Stadium Australia
Fri Aug 14, 7:30pm
The CyberView from the Hill - Last Week
The CyberView from the Hill - This Week
Late ChangesNo team changes.
LOSS 14-22
The South Sydney Rabbitohs went down to the Gold Coast Titans 22 points to 14 tonight (Friday) at ANZ Stadium, in a game of missed chances for the men in red and green. The crowd of 11,977 Members and supporters watched the Rabbitohs lead 14-12 at half time, only see the Titans score two second half tries to seal the win. The game was marred by biting allegation made by Rabbitohs winger Jamie Simpson on Titans fullback William Zillman in the first half. Video referee Paul Simpkins was the busiest man at ANZ Stadium tonight, being asked to rule on nine possible tries throughout the match, turning down four of them. Simpkins was asked to rule on three tries in the opening ten minutes, dismissing all of them. Rabbitohs centre Colin Best was the first to be denied in the fifth minute of play, followed by Titans David mead and Luke Bailey in the sixth and tenth minutes respectively. Best was then awarded the first points of the game in the 18th minute when the ball was swung wide to the left, allowing Best to touch down in the corner and give his side a four-nil lead. The Titans took the lead in the 22nd minute when prop Matt White cleaned up the scraps from a cross field chip kick to score adjacent to the posts. Scott Prince converted to give the visitors a two-point advantage. Former Rabbitoh Mark Minichiello scored the first of two tries in the 26th minute, before being denied a second by the video referee in the 30th minute. South Sydney halfback Chris Sandow brought the home team within two points of their opposition when he dived on a loose ball to score in the 32nd minute. Sandow converted his try to send the scores to 12-10 in favour of the Gold Coast. In the 37th minute, Scott Prince leapt into the air to take Nathan Merritt in a high tackle, and from the ensuing penalty, the Rabbitohs went on to score a try through winger Fetuli Talanoa. The ball went left again, with Best offloading to Talanoa to set up the try. The Rabbitohs had their heads high going into the break two points up. They were mounting pressure but not making the most of all of their opportunities. The first half after 8 stopages was a whopping 52 minutes and was the longest half of NRL football. That was to be the tale of the second half as well. Minichiello scored his second in the 44th minute when he stretched out to score. The two sides were locked in an arm wrestle, with the Rabbitohs seeming to have the better of the attacking opportunities, but last passes not finding the mark and poor handling curtailed many scoring chances for the men in red and green. The Titans sealed the game when Simpkins awarded Mead a try in the 75th minute of play, giving the Titans the eight-point advantage, 22-14. The effort was there for the Rabbitohs throughout the contest, but loose handling let the team down. Rabbitohs Head Coach Jason Taylor said it was those missed chances that cost his side the game. "We had our chances, that's for sure," Taylor said. "It was a game that was there to be won. "But we were off our game tonight. We made too many errors. "The Gold Coast play a field position game. We didn't combat that well enough tonight. Scott Prince's kicking game is the best in the competition and we had to keep working out of our own end." Despite tonight's loss, Taylor says the Rabbitohs' season is not over yet. "We won't be giving up on our season. Tonight's result makes it tougher, but we're not giving up," he said. "You're going to get some (refereeing decisions) go your way and some that don't. That's just how it is. But the fact is we made 12 errors compared to their four." Rabbitohs captain Luke Stuart said his charges would pick themselves up for next week's game against the Panthers. "We've put ourselves in this position but we're not giving up," Stuart said. "We'll bounce back next week and put in our best effort." The Rabbitohs suffered a number of injuries including an ankle injury to Michael Crocker in the first ten minutes of the game, a knee injury to Fetuli Talanoa and hand injury to Beau Champion.
