Stadium Australia
Sun Aug 2, 3:00pm AEST
The CyberView from the Hill - Last Week
The CyberView from the Hill - This Week
Late ChangesDave 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