
Brisbane   21 - 17 4  -43 50
Bulldogs   21 1 16 4  -71 49 +
Wests-Tig  20 1 17 4   -1 49
Nth Qld    19 - 19 4  +56 46
Gold Coast 19 - 19 4  -29 46
Penrith    18 1 19 4  -52 45
Souths     17 2 19 4 +112 44
Canberra   17 2 19 4  +17 44
Warriors   15 3 20 4  -91 41
Newcastle  16 1 21 4 -182 41
Parramatta 14 1 23 4 -106 37
Sydney     11 - 27 4 -345 30
Cronulla    9 - 29 4 -420 26

Reserve Grade - NSW Cup Round 18

v Newtown, North Sydney Oval, Sat Aug 1 2:30pm

WIN 32-18

Late Changes - Matt Hunt and Kaifoto were out. Jamian Lowe starts prop, Tyrrell second row, Trembath on the bench. Bathed in sunshine parents and their kids flooded the surrounds of North Sydney Oval to witness the Bears 32 to 18 win over the Newtown Jets and see the foundation club retain the Frank Hyde Shield for 2009. Hot from his first grade stint with the South Sydney Rabbitohs, David Tyrell was a late inclusion. The Bears dipped their toe early in the fifth minute with a Samu Wara pass to David Tyrrell who, pinball like, hit, spun and passed to Bladen Baird who shot the pill to Reece Robinson to score. Only five minutes later Deon Apps was next to score under the posts to allow Justin Hunt an easy conversion. Jarryd Hogan was next to score at the twenty minute mark for Justin Hunt to convert again, leaving the Bears 16-0 in front. But within the space of ten minutes the Jets hit back with two converted tries to Sonny Tuigamala and Sisa Waqa, Tu'U Maori kicking the conversions. Both teams hit the sheds with the Bears in the lead 16-12. It was a longer wait for the first points of the second half when Deon Apps crashed over in the fifteenth minute to make it 22-12 to Norths. Ten minutes on, hard working hooker Beau Falloon shot a pass directly from dummy half to Jaiman Lowe who used brute strength to crash over the line, with Justin Hunt's conversion the Bears moved further ahead at 28-12. Less than five minutes later Beau Falloon put fullback Samu Wara through a gap. Samu then kicked to Reece Robinson to score his second try of the day and leave the Bears with a 32-12 lead. But the Bears lead was reduced in the final minutes of the match with Sonny Tuigamala's second try for Newtown leaving the Bears with the Frank Hyde Shield and a 32-18 win over the Jets.

 5 min  4-0
11 min 10-0
20 min 16-0
25 min 16-6
28 min 16-12
54 min 22-12
65 min 28-12
70 min 32-12
78 min 32-18

Robinson 2, Apps 2, Hogan, J.Lowe tries tries
J.Hunt 4 from 6 goals

Final Line Up
                             T  G/A  FG
Flbk - Wara, Samu            -  -     - (c)
Wing - McQueen, Chris        -  -     -
Cntr - Nichols, Greg         -  -     -
Cntr - Baird, Bladen         -  -     -
Wing - Robinson, Reece       2  -     -
5/8  - Hunt, Justin          -  4/6   -
Half - Hogan, Jarryd         1  -     -
Prop - Lowe, Jamian          1  -     -
Hook - Falloon, Beau         -  -     -
Prop - Crossman, Garret      -  -     -
SRow - Kidwell, David        -  -     -
SRow - Tyrrell, Dave         -  -     -
Lock - Apps, Deon            2  -     -

Int  - Trembath, Chris       -  -     -
Int  - Sayegh, David         -  -     -
Int  - Dalton, Sean          -  -     -
Int  - Blaker, Brett         -  -     -

                             6  4/6   -

Other NSW Cup Matches

48-22 Leic Bankstown  b Balm-Ryde
48-16 Camp Wests      b Windsor
17-16 Ende Shellharbr b Cronulla
58-0  Ring Wentwrthvl b Auckland

                W D  L B Diff PT
BANKSTOWN CITY 12 -  4 2 +246 28
CENTRAL COAST  11 1  5 1  +67 25
WESTS           9 1  7 2   -4 23
NORTHS         10 -  7 1 +110 22
WENTWORTHVILLE  9 -  7 2 +104 22
CRONULLA        9 -  7 2  +99 22
BALMAIN-RYDE    8 -  8 2  +20 20
WINDSOR         5 1 10 2 -167 15
Newtown         6 - 11 1 -210 14
Auckland        4 1 11 2 -161 13
Shellharbour    5 - 12 1 -104 12


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