18 min 4-0
20 min 4-6
23 min 4-12
32 min 10-12
39 min 14-12
41 min 14-18
72 min 14-22
Best, Sandow, Talanoa tries
Sandow 1 from 3 goals
Crowd 11,977
Referee T.Archer / G.Sutton
Penalities 7-4
Scrums 7-6
Min Tac Pe MT LB R DR m Er OL K TA T G/A FG
Flbk - Merritt, Nathan 80 10 - 1 - 15 1 166 1 1 3 - - - -
Wing - Simpson, Jamie 80 4 - - - 9 1 102 - 2 2 - - - -
Cntr - Best, Colin 80 21 - 2 1 10 1 88 3 2 1 1 1 - -
Cntr - Champion, Beau 80 19 - 1 - 13 1 99 1 1 - - - - -
Wing - Talanoa, Fetuli 74 3 - - 1 11 1 97 3 - - - 1 - -
5/8 - Sutton, John 80 23 - 2 1 9 - 86 - 2 5 1 - - -
Half - Sandow, Chris 80 12 - 3 - 5 - 26 2 - 5 - 1 1/3 -
Prop - Stuart, Luke 66 43 - 1 - 15 - 130 - - - - - - - (c)
Hook - Luke, Issac 52 36 1 - 1 9 5 114 1 2 2 - - - -
Prop - Fa'alogo 67 34 2 - - 15 - 98 1 1 - - - - -
SRow - Lowe, Ben 74 37 - - - 7 - 47 1 - - - - - -
SRow - Pettybourne, Eddy 61 38 - 2 - 8 - 84 1 1 - - - - -
Lock - Crocker, Michael 9 5 - - - 3 - 23 - - - - - - -
Int - Wing, Craig 53 22 - 1 - 6 - 39 2 - 2 - - - -
Int - McPherson, Shannan 40 30 - 2 - 7 - 43 - - - - - - -
Int - Tyrrell, Dave 29 26 1 2 - 1 - 8 - - - - - - -
Int - Geddes, Scott 35 24 - 1 - 10 - 72 - - - - - - -
TOTAL 385 4 18 4 1332 16 12 20 2 3 1/3 -
Completion Rate - 26/38
Opposition Offloads - 3
Effective 1st Tackles
1 min 33m P / SS Err
3 min 13m Luke kick
4 min 38m GC Err / Sandow kick / SS Err / NO TRY
5 min (GC NO TRY)
6 min 79m SS Err / 41 m / SS P
9 min 100m SS Err / SCR / (GN NO TRY)
10 min 6m P / Luke kick
12 min 9m SS Err
13 min 18m ChOv
16 min 0m P / Sandow kick / DIG
18 min 0m TRY
20 min 70m SS Err / SS Err / (GC TRY)
23 min 69m SS P / SS CIG / DO / (GC TRY)
28 min 76m SS P 69m / 6TG (GC NO TRY)
32 min 0m P / Sutton kick / TRY
34 min 65m SS Err
39 min 0m Sandow kick / Merritt kick / P / TRY
half time
40 min 75m Wing kick COF 25m / SS P / SS P / SS CIG / DO / (GC TRY)
47 min 0m Wing kick / Simpson kick / CIG
48 min 65m Sandow kick / COF
50 min 19m Sutton kick / 40-20
52 min 68m SS Err / 19m / SS P
55 min 49m Sutton kick / COF
56 min 90m SS Err
57 min 54m SS Err
60 min 21m Sutton kick / SCR / Simpson kick
62 min 30m P / Merritt kick / Sutton kick / DIG
64 min 0m GC Err / Merritt kick
65 min 90m GC Err / SCR
66 min 26m Sandow kick / COFIG
69 min 18m P / SS Err / SCR
70 min 30m GC Err / SCR
72 min 15m SS Err / SS CIG / SS CIG / DO / (GC Err ?) / (GC TRY)
77 min 80m SS Err
Average effective 1st tackle location
- 39.6m - for the whole match
- 36.0m - 1st half
- 42.9m - 2nd half
If you now remove the tries
- 44.3m - 1st half
- 42.9m - 2nd half
Other FG Matches
22-12 Town Bulldogs b Nth Qld
44-12 SFS Manly b Sydney
40-4 Parr Parramatta b Warriors
24-12 Bruc Canberra b St Geo-Ill
56-10 Ende Wests-Tig b Cronulla
58-24 Lang Brisbane b Penrith
26-14 Newc Newcastle b Melbourne
W D L B Diff PT
ST GEO-ILL 16 - 5 2 +227 36
BULLDOGS 16 - 5 2 +125 34 +
GOLD COAST 14 - 7 2 +59 32
MELBOURNE 12 1 8 2 +97 29
WESTS-TIG 11 - 10 2 +83 26
MANLY 11 - 10 2 +50 26
NEWCASTLE 11 - 10 2 -8 26
BRISBANE 11 - 10 2 -83 26
Parramatta 10 1 10 2 -10 25
Penrith 10 1 10 2 -27 25
Nth Qld 10 - 11 2 +80 24
Souths 9 1 11 2 +10 23
Canberra 8 - 13 2 -21 20
Warriors 6 2 13 2 -152 18
Cronulla 5 - 16 2 -195 14
Syd Rstrs 5 - 16 2 -225 14
+ deducted 2 points for extra player on the field
Judiciary News
No Souths players were suspended over the weekend.
U20 National Youth Toyota Cup - Round 23
v Gold Coast, 5:15pm
WIN 48-10
In the Toyota Cup match, the South Sydney Rabbitohs dominated the Gold Coast Titans 48 points to 10 at ANZ Stadium. Adam Reynolds racked up 16 points for the Rabbitohs with two tries and four goals throughout the match. Strong opening 20 min by the Titans who gave it to us full on Credit to boys they hung in there and weathered the early storm from a bigger and stronger Titans outfit. Then when a few errors crept into the Titans game we got into the 20m and scored immediately This followed by a great break up the middle by Lupi / Capewell / Webster / Capewell was a gem After another quick try - Souths were in control and dominated It was a case of our skill verses their size Reynolds went off at half time and Webster reverted to half. Morgan grabbed a double and his last try was real gem with Souths moving the ball early in our 20m and then Morgan getting it and run 20m to score down the sideline. Strong games from Molan, Clark and Capewell tonight.
