Endeavour Field
Sat Sep 5, 7:30pm
The CyberView from the Hill - Last Week
The CyberView from the Hill - This Week
Late ChangesNo team changes.
WIN 26-24
The South Sydney Rabbitohs have stolen a last second victory defeating the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 26 points to 24 at Toyota Stadium in front of 14,879 fans. Prop forward Scott Geddes crashed over in the final moments of the Rabbitohs' season to take the win off a gallant Sharks outfit. Geddes, playing his 100th first grade game, scored his first try of the year in the last seconds of the season. The Rabbitohs had to weather an all-out assault from the Sharks defence, with the home side determined to assert themselves physically in the opening 40 minutes. The physicality paid off for Cronulla, with prop Luke Douglas scoring next to the posts in the sixth minute. A grubber kick hit the left upright, wrong-footing the South Sydney chasers with the ball sitting in the in-goal for Douglas to place a hand on it and score. Luke Covell converted to give the Sharks an early six-nil lead. The Rabbitohs struck back in the 14th minute when Eddy Pettybourne charged over on the right fringe. An all-too-familiar short ball from five-eighth John Sutton sent Pettybourne through the hole to score. Chris Sandow converted to level the scores at six-all. The next 20 minutes was the quintessential arm wrestle. In the 19th and 20th minutes, Rabbitohs fullback Nathan Merritt was instrumental in foiling two Sharks try scoring opportunities. In the 22nd minute Ben Lowe was put on report for a high tackle on Douglas, followed by the sin-binning of Sharks lock Paul Gallen for repeated infringements in the 32nd minute. A fight broke out between Rabbitohs winger Jamie Simpson and Sharks rake Terence Seu Seu in the 33rd minute, all before either side could post more points. In the 36th minute, Sharks fullback Mitch Brown reached out to score and Covell converted to restore the home side’s six-point advantage. In the last minute of the first half, departing Rabbitohs utility Craig Wing was awarded a try by the video referee after receiving a pin-point short ball from Sandow on the left side to charge over and score. Sandow converted after the siren to level with scores at 12-all at half time. The Rabbitohs did well to stay with the Sharks in the first 40 minutes, with the red and greens on the wrong end of a 58/42 possession ratio. The Rabbitohs controlled the ball well, completing nearly 90% of their sets in the first stanza. The Sharks opened the scoring in the second with a 44th minute penalty goal to Luke Covell. The Rabbitohs then scored a long-range try in the 51st minute to fullback Nathan Merritt. Wing made a half break up the middle of the field, and found Merritt with a deft offload. Merritt weaved his way to the try line to score under the posts and give the Rabbitohs the lead. Sandow’s conversion gave the Rabbitohs a four-point advantage. Three minutes later, centre Colin Best saved a certain try when he hammered Gallen into touch on his own try line. Gallen eventually got across the line in the 59th minute, reaching out to touch down and level the scores at 18 points-a-piece. The home side scored again four minutes later through prop Kade Snowden who received a nice inside ball from Corey Hughes. Covell’s conversion gave the Sharks a six-point advantage with 15 minutes left on the clock. The Rabbitohs fought back in the 67th minute when Chris McQueen crossed in the right hand corner. A 25 metre pass from five-eighth John Sutton hit McQueen on the chest and he raced 10 metres unmarked to score. The try brought the Rabbitohs within two points of the home side with 12 minutes left on the clock. A knee injury to winger McQueen meant the Rabbitohs were forced to make their final interchange with over nine minutes remaining on the clock. The Rabbitohs were given a repeat set of six in the last minute, and looked to be out of options, but it was Geddes who straightened the play and scored the miracle try to take the victory.
