Stadium Stadium
Mon Apr 18, 7:00pm
Late Changes
No changes.
LOSS 0-16
A display that can only be described as two heavyweight fighters going blow-for-blow for 12 rounds, the Rabbitohs went down 16-nil to the St George Illawarra Dragons tonight in a performance that did not reflect the final score line. Despite the 16-point deficit, the game was narrowly won by the Dragons with very little separating the teams at full time. The Rabbitohs were gallant in defeat in front of 22,771 Members and supporters with the Rabbitohs stoutly defending their line and threatening to break the Dragons’ defence open on numerous occasions. The Rabbitohs started the game full of enthusiasm which was demonstrated in their defence. The Rabbitohs were quick off their line and solid in their hits, seemingly catching the reigning premiers unawares. In the ninth minute of play, Rabbitohs second rower Dave Tyrrell breached the Dragons’ defence, reaching out at full stretch to put the ball down on the goal line, or so it seemed. The video referee deemed that Tyrrell had grounded the ball short of the line, and the Dragons were able to defend the set and stop the score. In the 12th minute of play, the Dragons scored the only points of the first half through a Jamie Soward penalty goal. Two penalties prior to that had given the Dragons a piggyback out of their own end, setting up the position for the shot at two points. The Rabbitohs had a couple of promising try scoring opportunities in the first half but poor handling meant the points went begging. The Rabbitohs defence in that first half was the highlight, keeping the Dragons tryless for the first forty minutes. The Rabbitohs were under attack in the opening fifteen minutes of the half but sensational goal line defence, something which has evaded the Rabbitohs in recent times, saw the Rabbitohs hold out three Dragons’ attacking raids. Then it was the Dragons’ turn to defend their own line and they did so as stoutly as the Rabbitohs had previously. The Rabbitohs had a golden opportunity to score with 63rd minute of play, only to see the ball kicked over the dead ball line on the first tackle. It wasn’t until the 67th minute of play that either side was able to cross the opposition’s goal line with Dragons fullback Darius Boyd scoring after a long break from centre Matt Cooper. Soward converted to give the Dragons an unassailable eight-point lead. Five minutes later the Dragons scored again through centre Mark Gasnier, and Soward’s conversion plus another penalty goal late in the game gave the Dragons their 16 points. The Rabbitohs never gave up and fought right until the death. Their defence was outstanding and is not reflected by the 16 points scored by their opposition tonight. If a few more passes stuck then tonight’s game would have been a different story. Head Coach John Lang said: “In the end they were better than us. We had our opportunities but couldn’t get get the points on the board. “It was a really good effort and I thought out attack was outstanding despite not scoring. “Chris Sandow was sharp in attack and his defence was good.”
no tries
no goals
Crowd 22,771
Referee J.Maxwell / A.Shortall
Penalities 6-8
Scrums 2-4
Other FG Matches
34-14 StAu Canterbury b Parramatta
20-14 Robi Gold Coast b Wests-Tig
20-10 Brok Manly b Warriors
24-6 Gosf Brisbane b Syd Roosters
26-18 Town Nth Qld b Canberra
24-20 NISC Newcastle b Cronulla
25-10 Penr Melbourne b Penrith
W D L B Diff PT
MELBOURNE 5 - 1 - +79 10
BRISBANE 5 - 1 - +57 10
ST GEO-ILL 5 - 1 - +51 10
NTH QLD 4 - 2 - +32 8
MANLY 4 - 2 - +27 8
CANTERBURY 4 - 2 - +10 8
NEWCASTLE 3 - 3 - +21 6
WESTS-TIG 3 - 3 - +8 6
Cronulla 2 - 4 - -8 4
Warriors 2 - 4 - -15 4
Syd Rstrs 2 - 4 - -16 4
Souths 2 - 4 - -44 4
Penrith 2 - 4 - -49 4
Gold Coast 2 - 4 - -46 4
Parramatta 2 - 4 - -78 4
Canberra 1 - 5 - -33 2
Judiciary News
No one has been charged out of the match.
U20 National Youth Toyota Cup - Round 6
v St George-Illawarra, 4:45pm
DRAW 22-22
Lat Changes - Lee Hang and Matthews are out, Jarrett starts second row, Haddrick and Brant added to the bench. In the Toyota Cup match, the South Sydney Rabbitohs let their lead slip in the 80th minute of the match, with the game against the St George Illawarra Dragons finishing in a 22-points all draw at ANZ Stadium. Noted try scorer and fullback James Roberts bagged a double to give the Rabbitohs a four-point lead late in the game, but the Dragons levelled the scores in the final seconds of the match.
