Hunter Stadium
Fri Aug 31, 7:30pm
This Weeks Cyberview from the Hill Late Changes
Late Changes Tyrrell, Lowe and Hunt dropped off the bench. Crocker was captain.
WIN 18-6
The South Sydney Rabbitohs have sewn up a top four finish with an impressive 18 points to six victory over the Newcastle Knights in front of 24,127 Members and supporters at Newcastle's Hunter Stadium. The Rabbitohs scored three tries to one in a tough defensive display which allowed the Rabbitohs to mount pressure and score points. The game was highlighted by a phenomenal one-on-one tackle by South Sydney custodian Greg Inglis on a flying Akuila Uate, a play which has been described tonight as the best one-on-one tackle some have ever seen. The Rabbitohs were running with a very strong breeze behind them in the first half, and both sets of forwards gave it to each other in the opening exchanges, setting up a tough battle for the first 40 minutes. The Rabbitohs had the Knights pinned in their own end with a towering bomb from Inglis and a grubber kick from second-rower Dave Taylor earning repeat sets for South Sydney. In the eighth minute of play, co-captain Roy Asotasi scored his second try for the season to the left of the posts. A strong, straight charge from Asotasi, plus a hit-and-spin led to him being felled on his back, but Asotasi reached out over the back of his head to touch the ball down and register the first points of the night. Adam Reynolds converted to give the Rabbitohs a six-nil lead. The Rabbitohs maintained the pressure in attack and defence, earning good field position and shutting down a couple of attacking raids from the home side. A grubber kick in the 17th minute from Reynolds earned the Rabbitohs another repeat set and they would make the Knights pay with points. One minute later, fullback Inglis dived over from dummy half to score after some great lead-up work from the Rabbitohs' left side in attack. A nice set move set Matt King on a course for the try line, only to be cut down centimetres short. Inglis grabbed the ball from dummy half and reached out to score. Reynolds converted to give the Rabbitohs a 12-nil lead. The Rabbitohs maintained a degree of pressure on the Knights, with Inglis' bombs terrorising the back three of Newcastle. Despite the pressure, the Knights were next to score a try through fullback Darius Boyd. On the back of two penalties, the Knights had great field position, and the Australian representative slid across field looking for a gap in the defence. He found the slightest crack in the Rabbitohs' wall and tried to pierce through. The defence closed and replays appeared to show that Boyd was brought down short, then he promoted the ball on to the goal line. However the video referee saw it differently, awarding Boyd a benefit of the doubt try to give the Knights their first points of the evening. Halfback Tyrone Roberts converted to reduce the deficit to six. A tough call on Nathan Merritt occurred in the 35th minute when it was ruled he dropped a ball ten metres out from his own line, with replays on the big screen suggesting he scooped the ball up cleanly, but the Rabbitohs' defence proved too strong for the Knights' attack, bundling Dane Gagai, the Knights best throughout the 80 minutes, into touch on the ensuing set. The Rabbitohs made their way back up into Knights' territory but could not convert the field position into points, and the teams went into the half time break at 12-6 in favour of the Rabbitohs. Both sides defended well in the opening forty minutes and the Rabbitohs mounted plenty of pressure on the Knights, meaning the home side would be fairly happy to only be down by six points at the break. The Rabbitohs were playing patient football on the back of a solid kicking game and metres made through the middle of the field, and were not getting flustered by the occasional error or attacking opportunity from their oppostition. The second half opened as willingly as the first with both sides dishing out some heavy defence. But no defence was heavier than that handed out by Inglis on Akuila Uate in the 45th minute. Uate made a long break down the right hand touch line. Inglis, standing on the far side of the uprights, spotted it and tore across field. Inglis showed immense timing, power and belief to smash Uate just two metres out from his line, then stripped the ball one-on-one and tapped it back inside to Nathan Merritt to save a certain try. Quite simply, it was an amazing play from a player in career-best form. The Rabbitohs put themselves under pressure ten minutes into the half, with two errors handing the Knights possession and field position. The Knights returned both favours though, letting the South Sydney side out of trouble. South Sydney had the better of the next ten minutes, forcing no less than three Knights' drop outs to mount a heap of pressure on the Newcastle defence. The men in red and blue eventually cracked in the 60th minute when five-eighth John Sutton used his size and strength to score on the left. Inglis attracted the defence, including Willie Mason, being brought down three metres from the line. Mason was distracted by Inglis allowing Sutton to scoot out from dummy half. He targeted Jarrod Mullen, bumped him off and crashed over to score. Reynolds converted to extend the Rabbitohs lead back to 12, 18 points to 6 with 20 minutes left on the clock. The Knights had some field position and put the Rabbitohs under pressure, but as was the story all night, the Newcastle side faltered and could not register points. Inglis pulled off another try saver on Zeb Taia in the final minute of play, and the Rabbitohs had sewn up an 18-6 victory and are now guaranteed a top four finish. The Rabbitohs' defence was the highlight of the night, only letting in one try, albeit a relatively controversial one.