6 min 0-6
14 min 6-6
36 min 12-6
40 min 12-12
44 min 12-14
51 min 18-14
59 min 18-18
63 min 18-24
67 min 22-24
80 min 26-24
Pettybourne, Wing, Merritt, McQueen, Geddes tries
Sandow 3 from 4, Wing 0 from 1 goals
Crowd 14,879
Referee M.Cecchin / G.Sutton
Penalities 4-6
Scrums 9-6
Min Tac Pe MT LB R DR m Er OL K TA T G/A FG
Flbk - Merritt, Nathan 80 6 - - 1 6 - 72 2 1 - - 1 - -
Wing - Simpson, Jamie 80 4 - 3 - 7 2 67 2 - - - - - -
Cntr - Best, Colin 80 17 - - - 11 3 95 - - - - - - -
Cntr - Vaivai, Junior 80 15 - 6 - 10 - 102 1 2 1 - - - -
Wing - McQueen, Chris 70 10 - - 1 9 1 70 2 - 1 - 1 - -
5/8 - Sutton, John 80 18 - 3 - 7 - 56 1 - 10 3 - - -
Half - Sandow, Chris 80 11 - 9 - 6 1 45 2 - 6 1 - 3/4 -
Prop - Stuart, Luke 55 33 - 2 - 12 - 74 1 - - - - - - (c)
Hook - Luke, Issac 80 17 - 7 - 11 7 100 1 1 2 - - - -
Prop - Geddes, Scott 41 22 - - 1 11 - 100 - - - - 1 - -
SRow - Lowe, Ben 46 28 4 1 - 8 1 32 - 1 - - - - -
SRow - Pettybourne, Eddy 46 21 - 1 1 10 - 91 - - - - 1 - -
Lock - Fa'alogo, David 72 37 1 2 - 12 - 86 - - - - - - -
Int - Wing, Craig 52 18 1 2 1 9 - 56 1 2 - 1 1 -/1 -
Int - McPherson, Shannan 39 30 - 1 - 6 - 46 - - - - - - -
Int - Tyrrell, Dave 33 14 - 2 - 4 - 23 - - - - - - -
Int - Lowe, Jamian 26 12 - - - 9 - 75 - - - - - - -
TOTAL 313 6 39 5 1197 13 7 20 5 5 3/5 -
Completion Rate - 26/32
Opposition Offloads - 15
Effective 1st Tackles
1 min 74m SS P
3 min 34m P / Sutton kick COF / SS CIG / (CS TRY)
8 min 46m Sutton kick / SCR / 15m / SS P
11 min 24m CS Err / Sutton kick COF
14 min 0m CS Err/ SCR / P / TRY
16 min 89m Sandow kick COF / 20m / SS P / (CS NO TRY)
19 min 60m SS CIG / SS DO
21 min 61m Luke kick DIG / 25m / SS P
22 min 83m CS Err / SS Err / SCR
23 min 90m SS Err / SCR
25 min 22m CS Err / Sandow kick
27 min 26m Sutton kick / ChOv
29 min 38m Sutton kick COF
33 min 26m Sutton kick / P / P / (CS SB) / P / SS Err
35 min 74m SS CIG / SS 6TG (CS TRY)
39 min 0m CS Err / TRY
half time
40 min 29m Sutton kick / SS Err
42 min 100m SS Err / 78m / SS P / (CS GOAL)
45 min 95m CS 40-20 / SCR
47 min 32m CS Err / SCR / Sandow kick / McQueen kick DIG
49 min 0m CS Err / TRY
52 min 43m SS Err / SCR / (CS NO TRY)
54 min 6m Sandow kick
56 min 71m Vaivai kick 2m / SS P (CS TRY)
61 min 92m SS Err (CS TRY)
67 min 0m Sandow kick 19m / SS 6TG / TRY
69 min 2m Sutton kick
71 min 21m Sutton kick
73 min 24m CS Err / ChOv
75 min 1m Sutton kick
76 min 32m Sandow kick
79 min 0m SCR / Sutton kick / 6TG / TRY
Average effective 1st tackle location
- 40.5m - for the whole match
- 46.7m - 1st half
- 34.3m - 2nd half
If you now remove the tries
- 53.4m - 1st half
- 42.2m - 2nd half
Other FG Matches
37-0 Koga St Geo-Ill b Parramatta
34-12 SFS Wests b Bulldogs
30-0 MtSm Melbourne b Warriors
38-4 Brok Manly b Gold Coast
32-16 SFS Nth Qld b Sydney
35-0 Newc Newcastle b Penrith
22-10 Lang Brisbane b Canberra
W D L B Diff PT
ST GEO-ILL 17 - 7 2 +219 38
BULLDOGS 18 - 6 2 +147 38 +
GOLD COAST 16 - 8 2 +47 36
MELBOURNE 14 1 9 2 +157 33
MANLY 14 - 10 2 +90 32
BRISBANE 14 - 10 2 -56 32
NEWCASTLE 13 - 11 2 +17 30
PARRAMATTA 12 1 11 2 +3 29
Wests-Tig 12 - 12 2 +85 28
Souths 11 1 12 2 +17 27
Penrith 11 1 12 2 -74 27
Nth Qld 11 - 13 2 +84 26
Canberra 9 - 15 2 -31 22
Warriors 7 2 15 2 -188 20
Cronulla 5 - 19 2 -209 14
Syd Rstrs 5 - 19 2 -299 14
+ deducted 2 points for extra player on the field
Judiciary News
South Sydney's Ben Lowe was charged with a grade one careless high tackle but will not miss any matches when the 2010 season gets underway.
