Sun Apr 25, 2:00pm
Late Changes
No changes. Luke Capewell dropped off the bench.
WIN 26-24
The South Sydney Rabbitohs mounted an amazing second-half comeback to defeat the Canberra Raiders 26 points to 24 in the nation’s capital on ANZAC Day in front of 13,145 supporters. The Rabbitohs were down 24-6 at half time and fought back to win by two away from home. The match was very tight early on, with the Rabbitohs defending two sets on their own line in the first few minutes. The Rabbitohs sustained the Raiders’ attacks, and then went on the attack themselves, scoring in the eighth minute through five-eighth John Sutton. The try was set up by captain Luke Stuart who drew the defence and put Sutton through the hole, who went on to beat three defenders on his way to the line to score under the posts. Issac Luke converted from in front of the sticks to give the Rabbitohs an early six-nil lead. The Rabbitohs were looking dangerous in their left side attack and Stuart was making metres and breaks up the middle. The Rabbitohs started to drop the ball around the 20 minute mark, with the second quarter a nightmare for the visitors. The Raiders ran in four tries in the final 20 minutes of the half to Jarrod Croker, Josh Dugan, Joel Thompson and Trevor Thurling, with Terry Campese converting all of them. Dugan’s effort was amazing, touching the ball down millimetres inside the left hand corner post with the rest of his body in the air over the touchline. The Rabbitohs were making mistakes and the Raiders were capitalising. The Canberra side had the possession and field in their favour and were making the most of the opportunities. The Rabbitohs were the first to strike in the second half when clever play from winger Nathan Merritt led to a four-pointer. Sutton put up a towering cross-field spiral bomb which was taken by Croker. But Merritt was switched on and made a one-on-one strip, touching down in the right hand corner for the try. Merritt’s try injected life into the Rabbitohs, the red and greens suddenly playing with much more enthusiasm and vigour. The Rabbitohs started to throw the ball around with confidence and it paid off. The Rabbitohs made metres on the Raiders’ defence, and deft chip kick by Chris Sandow landed in the hands of Sutton, who offloaded to a trailing Issac Luke. Luke stepped twice to cross in the 54th minute, and Sandow converted to bring the Rabbitohs within eight points. The Rabbitohs continued to attack, making metres easily into Raiders’ territory. The Rabbitohs were attacking the right on the last tackle, when a long Sandow pass to the left found Colin Best who drew two defenders and offloaded to Dave Taylor. The man mountain charges at the left hand corner to score his maiden try in Rabbitohs’ colours in the 59th minute of play. Sandow converted from the touchline to bring the Rabbitohs within two points. Eight minutes later, Burgess and Taylor combined to cause some havoc down the left hand side of the field, earning the Rabbitohs a repeat set. From the scrum John Sutton drew the defence and put Rhys Wesser through a gap for the try, giving the Rabbitohs the lead. The Raiders had opportunities to attack the Rabbitohs’ line, but stout defence forced errors from the Green Machine. The Rabbitohs continued to drive the Raiders back deep into their own territory, and with 48 seconds left on the clock the Raiders had one more chance to attack. A high tackle from Scott Geddes on Trevor Thurling was put on report with 36 seconds left in the game. The Rabbitohs maintained their straight defensive line and won the game. Merritt’s try sparked the Rabbitohs into life, giving them the impetus to run down the Raiders in Canberra
