Graham Park, Gosford
Fri Aug 10, 7:30pm
This Weeks Cyberview from the Hill Late Changes
Late Changes Asotasi dropped off the bench. Crocker was captain. Corrigan was 18th man.
LOSS 6-23
The South Sydney Rabbitohs have fallen to their first defeat in seven weeks, going down 23 points to six to the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles at Gosford's Bluetongue Stadium. A crowd of 17,947 braved atrocious weather conditions on the Central Coast tonight to see Manly run in five tries to one. The Rabbitohs struck first in just the fourth minute of play when prop forward Sam Burgess crashed over for the first four-pointer of the game. Running into a vicious headwind, halfback Adam Reynolds put in a crossfield kick which saw second rower Chris McQueen tap the ball back to safety. The ball ended up with Burgess who scored adjacent to the uprights. Reynolds converted to give the Rabbitohs a six-nil lead. The Sea Eagles struck back straight away when centre Dean Whare scored in the seventh minute. Five-eighth Kieran Foran found fullback Brett Stewart looping around the back, who turn put Whare away down the left hand touchline to score. The Rabbitohs were defending well and Manly were blowing some attacking opportunities with poor handling, but neither side could grab the game by the scruff of the neck. It was not until the 34th minute of the match that the next points would be posted when Manly winger Jorge Taufua scored in the left corner. The Sea Eagles seemed to have found an area which they could exploit and they would continue to do so throughout the match. Seconds from half time, Manly halfback Daly Cherry-Evans kicked a short range field goal to extend the lead to the unusual scoreline of 9-6 at the break. The Rabbitohs continued to defend desperately in the second half, with Manly continuing to make metres out wide and big second rower Tony Williams making metres on the fringes of the ruck. The pressure paid off when Jorge Taufua scored his second try for the night, again in the left hand corner. In the 71st minute the Sea Eagles scored in the opposite corner through David Williams after some good work from centre Jamie Lyon, taking the score out to 17-6 in favour of the visitors. Dropped ball was hurting the Rabbitohs in the second half, and despite having pulled off some amazing last minute comebacks in the past, the Rabbitosh did not seem to have it in them to trouble the Manly side's defence after the fourth minute of play. To rub salt into the wound, Manly hooker Matt Ballin scored in the final minute, with Jamie Lyon's only conversion taking the score to 23-6. The Rabbitohs fought hard throughout the entire 80 minutes, but the Sea Eagles played at an intensity that the men in red and green could not match for the entire match.
3 min 6-0
6 min 6-4
34 min 6-8
40 min 6-9
51 min 6-13
71 min 6-17
80 min 6-23
SBurgess tries
Reynolds 1 from 1 goals
Crowd 17,947
Referee B.Cummins / P.Haines
Penalities 5-2 (1-0 Scrum Penalties)
Scrums 13-6
Min Tac Pe MT LB HU DR m Er OL K TA
Merritt.N 80 2 - - - 12 - 97 - 1 1 -
Hunt 80 5 - 1 - 13 4 82 - - - -
King 80 16 - 6 - 7 1 54 1 - - -
Farrell 80 22 - 3 - 4 - 31 1 - - -
Everingham 80 7 - 4 - 12 2 90 3 1 - -
Sutton 80 16 - 2 - 12 1 84 - - 4 -
Reynolds 80 18 - - 1 2 - 34 1 - 17 1
Burgess.L 33 14 - - - 9 - 68 - - - -
Peats 53 29 1 2 - 9 8 70 - - - -
Burgess.S 72 32 - - - 15 - 106 - 2 - -
McQueen 76 29 - - - 12 - 76 1 - - -
Taylor 62 26 - 2 - 13 - 105 3 3 1 -
Crocker 39 23 - 1 - 7 - 40 - - - -
Clark 24 10 - 1 - 2 - 19 - - - -
Lowe 44 28 1 1 - 7 - 50 - - - -
Pettybourne 35 5 - - - 8 - 65 - - - -
Luke 43 21 - 2 - 6 5 63 1 2 - -
TOTAL 303 2 25 1 1134 11 9 23 1
Completion Rate 25/36 69%
Effective 1st Tackles
3 min 0m MW Err SCR / P / Reynolds kick
5 min 40m Reynolds kick COF / (MW TRY)
10 min 42m MW Err SCR Reynolds kick 2m / SS P (Peats)
13 min 13m Reynolds kick
15 min 30m Reynolds kick COF
17 min 66m P / SS Err (Taylor)
19 min 2m MW Err SCR / Reynolds kick
20 min 0m MW Err / P / Reynolds kick CIG
22 min 50m Reynolds kick / SS Err (Everingham)
24 min 17m MW Err SCR / Sutton kick COF