8 min 6-0
18 min 12-0
27 min 12-6
60 min 18-6
Asotasi, Sutton, Inglis tries
Reynolds 3 from 3 goals
Crowd 24,127
Referee M.Cecchin / C.James
Penalities 3-4
Scrums 8-5
Min Tac Pe MT LB HU DR m Er OL K TA
Inglis 80 2 - 1 1 20 3 148 1 1 2 -
Merritt.N 80 6 - 1 - 10 1 45 1 1 - -
King 80 12 - 4 - 12 2 84 - - - -
Farrell 80 16 - 2 - 7 3 37 - 1 - -
Everingham 80 11 - 2 - 9 3 47 - - 1 -
Sutton 80 19 - 3 1 9 1 93 - - 4 1
Reynolds 80 13 - 4 - 1 - 2 - - 16 -
Burgess.S 68 18 1 4 - 21 - 199 - 4 - -
Peats 53 34 1 2 - 11 4 69 1 - - -
Asotasi 37 19 - 1 1 10 - 94 - - - -
Pettybourne 60 21 1 2 - 10 - 56 1 - - -
Taylor 67 21 - 4 - 15 1 129 1 3 1 -
Crocker 56 30 - 3 - 18 2 137 1 - 1 -
Clark 35 28 1 2 - 10 - 77 1 1 - -
Burgess.L 32 21 - 1 - 9 - 66 - - - -
McQueen 20 6 - 2 - 4 - 24 1 - - -
Luke 51 22 - 3 - 12 12 126 - 1 2 -
TOTAL 299 4 41 3 1433 8 12 27 1
Completion Rate 33/41 80%
Effective 1st Tackles
1 min 0m Inglis kick CIG
3 min 4m Reynolds kick COF
4 min 21m Reynolds kick COF
6 min 0m Taylor kick CIG
8 min 0m TRY
10 min 26m Reynolds kick COF
13 min 6m Nw Err SCR / P / ChOv
15 min 11m Reynolds kick
16 min 0m Reynolds kick CIG
18 min 0m TRY
20 min 0m Inglis kick CIG
22 min 1m Reynolds kick
24 min 86m Sutton kick COF 24m / SS P (Clark) 65m / SS P (Peats) / (Nw TRY)
29 min 30m Sutton kick
31 min 26m Sutton kick COF
33 min 8m Reynolds kick
35 min 95m SS Err (Merritt) SCR
37 min 0m Nw Err SCR / Reynolds kick CIG
39 min 29m ChOv 1m / SS P (SBurgess)
half time
41 min 57m Reynolds kick 20m / SS P (Sutton)
43 min 30m Nw Err / Reynolds kick DIG
45 min 26m Nw Err / Reynolds kick COF
47 min 10m P / SS err (Peats)
49 min 41m Nw Err SCR / SS Err (Taylor)
51 min 77m DO
53 min 1m Nw Err SCR / P / Reynolds kick COF
55 min 0m Reynolds kick Crocker kick CIG
56 min 0m Luke kick
58 min 0m Reynolds kick CIG
60 min 0m TRY
63 min 58m SS Err (McQueen) SCR
64 min 15m Reynolds kick
66 min 85m SS Err (Crocker) SCR
68 min 19m Nw Err SCR / Reynolds kick COF
71 min 20m Nw Err SCR / 6TG / SS Err (Clark) SCR
73 min 93m SS Err (Merritt) SCR
75 min 9m Nw Err SCR / Sutton kick
78 min 29m SCR / Luke kick DIG
80 min Nw Err / Everingham kick
Average effective 1st tackle location
- 24.0m - for the whole match
- 18.1m - 1st half
- 30.0m - 2nd half
If you now remove the tries
- 20.2m - 1st half
- 31.7m - 2nd half
Other FG Matches
19-12 Lang Brisbane b Penrith
24-16 Robi Manly b Gold Coast
26-6 Leic Melbourne b Wests-Tig
42-10 StAu Canterbury b Sydney
42-22 MtSm Canberra b Warriors
36-22 Ende Nth Qld b Cronulla
29-8 StAu St Geo-Ill b Parramatta
W D L B Diff PT
CANTERBURY 18 - 6 2 +199 40
MELBOURNE 17 - 7 2 +218 38
SOUTHS 16 - 8 2 +121 36
MANLY 16 - 8 2 +94 36
NTH QLD 14 - 10 2 +152 34
CANBERRA 13 - 11 2 +9 30
CRONULLA 11 1 12 2 +4 29
BRISBANE 12 - 12 2 +34 28
St Geo-Ill 11 - 13 2 -33 26
Wests-Tigers 11 - 13 2 -45 26
Gold Coast 10 - 14 2 -28 24
Newcastle 10 - 14 2 -40 24
Sydney 8 1 15 2 -163 21
