Stadium Stadium
Fri Apr 29, 7:30pm
Late Changes
Merritt starts fullback, Roberts on the wing.
WIN 31-12
The South Sydney Rabbitohs have broken a three-match losing streak with a resounding victory over the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks, 31 points to 12, at ANZ Stadium tonight (Friday). A fired-up, Rabbitohs-dominated crowd of 9,363 saw the Rabbitohs score 31 unanswered points to run down a fast-starting Sharks outfit. Halfback Chris Sandow scored two tries in a personal tally of 19 points to help the Rabbitohs to victory. The Rabbitohs made a solid start but it was the Sharks who made the most of the early going, scoring two tries in the first 25 minutes through hooker Paul Aiton and five-eighth Wade Graham to shoot out to a 12-nil lead. The Rabbitohs handling was poor and the players were, at times, ill-disciplined, giving the Sharks every opportunity to mount a big lead. In the 31st minute the Sharks missed a penalty goal attempt from practically in front, an error that Sharks skipper Paul Gallen said turned the match as his players head dropped before the half time break. The Rabbitohs capitalised on the mistake by the Sharks when left winger James Roberts scored his maiden first grade try. In the 32nd minute, centre Greg Inglis made a huge bust down the left hand side, charging 50 metres and drawing the fullback before offloading to Roberts who outpaced everyone to score. Sandows sideline conversion took the teams to the break at 12-6 in favour of the Sharks. The Rabbitohs started the second half in emphatic fashion with five-eighth John Sutton kicking a 40/20 on the back of the opening set of six. The Rabbitohs did not score on that set, but it gave them some much needed field position early in the half. Both sides dished out some heavy defence, before the Sharks spilled a bomb with Inglis recovering the ball, giving the Rabbitohs a repeat set of six. From the ensuing plays, Sutton drifted across to the left in front of the posts, with Dave Taylor straightening the play and charging over to score in the 46th minute of play. Sandow converted to level the scores at 12-all. The video referee denied the Sharks Ben Pomeroy a try after he knocked on over the line. Two minutes later in the 51st minute, Sandow snapped up a Wade Graham pass to race 40 metres to score the intercept try. He converted his own try to give his side a six-point advantage. The Sharks were then attacking the Rabbitohs line, but a one-on-one strip from Issac Luke gave the Rabbitohs the ball. The Rabbitohs had cut out the errors in their game in the second half and made their way back up the field on the back of their tireless forward pack, especially their interchange players. Sandow scored his second try in the 61st minute after he dummied before the line, opening up a yawning gap for him to stride through and score. He converted to give the Rabbitohs a 12-point lead. In the 67th minute Sandow slotted a field goal to give the men in red and green a 13-point lead. The Sharks mounted another wave of attack in the 74th minute, only to be denied when Tim Smith was deemed to have obstructed a Rabbitohs defender. In the 79th minute of play, Rabbitohs winger Nathan Merritt scored his 99th try in South Sydney colours after a clever tap-back inside from Sutton, and Sandows conversion took the score to 31 points to 12. Rabbitohs Head Coach John Lang paid the ultimate praise to three players in particular from his side. I thought Eddy Pettybourne, Shannan McPherson and Jason Clark were magnificent off the bench tonight, Coach Lang said. When they came on the field they turned the game. The South Sydney spirit is alive and well in those guys. They're all South Sydney juniors, and I tell you, that South Sydney spirit it running through those guys. Chris Sandow was terrific for us tonight and he won the man of the match award from the TV, but I thought Clarky was my man of the match. Chrissy is playing great football and we need him to keep going with that form. We need everyone to be playing at that level for the whole 80 minutes. If you only play for 60 minutes like we did tonight you wont beat many teams. But those guys brought energy to our team and it rubs off on you when youre out there. I'm just happy to have got the two points tonight.
