Sat Jun 1, 7:30pm
CyberView from the Hill - Last Week
CyberView from the Hill - This Week
Late ChangesSam Burgess and Hunt were out. Lima started second row and Starling and Keary were added to the bench.
WIN 25-18
South Sydney coach Michael Maguire last night heaped praise on John Sutton after the Souths utility shrugged off the disappointment of his near Origin miss to help lead the Rabbitohs to a 25-18 win over the Knights at ANZ Stadium. Sent home from the Blues' State of Origin camp in the back of a taxi just three days before last night's match, Sutton combined with a rampaging George Burgess to help Souths fend off a late Newcastle onslaught and return to the winners circle. Sutton scored a solo try in the 27th minute to put Souths on the board while "Baby" Burgess blasted through five defenders to steamroll the Knights with a 23-metre run and setup the come-from-behind victory that saw Alex McKinnon and Beau Champion carted off the field in the back of a medi-cab. Maguire spoke about Sutton's dedication following the scrappy victory with the South Sydney big-gun firing just days after Bulldog Josh Reynolds won a showdown for the final spot on the Blues' bench for Origin I on Wednesday night. "Sutto was in and out and not sure where he was playing all week," Maguire said. "And he stood up and did a great for us tonight. It wouldn't have been easy put he did the job." Speaking for the first time about being overlooked by the Blues and relegated to 18th man, Sutton admitted he was disappointed by his omission. "I was a little bit disappointed I didn't get in the side," Sutton said. "But I just wanted to come out here tonight and do my part for the team. I am really proud for the team because they really stepped up tonight. It wasn't the prettiest win but it was a good win for us." With big guns Sam Burgess, Ben Teo, Chris McQueen and Greg Inglis all missing, Souths spluttered there way to a 12-0 deficit with the Knights making them pay for a series of handling errors and defensive lapses. The game was in the balance until Burgess charged through five hapless defenders to score a brutal 54th minute try and put the Rabbitohs into the lead. "He was great," Maguire said. "He was pretty disappointed last Monday and he has turned that around and I am very pleased for him. But all of our forwards had to stand up with all the guys we had out. "I am pretty proud of the boys with all the changes we had this week. "Some games are ugly and Newcastle really turned that game into an arm wrestle. I was just pleased to see the boys climb out of that and get the points. I think you expect some errors in these type of games and it does get ugly. I think that happened at times during the night." The match came at a cost for both teams with Rabbitohs centre Champion suffering a suspected broken leg and Knights forward McKinnon to miss up to eight weeks with a syndesmosis injury. Issac Luke was also placed on report for a shoulder charge. The third man "cannon ball" tackle by Nathan Peats that downed McKinnon infuriated Wayne Bennett with the super coach calling on the NRL to ban the controversial tactic. "That is the third tackle we have had an injury from this year," Bennett said. "The game has to ban it and I have been talking about it for two or three years now. We are all guilty of it and it will only stop when the game gives the referees the authority and backs them. They need to get the guy out the the tackle. "They are being caught by two players, held up and another comes in. It is a deliberate play and the third guy comes in and the injuries happen." Bennett was also critical of the 7-1 first half penalty count in favour of South Sydney.
