Fri Aug 20, 7:30pm
Late Changes
Craig Stapleton dropped off the interchange bench and Dylan Farrell started.
LOSS 18-54
The South Sydney Rabbitohs went down to the Penrith Panthers 54 points to 18 at CUA Stadium in Penrith tonight (Friday) in front of 13,411 supporters. The Rabbitohs were blown away in the opening 40 minutes with the Panthers turning in their best half of football for the season to keep time with the scoreboard clock and rack up 40 points at the break, as well as keeping the Rabbitohs scoreless. The Panthers made plenty of metres, enjoyed 61% of possession, and made breaks at will during the first stanza. They seemed to be more enthusiastic than the Rabbitohs, and their big men were making inroads into the Rabbitohs half, allowing their smaller men to take control and score from their numerous opportunities. Doubles to five-eighth Travis Burns (11th and 20th minutes) and winger Sandor Earl (8th and 22nd minutes), as well as tries to Sam McKendry (3rd minute), Michael Gordon (34th minute) and Masada Iosefa (38th minute), as well as six conversions from Burns gave the home side their 40 points. The Rabbitohs were finding it difficult to shut down the Panthers and were denied their only scoring opportunity by the video referee when centre Beau Champion was ruled to have knocked on a Sam Burgess off load just short of the line in the 15th minute of play. The second half started more promisingly for the Rabbitohs, with the red and greens getting some ball in the Panthers half and mounting some pressure. However it was the Panthers that got across the stripe in the 53rd minute when Michael Gordon scored his second try, having held out four straight sets of South Sydney attack on their line. The Rabbitohs scored their first points in the 58th minute when Luke Capewell charged onto a ball close to the line and scored to the left of the posts. The Rabbitohs played more directly and made metres to set up the position to score. Sandow converted to take the score to 46-6. The red and greens backed it up three minutes later when Rhys Wesser scored a try on familiar turf. The Rabbitohs earned a repeat set from a quality bomb, and from the scrum Sandow hit Wesser on the chest to score. Sandow converted taking the score to 46-12. From the kick off the Rabbitohs made two hit ups on the right hand side of the field. 30 metres out from his own line, Issac Luke darted from dummy half, broke the line and put Dylan Farrell away to score a 70 metre try under the posts, and the Rabbitohs third four-pointer in five minutes. Sandow converted taking the scores to 46-18 with 16 minutes remaining. The Panthers took the strange option of kicking a penalty goal in the 70th minute, after the Rabbitohs were caught off side stopping a possible try scoring play. The Panthers topped it off with Gordon’s third try in the final second of the match to notch up the half century. The Rabbitohs threw everything they had at the Panthers over the second 40 minutes but could not peg back the massive lead the home side established in the first half. Despite winning the second half 18 points to 14, for the Rabbitohs it was a case of too little too late.
3 min 0-6
8 min 0-12
11 min 0-16
20 min 0-22
22 min 0-28
34 min 0-34
38 min 0-40
53 min 0-46
58 min 6-46
61 min 12-46
63 min 18-46
70 min 18-48
79 min 18-54
Wesser, Farrell, Capewell tries
Sandow 3 from 3 goals
Crowd 13,411
Referee T.Archer/A.Shortall
Penalities 6-7
Scrums 7-11
Min Tac Pe MT LB HU DR m Er OL K TA
Wesser 80 5 - 6 1 8 3 55 2 - - -
Merritt 80 1 - 2 - 6 - 36 2 - - - RW
Best 80 18 1 2 - 8 1 59 1 1 1 - LC
