Sun Sep 5, 7:00pm
Late Changes
Late Changes Tyrrell started in the second row and Taylor started from the bench.
LOSS 38-24
This match was the last match of the weekend being played on Sunday evening. For Souths to make the semi-finals they needed Canberra or Manly to lose. As the weekend unfolded Souths semi-final hopes once again like in 1980 hanged on other performances. Canberra beat Brisbane on Friday and all Souths supporters were glued to the radio listening the events at Brookvale. Canterbury came back from behind to win a close match by 6 points. This meant that Souths players and fans knew as they entered teh ground that Souths could make the 2010 semi-finals if they beat the top of the table Dragons by 5 points. It was game on. But it was not to be. South Sydney Rabbitohs fell at the final hurdle in their quest for eighth position on the competition ladder, going down to the 2010 minor premiership-winning St George Illawarra Dragons 38 points to 24 at WIN Jubilee Oval in front of 18,274 supporters. The Rabbitohs managed to get 24 points past the best defence in the League tonight, but three tries to Ben Creagh in the first 17 minutes proved to be the difference between the two teams. The Dragons came out on fire in the first half, with second rower Creagh scoring the first three tries of the game in the sixth, ninth and 17th minutes. The Dragons making metres at will and were attacking the right edge of the Rabbitohs with great success. The Saints extended their lead to 20 in the 25th minute when Kyle Stanley slotted a penalty goal. The Rabbitohs struck back in the 28th minute when winger Fetuli Talanoa scored in the left hand corner. The Rabbitohs were handed a repeat set deep in Dragons’ territory, and the ball was swung wide to the left, with David Taylor throwing the cut out pass to Talanoa to score. Chris Sandow converted from the left hand touchline to take the scores to 20-6. In the 32nd minute, Dragons’ winger Brett Morris showed lightning speed down the left hand touchline to score, and Stanley’s touchline conversion gave the Saints a half time 26-6 lead. The Dragons’ were just too good for the Rabbitohs in the first 40 minutes, constantly getting the red and greens on the back foot. When the Rabbitohs had the ball in good field position they looked dangerous, but the final pass all too often went to ground to leave the Dragons with a healthy half time lead. For the Rabbitohs, Sam Burgess was throwing everything at his opposition in both attack and defence. When Dave Taylor came on the field he added some spark to the South Sydney side, but the Dragons were targeting the Rabbitohs’ right edge in defence with great affect. South Sydney opened the second half stronger than they finished the first, mounting a couple of attacking raids in the first five minutes of the half. With both sides traded some heavy defence, and the Rabbitohs threw everything at the Dragons. From Sam Burgess torpedo bombs to short goal line drop outs, the Rabbitohs were trying desperately to find a gap in the St George Illawarra defence. But they couldn’t find it, and the Dragons were the first to score in the second half when fullback Darius Boyd scored in the 56th minute, again down that left channel, to give the Dragons a 26 point buffer. The Rabbitohs were next to score when Jamie Simpson attacked that left channel again, an inside ball from Colin Best in the 61st minute setting up the score. The try was scored on a repeat set after Beau Scott was put on report for an elbow to the jaw of Sandow. South Sydney scored on the next set, after a long break from Luke Capewell and some solid hit ups from Burgess and Jaiman Lowe. The ball was swung right in the 64th minute, with an inside ball from Merritt giving centre Dylan Farrell enough space to carry three defenders over and touch down centimetres in from touch. Sandow nailed the kick from the right hand touchline to reduce the deficit 14 with 15 minutes left in the game. The Dragons sealed the win with a bizarre try to Matt Cooper in the 68th minute. A ball that bounces forward off Jarrod Saffy’s head was cleaned up by Cooper behind the line, touching down to score. Eddy Pettybourne crossed for a short range try in the 76th minute, but it was all too late for the red and greens on foreign soil tonight. Front rower Sam Burgess was the Rabbitohs best tonight, constantly attacking with great vigour, and his defence was even more punishing at times. The loss ends the Rabbitohs run for 2010, with the red and greens finishing in ninth position on the ladder at the end of 26 rounds.