10 min 0-4
17 min 6-4
21 min 12-4
25 min 18-4
31 min 24-4
48 min 30-4
63 min 36-4
68 min 42-4
74 min 42-10
80 min 48-10
Reynolds 2, Morgan, Mundine, Capewell, Shearer, Judd tries
Reynolds 4 from 4, Mundine 4 from 4 goals
Other NYC Matches
40-26 Town Nth Qld b Bulldogs
56-10 SFS Manly b Sydney
42-22 Parr Warriors b Parramatta
40-24 Bruc St Geo-Ill b Canberra
44-6 Ende Wests-Tig b Cronulla
48-24 Lang Brisbane b Penrith
32-30 Newc Melbourne b Newcastle
W D L B Diff PT
MANLY 17 1 3 2 +419 39
ST GEO-ILL 16 - 5 2 +237 36
MELBOURNE 16 - 5 2 +201 36
BRISBANE 14 - 7 2 +154 32
WESTS-TIG 13 1 7 2 +41 31
SOUTHS 11 1 9 2 +148 27
WARRIORS 11 1 9 2 +93 27
CANBERRA 10 2 9 2 +21 26
Nth Qld 10 - 11 2 -46 24
Bulldogs 8 1 12 2 -186 21
Penrith 8 - 13 2 -116 20
Newcastle 7 1 13 2 -170 19
Gold Coast 7 - 14 2 -146 18
Parramatta 6 - 15 2 -76 16
Sydney 6 - 15 2 -229 16
Cronulla 4 - 16 2 -355 12
NRL Club Championship
W D L B Diff PT
ST GEO-ILL 32 0 10 4 +464 72
Manly 28 1 13 4 +469 65
Melbourne 28 1 13 4 +298 65
Brisbane 25 - 17 4 +61 58
Bulldogs 24 1 17 4 -64 55 +
Wests-Tig 24 1 17 4 +114 55
Souths 20 2 20 4 +158 50
Gold Coast 21 - 21 4 -87 50
Nth Qld 20 - 22 4 +36 48
Canberra 18 2 22 4 0 46
Warriors 17 3 22 4 -79 45
Penrith 18 1 23 4 -143 45
Newcastle 18 1 23 4 -176 45
Parramatta 16 1 25 4 -86 41
Sydney 11 - 31 4 -454 30
Cronulla 9 - 33 4 -550 26
Reserve Grade - NSW Cup Round 20 (Split Round)
v Western Suburbs Magpies, Campbelltown Stadium, Sat Aug 15 3:00pm
WIN 42-26
Late Changes - Jamian Lowe was out, Dalton started North Sydney Bears will have another week off after cementing third place on the NSW Cup rugby league ladder with a 42-26 win over Western Suburbs. Coach Wayne Lambkin said Saturday's result was their best win of the year. "It was a great win after a bye," he said. "To face those guys at full strength, with players like Daine Laurie and Dean Collis - and win - is a tremendous feeling. "They had all the ball and field position but we spoke about playing through those hard times when nothing is going right and they put that into practice." The Bears had only 13 sets in the first half as opposed to Wests' 21, but completed 12 of them to lead 18-10 at half-time. "Our confidence was so high after the first half and we came out and put on a couple of quick tries after the break and wrapped it up," Lambkin said. "They put on some late tries, but it was just good to see we learned how to win the hard way at this time of year." Wara was sent to the sin bin.
6 min 0-6
11 min 6-6
25 min 6-10
32 min 12-10
37 min 18-10
45 min 24-10
48 min 30-10
56 min 30-16
60 min 36-16
68 min 36-20
74 min 36-26
79 min 42-26
Wara, McQueen, Nichols, Baird, Robinson, J.Hunt, Hogan tries
J.Hunt 7 from 7 goals
Final Line Up
T G/A FG
Flbk - Wara, Samu 1 - -
Wing - McQueen, Chris 1 - -
Cntr - Nichols, Greg 1 - -
Cntr - Baird, Bladen 1 - -
Wing - Robinson, Reece 1 - -
5/8 - Hunt, Justin 1 7/7 -
Half - Hogan, Jarryd 1 - -
Prop - Dalton, Sean - - -
Hook - Falloon, Beau - - -
Prop - Crossman, Garret - - -
SRow - Kidwell, David - - -
SRow - Tyrrell, Dave - - -
Lock - Apps, Deon - - -
Int - Sayegh, David - - -
Int - Kaifoto, John - - -
Int - Hunt, Matt - - -
Int - Blaker, Brett - - -
7 7/7 -
Other NSW Cup Matches
none
W D L B Diff PT
BANKSTOWN CITY 12 - 5 2 +244 28**
CENTRAL COAST 12 1 5 1 +69 27**
NORTHS 11 - 7 2 +126 26
WENTWORTHVILLE 10 - 7 2 +160 24**
CRONULLA 10 - 7 2 +115 24**
WESTS 9 1 8 2 -20 23
BALMAIN-RYDE 9 - 8 2 +26 22**
NEWTOWN 7 - 11 2 -202 18
Windsor 5 1 11 2 -221 15**
Auckland 4 1 12 2 -177 13**
Shellharbour 5 - 13 1 -110 12**