Champion 37 4 - - - 2 - 14 1 - - - RC
Talanoa 80 2 - 2 - 11 6 77 1 - - -
Capewell 80 23 - 6 2 5 - 42 - - 1 -
Sandow 80 15 - 5 - 3 - 15 2 1 11 1
Lowe.J 30 11 1 4 - 6 - 31 - - - -
Luke 80 24 - 7 2 14 13 146 - 3 - 2
Asotasi 55 22 - 3 - 10 - 97 - 1 - -
Burgess 66 41 1 3 - 12 1 91 1 2 - -
Pettybourne 70 28 3 3 - 10 - 78 - - - -
Crocker 46 29 1 3 - 6 2 43 1 - - -
McPherson 33 23 - 3 - 6 - 55 - - - -
Tyrrell 50 13 - 3 - 5 1 39 2 - - -
Clark 50 18 - 3 - 7 - 47 1 1 - -
Farrell 43 5 - - - 4 - 65 - 1 - -
TOTAL 282 7 55 5 990 14 10 13 3
Completion Rate 18/31 58%
Effective 1st Tackles
1 min 69m Sandow kick 27m / SS P (Burgess) / (Pe TRY)
6 min 47m Sandow kick / (Pe TRY)
11 min100m (Pe TRY)
15 min 86m P / SS Err (Champion) SCR 20m / SS P (Best)
18 min 56m Pe Err SCR / P / SS P (Burgess) / (Pe TRY)
28 min100m (Pe TRY)
29 min 95m SS P (Pettybourne) 79m / SS P (Pettybourne)
32 min 20m P / Best kick
33 min 50m Pe Err SCR / SS Err (Wesser)
34 min 60m Pe Err SCR / SS Err (Best) / (Pe TRY)
38 min100m (Pe TRY)
half time
40 min 65m SS Err (Sandow) SCR
42 min 31m Sandow kick COF
43 min 32m Sandow kick SCR
44 min 74m P / SS Err (Tyrrell) SCR
48 min 10m Capewell kick
49 min 0m Pe Err SCR / Sandow kick CIG
50 min 0m CIG
52 min 30m SS Err (Wesser) SCR / (Pe TRY)
55 min 56m SS P (Clark)
58 min 0m P / TRY
59 min 5m Sandow kick
61 min 0m Pe Err SCR TRY
62 min 0m TRY
64 min 28m Sandow kick Farrell kick SCR
66 min100m Sandow kick COF 24m / SS P (Crocker) (Pe GOAL)
71 min 32m Pe Err / SS Err (Sandow) SCR
72 min 0m Pe Err SCR / Sando kick CIG
73 min 18m SS Err (Tyrrell) SCR
75 min 9m Sandow kick
77 min 22m Pe Err / SS Err (McPherson) SCR
78 min 60m Pe Err / SS Err (Crocker) SCR / (Pe TRY)
Average effective 1st tackle location
- 42.3m - for the whole match
- 71.2m - 1st half
- 27.2m - 2nd half
If you now remove the tries
- 71.2m - 1st half
- 31.8m - 2nd half
Other FG Matches
44-18 Newc Newcastle b Brisbane
19-16 Brok Manly b Warriors
22-20 Town Canterbury b Nth Qld
24-4 MRSt Melbourne b Cronulla
32-16 Bruc Canberra b St Geo-Ill
20-18 Parr Wests-Tig b Parramatta
23-14 SFS Gold Coast b Sydney
W D L B Diff PT
ST GEO-ILL 15 - 7 2 +197 34
GOLD COAST 14 - 8 2 +33 32
WESTS-TIG 14 - 8 2 +25 32
PENRITH 13 - 9 2 +112 30
MANLY 12 - 10 2 +57 28
SYDNEY 12 - 10 2 +23 28
WARRIORS 12 - 10 2 +7 28
BRISBANE 11 - 11 2 +7 26
Canberra 11 - 11 2 -40 26
Souths 10 - 12 2 +23 24
Newcastle 10 - 12 2 -32 24
Parramatta 10 - 12 2 -56 24
Canterbury 8 - 14 2 -45 20
Cronulla 6 - 16 2 -231 16
Nth Qld 5 - 17 2 -188 14
Melbourne 12 - 10 2 +108 0 **
Judiciary News
Eddie Pettybourne has been charged with a grade one careless high tackle. The South Sydney Football Club and Eddy Pettybourne have taken an early guilty plea on a careless high tackle charge out of last Friday's match against the Panthers. Eddy has accepted a one match suspension ruling him out of Friday night's game against the Eels.
NYC Round 24
v Penrith
Fri Aug 20, 5:15pm
WIN 26-24
Team was 1-17. In the Toyota Cup match, the South Sydney Rabbitohs hung on to win 26 points to 24 at CUA Stadium, after taking control of the match in the first half. The Rabbitohs led 26-10 at the break, with replacement dummy half Brendan McKinnon scoring a remarkable try on the siren, with the kick off restart hitting the crossbar of the goal posts, bouncing back into the field of play for McKinnon to swoop and score. The Panthers kept the Rabbitohs scoreless in the second half and mounted a strong comeback, but it wasn’t enough and the Rabbitohs momentarily take the number one position on the Toyota Cup ladder with other games still to play in round 24.
