Sun Jun 12, 3:00pm
Late Changes
Luke is suspended so Falloon comes into the starting line up. Pettybourne is out with a jaw injry, Tyrrell comes into the starting line up and new buy Craig Stapleton comes up onto the bench.
LOSS 22-50
The South Sydney Rabbitohs have fallen to the Brisbane Broncos 50 points to 22 at Suncorp Stadium today (Sunday) in front of 30,311 Members and supporters. In what was one of the most entertaining game so of the season in terms of attacking flair from both teams, the Broncos enjoyed 54% of possession and an almost flawless use of the ball, making the most of the opportunities they had. The Rabbitohs played some wonderful attacking football throughout the match but did not capitalise on the opportunities they had as well as the Broncos did. The Rabbitohs' defence also was not up to scratch as has been throughout a majority of the first half of the season. The Broncos scored nine tries to four in what was their best performance of the year to date against a Rabbitohs side missing nine forwards from its top squad. Nathan Merritt scored a double but it was not enough to get the Rabbitohs over the line in Brisbane. The Rabbitohs scored first in the eighth minute when noted try scorer Merritt crossed in the right hand corner. The Rabbitohs swung the ball across the field, with fullback Rhys Wesser chiming into the backline to deliver an excellent off load to put Merritt away. The Broncos struck back four minutes later through Josh Hoffman, and again two minutes later to Jharal Yow Yeh to set up a 10-6 lead after 15 minutes. Ben Te’o scored his first try in the 18th minute and the home side was out in front after 20 minutes of play. The Rabbitohs got back to within six points when Colin Best scored in the 26th minute. The Rabbitohs used the width of the field to create some space in the Broncos’ defensive line, and Best backed himself to get outside his opposite number Matt Gillett to score on the left. Sandow converted to take the score to 16-10. The Broncos piled on two more tries before the half time siren to Hoffman and Te’o, taking the score line to 28-10 at the break. The Rabbitohs only had 46% of the ball in the first half, but an 80% completion rate was keeping them in the game. The Broncos sealed the win in the opening 15 minutes of the second half after tries to Te’o and Gillett. The Rabbitohs struck back in the 61st minute when Ben Lowe crashed over after some nice play from Chris Sandow, with Sandow’s conversion taking the score to 40-16. The Rabbitohs scored again 11 minutes later when Nathan Merritt scored his second, snatching an intercept pass and racing 80 metres to score. Sandow converted to take the score line to 40-22 with less than ten minutes on the clock. The Broncos added two more tries in that final period of play to Gillett and Yow Yeh, racking up 50 points in their best performance of the season. The Rabbitohs looked to spread the ball as often as they could to take advantage of their unchanged backline. The problem for the Rabbitohs was too often the final option or pass would not stick, whereas the Broncos seemed to take advantage of every scoring opportunity that came their way. The Rabbitohs also fell off too many tackles allowing the Broncos to progress up the field too easily and set up their attacking options.
