Sun May 23, 2:00pm
Late Changes
Team is 1-17. Asotasi flew to Auckland but was not able to pass a final fitness test. Capewell dropped off the bench.
LOSS 24-26
The South Sydney Rabbitohs could not take the two competition points home when they travelled to Auckland this weekend, going down 26 points to 24 to the New Zealand Warriors at Mt Smart Stadium. The Rabbitohs led 18-14 at the break but it could so easily have been more if not for a couple of errors at crucial times. That was the theme for the game for South Sydney with missed opportunities leaving the visitors two points short at the end of the 80 minutes. The Warriors led after just four minutes when Lance Hohaia, playing his 150th NRL game, slipped between Chris Sandow and Beau Champion to score. Brett Seymour converted out wide to give the home side a six-nil advantage. The video referee then awarded Rabbitohs centre Colin Best a try in the 13th minute after some good play from five-eighth John Sutton. Sutton drew the defence and put Best through a hole, and despite Kevin Locke’s best attempt to strip the ball in the tackle, Best grounded the ball with his torso to register the Rabbitohs’ first try of the afternoon. Issac Luke converted to level with the scores at six-all. The Warriors regained the lead eight minutes later when Brent Tate scored from a cross-field bomb. Just three minutes later the Rabbitohs took the lead when Fetuli Talanoa crossed on the left hand side. Rhys Wesser drifted to the left from a scrum and put Best through a hole. Best managed to offload to Talanoa who scored out wide. Issac Luke converted to give the Rabbitohs a two-point advantage. The Rabbitohs were next to score when Wesser scored a try himself in the 33rd minute of play. John Sutton offloaded in heavy traffic to Wesser who tipped the ball on to Issac Luke. Luke made a long break from 40 metres out from the goal line, drawing the defence and putting Wesser away under the posts. Issac Luke converted to give the Rabbitohs an 18-10 lead. The Warriors scored on the half time siren when Jerome Ropati took advantage of what looked like a forward pass to score out wide on the left hand side. The game was tight one at the break with the Rabbitohs cruelling a number of scoring opportunities through poor handling in the wet conditions. Sam Burgess was punishing in defence and a handful in attack, with Issac Luke and Rhys Wesser also looking dangerous throughout the half. The halves in Sutton and Sandow were starting to take control in the back end of the half and had the Warriors on the back foot in the last 15 minutes of the opening stanza. Two lazy defensive efforts led to the Warriors two tries early in the second half. The Warriors struck first when Ropati scored his second try in the 47th minute followed by Russell Packer in the 50th minute. Seymour converted both to give the Warriors a 26-18 lead. The Rabbitohs scored a timely try through winger Fetuli Talanoa in the 68th minute after a long break from Sandow. Sandow had support inside and outside, but positioned Talanoa perfectly to seal a great try. Issac Luke converted to bring the Rabbitohs within two points of their opponents with ten minutes left on the clock. The Rabbitohs had four or five opportunities to steal the win in the final ten minutes, with final minutes hitting the deck to deny the side that last winning score. For the Rabbitohs Sam Burgess stood tall, playing arguably his best game in the red and green jersey so far.
5 min 0-6
12 min 6-6
21 min 6-10
24 min 12-10
32 min 18-10
40 min 18-14
46 min 18-20
48 min 18-26
68 min 24-26