Sandow 2, Roberts, Taylor, Merritt tries
Sandow 5 from 5 goals
Sandow fieldgoal
Crowd 9,263
Referee T.Archer / B.Suttor
Penalities 3-3
Scrums 4-9
Other FG Matches
20-12 Lang Brisbane b Canterbury
24-13 Robi Gold Coast b Syd Rstrs
42-12 MRSt Melbourne b Newcastle
22-20 Town Nth Qld b Manly
26-18 MtSm Warriors b Penrith
49-12 Bruc Wests-Tig b Canberra
30-0 Koga St Geo-Ill b Parramatta
W D L B Diff PT
ST GEO-ILL 7 - 1 - +95 14
BRISBANE 7 - 1 - +78 14
MELBOURNE 6 - 2 - +105 12
NTH QLD 6 - 2 - +52 12
MANLY 5 - 3 - +31 10
CANTERBURY 5 - 3 - +14 10
WESTS-TIG 4 - 4 - +32 8
NEWCASTLE 4 - 4 - +1 8
Warriors 4 - 4 - -3 8
Souths 3 - 5 - -37 6
Gold Coast 3 - 5 - -39 6
Parramatta 3 - 5 - -104 6
Syd Rstrs 2 - 6 - -41 4
Cronulla 2 - 6 - -45 4
Penrith 2 - 6 - -63 4
Canberra 1 - 7 - -80 2
Judiciary News
No one has been charged out of the match.
U20 National Youth Toyota Cup - Round 8
v Cronulla-Sutherland, 5:20pm
LOSS 16-46
Late changes - Lee Hang, Turner are out, Tongahi starts on the wing, Sisifa center, Haddrick and Hull second row, Takapu on the bench. In the Toyota Cup match, the South Sydney Rabbitohs fell to the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 46 points to 16 at ANZ Stadium. The Sharks were just too good for the Rabbitohs throughout the 80 minutes, leading 22-4 at the break.
4 min 0-6
16 min 0-12
30 min 0-18
40 min 4-22
43 min 10-22
52 min 10-28
65 min 10-34
68 min 10-40
75 min 16-40
77 min 16-46
Sisifa, Brennan, Phillips tries
Koroisau 2 from 3 goals
Final Line Up
T G/A FG
Flbk - Phillips, Tyrone 1 - -
Wing - Tonghai, Jordon - - -
Cntr - Sisifa, David 1 - -
Cntr - Vale, Kieran - - -
Wing - Mecham, Liam - - -
5/8 - Place, Matt - - -
Half - Dowie, Shawn - - -
Prop - Bryant, Hamish - - -
Hook - Brennan, Darryl 1 - -
Prop - Jarrett, Brett - - -
SRow - Haddrick, Hamish - - -
SRow - Hull, Alex - - -
Lock - Ha'angana, Adrian - - - (c)
Int - Takapu, Arthur - - -
Int - Koroisau, Apisai - 2/3 -
Int - Tuiavii, Jordon - - -
Int - Tolephoa, Joe - - -
3 2/3 -
Other NYC Matches
24-6 Lang Canterbury b Brisbane
30-10 Robi Syd Rstrs b Gold Coast
46-12 MRSt Melbourne b Newcastle
38-10 Town Nth Qld b Manly
56-26 MtSm Warriors b Penrith
37-31 Bruc Wests-Tig b Canberra
24-10 Koga St Geo-Ill b Parramatta
W D L B Diff PT
MELBOURNE 7 - 1 - +112 14
WARRIORS 6 - 2 - +98 12
NTH QLD 6 - 2 - +78 12
CRONULLA 6 - 2 - +61 12
CANTERBURY 5 - 3 - +91 10
BRISBANE 5 - 3 - +88 10
CANBERRA 4 - 3 - +80 10
WESTS-TIG 3 2 3 - - 8
Syd Rstrs 3 1 4 - -34 7
St Geo-Ill 3 1 4 - -58 7
Parramatta 3 - 5 - -16 6
Newcastle 3 - 5 - -42 6
Penrith 3 - 5 - -92 6
Souths 2 1 5 - -90 5
Manly 1 - 7 - -95 2
Gold Coast - 1 7 - -186 1
NRL Club Championship
W D L B Diff Pts
MELBOURNE 13 - 3 - +219 26
Brisbane 12 - 4 - +166 24
