Sat Feb 27, 8:00pm
Selected Teams for the Charity Shield
Late ChangesNo changes to the starting line up, but Simpson, Crossman and Vaivai were added to the bench.
DRAW 26-26
The South Sydney Rabbitohs have retained the Charity Shield after playing out a 26-all draw with the St George Illawarra Dragons at ANZ Stadium in front of 27,221 Members and supporters. The 27,221 crowd, a record for Charity Shield matches played at ANZ Stadium, saw Rabbitohs winger Fetuli Talanoa score three tries, but they dramatically saw Dragons’ five-eighth Jamie Soward miss a conversion attempt from the left-hand touchline that could have won his side the Shield. Both sides scored five tries-a-piece with the Dragons having the opportunity to steal the win after scoring an 80th minute try through Brett Morris. The opening exchanges were tough and fast, with captain Roy Asotasi chasing down a Dragons attacker and cleaning him up in cover defence to save a try in the seventh minute of play. The video referee denied Morris a try in the ninth minute after a spectacular cover tackle from centre Beau Champion bundled Morris into touch before he could touch down in the left hand corner. Talanoa scored his first try in the tenth minute, after his centre partner Colin Best attracted two defenders and offloaded to Talanoa who scored. Chris Sandow converted to give his side a six-nil lead. The Dragons struck back in the 19th minute of play through winger Jason Nightingale. Best appeared to be taken out in the lead-up play, but the video referee awarded the try. Jamie Soward’s conversion levelled the scores at six-all. Eleven minutes later, Talanoa scored his second in miraculous fashion, gathering a Sandow kick to the corner to score millimetres from touch. Sandow converted from the sideline to reinstate the six-point lead. Nightingale was not to be out done, scoring his second try for the night in the 32nd minute, a gapping hole down the right hand side giving him a saloon passage to the line. Soward’d sideline conversion levelled the scores at 12-all. In the 37th minute, Brett Morris scored his first try to give the Dragons a four-point lead at the break. The Rabbitohs opened the second half in style with Ben Lowe scoring in the 45th minute. An inside ball from John Sutton found Nathan Merritt, who made the bust and found Lowe backing up on his inside to score. Sandow converted to give the Rabbitohs a two-point advantage, 18-16. Talanoa then scored his third try in the 51st minute after pouncing on a Sutton grubber kick to the corner. The Dragons levelled the scores Nick Emmett scored three minutes later, another Jamie Soward conversion levelling the scores at 22-all. The Rabbitohs wrestled back the lead in the 67th minute when Nathan Merritt collected a Sandow chip kick, giving the Rabbitohs a 26-22 lead with about ten minutes remaining on the clock. The Rabbitohs’ little men were taking hold of the game and the Rabbitohs looked to have the game won, but Morris’ try in the final minute levelled the scores at 26-all giving Soward the opportunity to snatch the win. His conversion attempt shaved the face of the goals, leaving the Rabbitohs to retain the title after the fourth draw in Charity Shield history. Sutton was dominant with ball in hand. Whether he decided to run or pass, he had the opposition guessing as to what he would produce next. The Rabbitohs were getting good go-forward out of their own end, and Issac Luke showed his physical strength each time he ran the ball or completed a tackle. Rabbitohs Head Coach John Lang said his side will take a lot out of tonight’s performance. “It was a good hit out, but I was a little disappointed that we blew a match-winning lead,” Lang said. “We were a bit underdone tonight, and we’ll be a bit underdone for the first fixture. “We need to focus on the basics, as we have the talent there and we can combine as a team.” Lang said he was happy with his much-hyped forward pack. “I like to start and finish with my best pack on the field,” Lang explained. “It depends on how the game goes as to how I work my pack during the game.” Lang said he was pleased with the effort from his team tonight, including his number six John Sutton. “I was happy with Sutto’s performance, over this week and last week,” Lang said. “His efforts have been very good especially since he is one of the guys I’m referring too when I say we’ll be underdone. “Chrissy (Sandow) had some nice touches tonight too. “I think they would enjoy playing behind this pack. “We were good in patches last week, and we were good in more patches tonight.” Captain Roy Asotasi said his side has a few things to work on before taking on the Roosters in round one. “We made crucial errors tonight, but that’s why we have these games. So we can work on them before the season starts,” Asotasi said. “It’s a gradual process. “We seemed to be tackling by ourselves. We need to work on that.” Asotasi said thoughts of his previously injured knee disappeared after his first run with the ball. “I got some advice from Joey before the game saying ‘just take the first hit up and you’ll be right after that.’,” Asotasi said. “That was some good advice from Joey!”