Talanoa 2, Best, Wesser tries
Luke 4 from 4 goals
Crowd 10,485
Referee G.Badger/G.Sutton
Penalities 2-4
Scrums 6-7
Min Tac Pe MT LB HU DR m Er OL K TA
Wesser 80 7 1 2 1 16 2 120 - 1 - -
Merritt 80 10 - 1 - 10 1 72 - 1 - -
Best 80 10 - 1 1 8 3 64 - 1 1 1
Champion 80 13 - 3 - 9 - 76 3 1 1 -
Talanoa 80 3 - 1 2 12 6 89 - 1 - -
Sutton 80 28 - 2 - 12 - 70 1 2 7 1
Sandow 80 24 - 6 1 6 - 67 1 - 6 1
Geddes 45 27 1 1 - 11 - 92 1 - - -
Luke 80 33 - 5 2 14 9 142 4 1 2 1
Stuart 59 34 - 1 - 17 - 135 1 - - -
Burgess 75 33 - 6 1 16 - 142 1 5 - -
Pettybourne 36 19 - 1 - 7 - 59 1 - - -
Lowe 71 38 - 4 - 14 - 123 - 1 - -
Crossman 22 15 1 - - 8 - 75 - - - -
McPherson 27 15 1 1 - 8 - 58 1 - - -
Crocker 51 30 - 3 - 11 - 62 3 1 - -
Clark 14 9 - - - 3 1 18 - - - -
TOTAL 348 4 38 8 1464 17 15 17 4
Completion Rate 23/40 58%
Effective 1st Tackles
1 min 95m Au Err / SCR / Sutton kick 30m / SS P / (Au TRY)
6 min 33m Luke kick
8 min 80m Sutton kick 61m / SS P / (Au NO TRY)
11 min 18m Sandow kick COF
13 min 0m Au Err / SCR / P / TRY
14 min 15m SS Err
16 min 50m SS Err / SCR
18 min 36m Au Err / Sandow kick
19 min 78m DO
20 min 85m SS 6TG / (Au TRY)
24 min 0m Au Err / SCR / TRY
26 min 34m Sutton kick COF
28 min 76m SS Err / SCR
29 min 42m Sandow kick
30 min 28m Au Err / SS Err
33 min 0m SCR / TRY
34 min 0m Best kick CIG
36 min 28m SS Err
37 min 33m Luke kick COF
39 min 76m SS Err / SCR / (Au TRY)
half time
40 min 18m Champion kick
42 min 9m Sutton kick
45 min 64m SCR / Sutton kick COF 12m / SS P / (Au TRY)
48 min 80m SS P / (Au TRY)
52 min 25m SS Err
55 min 6m SCR / P / Sandow kick COF
57 min 67m SS Err / SCR
59 min 18m Sandow kick
61 min 26m Au Err / Sandow kick / SS Err (SS NO TRY)
63 min 16m Au Err / SCR / SS Err / SCR
65 min 33m SS Err
66 min 47m Au Err / SS Err / SCR
67 min 0m Au Err / TRY
69 min 21m Sandow kick DIG
72 min 16m SS Err
73 min 24m Sandow kick COF
74 min 17m Au Err / SS Err / SCR
76 min 22m Au Err / SS Err
78 min 54m Sutton kick / SS Err
80 min 64m SS Err
Average effective 1st tackle location
- 35.9m - for the whole match
- 40.4m - 1st half
- 31.4m - 2nd half
If you now remove the tries
- 47.5m - 1st half
- 33.0m - 2nd half
Other FG Matches
23-6 Newc Wests-Tig b Newcastle
22-18 Parr Cronulla b Parramatta
22-14 Woll Canberra b St Geo-Ill
31-16 Penr Penrith b Canterbury
W D L B Diff PT
ST GEO-ILL 8 - 3 - +116 16
PENRITH 7 - 3 1 +87 16
GOLD COAST 7 - 3 1 0 16
MANLY 6 - 4 1 +71 14
SOUTHS 5 - 5 1 +53 12
PARRAMATTA 5 - 5 1 +3 12
WARRIORS 5 - 5 1 -17 12
WESTS-TIG 5 - 5 1 -32 12
Sydney 5 - 5 1 -33 12
Brisbane 4 - 6 1 -25 10
Canberra 4 - 6 1 -61 10
Canterbury 3 - 7 1 -10 8
Newcastle 4 - 7 - -45 8
Nth Qld 3 - 7 1 -62 8
Cronulla 3 - 7 1 -119 8
Melbourne 7 - 3 1 +64 0 **
Judiciary News
Wesser has been placed on report for a high tackle. Rabbitohs fullback Rhys Wesser will be available for selection for this Sunday’s monster clash with the Penrith Panthers at ANZ Stadium after being charged by the NRL Match Review Committee today. Wesser was charged with a grade one careless high tackle during the Rabbitohs defeat to the Warriors yesterday. The charge attracted a base penalty of 75 points. The total accrued points will total less than 100 points whether Wesser chose to take an early guilty plea or fight the charge at the NRL Judiciary, thus making him available for this weekend’s game.
NYC Round 11
v Warriors, 11:45am
LOSS 18-41
Team is 1-17. In the Toyota Cup match at Mt Smart Stadium today, the Rabbitohs fell to the Warriors 41 points to 18. The Warriors only led by six points at the break, however four second half tries secured the win for the home side.