27 min 6m MW Err SCR / Sutton kick Merritt kick
29 min 21m Reynolds kick SCR
31 min 11m Reynolds kick COF
32 min 75m SCR SS Err (Farrell) SCR / (MW TRY)
35 min 17m MW Err SCR P / Reynolds kick
39 min 78m DO / (MW FIELDGOAL)
half time
41 min 8m Sutton kick COF
42 min 10m Reynolds kick
45 min 68m SCR / SS Err (Luke)
47 min 21m P / P / Reynolds kick SCR
49 min 69m MW Err SCR / SS Err (Hunt) SCR / (MW TRY)
54 min 34m SS Err (Reynolds)
57 min 18m MW Err SCR / SS Err (Everingham) SCR
60 min 4m SCR / Reynolds kick
61 min 28m Taylor kick DIG
63 min 43m Reynolds kick COF
65 min 13m Sutton kick
67 min 15m Reynolds kick
69 min 45m SS Err (Taylor) SCR / (MW TRY)
74 min 55m SCR / SS Err (McQueen)
76 min 16m Reynolds kick
78 min 80m SCR / SS P (Taylor) 50m / SS Err (Lowe) / (MW TRY)
Average effective 1st tackle location
- 31.1m - for the whole match
- 29.3m - 1st half
- 32.9m - 2nd half
If you now remove the tries
- 31.2m - 1st half
- 32.9m - 2nd half
Other FG Matches
24-16 MRSt Melbourne b Gold Coast
36-22 Parr Parramatta b Sydney
22-12 SFS Wests-Tig b St Geo-Ill
52-12 Town Nth Qld b Warriors
20-10 Penr Canberra b Penrith
22-14 StAu Canterbury b Brisbane
26-4 Hunt Newcastle b Cronulla
W D L B Diff PT
CANTERBURY 16 - 5 2 +194 36
MELBOURNE 14 - 7 2 +195 32
SOUTHS 14 - 7 2 +90 32
MANLY 13 - 8 2 +54 30
NTH QLD 11 - 10 2 +120 28
CRONULLA 11 1 9 2 +7 27
BRISBANE 11 - 10 2 +38 26
WESTS-TIGERS 11 - 10 2 0 26
Newcastle 10 - 11 2 +2 24
Canberra 10 - 11 2 -43 24
Gold Coast 9 - 12 2 -14 22
St Geo-Ill 9 - 12 2 -76 22
Warriors 8 - 13 2 -58 20
Sydney 7 1 13 2 -151 19
Parramatta 6 - 15 2 -172 16
Penrith 6 - 15 2 -175 16
Judiciary News
No one was placed on report.
NYC U20 Round 23
v Manly-Warringah
Fri Aug 10, 5:15pm
WIN 18-14
Late Changes Jarrett started at hooker and McInnes started on the bench. The Rabbitohs Toyota Cup side have outlasted a brave Manly 18-14 in horrible conditions at Bluetongue Stadium. Centre Jordan Tongahai opened up the scoring when Luke Keary cleverly put him through a gap on the left side of the field. Koroisau converted for a 6-0 lead after just 5 minutes. Both teams battled in the wind in the first half and despite good handling from both sides, few decent attacking opportunities were created. Manly had the better of field position and the Rabbitohs scored off only their second time inside the Manly 20m through Hamish Bryant. With nothing much on in the 23rd minute, Bryant bulldozed his way over just right of the posts, Koroisau converted to extend the lead to 12-0. Manly struggled to put pressure on the Rabbitohs finding the conditions difficult to kick in and couldn't cross until the 32nd minute when xx was the beneficiary of a great longball from Josh Drinkwater. Drinkwater missed the conversion in the huge breeze and the score remained 12-4. As the rain and wind started to get heavier Manly capitalised and they soon had their second as Kayse Greer touched down in the shadows of half-time. Drinkwater was again given little chance of converted with a strong breeze blowing in his face and the scores remained 12-8 into the break. Manly made the best of the early stages of the second half and had a great chance when Kayne Greer scooted away but Tyrone Phillips chased him 70m and forced the ball loose. Manly failed to capitalise until the 63rd minute when Joseph Napoletano barged his way over to tie the scores. Drinkwater was again faced with a tough kick but put it over for a 14-12 lead. With the game creeping inside the final 10 minutes the Rabbitohs needed some heroics and it was Captain Luke Keary who provided just that. The halfback had been elusive in the wet all night and slipped through a couple of defenders to score out wide and regain the lead 16-14. Koroisau's conversion went at right angles in the wind and was waved away. With four minutes remaining Jesse Roberts, who was fantastic all night, nearly sprinted away to seal it but was eventually dragged down. The Rabbitohs shut Manly out for the remainder and with second remaining Apisai Koroisau slotted a penalty to extend the final margin out to 18-14. Penalty to rabbitohs 1 minute to go. game over.