11 min 6-0
20 min 6-6
29 min 12-6
33 min 12-12
38 min 12-16
44 min 18-16
51 min 22-16
56 min 22-22
67 min 26-22
79 min 26-26
Talanoa 3, B.Lowe, Merritt tries
Sandow 3 from 5 goals
Crowd 27,221
Referee A.Klien/B.Suttor
Penalties 5-7
Scrums 4-5
Min Tac Pe MT LB HU DR m Er OL K
Wesser 60 - - 1 - 11 - 160 2 - -
Merritt 80 2 - 4 1 9 2 78 - - 1
Best 55 12 1 - - 7 1 47 - 1 -
Champion 50 2 - 2 - 5 1 48 - - -
Talanoa 80 4 - 2 1 7 3 40 1 1 -
Sutton 80 27 1 1 - 6 - 65 - 2 7
Sandow 80 15 - 7 - 6 2 46 1 - 12
Stuart 65 19 1 - - 16 - 123 - 2 -
Luke 80 30 1 4 - 12 8 104 - 2 1
Asotasi 60 19 - 2 - 10 - 82 - - -
Pettybourne 55 13 1 - - 8 - 68 - - 1
Taylor 60 16 1 3 - 6 - 46 - 1 -
Burgess 60 21 - 2 - 9 - 58 1 2 -
Geddes 35 21 - - - 10 - 85 - 1 -
McPherson 30 8 - - - 5 - 34 - 1 -
Lowe 20 17 - 1 - 3 - 28 - - -
Clark 20 10 - 3 - 4 - 35 - 1 -
Capewell 20 - - 1 - 5 - 40 1 - -
Simpson 25 4 - - - 3 1 17 - - -
Crossman 40 8 1 - - 7 - 76 2 - -
Vaivai 30 1 1 - - 3 - 25 - - -
TOTAL 249 7 33 2 1305 8 14 22
Completion Rate 31/37
Effective 1st Tackles
1 min 35m Sandow kick 15m / SS P
4 min 28m Sutton kick
5 min 25m Sandow kick COF
7 min 85m SS Err 66m / SS P / (SI NO TRY)
9 min 0m P / TRY
13 min 12m P / Pettybourne kick
15 min 10m Sandow kick
16 min 46m Sutton kick 11m / SS P / (SI TRY)
22 min 72m Sandow kick COF 8m / SSP 32m / SS P
25 min 12m P / Sandow kick
27 min 56m SS Err / SCR
29 min 0m SI Err / SCR / Sandow kick / TRY
31 min 95m SS Err[P] / (SI TRY)
35 min 64m SS Err / SCR / (SI TRY)
half time
40 min 15m Luke kick
42 min 38m Sutton kick / ChOv
44 min 0m SI Err / TRY
47 min 26m Sutton kick COFIG
48 min 90m SS Err
49 min 22m SI Err / Sandow kick
50 min 0m SI Err / TRY
53 min 80m SS Err / SCR / (SI TRY)
59 min 28m SI Err / SCR / P / Sandow kick COFIG
61 min 90m SS Err / SCR
62 min 35m SI Err / SCR / Sandow kick COF
64 min 32m Sandow kick
67 min 0m SI Err / P / Sandow kick / TRY
70 min 5m Sutton kick COF
71 min 10m Merritt kick
74 min 10m SI Err / SCR / Sandow kick COF
76 min 43m SS Err / SCR
78 min 85m Sutton kick 27m / SS P / (SI TRY)
Average effective 1st tackle location
- 35.9m - for the whole match
- 38.6m - 1st half
- 33.8m - 2nd half
If you now remove the tries
- 45.0m - 1st half
- 40.6m - 2nd half
Other FG Matches
16-16 NHrb Warriors d Manly
36-12 Gosf Wests-Tig b Cronulla
40-14 Gosf Sydney b Parramatta
41-16 PMcq Penrith b Newcastle
30-20 Redc Broncos b Redcliffe
22-4 Darw Nth Qld b Gold Coast
22-12 Dubb Canterbury b Canberra
18-10 Leed Melbourne b Leeds (WCC)
NYC Trial v St George-Illawarra
Sat Feb 27, 6:00pm
WIN 6-4
Scott England came into the starting lineup at lock. The match was a real arm wrestle of a game.
