Stadium Australia
Sun Jul 8, 2:00pm
This Weeks Cyberview from the Hill Late Changes
King has returned to left center. Pettybourne on the bench. Hunt, Corrigan, Lowe have dropped out of the team. Tyrrell was 18th man. Crocker was captain.
WIN 34-14
The South Sydney Rabbitohs have registered their tenth victory of the season with resounding 34 points to 14 win over the Newcastle Knights at ANZ Stadium today (Sunday). The Rabbitohs ran in six tries to three in front of 16,104 Members and supporters and home today, taking them to 24 competition points with eight games remaining this season. The Rabbitohs opened the scoring in the seventh minute when Dylan Farrell touched down for his four-pointer. On the back of a repeat set and some prolific charges up the middle from Luke and Sam Burgess, the Rabbitohs swung the ball to the right, setting Dylan up for the score. Halfback Adam Reynolds converted to take the score to six-nil. The Rabbitohs continued to pile the pressure on the visitors with some stampeding runs up the middle of the ruck and and an accurate kicking game. The pressure paid dividends with five-eighth John Sutton crossing for a try in the 13th minute. A massive break was made by Sam Burgess, followed by a pin point cross field kick by Reynolds. Fullback Greg inglis tapped the ball back to Sutton who strolled over to score. Reynolds converted to make the deficit 12. An error from the kick off gave the Knights some much needed field position, and they made the most of the opportunity when winger Akuila Uate crossed for the first of his two tries, scored in the right hand corner, making the conversion attempt very difficult. It was waved away, reducing the deficit to eight. Four minutes later, Hunter Valley-product Andrew Everingham scored his 11th try of the season. A bust by Luke Burgess up the middle again made space for Inglis, who in turn offloaded to captain Michael Crocker. The ball made it's way to Sutton who put up the bomb, with the ball ending up in the grasp of Reynolds. Reynolds spotted an open Everingham out wide on the right, putting in the perfect cross field kick for the winger to score in the corner. The conversion attempt hit the uprights and bounced away, restoring the 12-point difference. The video referee denied the Knights a try in the 23rd minute following an illegal strip of the ball. The Rabbitohs took advantage straight away with Issac Luke crossing one minute later right underneath the black dot. This time it was Jason Clark who made the bust up the middle of the ruck, finding Crocker who then found Luke, putting him away under the posts. Reynolds converted taking the lead out to 22-4 before the break. With three minutes left in the game, Newcastle second rower Chris Houston scored, beating a tackle to get over for the try, with halfback Tyrone Roberts converting to take the scores to 22-10 at the half time break. The Rabbitohs started the second half the way they played in the first, with the youngest of the Burgess', George, making a huge run from a drop out, carrying four tacklers on his back over 15 metres. It took until the 54th minute for the Rabbitohs to post more points, this time through replacement forward Nathan Peats. A second-man play from Issac Luke found Peats who ran through a big hole in the defence to score. Reynolds converted again to take the scores to 28-10 in favour of the red and greens. Four minutes later second rower Chris McQueen scored an unusual try coming off the back of a grubber kick from Sutton. McQueen chased through on Uate who had cleaned up the ball in the in-goal, and in the act of making the tackle he stripped the ball one-on-one, touching down to score. The video referee ruled he was onside and the four-pointer would stand. Reynolds added the extras to take lead to 34-10. Uate scored his second try in the 67th minute, diving over in the right corner, reducing the deficit to 20 with only 13 minutes left on the clock. The Rabbitohs then began to dish out some heavy defence. Sam Burgess nailed rookie Knights forward Kyle O'Donnell, a head clash knocking the young man senseless. Two minutes later birthday boy Dave Taylor smashed Knights winger James McManus, signalling the Rabbitohs intention to close out the match and move to 24 competition points in the process. The final score of 34-14 in favour of the men in cardinal and myrtle could have been much more, with a number of chances going begging through poor handling and missed final passes. The Rabbitohs, however, did the job asked of them by their Members, as they prepare to take on the Sydney Roosters next Monday night at Allianz Stadium at 7pm. Rabbitohs Head Coach Michael Maguire wass pleased with the result and the performance of his players. "Each individual is turning up and doing their job, and that is what this team is about," he said. "We're doing that at the moment which is the pleasing thing." Knights Head Coach Wayne Bennett was succinct in his praise of the victors today. "They were too big and too strong for us. Too good," Bennett said in the post-match media conference. "South Sydney is one of the top teams in the competition. They play as good as anyone on their day."