13 min 6-0
20 min 6-6
6-10
6-14
40 min 12-14
16-14
22-14
76 min 22-18
80 min 22-22
Roberts 2, Sisifa, Haddrick tries
Roberts 3 from 4 goals
T G/A FG
Flbk - Roberts, James 2 3/4 -
Wing - Sisifa, David 1 - -
Cntr - Takapu, Arthur - - -
Cntr - Vale, Kieran - - -
Wing - Mecham, Liam - - -
5/8 - Place, Matt - - -
Half - Dowie, Shawn - - -
Prop - England, Scott - - -
Hook - Koroisau, Apisai - - -
Prop - Hull, Alex - - -
SRow - Jarrett, Brett - - -
SRow - Turner, Kyle - - -
Lock - Ha'angana, Adrian - - - (c)
Int - Tuiavii, Jordon - - -
Int - Brennan, Darryl - - -
Int - Haddrick, Luke 1 - -
Int - Bryant, Hamish - - -
4 3/4 -
Other NYC Matches
28-26 StAu Parramatta b Canterbury
14-14 Robi Gold Coast d Wests-Tig
30-18 Brok Warriors b Manly
32-8 Gosf Brisbane b Syd Roosters
42-12 Town Nth Qld b Canberra
42-30 NISC Cronulla b Newcastle
26-24 Penr Melbourne b Penrith
W D L B Diff PT
BRISBANE 5 - 1 - +120 10
WARRIORS 5 - 1 - +98 10
NTH QLD 5 - 1 - +66 10
MELBOURNE 5 - 1 - +50 10
CANBERRA 4 - 2 - +76 8
CRONULLA 4 - 2 - +15 8
CANTERBURY 3 - 3 - +51 6
NEWCASTLE 3 - 3 - 0 6
Souths 2 1 3 - -38 5
Syd Rstrs 2 1 3 - -52 5
Parramatta 2 - 4 - -4 4
Wests-Tig 1 2 3 - -20 4
Penrith 2 - 4 - -76 4
St Geo-Ill 1 1 4 - -74 3
Manly 1 - 5 - -53 2
Gold Coast - 1 5 - -164 1
NRL Club Championship
W D L B Diff Pts
BRISBANE 10 - 2 - +177 20
Melbourne 10 - 2 - +129 20
Nth Qld 9 - 3 - +98 18
Warriors 7 - 5 - +83 14
Canterbury 7 - 5 - +61 14
St Geo-Ill 6 1 5 - -23 13
Newcastle 6 - 6 - +23 12
Cronulla 6 - 6 - +7 12
Canberra 5 - 7 - +45 10
Wests-Tig 4 2 5 - -12 10
Manly 5 - 7 - -24 10
Syd Rstrs 4 1 7 - -68 9
Souths 4 1 7 - -82 9
Parramatta 3 - 8 - -77 8
Penrith 4 - 8 - -125 8
Gold Coast 2 1 9 - -210 5
Reserve Grade - NSW Cup Round 6
v Balmain Ryde-Eastwood, Leichhardt Oval, Sun Apr 17 3:00pm
LOSS 18-30
Late Changes Corrigan was replaced by Leslie in the centers. Namoa dropped off the bench. John Teaupa is in fact John Kaifoto who has had a name change. Bears open the scoring in the 15 minute mark after having all the possession and field position and crossed when Brendan McKinnon made a break from dummy half and set up Malcolm Webster. 6-nil. Tigers hit back 3 tries to take the lead 6-16 after 34 minutes Just before half time Bennett Leslie gets spear tackled and Norths get a penalty. When he gets up he appears to headbutt the Balmain-Ryde player and as a result gets sent-off, while the Balmain-Ryde player is also sin-binned. After the break possession was with Balmain-Ryde and they were able to make more use of it and crossed for a three more of tries. Taking the score out to 6-30. With 15 to go, Malcolm Webster puts a bomb up to the corner and Curtis Johnston bats it back to Kane Morgan who scores. 12-30 Then with 8 minutes left on clock Jason Clark barges over. 18-30 and thats how it ended at full-time.