6 min 0-6
9 min 0-12
17 min 0-18
25 min 0-20
28 min 6-20
32 min 6-26
56 min 6-32
61 min 12-32
64 min 18-32
68 min 18-38
76 min 24-38
Talanoa, Simpson, Farrell, Pettybourne tries
Sandow 4 from 4 goals
Crowd 18,274
Referee B.Cummins/A.Shortall
Penalities 4-6
Scrums 8-8
Min Tac Pe MT LB HU DR m Er OL K TA
Wesser 80 12 - - 2 9 2 98 1 - - -
Merritt 80 3 - 2 - 4 - 51 - - - 1 RW
Best 80 12 - 2 - 8 1 57 - 4 - 1 LC
Farrell 80 4 1 3 1 8 3 57 1 - - - RC
Talanoa 80 4 1 2 1 10 5 73 1 - 1 -
Capewell 80 23 1 3 1 7 - 81 1 1 3 -
Sandow 80 17 1 18 1 2 - 45 2 - 6 -
Burgess 80 25 - 4 - 14 - 112 2 2 1 -
Luke 80 24 1 3 - 12 7 145 3 2 1 1
Asotasi 66 20 - 4 - 11 - 105 - - - -
Pettybourne 42 16 - 5 1 6 - 36 - - - -
Tyrrell 31 12 - 3 - 4 1 35 - - - -
Crocker 51 24 - 2 - 13 1 103 - 1 1 -
Taylor 49 11 - 5 - 9 1 59 3 1 - 1
Lowe.J 29 10 1 2 - 9 - 81 - - - -
McPherson 23 10 - 1 - 5 - 41 1 - - -
Simpson 29 7 - 1 1 5 2 48 - - - -
TOTAL 234 6 60 8 1227 15 11 13 4
Completion Rate 19/31 61%
Effective 1st Tackles
1 min 67m SS 6TG (Luke)
3 min 40m P / ChOv 5m / SS P (Farrell) / (SI TRY)
8 min100m (SI TRY)
12 min 17m SCR / Sandow kick SCR
14 min 49m Capewell kick
16 min 96m DO 68m / SS P (Capewell) / (SI TRY)
21 min 65m Capewell kick OOF SCR
22 min100m SS Err (Sandow) SCR 93m / SS P (Taylor) (SI GOAL)
27 min 0m SI Err SCR / P / TRY
29 min 65m SS Err (Taylor) SCR / (SI TRY)
35 min 0m Capewell kick CIG
37 min 53m SS Err (Merritt) 20m / SS P (Sandow)
38 min 91m SI Err / SS Err (Burgess) SCR
40 min 30m SI Err SCR / Sandow kick
half time
40 min 26m Sandow kick
42 min 30m SS Err (Burgess)
43 min 12m SI Err / Sandow kick
45 min 28m Luke kick DIG
46 min 10m Crocker kick
49 min 19m SCR / Burgess kick SS Err (Taylor)
50 min 10m SI Err SCR / SS Err (Luke)
52 min 58m P / SS Err (Luke) SCR
53 min 71m DO
55 min 88m DO / (SI TRY)
57 min 64m SS P (JLowe)
59 min 10m SI Err SCR / Sandow kick
60 min 0m P / TRY
62 min 1m Sandow kick
63 min 0m SI Err / TRY
66 min 22m Taylor kick SCR
67 min 95m SS Err (Wesser) SCR 95m / (SI TRY)
70 min 44m SI Err / Sandow kick COF
72 min 82m SS Err (Luke) SCR 45m / SS P (Taylor)
76 min 0m SI Err / SI Err SCR / TRY
78 min 55m SS Err (Sandow)
79 min 25m SI Err SCR / Talanoa kick
Average effective 1st tackle location
- 42.3m - for the whole match
- 55.2m - 1st half
- 34.1m - 2nd half
If you now remove the tries
- 59.5m - 1st half
- 39.5m - 2nd half
Other FG Matches
18-16 Lang Canberra b Brisbane
21-18 Robi Gold Coast b Wests-Tig
26-12 Parr Warriors b Parramatta
50-12 Penr Penrith b Cronulla
18-8 Town Sydney b Nth Qld
34-4 MRSt Melbourne b Newcastle
30-24 Brok Canterbury b Manly
W D L B Diff PT
ST GEO-ILL 17 - 7 2 +219 38
PENRITH 15 - 9 2 +156 34
WESTS-TIG 15 - 9 2 +34 34
GOLD COAST 15 - 9 2 +22 34
WARRIORS 14 - 10 2 +53 32
SYDNEY 14 - 10 2 +49 32
CANBERRA 13 - 11 2 +6 30
MANLY 12 - 12 2 +35 28
Souths 11 - 13 2 +17 26
Brisbane 11 - 13 2 -27 26
Newcastle 10 - 14 2 -70 24
Parramatta 10 - 14 2 -78 24
Canterbury 9 - 15 2 -45 22
Cronulla 7 - 17 2 -245 18
Nth Qld 5 - 19 2 -242 14
Melbourne 13 - 11 2 +126 0 **
** Stripped of Competition Points for Salary Cap breaches
Judiciary News
Dave Taylor has been charged with a Careless High Tackle Grade 1 worth 75 points. Will incure a 20% for prior 2009 Dangerous Throw Grade 1 offence while at the Broncos. Dave has taken the early guilty plea meaning his charge is discounted by 25%. He will not miss any matches but will have 67 carry over points.