Warriors 8 - 16 2 -112 20
Penrith 8 - 16 2 -166 20
Parramatta 6 - 18 2 -233 16
Judiciary News
No one was placed on report.
NYC U20 Round 26
v Newcastle
Fri Aug 31, 5:15pm
WIN 50-6
Late change Jarrett replaced Artemi on the bench. The South Sydney Rabbitohs under 20s side have secured a place in the Toyota Cup Finals with a commanding 50 points to 26 victory over the Newcastle Knights at Hunter Stadium tonight (Friday). The Rabbitohs scored nine tries to five in the high scoring affair, with halfback Luke Keary again controlling the play and guiding the victory, with the help of some magnificent kick-returns from fullback Tyrone Phillips. The Rabbitohs opened the scoring when halfback Luke Keary finished off a long break for Souths, touching down under the posts in the tenth minute of play. Apisai Koroisau converted to take the lead to six-nil. Seven minutes later second-rower Kyle Turner scored a try following a long break from fullback Tyrone Phillips, taking the scores to ten-nil in favour of the visitors. The Knights struck back in the 22nd minute, through winger Chanel Mata'utia, the first of three first-half tries. Four minutes later Korbin Sims charged over for a try, and William Smith's conversion levelled the scores at ten-all. Chanel Mata'utia scored two more tries in the final ten minutes, to give the Knights a 20-10 lead at the half time break. The Rabbitohs recovered early in the second half, with centre Jordan Tongahai crossing in the 44th minute, dummying twice on his way to the line. Koroisau converted to reduce the deficit to four. Two minutes later Keary scored his second try, making a 40 metre break and palming off three potential defenders to score under the posts. Koroisau's conversion gave the Rabbitohs a two-point lead. The Knights snatched back the lead through a second try to Korbin Sims and conversion to Smith, but the Rabbitohs would snatch the lead back when Tongahai crossed for his double. Koroisau's conversion restored the two-point advantage. The Rabbitohs then turned it on, scoring tries in the 53rd minute through Brad Croad, a 55th minute try to Jesse Roberts and a 71st minute try to Jordan Tuiavii, all of which were converted by Koroisau, taking the score out to 46-26 with less than ten minutes remaining on the clock. To put the icing on the cake, young winger Aaron Gray crossed in the right hand corner in the final minute of the game to register the Rabbitohs' 50th point for the evening, sealing a 50 points to 26 win away from home. The Rabbitohs' under 20s have now secured a spot in the Toyota Cup finals, meaning all five Rabbitohs teams and their affiliates have qualified for the Finals in 2012. The Rabbitohs' NRL and Toyota Cup teams, the North Sydney Bears in the NSW Cup, and the South Sydney district SG Ball under 18s and Harold Matthews under 16s have all qualified for the finals this season.