8 min 6-0
20 min 6-6
25 min 6-12
32 min 6-18
36 min 6-24
52 min 12-24
57 min 16-24
58 min 22-24
66 min 26-24
Wesser, Merritt, Sutton, Luke, Taylor tries
Sandow 2 from 3, Luke 1 from 2 goals
Crowd 13,145
Referee S.Lyon/M.Cecchin
Penalities 4-3
Scrums 12-6
Min Tac Pe MT LB HU DR m Er OL K TA
Wesser 80 5 - 3 1 17 5 153 1 1 - -
Merritt 80 3 - 1 - 9 3 59 1 - - -
Best 80 11 1 3 - 10 3 90 - 1 - 1
Champion 80 14 - 4 - 11 4 123 - - - -
Talanoa 80 3 - 3 - 14 7 121 - - - -
Sutton 80 18 - 4 1 3 - 45 - 1 11 2
Sandow 80 12 1 9 - 3 - 26 2 1 10 -
Geddes 35 20 1 2 - 12 - 93 - 1 - -
Luke 80 25 - 3 - 15 11 162 2 2 - -
Stuart 57 31 - - 1 14 - 125 1 - - -
Burgess 58 22 - 1 1 14 - 128 1 - - -
Taylor 65 23 - 7 1 15 1 157 1 1 - -
Lowe 80 47 - 4 - 13 - 85 - 2 1 -
Crossman 24 9 - 1 - 6 - 44 1 - - -
McPherson 29 21 - 3 - 5 - 39 1 - - -
Pettybourne 52 11 - 1 - 12 - 101 - - - -
Clark - - - - - - - - - - - -
TOTAL 275 3 49 5 1549 11 10 22 3
Completion Rate 30/40 75%
Effective 1st Tackles
1 min 57m Sandow kick
2 min 72m DO
4 min 12m Sandow kick
5 min 28m Sutton kick
7 min 0m C Err / SCR / TRY
10 min 20m P / SS Err
11 min 15m C Err / SS Err / SCR
13 min 32m Sandow kick DIG
14 min 45m SS Err
15 min 95m C Err / SS Err
17 min 35m C Err / SCR / SS Err / SCR
18 min 100m SS Err / SCR / (C TRY)
23 min 25m P / Sandow kick / (C TRY)
27 min 10m Sandow kick
29 min 95m SCR / Sandow kick 7m / SS P / (C TRY)
34 min 86m SS Err / (C TRY)
37 min 72m SS P
38 min 96m SS Err
40 min 45m C Err / SCR / C Err / SCR / SS Err
half time
41 min 4m Sutton kick COF
43 min 27m Sandow kick DIG
45 min 28m C Err / SCR / SS Err / SCR
48 min 0m P / Sutton kick TRY
52 min 26m C Err / SCR / Sutton kick DIG
54 min 0m Sandow kick / TRY
56 min 14m Sandow kick
58 min 0m P / TRY
61 min 25m Sutton kick
63 min 25m SCR / Sutton kick DIG
66 min 0m C Err / SCR / TRY
69 min 27m Lowe DIG
71 min 29m C Err / SCR / Sutton kick COFIG
73 min 12m Sandow kick
74 min 59m SS Err / SCR
75 min 16m C Err / SCR / Sutton kick
77 min 3m Sutton kick
79 min 64m Sutton kick / SCR 15m / SS P
Average effective 1st tackle location
- 27.9m - for the whole match
- 35.5m - 1st half
- 19.9m - 2nd half
If you now remove the tries
- 37.5m - 1st half
- 25.6m - 2nd half
Other FG Matches
36-18 StAu Canterbury b Brisbane
24-18 Town Parramatta b Nth Qld
26-18 Penr Penrith b Wests-Tig
26-6 Ende Cronullla b Newcastle
28-6 SFS St Geo-Ill b Sydney
40-6 Dock Melbourne b Warriors
24-22 Brok Gold Coast b Manly
W D L B Diff PT
ST GEO-ILL 6 - 1 - +91 12
PENRITH 5 - 2 - +66 10
GOLD COAST 5 - 2 - +6 10
MANLY 4 - 3 - +52 8
SOUTHS 4 - 3 - +23 8
SYDNEY 4 - 3 - -3 8
WESTS-TIG 4 - 3 - -3 8
CANTERBURY 3 - 4 - +32 6
Parramatta 3 - 4 - -14 6
Warriors 3 - 4 - -24 6
Nth Qld 2 - 5 - -40 4
Newcastle 2 - 5 - -50 4
Brisbane 2 - 5 - -61 4
Canberra 2 - 5 - -65 4
Cronulla 2 - 5 - -65 4
Melbourne 5 - 2 - +47 0 **
Judiciary News
Scott Geddes was placed on report for a high tackle, but has been cleared by teh match review committee.
NYC Round 7
v Canberra, 11:45am
WIN 38-20
Team is as per program with Cavallaro dropping off the bench. In the Toyota Cup match, the South Sydney Rabbitohs ran out convincing victors, 38 points to 16 at Canberra Stadium. The Rabbitohs solidified their top four spot with the win, with second-rower Hayden O’Donnell scoring two tries and halfback Adam Reynolds racking up a personal tally of 14 points from one try and five goals.