U20 National Youth Toyota Cup - Round 26
v Cronulla-Sutherland, 5:15pm
WIN 38-8
In the Toyota Cup match tonight (Saturday), the South Sydney Rabbitohs ran out convincing 38 points to 8 winners over the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks at Toyota Stadium. The Rabbitohs scored seven tries to two to secure sixth spot on the ladder and a duel with the Melbourne Storm in the first week of the Toyota Cup semi finals. The Rabbitohs got away to a slow start trailing four-nil after ten minutes, not registering their first points until the 24th minute when captain Jason Clark scored a try. The Rabbitohs went on to dominate the game in what was at times a spiteful affair.
Clark, Reynolds, Capewell, Takairangi, Bennett, Mundine, Pettyborne tries
Reynolds 3 from 4, Mundine 2 from 3 goals
Other NYC Matches
44-16 Koga St Geo-Ill b Parramatta
58-16 SFS Wests b Bulldogs
46-44 MtSm Melbourne b Warriors
44-26 Brok Manly b Gold Coast
58-26 SFS Nth Qld b Sydney
52-30 Newc Newcastle b Penrith
36-24 Lang Brisbane b Canberra
W D L B Diff PT
MANLY 19 1 4 2 +460 43
ST GEO-ILL 19 - 5 2 +297 42
MELBOURNE 19 - 5 2 +236 42
WESTS-TIG 15 1 8 2 +121 35
BRISBANE 15 - 9 2 +137 34
SOUTHS 13 1 10 2 +208 31
WARRIORS 13 1 10 2 +113 31
CANBERRA 11 2 11 2 +21 28
Nth Qld 12 - 12 2 -15 28
Newcastle 9 1 14 2 -160 23
Bulldogs 9 1 14 2 -216 23
Parramatta 8 - 16 2 -94 20
Penrith 8 - 16 2 -182 20
Gold Coast 8 - 16 2 -196 20
Syd Rstrs 6 - 18 2 -293 16
Cronulla 4 - 20 2 -447 12
NRL Club Championship
W D L B Diff PT
ST GEO-ILL 36 0 12 4 +516 78
Manly 33 1 14 4 +550 75
Melbourne 33 1 14 4 +393 75
Brisbane 29 - 19 4 +72 66
Wests-Tig 27 1 20 4 +196 61
Bulldogs 27 1 20 4 -72 61 +
Souths 24 2 22 4 +225 58
Gold Coast 24 - 24 4 -148 56
Nth Qld 23 - 25 4 +71 54
Newcastle 22 1 25 4 -151 53
Warriors 20 3 25 4 -95 51
Canberra 20 2 26 4 +48 50
Parramatta 20 1 27 4 -91 49
Penrith 19 1 28 4 -246 47
Syd Rstrs 11 - 37 4 -592 30
Cronulla 9 - 39 4 -654 26
Reserve Grade - NSW Cup Round 22
v Windsor, North Sydney Oval, Fri Sep 4 7:00pm
WIN 44-24
Late changes - Ngaro dropped off the bench. The Bears will face the Cronulla Sharks in week one of the NSW Cup after they defeated Windsor 44-24 last Friday night to finish fourth at the end of the regular season. Coach Wayne Lambkin said the hard part of the season was now over. “I believe the hardest part of the year is getting to this stage because you have to play a lot of games and play very consistently,” Lambkin said. “Obviously there is going to be some hard footy in front of us now but there are only a few games left in the year. “We have to win this week because we didn’t finish in the top-two but the win on Friday gives us a home final against the Sharks. “I’m excited about the coming weeks now.” The Bears will be able to play several regular South Sydney players in the final series. “We’ll have Garret Crossman, Beau Falloon, David Tyrrell and maybe Michael Greenfield, if he can make it back from injury, in the finals. “Greenfield has been working pretty hard since the doctor gave him the all-clear to train and he has been coming to games to support the guys when he can.”