7 min 6-0
13 min 12-0
16 min 12-4
19 min 16-4
24 min 22-4
37 min 22-10
54 min 28-10
58 min 34-10
68 min 34-14
Farrell, Sutton, Everingham, Luke, Peats, McQueen tries
Reynolds 5 from 6 goals
Crowd 16,104
Referee A.Klien / B.Suttor
Penalities 5-1
Scrums 3-6
Min Tac Pe MT LB HU DR m Er OL K TA
Inglis 80 2 - - - 12 - 129 2 2 - 1
Merritt.N 80 - - - - 10 1 57 - - - -
King 80 14 - 2 - 13 1 102 1 - 1 -
Farrell 80 34 - 4 1 4 1 36 1 - - -
Everingham 80 4 - 1 1 13 4 129 - - - -
Sutton 80 22 - 2 - 16 - 111 - 1 8 -
Reynolds 80 29 - 2 - 8 1 104 - 2 14 2
Burgess.L 44 19 - 2 - 11 - 106 2 1 - -
Luke 63 24 - 2 - 19 13 146 1 2 - 1
Burgess.S 52 21 - 4 2 13 - 155 - 2 1 -
McQueen 80 31 - 1 - 9 - 53 2 - - -
Taylor 50 23 - 3 2 16 - 137 1 1 - 1
Crocker 59 30 1 4 2 13 - 113 - - - 1
Clark 36 13 - 1 - 14 - 104 - 1 - -
Peats 38 20 - 2 1 9 4 68 - - - -
Burgess.G 22 18 - 2 - 8 - 71 - 1 - -
Pettybourne 36 12 - - - 7 - 59 1 1 - -
TOTAL 316 1 32 9 1682 11 14 24 6
Completion Rate 28/38 74%
Effective 1st Tackles
1 min 57m Reynolds kick COF 38m / SS P (Crocker)
7 min 0m Nw Err / P / TRY
9 min 0m Reynolds kick Reynolds kick CIG
10 min 30m Reynolds kick DIG
13 min 0m Nw Err / Reynolds kick TRY
14 min 95m SS Err (LBurgess) SCR / (Nw TRY)
19 min 0m Sutton kick Reynolds kick TRY
21 min 32m Reynolds kick
24 min 0m P / TRY
26 min 20m Sutton kick
28 min 54m SS Err (Luke) SCR
30 min 29m Nw Err SCR / Reynolds kick
31 min 85m SS Err (Pettybourne)
32 min 29m Nw Err / Farrell kick COF
34 min 30m Reynolds kick
36 min 74m DO / (Nw TRY)
39 min 31m Sutton kick COF
half time
42 min 0m P / Reynolds kick CIG
43 min 20m P / SS Err (McQueen) SCR
45 min 26m Reynolds kick
47 min 15m SS Err (McQueen)
49 min 14m SCR / Reynolds kick
50 min 7m Reynolds kick
53 min 0m Nw Err SCR / TRY
55 min 65m SS Err (King) SCR
57 min 0m Nw Err / SS NO TRY / Sutton kick TRY
60 min 6m Sutton kick / SBurgess kick
62 min 17m Sutton kick
64 min 37m SS Err (inglis) SCR
66 min 60m SO / (Nw TRY)
68 min 17m Nw Err / SS Err (LBurgess) SCR
70 min 18m P / SS Err (Taylor)
72 min 43m SS Err (Sutton)
76 min 35m Sutton kick
77 min 0m Sutton kick CIG
79 min 22m SS Err (Inglis) SCR
Average effective 1st tackle location
- 26.9m - for the whole match
- 33.3m - 1st half
- 21.2m - 2nd half
If you now remove the tries
- 43.5m - 1st half
- 23.6m - 2nd half
Other FG Matches
32-20 SFS Canterbury b Wests-Tig
40-12 MRSt Canberra b Melbourne
32-14 Robi Warriors b Gold Coast
40-24 Brok Manly b Parramatta
14-14 Ende Cronulla d Sydney
W D L B Diff PT
MELBOURNE 12 - 4 2 +149 28
CANTERBURY 11 - 5 2 +128 26
CRONULLA 10 1 5 2 +29 25
BRISBANE 10 - 6 2 +84 24
MANLY 10 - 6 2 +67 24
SOUTHS 10 - 6 2 +53 24
NTH QLD 8 - 8 2 +79 22
WARRIORS 8 - 8 2 +34 20
Wests-Tigers 8 - 8 2 -4 20
St Geo-Ill 7 - 9 2 -44 18
Canberra 7 - 9 2 -57 18
Sydney 6 1 9 2 -120 17
Gold Coast 6 - 10 2 -38 16
Newcastle 6 - 10 2 -65 16
Penrith 4 - 12 2 -130 12
Parramatta 3 - 13 2 -177 10
Judiciary News
No one was placed on report.