4 min 6-0
23 min 12-0
33 min 12-4
39 min 12-8
60 min 12-14
69 min 16-14
78 min 18-14
Tongahai, Bryant, Keary tries
Koroisau 3 from 4 goals
Other NYC Matches
20-14 MRSt Melbourne b Gold Coast
42-12 Parr Sydney b Parramatta
10-6 SFS Wests-Tig b St Geo-Ill
32-28 Town Nth Qld b Warriors
28-22 Penr Canberra b Penrith
38-32 StAu Canterbury b Brisbane
44-24 Hunt Newcastle b Cronulla
W D L B Diff PT
CANBERRA 15 - 6 2 +191 34
CANTERBURY 14 1 6 2 +208 33
WARRIORS 14 1 6 2 +154 33
WESTS-TIGERS 14 - 7 2 +184 32
PENRITH 13 1 7 2 +119 31
SYDNEY 12 2 7 2 +132 30
SOUTHS 12 1 8 2 +84 29
ST GEO-ILL 11 1 9 2 +73 27
Cronulla 10 2 9 2 -45 26
Melbourne 10 2 9 2 -65 26
Newcastle 9 1 11 2 +100 23
Brisbane 7 - 14 2 -128 18
Nth Qld 6 2 13 2 -167 18
Parramatta 5 - 16 2 -198 14
Manly 4 2 15 2 -317 14
Gold Coast 4 - 18 2 -276 12
Club Championship
W D L B Diff PT
CANTERBURY 30 1 11 4 +397 69
Souths 26 1 15 4 +174 61
Wests-Tigers 25 - 17 4 +164 58
Canberra 25 - 17 4 +138 58
Melbourne 22 2 16 4 +122 58
Warriors 22 1 19 4 +90 53
Cronulla 21 3 18 4 -26 53
St Geo-Ill 20 1 21 4 -9 49
Sydney 19 3 20 4 -20 49
Newcastle 19 1 22 4 +80 47
Nth Qld 18 2 22 4 -49 46
Penrith 19 1 22 4 -37 45
Brisbane 18 - 24 4 -78 44
Manly 17 2 23 4 -253 42
Gold Coast 13 - 29 4 -288 34
Parramatta 11 - 31 4 -346 30
NSW Cup Round 23
v Newtown, North Sydney Oval
Fri Aug 10, 7:00pm
DRAW 16-16
Asotasi was a late inclusion with Areaiiti dropping to the bench. Hyde replaced Johnston on the wing. North Sydney won the Frank Hyde Shield despite the draw against Newtown. In cold, windy conditions both teams fought it out at North Sydney oval in a tough, even encounter. Newtown came out the more aggressive of the two and they were the first team to post points. Jack Littlejohn’s kick deflected off Roy Asotasi and went straight into the hands of Blake Williamson. The big backrower caught the ball in full flight and ran 30 metres, and over the top of fullback Kieran Vale, on his way to the tryline. Mark Kheirallah converted the try from a tough angle and Newtown had a 6-0 lead after just 5 minutes. The big North Sydney crowd thought the Bears had leveled, only for the touch judge to disallow the try. Chris Hyde got underneath a towering Ryan Carr bomb, and the ball went through three sets of hands to Jack Hawkins who raced for the corner, only to be adjudged to have been pushed into touch by Daniel Tupou, before grounding the ball. The home fans soon had something to cheer about as Kieran Vale leveled the scores in brilliant fashion. Chris Centrone had got his team on the attack after making a break down the wing, on the last play the ball Ryan Carr went down the short side but put in a kick back down the middle of the field, Vale chased and got the perfect bounce and the Bears had their first points of the evening. Jack Hawkins conversion attempt, adjacent to the uprights, smashed into the posts and the score stayed at 6-4. In a bruising first half, the Bears lost early hooker Brendan McKinnon early on. With the Frank Hyde Shield up for grabs, both teams were aggressive and the first half was an arm wrestle, with neither team capatlising on attacking forays but both going close on a number of occasions. The two teams went into half time at 6-4 with