7 min 4-0
11 min 4-6
14 min 4-10
19 min 4-16
27 min 10-16
33 min 10-22
39 min 10-28
43 min 10-34
54 min 10-40
61 min 16-40
72 min 22-40
74 min 22-44
79 min 22-50
Merritt 2, Best, B.Lowe tries
Sandow 3 from 4 goals
Crowd 30,311
Referee J.Maxwell/B.Suttor
Penalities 4-3
Scrums 2-5
Min Tac Pe MT LB HU DR m Er OL K TA
Wesser 80 4 - 3 1 18 2 171 3 1 - 1
Merritt 80 6 - 5 1 8 - 147 - - 2 -
Best 80 12 - 2 2 9 1 77 1 2 - -
Champion 80 13 - 9 - 9 2 71 1 - - -
Talanoa 80 4 1 1 - 16 9 133 1 1 1 -
Sutton 80 20 - 6 - 10 - 71 1 2 5 1
Sandow 80 16 - 5 - 5 1 44 - - 9 1
Stuart 54 18 - 2 - 14 - 142 - 1 - -
Falloon 56 24 1 2 - 7 5 74 - 1 - -
Asotasi 59 22 - - - 11 - 88 - 2 - -
Tyrell 47 22 - 1 - 5 - 36 - - - -
Clark 48 21 - 2 - 9 - 71 - 1 - -
Lowe 80 26 - 5 1 13 - 108 1 1 - -
Crossman 28 20 - 2 - 4 - 34 - - - -
Simpson 43 19 1 4 - 9 1 65 2 - - -
Capewell 45 20 - 2 1 5 1 56 - - - -
Stapleton 20 13 - 2 - 4 - 31 - - - -
TOTAL 280 3 53 6 1419 10 12 17 3
Completion Rate 24/34 71%
Effective 1st Tackles
1 min 25m Sutton kick
2 min 13m Sandow kick COF
4 min 10m Merritt kick COF
7 min 0m P / TRY
9 min 54m Sutton kick / Talanoa kick COF 17m / SS P / (BB TRY)
15 min (BB TRY)
17 min 27m P / Sutton kick COFIG / (BB TRY)
21 min 95m SS Err / SCR / 80m / SS P
24 min 36m BB Err / SCR / Sandow kick COF
27 min 0m BB Err / SCR / TRY
28 min 19m Sutton kick
30 min 6m Sandow kick
31 min 69m DO / (BB TRY)
36 min 15m BB Err / SS Err / SCR
37 min 15m Sandow kick
38 min 16m BB Err / SS Err / (BB TRY)
half time
41 min 40m SS Err / SCR / (BB TRY)
45 min 16m BB Err / SS Err
47 min 69m SS P
49 min 32m Sandow kick COF
51 min 5m P / Sandow kick COF
52 min 26m Sandow kick / (BB TRY)
58 min 30m SS Err / SCR
61 min 0m P / TRY
62 min 10m Merritt kick COF
64 min 95m SS Err / SCR
66 min 9m BB Err / Sandow kick
68 min 28m Sutton kick COFIG
72 min 0m BB Err / TRY
74 min 100m SS Err / (BB TRY)
77 min 23m SS Err / (BB TRY)
Average effective 1st tackle location
- 29.2m - for the whole match
- 26.3m - 1st half
- 32.2m - 2nd half
If you now remove the tries
- 30.3m - 1st half
- 37.2m - 2nd half
Other FG Matches
28-14 Robi Gold Coast b Manly
16-8 Town Nth Qld b Canberra
32-24 Newc Warriors b Newcastle
38-6 MRSt Sydney b Melbourne
W D L B Diff PT
ST GEO-ILL 10 - 3 1 +148 22
PENRITH 8 - 4 2 +85 20
WESTS-TIG 7 - 5 2 +19 18
GOLD COAST 8 - 5 1 -4 18
SOUTHS 7 - 6 1 +73 16
MANLY 7 - 6 1 +45 16
BRISBANE 7 - 6 1 +35 16
SYDNEY 7 - 6 1 -11 16
Parramatta 6 - 6 2 -13 16
Warriors 6 - 7 1 -55 14
Canberra 5 - 7 2 -65 14
Cronulla 4 - 8 2 -111 12
Canterbury 3 - 9 2 -30 10
Newcastle 4 - 9 1 -71 10
Nth Qld 4 - 9 1 -86 10
Melbourne 8 - 5 1 +29 0 **
Judiciary News
Beau Falloon has been charged with a grade one dangerous throw. He has taken a early plea with a penalty reduced to 93 points, and will not miss a game.
NYC Round 14
v Brisbane, 12:45pm
WIN 36-28
Late changes. Nansen was a lae inclusion in the starting line up replacing Starling. Pettybourne dropped off the bench. South Sydney Rabbitohs have scored a solid win away from home, defeating the Brisbane Broncos 36 points to 28 at Suncorp Stadium. Junior Vaivai and Josh Mansour scored doubles in the seven tries to five win.