4 min 0-6
5 min 0-12
8 min 6-12
26 min 12-12
34 min 12-18
48 min 12-24
58 min 12-30
67 min 18-30
73 min 18-31
76 min 18-37
79 min 18-41
Mansour, Webster, Reynolds tries
Reynolds 3 from 3 goals
Other NYC Matches
22-18 Newc Newcastle b Wests-Tig
24-22 Parr Cronulla b Parramatta
28-20 Woll Canberra b St Geo-Ill
40-6 Penr Canterbury b Penrith
W D L B Diff PT
NTH QLD 8 - 2 1 +139 18
WESTS-TIG 7 - 3 1 +109 16
MANLY 7 - 3 1 +108 16
BRISBANE 6 - 4 1 +91 14
SOUTHS 6 - 4 1 +52 14
CANBERRA 6 - 4 1 +7 14
WARRIORS 5 1 4 1 +59 13
SYDNEY 5 1 4 1 +22 13
CRONULLA 5 1 4 1 -30 13
Newcastle 6 - 5 - -28 12
Melbourne 3 1 6 1 -20 9
Canterbury 3 1 6 1 -34 9
Gold Coast 3 1 6 1 -146 9
St Geo-Ill 4 - 7 - -44 8
Penrith 3 - 7 1 -137 8
Parramatta 1 - 9 1 -132 4
NRL Club Championship
W D L B Diff PT
MANLY 13 - 7 2 +179 30
Wests-Tig 12 - 8 2 +77 28
Souths 11 - 9 2 +89 26
Nth Qld 11 - 9 2 +77 26
Warriors 10 1 9 2 +42 25
Sydney 10 1 9 2 -11 25
Gold Coast 10 1 9 2 -146 25
Brisbane 10 - 10 2 +76 24
St Geo-Ill 12 - 10 - +72 24
Penrith 10 - 8 2 -50 24
Canberra 10 - 10 2 -56 24
Cronulla 8 1 11 2 -149 21
Newcastle 10 - 12 - -73 20
Parramatta 6 - 14 2 -127 16
Canterbury 6 1 13 2 -46 15
Melbourne 10 1 9 2 +46 9 **
NSW Cup Rd11
v Windsor
North Sydney OvalSat May 21, 3:00pm
WIN 26-14
Late changes to the Bears side were, M.Talanoa and Itula were out of the backline, with McLean playing fullback and R.apps on the wing. In the forwards D.Apps was out with D.Webster coming into the starting lineup. Nashaat Zreika came up onto the bench. THEY might be the walking wounded but the North Sydney Bears are still growling. The injury-plagued Bears swept aside their injury woes to beat Windsor Wolves 26-14 in round 11 of the NSW Cup at North Sydney Oval on Saturday. The red and blacks went into the game with eight players unavailable through injury including backrowers Deon Apps and Matt Hunt and fullback Mark Talanoa, who withdrew after training on Friday night. Bears coach Wayne Lambkin said his patched-up side showed courage under adversity to notch up their second win of the season. “It was a pretty big 24 hours for us and a big low on Friday night - I wasn’t sure if we could get 17 players together to take to the field,” he said. “We have been undermanned but on Saturday we just played a really good style of football and we didn’t make a lot of errors. “The better we played, the more frustrated Windsor became. “If you looked at our team on paper you wouldn’t think we could win but the harder Windsor tried, the better we got.” The Bears controlled the game from the kick-off and took a handy 14-4 lead into halftime. Lambkin said his new halves pairing of five-eighth Eddie Paea and Jarryd Hogan were pivotal in guiding the team around the field. “There weren’t any better players on our team than those two,” he said. “It was certainly the best game they have played being the team’s generals and pushing us around. “Their kicking was our best for the year.”
5 min 4-0
15 min 10-0
20 min 10-4
35 min 14-4
43 min 14-8
55 min 18-8
65 min 24-8
70 min 24-14
78 min 26-14
Corrigan 2, Johnston 2, Paea tries
Paea 3 from 6 goals
Other NSW Cup Matches
41-18 MSm2 Auckland b Shllhrbr
36-16 Camp Wests b Wntwrthvll
36-22 Wyng C Coast b Cronulla
24-10 Hens Newtown b Melbourne
54-16 Leic Balm-Ryde b Canterbury
W D L Diff PT
BALMAIN-RYDE 9 - 2 +74 18
WESTS 8 1 2 +105 17
NEWTOWN 7 1 3 +60 15
WINDSOR 6 2 3 +55 14
CANTERBURY 7 - 4 +11 14
WENTWORTHVILLE 6 1 4 +76 13
MELBOURNE 5 - 6 +44 10
AUCKLAND 4 - 7 -47 8
Cronulla 3 1 7 +30 7
Shellharbour 3 - 8 -90 6
Central Coast 3 - 8 -164 6
Norths 2 - 9 -154 4