12 min 0-6
16 min 0-12
26 min 6-12
30 min 12-12
53 min 18-12
65 min 24-12
67 min 24-18
77 min 25-18
Champion, Sutton, G.Burgess, Walker tries
Reynolds 4 from 4 goals
Reynolds fieldgoal
Crowd 13,225
Referee G.Badger/A.Shortall
Penalities 8-5
Scrums 3-6
Min Tac Pe MT LB HU DR m Er OL K TA T G/A FG
Flbk Merritt 80 7 - - - 13 - 96 1 - - 1 - - -
LWng Goodwin 80 3 - 3 - 9 3 86 1 - - - - - -
LCnt Walker 80 5 - - 1 14 1 98 - - 1 - 1 - -
RCnt Champion 61 11 - 3 1 6 - 44 - 1 - - 1 - -
RWng Everingham 80 6 - 3 - 9 2 90 1 - - - - - -
5/8 Sutton 80 18 - 2 1 13 3 126 - 1 3 - 1 - -
Half Reynolds 80 24 - 7 - 1 - 1 - 1 14 - - 4/4 1
Prop Tyrrell 43 25 - 1 - 9 - 71 - - - - - - -
Hook Luke 80 39 3 5 1 9 6 145 - 1 1 - - - -
Prop Asotasi 34 22 1 3 - 11 - 109 1 - - - - - -
SRow Lowe 67 30 - 2 - 7 - 39 - 2 - 1 - - -
SRow Lima 49 34 - 1 - 15 - 123 1 - - - - - -
Lock Peats 80 38 1 2 - 11 1 87 2 - - - - - -
Int Clark 25 14 - 1 - 4 - 21 1 - - - - - -
Int Burgess.G 52 22 - 1 1 21 - 186 1 - 1 - 1 - -
Int Starling 15 6 - - - 7 - 52 - - - - - - -
Int Keary 54 11 - 1 - 2 1 18 - - 1 - - - -
TOTAL 315 5 35 5 1392 9 6 21 2 4 4/4 1
Completion Rate 34/42 81%
Opposition Offloads 4
Effective 1st Tackles
1 min 91m Reynolds kick 19m / SS P (Lowe)
4 min 16m Reynolds kick
5 min 18m Reynolds kick
8 min 0m P / Sutton kick CIG
9 min 38m SS Err (Peats)
10 min 99m SS Err (Luke) 94m / 6TG (Everingham) / (Nw TRY)
15 min 85m Nw 40-20 SCR / (Nw TRY)
19 min 16m Reynolds kick COF
21 min 0m P / Sutton kick CIG
23 min 27m Reynolds kick COFIG
26 min 0m P / TRY
29 min 2m P / Reynolds kick
30 min 0m Nw Err P / TRY
32 min 94m SS Err (Merritt) / (Nw NO TRY)
35 min 0m P / Sutton kick CIG
36 min 0m Reynolds kick CIG
38 min 32m SS Err (GBurgess) SCR
40 min 0m P / Walker kick CIG
half time
40 min 75m SS Err (Asotasi)
42 min 40m Nw Err / Reynolds kick COF 19m / SS P (GBurgess)
44 min 18m Nw Err / SS Err (Peats) SCR
46 min 24m Reynolds kick
48 min 20m Keary kick
50 min 7m SCR / Reynolds kick
51 min 76m SS Err (Goodwin) SCR
53 min 0m Nw Err / P / TRY
56 min 22m Keary kick COF
58 min 66m Luke kick COF 19m / SS P (Peats)
60 min 96m DO 70m / SS P (Luke)
63 min 24m Nw Err SCR / Reynolds kick COF
65 min 0m TRY
67 min 100m SS Err (Clark) SCR (Nw TRY)
71 min 15m Nw Err / Reynolds kick COF
73 min 24m Sutton kick DIG
75 min 48m Reynolds kick 12m / SS P (Luke)
77 min 0m Reynolds FIELDGOAL
80 min 79m Nw Err SCR / Sutton kick ChDn / SS Err (Luke)
Average effective 1st tackle location
- 33.8m - for the whole match
- 28.8m - 1st half
- 38.6m - 2nd half
If you now remove the tries
- 32.3m - 1st half
- 43.2m - 2nd half
Other FG Matches
16-14 StAu Canterbury b St Geo-Ill
31-12 Robi Gold Coast b Nth Qld
56-18 Lang Warriors b Brisbane
W D L B Diff PT
SOUTHS 10 - 2 - +121 20
MELBOURNE 8 1 2 1 +85 19
SYDNEY 8 - 3 1 +134 18
MANLY 7 1 3 1 +77 17
GOLD COAST 7 - 5 - +47 14
CRONULLA 6 - 5 1 +18 14
NEWCASTLE 6 - 6 - +49 12
PENRITH 5 - 6 1 +35 12
Canterbury 6 - 6 - -33 12
Canberra 5 - 6 1 -55 12
Brisbane 5 - 7 - -11 10
Nth Qld 4 - 8 - -33 8
St Geo-Ill 4 - 8 - -64 8
Warriors 4 - 8 - -79 8
Parramatta 3 - 8 1 -129 8
Wests-Tigers 3 - 8 1 -162 8
Judiciary News
No one has been charged out of the match
NYC Cup Round 12
4:45pm
LOSS 22-30
Late Changes team is 1-17.