15 min 6-0
24 min 6-6
28 min 6-12
35 min 6-16
42 min 6-20
51 min 6-26
58 min 6-30
67 min 12-30
72 min 18-30
39 min Sent Off Leslie, Bennett Headbutt
M.Webster, Morgan, Clark tries
Vaivai 3 from 3 goals
Final Line up
T G/A FG
Flbk - Morgan, Kane 1 - -
Wing - Johnston, Curtis - - -
Cntr - Vaivai, Junior - 3/3 -
Cntr - Leslie, Bennett - - -
Wing - Mansour, Josh - - -
5/8 - Florimo, Jay - - -
Half - Webster, Malcolm 1 - -
Prop - Burgess, George - - -
Hook - McKinnon, Brendan - - -
Prop - Areaiiti, Neccrom - - -
SRow - Apps, Deon - - - (c)
SRow - Ranieri, Alex - - -
Lock - Clark, Jason 1 - -
Int - Teaupa, John - - - (Kaifoto)
Int - Shearer, Jake - - -
Int - Webster, Dean - - -
Int - Molan, Brock - - -
3 3/3 -
Other NSW Cup Matches
32-26 Brok Manly b Windsor
44-18 Crst Canterbury b Wntwrthvll
28-18 Wyng Auckland b C Coast
20-10 Hens Cronulla b Newtown
W D L B Diff PT
CANTERBURY 5 - - 1 +88 12
AUCKLAND 5 - 1 - +76 10
CENTRAL COAST 4 - 2 - +55 8
CRONULLA 4 - 2 - +39 8
WENTWORTHVILLE 3 - 2 1 -2 8
BALMAIN-RYDE 2 - 3 1 +4 6
NEWTOWN 3 - 3 - -42 6
NORTHS 1 - 4 1 -12 4
Manly 1 - 4 1 -44 4
Wests 1 - 4 1 -78 4
Windsor 1 - 5 - -72 2
NSWRL U18 SG Ball - Round 9
v Parramatta, Cabramatta Oval, Sat Apr 16 2:30pm
LOSS 6-56
35 min 6-28
T.Phillips try
D.Walker goal
Other U18 Matches
28-16 Crst Canterbury b Illawarra
28-22 Penr Wstrn-Reds b Penrith
74-18 Freg Melbourne b C Coast
38-14 Hrst St George b WSyd Acdmy
36-12 Leic Wests b Balmain
36-20 Cess Newcastle b Manly
26-4 Seif Cronulla b Canberra
18-18 NSO Norths d Syd Roosters
W D L Diff PT
WESTS 8 - 1 +240 16
NEWCASTLE 8 - 1 +146 16
PARRAMATTA 7 - 2 +107 14
CANTERBURY 7 - 2 +77 16
ST GEORGE 6 - 3 +36 12
SYD ROOSTERS 5 1 3 +64 11
CRONULLA 5 - 4 +51 10
CANBERRA 5 - 4 +44 10
Penrith 5 - 4 +28 10
Balmain 5 - 4 -10 10
Illawarra 4 1 4 +8 9
Manly 4 - 5 +60 8
Western-Reds 3 - 6 -104 6
Melbourne 2 - 7 -27 4
Norths 1 2 6 -144 4
C Coast 2 - 7 -277 4
W Syd Academy 1 - 8 -137 2
Souths 1 - 8 -160 2
NSWRL U16 Matthews - Round 9
v Parramatta, 1:00pm
LOSS 18-24
30 min 12-14
C.Moreton, L.Donner, D.Doyle tries
A.Johnston 3 goals
Other U16 Matches
24-16 Crst Illawarra b Canterbury
16-6 Leic C Coast b SWSyd Acdmy
18-16 Hrst WSyd Acdmy b St George
24-16 Leic Wests b Balmain
16-8 Cess Newcastle b Manly
24-20 Seif Cronulla b Canberra
50-14 NSO Sydn Rstrs b Norths
W D L B Diff PT
ILLAWARRA 7 - 1 1 +268 16
PARRAMATTA 8 - 1 - +217 16
NEWCASTLE 6 - 2 1 +172 14
SOUTHS 7 - 2 - +102 14
SYD ROOSTERS 5 2 1 1 +88 14
WESTS 5 1 2 1 +40 13
CANTERBURY 6 - 3 - +99 12
PENRITH 4 1 3 1 +94 11
Manly 5 - 5 - 0 10
W Syd Academy 4 - 4 1 -14 10
Canberra 3 - 5 1 -11 8
C Coast 3 - 5 1 -81 8
Balmain 2 - 7 - -94 4
Cronulla 2 - 7 - -178 4
St George 1 1 8 - -158 3
SW Syd Academy - 1 7 1 -324 3
Norths 1 - 8 - -222 2