it all to play for in the second half. North Sydney came out firing in the second half and posted the first points. After bundling the opposition out of play, and after some strong hitups from Neccrom Areaiiti and Bennett Leslie, the Bears were attacking Newtown’s on-goal defence. North Sydney ran the ball on the last and Fetuli Talanoa somehow got an offload away, despite 5 defenders trying to tackle him, to Kieran Vale who crossed in the corner for his second of the afternoon. Jack Hawkins missed the sideline conversion to keep the score at 8-6 five minutes into the second half. Minutes later Newtown was attacking the Bears line only for Littlejohn’s kick to roll dead. Kieran Vale collected the ball and raced back to the 20 metre line for the restart. Vale caught the defenders napping and ran the ball quickly before passing to Chris Centrone who burst through a gap and flew 70 metres to plant the ball under the posts, outsprinting Glenn Dumbrell to the line. Hawkins made no mistake with this attempt and converted the try to give his side a 14-6 lead. Centrone’s try sparked Newtown into life, and the Jet’s looked the more dangerous side and had North Sydney under the pump. After numerous attacking raids in North Sydney’s half, Newtown finally got the try they needed. Josh Ailaomai proved too big and too strong as he barged his way over the tryline. Kheirallah slotted the conversion from in front and Newtown were back in the game at 14-12. On the very next set, Newtown made their way 100 metres down the field to score after the restart. North Sydney’s defence looked tired and the Jet’s took full advantage as Daniel Tupou easily beat Vale to cross over in the corner. Newtown elected to run the ball on the last and Nafe Seluini bolted out of dummy half before passing to Kheirallah, and despite Francis Vaiotu slipping over, the Jet’s still had enough numbers to take advantage of retreating Bear’s defence to score level the scores. Kheirallah missed the chance to extend his side’s lead and the score was locked at 14-16. With 5 minutes remaining, Blake Judd pounced on a Blake Lazarus grubber and raced downfield. Judd didn’t have the legs to make it to the tryline as he was caught and tackled 15 metres short of the line. The Bears were awarded a penalty soon after and Jack Hawkins leveled the score at 16-16. Neither team was able to land the field goal needed to win the game and the match ended in a draw. North Sydney’s win in the Frank Hyde Shield match earlier in the season meant North Sydney were awarded the Frank Hyde Shield
7 min 0-6
23 min 4-6
45 min 8-6
50 min 14-6
62 min 14-12
65 min 14-16
75 min 16-16
Vale 2, Centrone tries
Hawkins 2 from 4 goals
Other NSW Cup Matches
36-12 Parr Wntwrthvll b Illawarra
56-0 Brok Canterbury b Manly
60-8 Camp Windsor b Wests
28-14 MtPr Newcastle b Mt Prtchrd
28-26 Leic Auckland b Balm-Ryde
W D L B Diff PT
CANTERBURY 14 1 6 2 +362 33
NORTHS 14 1 6 2 +206 33
WINDSOR 13 - 8 2 +203 30
WENTWORTHVILLE 12 - 9 2 +208 28
NEWCASTLE 12 - 9 2 +123 28
ILLAWARRA 11 1 9 2 +152 27
NEWTOWN 12 1 9 1 +151 27
BALMAIN-RYDE 12 - 10 1 +41 26
Mt Pritchard 10 - 11 2 -29 24
Auckland 10 - 11 2 -32 24
Cronulla 10 - 11 2 -147 22
Manly 7 - 15 1 -292 17
Wests - - 21 2 -942 4