5 min 0-4
9 min 0-10
14 min 6-10
20 min 6-14
35 min 12-14
38 min 16-14
44 min 22-14
48 min 26-14
59 min 26-20
65 min 32-20
68 min 38-20
72 min 38-24
75 min 44-24
Robinson 2, J.Hunt 2, Hogan, Falloon, Crossman, Wara tries
J.Hunt 6 from 8 goals
Final Line Up
T G/A FG
Flbk - Wara, Samu 1 - -
Wing - Johnston, Curtis - - -
Cntr - Nichols, Greg - - -
Cntr - Baird, Bladen - - -
Wing - Robinson, Reece 2 - -
5/8 - Hunt, Justin 2 6/8 -
Half - Hogan, Jarryd 1 - -
Prop - Trembath, Chris - - -
Hook - Falloon, Beau 1 - -
Prop - Crossman, Garret 1 - -
SRow - Kidwell, David - - -
SRow - Blaker, Brett - - -
Lock - Apps, Deon - - -
Int - Sayegh, David - - -
Int - Kaifoto, John - - -
Int - Dalton, Sean - - -
Int - Hunt, Matt - - -
8 6/8 -
Other NSW Cup Matches
66-4 Henh Bankstown b Auckland
28-18 Leic Wentwrthvl b Wests
32-22 Hens Newtown b Balmain-Ryde
45-28 Ende C Coast b Cronulla
W D L B Diff PT
BANKSTOWN CITY 15 - 5 2 +328 34
CENTRAL COAST 13 1 6 2 +62 31
WENTWORTHVILLE 12 - 8 2 +190 28
NORTHS 12 - 8 2 +142 28
CRONULLA 11 - 9 2 +105 26
BALMAIN-RYDE 11 - 9 2 +33 26
WESTS 10 1 9 2 +24 25
NEWTOWN 8 - 12 2 -212 20
Shellharbour 7 - 13 2 -74 18
Windsor 5 1 14 2 -271 15
Auckland 4 1 15 2 -317 13
Other FG Matches 25-12 Woll (8v1) Parramatta b St Geo-Ill 26-12 StAu (2v7) Bulldogs b Newcastle 40-32 Robi (6v3) Brisbane b Gold Coast 40-12 Dock (4v5) Melbourne b Manly
U20 National Youth Toyota Cup - Quarter Finals
(6v3) v Melbourne, Docklands Stadium, Fri Sep 11 5:30pm
LOSS 18-54
The South Sydney Rabbitohs were steam-rolled by the Melbourne Storm in the first qualifying final of the 2009 Toyota Cup Finals Series, going down 54-18 at Melbourne’s Etihad Stadium tonight (Friday). Melbourne scored ten tries to three in a dominant performance, with five-eighth Dane Chisholm scoring an amazing five tries in the game. It was a nervous start for both teams with both sides turning over early possession. The Storm were the first team to pull themselves together with Chisholm crossing first in the sixth minute. A good kick led to the try with Chisholm outpacing Rabbitohs fullback Luke Capewell to score. The Rabbitohs struck back seven minutes later through centre Junior Vaivai, The Rabbitohs took advantage of repeat sets to gain good field position. Three long right-to-left passes found Vaivai who stepped through the defence to score. Halfback Adam Reynolds converted to give the Rabbitohs two-point advantage. Five minutes later the Rabbitohs scored their second try through winger Josh Mansour. Mansour burrowed over the line from dummy half to score. Reynolds converted to give the Rabbitohs a 12-4 lead after 20 minutes. The Storm thundered back when they scored tries to Fred Makimare in the 29th minute and Chisholm’s second in the 38th minute. The first try came on the back of ill-discipline from the Rabbitohs with piggy-back penalties putting Melbourne in scoring position. The second try came from the Rabbitohs failing to capitalise on a great scoring opportunity, and then the defence not stopping the roll the Storm found themselves on. The Storm led 