7 min 6-0
18 min 12-0
23 min 12-6
27 min 16-6
30 min 20-6
38 min 20-10
40 min 26-10
63 min 26-14
72 min 26-20
77 min 26-24
Reynolds, Webster, Vaivai, Roberts, McKinnon tries
Reynolds 3 from 5 goals
Other NYC Matches
38-22 Newc Brisbane b Newcastle
56-18 Brok Warriors b Manly
50-10 Town Canterbury b Nth Qld
32-22 MRSt Melbourne b Cronulla
28-28 Bruc Canberra d St Geo-Ill
34-12 Parr Wests-Tig b Parramatta
28-14 SFS Sydney b Gold Coast
W D L B Diff PT
SOUTHS 15 - 7 2 +89 34
WARRIORS 14 1 7 2 +174 33
NTH QLD 13 3 6 2 +136 33
SYDNEY 14 1 7 2 +109 33
CANTERBURY 14 2 7 2 +137 32
CANBERRA 13 1 8 2 +26 31
WESTS-TIG 12 - 10 2 +104 28
MANLY 12 - 10 2 +16 28
Brisbane 10 1 11 2 +81 25
Gold Coast 10 1 11 2 -95 25
St Geo-Ill 9 1 12 2 +12 23
Newcastle 9 1 12 2 -52 23
Cronulla 8 1 13 2 -133 21
Melbourne 6 2 14 2 -139 18
Penrith 7 - 15 2 -185 18
Parramatta 3 1 18 2 -280 11
NRL Club Championship
W D L B Diff PT
WARRIORS 26 1 17 4 +181 61
Sydney 26 1 17 4 +132 61
Wests-Tig 26 - 18 4 +129 60
Souths 25 - 19 4 +112 58
St Geo-Ill 24 1 19 4 +209 57
Canberra 24 1 19 4 -14 57
Gold Coast 24 1 19 4 -62 57
Manly 24 - 20 4 +73 56
Canterbury 21 2 21 4 +92 52
Brisbane 21 1 22 4 +88 51
Penrith 20 - 24 4 -73 48
Nth Qld 18 3 23 4 -52 47
Newcastle 19 - 25 4 -84 46
Cronulla 14 1 29 4 -364 37
Parramatta 13 1 30 4 -336 35
Melbourne 19 2 23 4 -31 18 **
NSW Cup Rd24
v Balmain-Ryde Eastwood
Nort hSydney OvalSat Aug 14, 6:00pm
LOSS 16-42
Paea and Itula were a late withdrawals. McLean starting at fullback, Simpson into five-eighth, Johnston moved into the centers and Hawkins on the wing. R.Apps and Nightgale also dropped off the bench with Molan and Crosgrove added. THEY might be bruised and battered but the injury-plagued North Sydney Bears have pledged to end the NSW Cup rugby league season on a high note. The Bears, beaten 42-16 by Balmain Ryde Eastwood Tigers at North Sydney Oval on Sunday, are desperate to salvage something from their season in their two remaining games. The Bears, a feeder side to South Sydney Rabbitohs in the NRL, are missing more than a dozen players through injury. Lambkin said he wasn’t able to announce a full squad of 17 to take on the Tigers until 45 minutes before kickoff. Despite the injury crisis, he said his players were determined to turn the tables on their more fancied rivals. On another note, North Sydney Bears winger Mitchell Stevens has been suspended by the club after he was accused of biting another player’s ear in what has been described as a ``bar-room brawl’‘. Wests Tigers second-rower Jason Schirnack had part of his ear bitten off during a wild brawl in a NSW Cup match last Sunday. Schirnack, playing for Balmain against Norths, was rushed to Liverpool Hospital after being bitten in what Tigers coach Paul Fletcher described as a ``bar-room brawl’‘. Amazingly, Schirnack returned to the field after being bitten before being sent off for a high tackle. The NSWRL has referred the biting case directly to a judiciary hearing, which has been adjourned until next Wednesday, September 1, at its Phillip St headquarters. If found guilty, Stevens faces a possible suspension of 20 weeks.
5 min 0-4
7 min 0-10
12 min 0-16
20 min 0-22
25 min 0-26
30 min 0-30
41 min 0-36
47 min 6-36
55 min 6-42
69 min 10-42
77 min 16-42
Simpson, Webster, Tawha tries
Hogan 1 from 2, Tawha 1 from 1 goals
Other NSW Cup Matches
24-22 Hens Shllhrbr b Cronulla
22-20 Hens Newtown b Windsor
34-20 Olym Melbourne b Auckland
42-12 Camp Canterbury b Wests
32-28 Ring Wntwrthvll b C Coast
W D L Diff PT
NEWTOWN 18 1 4 +133 37
CANTERBURY 18 - 5 +299 36
BALMAIN-RYDE 18 - 5 +194 36
WINDSOR 15 2 6 +216 32
WESTS 13 1 9 +90 27
WENTWORTHVILE 11 1 11 +17 23
MELBOURNE 11 - 12 +14 22
CRONULLA 7 1 15 +2 15
Auckland 7 - 16 -208 14
Shellharbour 6 - 17 -178 12
Central Coast 6 - 17 -209 12
Norths 5 - 18 -370 10