NYC Round 26
v St George-Illawarra
Sun Sep 5, 4:45pm
WIN 47-22
Team was 1-17. In the Toyota Cup, the South Sydney Rabbitohs have wrapped up the minor premiership with 47 points to 22 victory over the St George Illawarra Dragons at WIN Jubilee Stadium. After a poor first half which saw the red and greens trail by two at the break, the Rabbitohs turned on the afterburners to run in six unanswered second half tries to take top spot on the premiership ladder at the end of the regular season. James Roberts scored a hat trick and Kennedy Pettyborne a double in the win, sealing the minor premiership for the South Sydney side. Souths received the Presidents Cup which is now awarded for the NYC Minor Premiers.
40 min 14-16
Roberts 3, Pettybourne 2, So'oalo, Nansen, Mundine, Mansour tries
Reynolds 5 from 9 goals
Mundine fieldgoal
Other NYC Matches
40-36 Lang Brisbane b Canberra
24-18 Robi Gold Coast b Wests-Tig
52-6 Parr Warriors b Parramatta
34-32 Penr Penrith b Cronulla
29-28 Town Nth Qld b Sydney
46-16 MRSt Melbourne b Newcastle
38-6 Brok Canterbury b Manly
W D L B Diff PT
SOUTHS 17 - 7 2 +120 38
WARRIORS 16 1 7 2 +250 37
CANTERBURY 16 2 7 2 +177 36
NTH QLD 14 3 7 2 +129 35
SYDNEY 14 1 9 2 +107 33
CANBERRA 14 1 9 2 +30 33
MANLY 13 - 11 2 -15 30
GOLD COAST 12 1 11 2 -82 29
Wests-Tig 12 - 12 2 +88 28
Brisbane 11 1 12 2 +55 27
St Geo-Ill 10 1 13 2 +25 25
Newcastle 9 1 14 2 -120 23
Melbourne 8 2 14 2 -99 22
Cronulla 8 1 15 2 -142 21
Penrith 8 - 16 2 -191 20
Parramatta 3 1 20 2 -332 11
NRL Club Championship
W D L B Diff PT
WARRIORS 30 1 17 4 +303 69
Sydney 28 1 19 4 +156 65
Souths 28 - 20 4 +137 64
St Geo-Ill 27 1 20 4 +244 63
Canberra 27 1 20 4 +36 63
Wests-Tig 27 - 21 4 +122 62
Gold Coast 27 1 20 4 -60 61
Canterbury 24 2 22 4 +132 58
Manly 25 - 23 4 +20 58
Penrith 23 - 25 4 -35 54
Brisbane 22 1 25 4 +28 53
Nth Qld 19 3 26 4 -113 49
Newcastle 19 - 29 4 -190 46
Cronulla 15 1 32 4 -397 39
Parramatta 13 1 34 4 -410 35
Melbourne 22 2 24 4 +27 22 **
NSW Cup Rd26
v Auckland
North Sydney OvalSat Sep 4, 5:00pm
LOSS 28-32
Itula, Pettyborne and Stapleton were out. Nightingale started at prop, Johnston played fullback, and Tuki Jackson and Brendan Barnes started on the wings. The bench was Field, Zreika, Hawkins and McLean.
10 min 0-4
12 min 0-10
18 min 0-16
25 min 4-16
40 min 8-16
50 min 8-22
55 min 14-22
58 min 18-22
60 min 24-22
64 min 24-28
66 min 24-32
69 min 28-32
Jackson 3, Paea, D Apps, Johnston tries
Hogan 1 from 5, Tawha 1 from 1 goals
Other NSW Cup Matches
14-12 Leic Balm-Ryde b Wntwrthvll
24-18 Hens Newtown b Cronulla
35-28 Wyng Shllhrbr b C Coast
44-22 Camp Wests b Windsor
66-12 Olym Canterbury b Melbourne
W D L Diff PT
CANTERBURY 20 - 5 +359 40
BALMAIN-RYDE 20 - 5 +215 40
NEWTOWN 19 1 5 +133 39
WINDSOR 15 2 8 +168 32
WESTS 15 1 9 +113 31
WENTWORTHVILE 12 1 12 +75 25
MELBOURNE 11 - 14 -100 22
CRONULLA 8 1 16 +15 17
Auckland 8 - 17 -205 16
Shellharbour 7 - 18 -190 14
Central Coast 7 - 18 -190 14
Norths 5 - 20 -393 10