Nth Qld 12 - 4 - +130 24
Canterbury 10 - 6 - +105 20
Warriors 10 - 6 - +95 20
St Geo-Ill 10 1 5 - +37 19
Wests-Tig 7 2 6 - +32 16
Cronulla 8 - 8 - +16 16
Newcastle 7 - 9 - -41 14
Canberra 6 - 10 - +2 12
Manly 6 - 10 - -62 12
Parramatta 6 - 10 - -105 12
Syd Rstrs 5 1 10 - -75 11
Souths 5 1 10 - -127 11
Penrith 5 - 11 - -155 10
Gold Coast 3 1 12 - -225 7
Reserve Grade - NSW Cup Round 8
v Western Suburbs, North Sydney Oval, Sun May 1 3:00pm
WIN 30-20
Late changes - Vaivai, D.Webster and Johnston were out. Leslie starts centre, Mansour wing, Morgan and Teaupa on the bench. Bears start the scoring when Talanoa scoots from dummy half and makes a break. He passes to Wesser who passes it to Webster to score. 6-0. Wests hit back. 6-4. Then Falloon passes to Florimo who scores. 12-4. Webster makes a break and sets up Falloon who is in support. 18-4 and its halftime. After the breaks lovelyWebster short ball for Apps who crashes over. 24-4. Falloon makes a run for dummy half and draws the defence before passing to Shearer who strolls over. 30-4. Kane Morgan was helped off injured late in the second half. Reports are that he requires a knee reconstruction and will be out for the rest of the season. However the Bears go to sleep in the last 25 minutes and let Wests in for 3 tries. Final scores 30-20.
6-0
6-4
12-4
40 min 18-4
24-4
30-4
55 min 30-10
30-14
30-20
Shearer, M.Webster, D.Apps, Falloon, Florimo tries
M.Webster 5 from 5 goals
Final Line up
T G/A FG
Flbk - Wesser, Rhys - - -
Wing - Talanoa, Fetuli - - -
Cntr - Leslie, Bennett - - -
Cntr - Corrigan, Shaune - - -
Wing - Mansour, Josh - - -
5/8 - Florimo, Jay 1 - -
Half - Webster, Malcolm 1 5/5 -
Prop - Burgess, George - - -
Hook - Falloon, Beau 1 - -
Prop - Areaiiti, Neccrom - - -
SRow - Apps, Deon 1 - - (c)
SRow - Molan, Brock - - -
Lock - Judd, Blake - - -
Int - Morgan, Kane - - -
Int - Shearer, Jake 1 - -
Int - Ranieri, Alex - - -
Int - Teaupa, John - - - (Kaifoto)
5 5/5 -
Other NSW Cup Matches
50-24 MtSm Auckland b Canterbury
26-6 Leic Cronulla b Balm-Ryde
48-12 Brok Newtown b Manly
20-20 Wind Windsor d C Coast
W D L B Diff PT
AUCKLAND 7 - 1 - +132 14
CANTERBURY 6 - 1 1 +100 14
CRONULLA 6 - 2 - +87 12
CENTRAL COAST 5 1 2 - +59 11
NEWTOWN 5 - 3 - +16 10
WENTWORTHVILLE 3 - 3 2 -30 10
NORTHS 2 - 4 2 -2 8
BALMAIN-RYDE 2 - 5 1 -38 6
Manly 1 - 6 1 -84 4
Wests 1 - 6 1 -108 4
Windsor 1 1 6 - -110 3
NSWRL U18 SG Ball - Semi Finals
38-26 SMry (2v3) Newcastle b Parramatta 52-6 SMry (4v1) Canterbury b Canberra
NSWRL U16 Matthews - Semi Finals
(4v1) v Illawarra Steelers, St Mary's Stadium, Sat Apr 30 10:30am
LOSS 16-24
J.Addo 2, D.Allende, A.Fonua-Blake tries no goals Other U16 Match 25-24 SMry (2v3) Canterbury b Newcastle