8 min 6-0
12 min 6-6
26 min 12-6
30 min 12-12
35 min 12-18
45 min 16-18
47 min 20-18
52 min 26-18
63 min 32-18
70 min 32-24
76 min 36-24
80 min 36-28
Vaivai 2, Mansour 2, Reynolds, Farrell, Morgan tries
Reynolds 4 from 7 goals
Other NYC Matches
34-20 Robi Gold Coast b Manly
38-24 Town Canberra b Nth Qld
38-10 Newc Newcastle b Warriors
60-12 MRSt Sydney b Melbourne
W D L B Diff PT
WESTS-TIG 8 - 4 2 +111 20
SOUTHS 9 - 4 1 +69 20
SYDNEY 8 1 4 1 +76 19
NTH QLD 8 - 5 1 +110 18
MANLY 8 - 4 1 +90 18 ***
CANBERRA 7 - 5 2 -7 18
BRISBANE 7 - 5 1 +87 16 ***
NEWCASTLE 7 - 6 1 -32 16
Warriors 6 1 6 1 +42 15
Canterbury 5 1 6 2 +2 15
Cronulla 5 1 5 2 -38 15
St Geo-Ill 5 - 8 1 -52 12
Penrith 4 - 8 2 -113 12
Gold Coast 5 1 7 1 -116 13
Melbourne 4 1 8 1 -91 11
Parramatta 1 - 11 2 -150 6
NRL Club Championship
W D L B Diff PT
WESTS-TIG 15 - 9 4 +130 38
Souths 16 - 10 2 +126 36
Sydney 15 1 10 2 +65 35
Manly 15 - 10 2 +163 34 ***
St Geo-Ill 15 - 11 2 +96 34
Brisbane 14 - 11 2 +132 32 ***
Penrith 12 - 10 4 -28 32
Canberra 12 - 12 4 -74 32
Gold Coast 13 1 12 2 -120 31
Warriors 12 1 13 2 -13 29
Nth Qld 12 - 14 2 +24 28
Cronulla 9 1 14 4 -149 27
Newcastle 11 - 15 2 -103 26
Canterbury 8 1 15 4 -28 23
Parramatta 7 - 17 4 -161 22
Melbourne 12 1 13 2 -61 11 **
NSW Cup Rd14
v Newtown
Henson ParkSat Jun 11, 3:00pm
LOSS 18-48
Corrigan and Falloon were a late call ups into FG. Jackson played starting center. Hunt moved up to hooker and Tawha started. Cosgrove was added to the bench. Bears coach Wayne Lambkin was tearing his hair out just minutes into the team’s 48-18 loss to the Newtown Jets in the NSW Cup at Marrickville on Saturday. The Bears failed to kick the ball at the end of their opening set, giving up possession and easy field position to the Jets. A furious Lambkin said the team failed to implement their game plan of completing their sets and kicking for field position. ``It was very disappointing,’’ he said. ``We had a game plan and didn’t stick to it. ``In our first set we actually made good ground into their half but instead of kicking the football we tried to throw it around and that wasn’t what we needed to do to build pressure.’’ After trailing 30-0 at halftime, a more committed Bears outfit took to the field in the second half, led by frontrower Daniel Sayegh, who crashed over for a rare double. Halfback Jarryd Hogan and centre Tuki Jackson scored a try each. Sayegh scored his first try after charging onto a short pass from hooker Brock Molan. He scored his second after an inside pass from five-eighth Eddie Paea. Lambkin said Sayegh had been one of the Bears’ most consistent players this season. ``He’s got a lot of responsibility and he has a big workload, playing long minutes,’’ he said. ``Unfortunately for Daniel, the team isn’t winning football games.’’
2 min 0-6
7 min 0-10
13 min 0-16
19 min 0-20
21 min 0-26
35 min 0-30
49 min 0-36
54 min 6-36
58 min 6-40
63 min 6-44
70 min 10-44
73 min 10-48
77 min 14-48
79 min 18-48
Sayegh 2, Jackson, Hogan tries
Paea 1 from 4 goals
Other NSW Cup Matches
38-20 Hens Balm-Ryde b Cronulla
42-32 StJn Canterbury b C Coast
38-12 Olym Wntwrthvl b Melbourne
30-20 Camp Wests b Auckland
30-22 Wind Windsor b Shllhrbr
W D L Diff PT
BALMAIN-RYDE 11 - 2 +108 22 ***
CANTERBURY 10 - 4 +41 20
NEWTOWN 9 1 3 +94 19 ***
WESTS 9 1 4 +91 19
WINDSOR 8 2 4 +77 18
WENTWORTHVILLE 7 1 6 +66 15
MELBOURNE 7 - 7 +60 14
AUCKLAND 6 - 8 -32 12
Cronulla 4 1 9 +4 9
Shellharbour 3 - 11 -123 6
Norths 3 - 11 -186 6
Central Coast 3 - 11 -201 6
*** Matches Postponed