14-12 at the break, but the Rabbitohs were unlucky to be trailing. The bookends of Brad Lupi and Jake Shearer were working hard and making metres for South Sydney, and the Rabbitohs’ halves were using the width of the field and their strikepower in the backs to trouble the home side. The Storm came out on fire in the second half, scoring two tries in the first six minute, both to five-eighth Chisholm. Two conversions to Widdop stretched the Storm’s lead to 14 in the wink of an eye. Rabbitohs captain Jason Clark grabbed his side by the scruff of the neck and dragged them back into the game. In the 49th minute he charged hard on to a pass from the dummy half, and ran hard and elusively to the line to score adjacent to the posts. Reynolds converted to bring the Rabbitohs within eight. The Storm were next to score in the 60th minute when winger Matt Duffie scored in the left corner to extend their lead to 32-18 with less than 20 minutes left on the clock. Chisholm scored his fifth try in the 64th minute, again from a clever Widdop kick. Widdop converted from in front to extend the lead to 20. Prop Jesse Bromwich was the next to score in the 71st minute, with four Rabbitohs defenders unable to stop him reaching out close to the line to register a four-pointer. Widdop’s conversion gave the Storm a 44-18 lead. Melbourne extended their lead to 30 in the final five minutes when centre Justin O’Neill scored in the right hand corner in the 75th minute. O’Neill scored his second in the last 30 seconds from a Luke Kelly kick, sealing a massive win to the side that finished third on the Toyota Cup ladder. The Storm registered the biggest win in Toyota Cup finals history at home tonight (Friday). The Rabbitohs season has now ended having finished as one of the two lowest-placed runners-up in week one of the finals.
Vaivai, Mansour, Clark tries Reynolds 3 goals Other NYC Matches 46-22 Robi (5v4) Brisbane b Wests-Tig 32-28 StAu (8v1) Canberra b Manly 48-24 Woll (2v7) St Geo-Ill b Warriors
Reserve Grade - NSW Cup Quarter Finals
(4v5) v Cronulla, North Sydney Oval, Sat Sep 12 2:30pm
WIN 35-8
The North Sydney Bears are only one win away from a spot in the 2009 NSW Cup Grand Final having shown their class in the first qualifying final of the NSW Cup competition at North Sydney Oval this afternoon (Saturday) defeating the Cronulla Sharks 35 points to 8. Scores were locked at eight-all at half time, but the Bears skipped away in the second half scoring 27 unanswered points. Tryscorers for the Bears included Justin Hunt with a double, Rabbitohs second-rower Dave Tyrrell, South Sydney junior Reece Robinson and Chris Trembath, with Jarryd Hogan racking up a personal total of 15 points from seven goals and a field goal. The Bears will finish as one of the two highest-placed winners in week one of the finals, after the second-placed Central Coast and third-placed Wentworthville both lost their week one games. The Bears will progress to the preliminary finals in week three, with a win in that game guaranteeing them a spot in the Grand Final.