NYC U20 Round 18
v Newcastle
Sun Jul 8, 11:45am
WIN 24-16
Late Changes. James Roberts played wing replacing Walker. Mathews moved to five-eighth with Sisifa playing second row. An explosive five minute period in the second half has helped the Rabbitohs Toyota Cup side dispatch a plucky Newcastle outfit at ANZ Stadium today (Sunday the 8th July). The Rabbitohs leapfrog the Knights into 7th spot with the solid, if unspectacular win. There was one change to the starting squad with James Roberts replacing Dylan Walker in the side at five-eighth. The Rabbitohs started the brightest and were able to cross in an early attacking raid in just the sixth minute. With the Knights camped on their line James Robert shaped to pass before stepping inside, palming off a defender and strolling over the try line. Apisai Koroisau converted from the left side for an early 6-0 lead. The next scoring play came after 15 minutes when Newcastle prop Paterkia Vaivai easily bumped off four South Sydney defenders to cross just to the left of the posts. William Smith converted to draw level 6-6. Just four minutes later Rabbitohs fullback Tyrone Phillips spilled a huge bomb and from the ensuing scrum the Knights scored through Chanel Mata'utai on the left wing. William Smith's conversion was short but Newcastle led 10-6. Tyrone Phillips soon made amends with some excellent work at fullback including a fantastic 40 metre sideline run when he appeared to be cornered in-goal. The end of the second half was a great defensive battle with neither team gaining much ascendancy. The score remained 10-6 at the break. Both teams started the second half in a somewhat lethargic manner with very few attacking opportunities to either side. Both teams were guilty of ill discipline and poor handling early on. The Rabbitohs were the first to have a decent opportunity in the half when Jordan Heyer made a break down the left side in the 53rd minute. He couldn't find a support runner but the Knights were offside from the following play. Unfortunately the Rabbitohs couldn't capitalise on the golden opportunity when Jordan Tuiavii spilled it 10 metres out. Tuiavii was granted the chance to make up for his error 10 minutes later and he made no mistake, steamrolling two defenders on the line to score and give the Rabbitohs a 12-10 lead. A couple of minutes later Brad Croad made a superb break and held up Knights fullback Kurt Mann superbly and offloaded to Apisai Koroisau. Koroisau juggled the pass but was able to hold onto it for a great try. Koroisau converted his own try to extend the lead to 18-10. Jesse Roberts then added the Rabbitohs third try in five minutes and the contest was effectively over. His 68th minute try and Koroisau's fourth conversion from four attempt gave the home side a 24-10 lead. Chanel Mata'utai crossed for a late try but the damage had been done and South Sydney ran out winners 24-16.