10 min 6-0
17 min 10-0
22 min 10-4
28 min 10-10
30 min 10-16
38 min 10-20
44 min 16-20
47 min 22-20
50 min 22-26
58 min 28-26
62 min 34-26
65 min 40-26
72 min 46-26
79 min 50-26
Keary 2, Tongahai 2, Turner, Croad, Je.Roberts, Tuiavii, Gray tries
Koroisau 7 from 9 goals
Other NYC Matches
36-34 Lang Brisbane b Penrith
46-10 Robi Manly b Gold Coast
24-22 Leic Wests-Tig b Melbourne
36-28 StAu Canterbury b Sydney
26-12 MtSm Warriors b Canberra
48-28 Ende Nth Qld b Cronulla
38-28 StAu St Geo-Ill b Parramatta
W D L B Diff PT
CANTERBURY 17 1 6 2 +260 39
WARRIORS 17 1 6 2 +172 39
CANBERRA 16 - 8 2 +167 36
WESTS-TIGERS 15 - 9 2 +154 34
PENRITH 14 1 9 2 +193 33
SOUTHS 14 1 9 2 +144 33
SYDNEY 13 2 9 2 +124 32
ST GEO-ILL 13 1 10 2 +99 31
Melbourne 12 2 10 2 -13 30
Cronulla 11 2 11 2 -65 28
Newcastle 10 1 13 2 +84 25
Brisbane 9 - 15 2 -161 22
Nth Qld 7 2 15 2 -185 20
Manly 6 2 16 2 -276 18
Parramatta 5 - 19 2 -258 14
Gold Coast 5 - 19 2 -388 14
Club Championship
W D L B Diff PT
CANTERBURY 35 1 12 4 +454 79
Souths 30 1 17 4 +265 69
Melbourne 27 2 17 4 +197 68
Canberra 29 - 19 4 +166 66
Wests-Tigers 26 - 22 4 +87 60
Warriors 25 1 22 4 +54 59
St Geo-Ill 24 1 23 4 +60 57
Cronulla 23 3 22 4 -49 57
Nth Qld 22 2 24 4 -25 54
Sydney 21 3 24 4 -40 53
Manly 22 2 24 4 -172 52
Penrith 22 1 25 4 +46 51
Brisbane 21 - 27 4 -114 50
Newcastle 20 1 27 4 +12 49
Gold Coast 15 - 33 4 -414 38
Parramatta 11 - 36 4 -467 30
NSW Cup Round 26
v Mt Pritchard, Mt Pritchard Sports Ground
Sun Sep 2, 3:00pm
DRAW 18-18
Late Changes Hunt replace Vale at fullback. Lowe replaced Hwkins at five-eighth. Tyrrell started in the second row with Nichols dropping back to the bench. Hyde dropped off the bench. North Sydney travelled to Mt Pritchard Sports Ground needing a win and the Bulldogs to slip up against Newcastle, to have any hope of claiming the minor premiership. For Mounties, they needed a win and other results to go their way if they were to creep into the top 8. However, both sides were left dismayed at the fulltime siren as both teams fought bravely to an 18-18 draw. After being held scoreless in the first half, North Sydney scored 3 tries in the final 10 minutes to secure a miraculous comeback, despite outscoring the Mounties 4 tries to 3. North Sydney were boosted by the return of Justin Hunt and Ben Lowe from NRL duties. After a tough opening to the game, it took a piece of individual brilliance to break the deadlock. After an offload from Scott Jones hit the turf, Michael Bani picked up the ball and passed to winger Eddie El-Zbaidieh. From a standing start, and with a wall of defenders in front of him, El-Zbaidieh chipped over the top of the defence and the ball bounced perfectly for him to re-gather and accelerate past Fetuli Talanoa on his way to the try line. Scott Jones converted and Mounties were up 6-0. Tough defending from both sides prevented any more points being scored until the 33rd minute. However, it was Mounties who were next to score after David Farkas put Sami Sauiluma through a hole, 30 metres out, and despite Talanoa’s best efforts, Sauiluma scored to extend Mounties lead. Jones again converted to send his side into halftime with a 12-0 lead. North Sydney came out from the half time interval with renewed vigor and it didn’t take long for the Bears to cross the line for their first try of