23 min 0-4 53 min 6-4 Vaivai tries Reynolds 1 from 1 goals
NSW Cup Trial
v Wests, Hillier OvalFri Feb 26, 6:30pm
LOSS 10-16
Bears got off to a good start in this match with Beau Falloon scoring from a dummy half run from 5 meters out, Eddie Paea missed the conversion. In the second quarter, they extended their lead with Deon Apps scoring and Eddie Paea converting. Then right on the half time bell the Magpies scored with the Bears leading 10-6 at halftime. Third quartered remained scoreless until the last minute once again when the Maggies scored to lead 10-12 into the break. Then in the final quarter the Magpies mad e a break up the middle and scored the match winning try to take out the match 10-16. It was a strong hitout with the first hitout with the Souths squad members. Andre Atula had a disallowed try. It was a physical game after a few weeks of runnaway losses, but again dropped ball was a key factor. Strong games from Sayegh, Kaifoto, Tewha with Fifta making the most of his move to the forwards. All the backs played well with Corrigan playing well in the centers along side of Simpson and Andre Atula and Johnstone working well on the other side of the field.
15 min 4-0 25 min 10-0 39 min 10-6 59 min 10-12 72 min 10-16 Falloon, D.Apps tries Paea 1 from 2 goals
NSWRL U18 SG Ball Rd3
v St George, Erko, Sat Feb 20 11:00am
WIN 44-16
40 min 16-4
M.Evans, T.Lolesio, T.Dengate, Z.Ayad, J.Ledbrook, A.Ha'angana, A.Woulf, K.Turner tries
B.Kheirallah 6 goals
Other U18 Matches
34-22 Hill Wests b Canterbury
36-0 Wyng Parramatta b C Coast
40-12 SMry Penrith b Norths
36-28 Hens Melbourne b Sydney
42-20 SMry Canberra b W Syd Acad
30-6 Woll Balmain b Illawarra
44-6 Erko Cronulla b Wstrn-Reds
34-24 Cess Newcastle b Manly
W D L Diff PT
PENRITH 3 - - +70 6
WESTS 3 - - +36 6
MELBOURNE 3 - - +66 6
PARRAMATTA 2 - 1 +70 4
CANTERBURY 2 - 1 +48 4
CANBERRA 2 - 1 +44 4
CRONULLA 2 - 1 +38 4
SYDNEY 2 - 1 +18 4
NEWCASTLE 2 - 1 +16 4
SOUTHS 1 - 2 +10 2
BALMAIN 1 - 2 -6 2
W SYD ACADEMY 1 - 2 -36 2
Norths 1 - 2 -42 2
Western-Reds 1 - 2 -46 2
Illawarra 1 - 2 -52 2
Manly - - 3 -72 -
St George - - 3 -74 -
C Coast - - 3 -88 -
NSWRL U16 Matthews Rd3
v St George, 9:30am
WIN 54-6
T.Phillips 4, L.Lucas 2, A.Johnston, D.Walker, G.Lolo, S.Tawamacala tries
L.Lucas 7 goals
Other U16 Matches
22-14 Hill Wests b Canterbury