5 min 6-0
16 min 6-6
20 min 6-10
63 min 12-10
66 min 18-10
69 min 24-10
75 min 24-16
James Roberts, Tuiavii, Koroisau, Jess Roberts tries
Koroisau 4 from 4 goals
Other NYC Matches
22-16 SFS Canterbury b Wests-Tig
34-30 MRSt Melbourne b Canberra
38-22 Robi Warriors b Gold Coast
24-22 Brok Manly b Parramatta
14-14 Ende Cronulla d Sydney
W D L B Diff PT
PENRITH 12 1 3 2 +120 29
WARRIORS 11 1 4 2 +142 27
CANBERRA 11 - 5 2 +151 26
CANTERBURY 10 1 5 2 +158 25
WESTS-TIGERS 10 - 6 2 +159 24
SYDNEY 9 2 5 2 +112 24
SOUTHS 9 1 6 2 +48 23
NEWCASTLE 8 1 7 2 +95 21
Cronulla 7 2 7 2 -37 20
St Geo-Ill 7 1 8 2 +9 19
Melbourne 6 2 8 2 -87 18
Brisbane 6 - 10 2 -95 16
Parramatta 5 - 11 2 -128 14
Nth Qld 4 2 10 2 -141 14
Gold Coast 3 - 14 2 -207 10
Manly 2 2 12 2 -270 10
Club Championship
W D L B Diff PT
CANTERBURY 21 1 10 4 +283 51
Warriors 19 1 12 4 +168 47
Souths 19 1 12 4 +99 47
Melbourne 16 2 12 4 +70 46
Cronulla 17 3 12 4 +2 45
Wests-Tigers 18 - 14 4 +145 44
Canberra 18 - 14 4 +84 44
Penrith 16 1 15 4 +10 41
Sydney 15 3 14 4 -8 41
Brisbane 16 - 16 4 +1 40
Newcastle 14 1 17 4 +24 37
St Geo-Ill 14 1 17 4 -37 37
Nth Qld 13 2 17 4 -62 36
Manly 12 2 17 4 -195 32
Gold Coast 9 - 23 4 -243 26
Parramatta 8 - 24 4 -313 24
NSW Cup Round 18
v Illawarra, Wollongong
Sat Jul 7, 3:00pm
LOSS 20-38
Late Changes Hunt started five eighth. Hawkins moved to the wing replacing Centrone. Corrigan played center with Talanoa playing fullback replacing James Roberts. Geddess started prop, Lowe started second row and Starling started lock. Nichols and Molan dropped back to the bench. Hyde and Wilson dropped off the bench. South Sydney Rabbitohs feeder Club, the North Sydney Bears, have fallen to the Illawarra Cutters in round 18 of the NSW Cup. The in-form Cutters secured their fifth consecutive victory while the Bears have now lost three straight. Josh Starling had scored the first try of the game for the Bears in just the sixth minute before the Cutters levelled four minutes later through Jarred Allen. Curtis Johnston regained the lead with one of his two tries before a dominant period in which Illawarra scored 26 unanswered points. The Bears trailed 32 points to 12 at half time but were unable to claw their way back into the game eventually falling 38-20.
6 min 6-0
10 min 6-6
15 min 12-6
20 min 12-12
26 min 12-18
34 min 12-24
39 min 12-30
40 min 12-32
55 min 16-32
71 min 16-38
79 min 20-38
Johnston 2, Starling, Nichols tries
Hunt 2 from 4 goals
Other NSW Cup Matches
22-18 MSm2 Auckland b Newtown
50-18 Lidc Canterbury b Windsor
42-6 Ring Wntwrthvill b Cronulla
38-36 MtPr Balm-Ryde b Mt Pritchrd
44-12 NSG2 Newcastle b Manly
W D L B Diff PT
CANTERBURY 12 1 4 1 +305 27
WINDSOR 11 - 5 2 +172 26
NORTHS 10 - 6 2 +102 24
WENTWORTHVILLE 9 - 7 2 +148 22
NEWCASTLE 9 - 7 1 +137 22
NEWTOWN 9 - 8 1 +81 20
AUCKLAND 9 - 8 1 +28 20
BALMIAN-RYDE 9 - 8 1 +17 20
Illawarra 8 1 8 1 +114 19
Mt Pritchard 7 - 9 2 -29 18
Cronulla 8 - 9 1 -147 18
Manly 6 - 11 1 -162 15
Wests - - 16 2 -738 4