15 min 6-0
24 min 6-4
32 min 6-8
36 min 8-8
52 min 14-8
57 min 20-8
62 min 21-8
70 min 23-8
73 min 29-8
80 min 35-8
J.Hunt 2, Trembath, Tyrrell, Robinson tries
J.Hunt 7 from 7 goals
Hogan fieldgoal
Final Line Up
T G/A FG
Flbk - Wara, Samu - - -
Wing - Johnston, Curtis - - -
Cntr - Nichols, Greg - - -
Cntr - Baird, Bladen - - -
Wing - Robinson, Reece 1 - -
5/8 - Hunt, Justin 2 7/7 -
Half - Hogan, Jarryd - - 1
Prop - Trembath, Chris 1 - - (c)
Hook - Falloon, Beau - - -
Prop - Crossman, Garret - - -
SRow - Tyrrell, David 1 - -
SRow - Blaker, Brett - - -
Lock - Apps, Deon - - -
Int - Sayegh, David - - -
Int - Kaifoto, John - - -
Int - Dalton, Sean - - -
Int - Hunt, Matt - - -
5 7/7 1
Other NSW Cup Matches
52-30 Cres (1v8) Bansktown b Newtown
64-4 Wyon (7v2) Wests b C Coast
32-26 Ring (6v3) Balm-Ryde b Wentworthville
BYE (1) Bulldogs
BYE (2) Melbourne
24-10 Lang (5v3) Brisbane b St Geo-Ill
27-2 SFS (6v4) Parramatta b Gold Coast
U20 National Youth Toyota Cup - Semi Finals
BYE (1) St Geo-Ill
BYE (2) Melbourne
42-34 SFS (4v6) Wests-Tig b Canberra
24-10 Lang (5v3) Brisbane b Manly
Reserve Grade - NSW Cup Semi Finals
BYE (1) Bankstown
BYE (2) Norths
34-18 Leic (3v5) Balm-Ryde b C Coast
26-16 Leic (4v6) Wentwrthvl b Wests
40-10 Dock (2v3) Melbourne b Brisbane 22-12 StAu (4v1) Parramatta b Bulldogs
U20 National Youth Toyota Cup - Preliminary Finals
36-12 StAu (4v1) Wests-Tig b St Geo Ill 40-16 Dock (2v3) Melbourne b Brisbane
Reserve Grade - NSW Cup Preliminary Finals
(2v3) v Balmain-Ryde Eastwood, Leichhardt Oval, Sat Sep 27 1:15pm
LOSS 20-21 (GP)
The North Sydney Bears have gone down in the preliminary finals of the NSW Cup in golden point, being defeated 21 points to 20 by the Balmain Ryde-Eastwood Tigers at Leichhardt Oval today. The Tigers led 16-12 at the half time break, but the Bears fought back to level the scores at 20-all after the 80 minutes. A Josh Lewis field goal broke the deadlock to give the Tigers a spot in the NSW Cup Grand Final next Sunday at ANZ Stadium.
6 min 6-0
12 min 6-6
27 min 6-10
31 min 6-16
37 min 12-16
57 min 12-20
70 min 16-20
73 min 20-20
85 min 20-21
Johnston, Nichols, Baird, J.Hunt tries
J.Hunt 2 from 4 goals
Final Line Up
T G/A FG
Flbk - Wara, Samu - - -
Wing - Johnston, Curtis 1 - -
Cntr - Nichols, Greg 1 - -
Cntr - Baird, Bladen 1 - -
Wing - Robinson, Reece - - -
5/8 - Hunt, Justin 1 2/4 -
Half - Hogan, Jarryd - - -
Prop - Trembath, Chris - - - (c)
Hook - Falloon, Beau - - -
Prop - Crossman, Garret - - -
SRow - Tyrrell, David - - -
SRow - Dalton, Sean - - -
Lock - Apps, Deon - - -
Int - Sayegh, David - - -
Int - Kaifoto, John - - -
Int - Hunt, Matt - - -
Int - Ngaro, Vinnie - - -
4 2/4 -
Other NSW Cup Match
40-14 Leic (1v4) Bankstown b Wentworthville
23-16 StAu (1v2) Melbourne b Parramatta
U20 National Youth Toyota Cup - Grand Final
24-22 StAu (1v2) Melbourne b Wests-Tigers
Reserve Grade - NSW Cup Grand Final
32-0 StAu (1v2) Bankstown b Balm-Ryde