58-0 Wyng Parramatta b C Coast
26-0 SMry Penrith b Norths
48-0 Hens Sydney b SW Syd Acad
24-12 SMry Canberra b W Syd Acad
30-20 Woll Illawarra b Balmain
30-16 Cess Newcastle b Manly
W D L B Diff PT
PARRAMATTA 3 - - - +168 6
SOUTHS 3 - - - +96 6
PENRITH 3 - - - +90 6
NEWCASTLE 3 - - - +60 6
WESTS 3 - - - +52 6
SYDNEY 2 - 1 - +62 4
ILLAWARRA 2 - 1 - +44 4
MANLY 2 - 1 - +18 4
BALMAIN 1 - 1 1 +12 4
CANBERRA 1 - 1 1 -14 4
CRONULLA - - 2 1 -40 2
C Coast 1 - 2 - -52 2
Canterbury - - 3 - -68 -
Norths - - 3 - -68 -
W Syd Academy - - 3 - -74 -
SW Syd Academy - - 3 - -130 -
St George - - 3 - -156 -
2010 Mar 6 Weekend
Selected Mar 6 Teams
NSWRL U18 SG Ball Rd4
v Penrith, Redf, Sat Mar 6 12:00pm
WIN 22-18
3 min 4-0
14 min 10-0
21 min 10-4
26 min 16-4
28 min 16-8
40 min 16-12
56 min 16-18
67 min 22-18
B.Talakai, J.Paea, K.Turner tries
B.Kheirallah 3 goals
Other U18 Matches
62-0 Cabr Parramatta b Wstrn-Reds
24-6 Leic Balmain b C Coast
32-30 Koga St George b W Syd Acad
30-14 Olym Cronulla b Melbourne
32-16 Seif Sydney b Canberra
32-26 Hill Wests b Manly
36-4 Cess Newcastle b Norths
48-16 Hamm Canterbury b Illawarra
W D L Diff PT
WESTS 4 - - +42 8
PARRAMATTA 3 - 1 +132 6
CANTERBURY 3 - 1 +80 6
PENRITH 3 - 1 +66 6
CRONULLA 3 - 1 +54 6
MELBOURNE 3 - 1 +50 6
NEWCASTLE 3 - 1 +48 6
SYDNEY 3 - 1 +34 6
CANBERRA 2 - 2 +28 4
SOUTHS 2 - 2 +14 4
BALMAIN 2 - 2 +12 2
W SYD ACADEMY 1 - 3 -38 2
St George 1 - 3 -72 2
Norths 1 - 3 -74 2
Illawarra 1 - 3 -84 2
Western-Reds 1 - 3 -108 2
Manly - - 4 -78 -
C Coast - - 4 -106 -
NSWRL U16 Matthews Rd4
v Penrith, 10:30am
WIN 22-4
2 min 6-0
6 min 6-4
22 min 10-4
42 min 16-4
57 min 22-4
J.Delprado, T.Phillips, L.Lucas, G.Lolo tries
L.Lucas 3 goals
Other U16 Matches
50-0 Leic Balmain b C Coast
20-10 Koga St George b W Syd Acad
52-6 Hill Cronulla b SW Syd Acad
22-10 Seif Canberra b Sydney
44-16 Hill Manly b Wests
50-6 Cess Newcastle b Norths
22-20 Hamm Canterbury b Illawarra
W D L B Diff PT
PARRAMATTA 3 - - 1 +168 8
SOUTHS 4 - - - +114 8
NEWCASTLE 4 - - - +104 8
PENRITH 3 - 1 - +72 6
BALMAIN 2 - 1 1 +62 6
MANLY 3 - 1 - +46 6
WESTS 3 - 1 - +24 6
CANBERRA 2 - 1 1 -2 6
SYDNEY 2 - 2 - +50 4
ILLAWARRA 2 - 2 - +42 4
CRONULLA 1 - 2 1 +6 4
Canterbury 1 - 3 - -66 2
C Coast 1 - 3 - -102 2
St George 1 - 3 - -146 2
W Syd Academy - - 4 - -84 -
Norths - - 4 - -112 -
SW Syd Academy - - 4 - -176 -