6 min 4-0
11 min 4-4
22 min 8-4
30 min 8-8
39 min 12-8
43 min 12-14
54 min 12-18
57 min 12-24
66 min 12-30
69 min 18-30
74 min 22-30
Phillips, Gray, Hazard, Watts, McInnes tries
Paterson 1 from 5 goals
Other U20 Matches
44-22 StAu St Geo-Ill b Canterbury
34-32 Robi Gold Coast b Nth Qld
46-20 Lang Warriors b Brisbane
W D L B Diff PT
CANBERRA 9 1 1 1 +95 21
PENRITH 9 - 2 1 +103 20
SYDNEY 8 - 3 1 +73 18
WARRIORS 7 1 4 - +55 15
WESTS-TIGERS 6 - 5 1 +68 14
MELBOURNE 6 - 5 1 -8 14
BRISBANE 7 - 5 - -24 14
NEWCASTLE 6 - 6 - +52 12
Canterbury 6 - 6 - +29 12
Parramatta 4 1 6 1 +8 11
St Geo-Ill 5 - 7 - -57 10
Gold Coast 5 - 7 - -89 10
Souths 4 1 7 - -28 9
Manly 3 - 8 1 -81 8
Cronulla 2 1 8 1 -125 7
Nth Qld 2 1 9 - -71 5
Club Championship
W D L B Diff PT
SYDNEY 16 - 6 2 +207 36
Melbourne 14 1 7 2 +77 33
Canberra 14 1 7 2 +40 33
Penrith 14 - 8 2 +138 32
Souths 14 1 9 - +93 29
Manly 10 1 11 2 -4 25
Newcastle 12 - 12 - +101 24
Canterbury 12 - 12 - -4 24
Brisbane 12 - 12 - -35 24
Gold Coast 12 - 12 - -42 24
Warriors 11 1 12 - -24 23
Wests-Tigers 9 - 13 2 -94 22
Cronulla 8 1 13 2 -107 21
Parramatta 7 1 14 2 -121 19
St Geo-Ill 9 - 15 - -121 18
Nth Qld 6 1 17 - -104 13
NSW Cup Round 13
v Cronulla, Stadium Australia Sat May 31 3:00pm
LOSS 16-26
Late Changes Centrone, Keary, Starling were out. Vale started fullback, Evans center, Tongahai wing, Farrell five-eighth, D.Nicholls half and Lupi started prop. The North Sydney Bears feel to the Cronulla Sharks in round 12 of the NSW Cup competition, as part of a triple header at ANZ Stadium on Saturday. The Sharks is made up of players from the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks and Melbourne Storm squads, and they were never headed throughout the 80 minutes of the match. The first half was a try-fest, with the Sharks out-scoring the Bears four-tries-to-three in the first 40 minutes, and the Sharks sealed the win with the only try of the second half which came in the 66th minute of the match. The Sharks led 10-nil early courtesy of tries to Daniel Moroko and Mark Taufua, before the Bears scored their first try through fullback Kieran Vale in the 11th minute. Cronulla extended their lead when Young Tonumaipea scored shortly afterwards, then the Bears clawed their way back through a try to five-eighth Dylan Farrell. Moroko scored his second before big Tom Burgess scored a rampaging try, similar to that scored by his twin brother George in the later NRL fixture against the Knights, which saw the Sharks go into half time with a 22-16 lead. Tonumaipea scored his second try in the 66th minute to seal the victory for the visitors, 26 points to 16.
3 min 0-4
6 min 0-10
8 min 6-10
15 min 6-16
19 min 12-16
22 min 12-22
37 min 16-22
65 min 16-26
Vale, Farrell, T.Burgess tries
Farrell 2 from 3 goals
Other NSW Cup Matches
36-10 MtSm Auckland b Illawarra
30-18 Belm Newtown b Canterbury
28-12 Wind Windsor b Wests-Tigers
26-10 Kanw Wyong b Manly
20-14 NwSG Newcastle b Wentworthville
W D L B Diff PT
CRONULLA 12 - - 1 +247 26
WINDSOR 7 1 3 2 +89 19
NORTHS 8 - 4 1 +132 18
NEWCASTLE 8 - 3 1 +28 18 **
NEWTOWN 6 - 5 1 +74 14 **
WESTS-TIGERS 6 - 6 1 +29 14
AUCKLAND 5 1 6 1 -18 13
WENTWORTHVILLE 6 - 7 - +3 12
Mt Pritchard 4 - 7 2 -56 12
Illawarra 4 - 8 1 -82 10
Canterbury 3 - 9 1 -78 8
Wyong 3 - 9 1 -164 8
Manly 4 - 9 - -204 8
** Match postponed