the afternoon. Ryan Carr’s short, flat ball sent Blake Judd into a gap and the backrower went untouched to get the Bears on the board and reduce the deficit to 12-4. Five minutes later and reminiscent of the first half, Mounties had the Bears defending their own tryline after El-Zbaidieh made a break inside the home side’s half. After being awarded a penalty, the Mounties made their possession count with a try to Scott Jones, who ran strongly onto a short ball from halfback Darren Nicholls. Jones converted his own try and the Mounties were up 18-4 with 30 minutes left in the game. The Mounties were defending their lead with tough defence and it took until the 70th minute for the Bears to break down the Mounties. Justin Hunt went to first receiver and combined with his halves partner to create space down the left side for Shaune Corrigan to crash over to give the Bears some hope. Hunt missed the conversion and the Bears were trailing 18-8 with the clock winding down. North Sydney fans didn’t have to wait long for another try, as fan favourite Curtis Johnston scored to give his side some hope of getting back into the game. The kick that lead to the try came from the unlikeliest of sources as Dave Tyrell put in a pinpoint perfect kick that rolled into the in-goal area, far enough away from the Mounties fullback for Johnston to win the race for the ball. Hunt again missed the conversion but the Bears were trailing by a converted try at 18-12. Needing a miracle to salvage the match, Tyrell busted the line from the kickoff and made a break down the middle of the field to get the Bears back into Mounties territory. The Bears made it 3 tries in 3 sets as the Mounties defence capitulated and Johnston bagged a double as he broke through some weak defence to score in the corner. After missing his previous 3 attempts and needing to convert the try to tie up the game, Hunt slotted the sideline conversion to make it 18-18 with minutes remaining. After a missed field goal attempt from Mounties, Hunt returned the ball and broke through the defence to get the Bears in good field position. After working the ball close to the line and down the middle of the field, McKinnon gave the ball to Justin Hunt on the last tackle with a chance to clinch the comeback win with a field goal. However, prop Paul Vaughn’s outstretched arm deflected the attempt and the match ended in a draw. With news flying through that Newcastle beat the Bulldogs, it was Vaughn’s charge down that stole the minor premiership from North Sydney. However it wasn’t enough for the Mounties as the draw meant that they didn’t do enough to sneak into the top 8.
10 min 0-6
33 min 0-12
42 min 4-12
50 min 4-18
70 min 8-18
74 min 12-18
76 min 18-18
Johnston 2, Judd, Corrigan tries
Hunt 1 from 4 goals
Other NSW Cup Matches
52-8 MSm2 Auckland b Cronulla
18-9 Woll Illawarra b Windsor
76-4 Leic Balm-Ryde b Wests
64-18 Ring Wntwrthvll b Manly
30-12 Mere Newcastle b Canterbury
W D L B Diff PT
CANTERBURY 15 1 8 2 +345 35
NORTHS 14 3 7 2 +196 35
NEWCASTLE 14 1 9 2 +205 33
WENTWORTHVILLE 14 - 10 2 +248 32
WINDSOR 14 - 10 2 +200 32
ILLAWARRA 13 1 10 2 +190 31
NEWTOWN 13 1 10 2 +144 31
BALMAIN-RYDE 13 - 11 2 +111 30
Mt Pritchard 12 1 11 2 +21 29
Cronulla 12 - 12 2 -176 28
Auckland 11 - 13 2 +8 26
Manly 7 - 17 2 -368 18
Wests - - 24 2-1120 4