O'Donnell 2, Webster, Vaivai, Mundine, Reynolds, Peats tries
Reynolds 5 from 7 goals
Other NYC Matches
28-12 StAu Brisbane b Canterbury
50-14 Town Nth Qld b Parramatta
42-16 Penr Wests-Tig b Penrith
22-18 Ende Cronulla b Newcastle
54-22 SFS Sydney b St Geo-Ill
46-22 Dock Warriors b Melbourne
50-6 Brok Manly b Gold Coast
W D L B Diff PT
NTH QLD 6 - 1 - +139 12
MANLY 6 - 1 - +108 12
WESTS-TIG 5 - 2 - +80 10
SOUTHS 5 - 2 - +64 10
SYDNEY 4 1 2 - +64 9
BRISBANE 4 - 3 - +29 8
CANBERRA 4 - 3 - +1 8
WARRIORS 3 1 3 - +50 7
Melbourne 3 1 3 - +12 7
Cronulla 3 1 3 - -16 7
St Geo-Ill 3 - 4 - -32 6
Newcastle 3 - 4 - -52 6
Gold Coast 2 1 4 - -94 5
Parramatta 1 - 6 - -104 2
Penrith 1 - 6 - -143 2
Canterbury - 1 6 - -90 1
NRL Club Championship
W D L B Diff PT
MANLY 10 - 4 - +156 20
Souths 9 - 5 - +87 18
St Geo-Ill 9 - 5 - +63 18
Sydney 8 1 5 - +63 17
Wests-Tig 9 - 5 - +69 18
Nth Qld 8 - 6 - +99 16
Gold Coast 7 1 6 - -88 15
Warriors 6 1 7 - +36 13
Brisbane 6 - 8 - -36 12
Canberra 6 - 8 - -54 12
Cronulla 5 1 8 - -99 11
Penrith 6 - 8 - -79 10
Newcastle 5 - 9 - -102 10
Parramatta 4 - 10 - -116 8
Melbourne 8 1 5 - +59 7 **
Canterbury 3 1 10 - -58 7
NSW Cup Rd7
v Wests
North Sydney OvalSat Apr 24, 3:00pm
LOSS 10-44
Late Changes, Corrigan and Itula were late withdrawals with Ryan Apps coming up into the centers, Williams to fullback and Talanoa to the wing. Cosgrove was added to the bench. The Bears came out firing in the first half and scored two tries through replacement Ryan Apps and winger Curtis Johnston. The Bears trailed 12-10 at half-time but fell away after the break to lose 44-10. Nightingale said the Bears committed simple errors in a forgettable second half. “We clocked off in the second half and we didn’t build on the platform we set up in the first half,” he said. “The Magpies are a good side and they were able to take advantage of that. “In the first half we defended and scrambled well and our ruck defence was good but once Wests got a roll on in the second half, they scored a lot of points. “We couldn’t control them in the ruck and we didn’t work as hard to slow them down in that area.”
2 min 0-6
16 min 0-12
22 min 6-12
30 min 10-12
50 min 10-18
56 min 10-24
62 min 10-28
65 min 10-34
72 min 10-38
79 min 10-44
Molan, R.Apps tries
Paea 1 from 2 goals
Other NSW Cup Matches
64-12 Wyng Melbourne b C Coast
20-18 Crst Canterbury b Shellharbour
38-34 Ende Auckland b Cronulla
39-14 Leic Balm-Ryde b Newtown
28-28 Ring Wntwrthvll d Windsor
W D L Diff PT
CANTERBURY 6 - 1 +60 12
BALMAIN-RYDE 6 - 1 +24 12
NEWTOWN 4 1 2 +44 9
WESTS 4 1 2 +43 9
WENTWORTHVILLE 4 1 2 +6 9
WINDSOR 3 2 2 +27 8
CRONULLA 3 1 3 +86 7
SHELLHARBOUR 3 - 4 +5 6
Melbourne 2 - 5 +15 4
Auckland 2 - 5 -72 4
Norths 1 - 6 -100 2
Central Coast 1 - 6 -148 2
NSWRL U18 SG Ball SemiFinals
Other U18 Matches
bye Canterbury
bye Wests
28-16 SMry Sydney b Cronulla
70-12 SMry Parramatta b Melbourne
NSWRL U16 Matthews SemiFinals
v Illawarra, SMry, 1:30pm
LOSS 26-27
30 min 14-12
60 min 26-26
gp 26-27
T.Phillips 2, A.Johnston, P.Siolo, A.Blake tries
Lucas 3 from 5 goals
Other U16 Matches
bye Parramatta
bye Penrith
16-12 SMry Newcastle b Manly