Fri Jun 28, 7:30pm
CyberView from the Hill - Last Week
CyberView from the Hill - This Week
Late ChangesMcQueen was out. Everingham was ruled out during the warm up. Hunt starts on the right wing, Lowe starts at second row, Starling on the bench.
WIN 32-2
South Sydney might have had the Superman emblem imprinted on their jerseys on Friday night but if they are to end the club's premiership drought this season, it's going to be anything but a one-man production. The Rabbitohs hardly moved out of first gear in their 32-2 victory against the Raiders at ANZ Stadium, temporarily moving five points clear at the top of the ladder with the Storm and Roosters yet to play this round. It's a little bit early to say they have one hand on the minor premiership, but what they do possess is the most balanced and lethal roster in the NRL. They were far from clinical on a wet night in Sydney's west in front of a crowd of 11,167, but the weather seemed like the only obstacle prohibiting the Rabbitohs from reaching full potential. Their No.1 is redefining the role of a fullback, their wingers know how to find the try line, and their centres are having a field day outside of the best performing halves combination in the competition. It's the land of the giants in the forward pack, but their skill before the line and their footwork at the line make them the most dangerous in the competition. Chuck in the menacing No.9 Issac Luke and you have a football team capable of winning a premiership in any era. Then there's the coach, Michael Maguire, who can name his price for his next contract after the current one expires at the end of next season. His biggest challenge over the next three months is to ensure his team doesn't peak too soon, but you get the feeling they are yet to play their best football this year. ''This team is so far ahead in this comp, but we're still three months away from finals' time,'' Phil Gould said during the commentary. ''It's a long time to wait to have your team peaking around September.'' After a horror Origin debut on Wednesday night, which was partly Greg Inglis' fault, winger Nathan Merritt combined with his Rabbitohs teammate to get across the chalk and bring some joy to what had been a disastrous week for the 30-year-old. Maguire decided to rest Queenslander Chris McQueen after his Origin hit-out two days earlier, and he would've been wishing he'd given Ben Te'o similar treatment. Te'o came from the field with a shin injury in the 36th minute, but is expected to be fit to take his place in the Maroons team for the Origin decider on July 17. Halfback Adam Reynolds came off with eight minutes to go to receive treatment on a leg injury but is expected to be fit for the Rabbitohs' next game, against the Warriors in Perth next Sunday. It came after Andrew Everingham was forced to withdraw from the match after suffering a rib injury in the warm-up, giving Justin Hunt another opportunity on the wing. The news wasn't any better for Canberra, who lost winger Sandor Earl with a dislocated elbow he sustained midway through the second half. Already missing Blake Ferguson (suspended) and Edrick Lee (arm injury), the Raiders' back-line woes were compounded by a groin injury to centre Jack Wighton in the first half. Given the greasy conditions at ANZ Stadium, the Raiders opted for a penalty goal to open their account, but it was to be the only points they scored all night. Back-rower Sam Burgess and Hunt crossed to give South Sydney a 10-2 lead after 20 minutes, before Luke crashed over from dummy half to give the Rabbitohs a 16-2 lead at half-time. Merritt, Bryson Goodwin and Dylan Walker crossed in the second half to give South Sydney their fifth consecutive win against the Raiders and their fourth successive win since their two-point loss to Cronulla in round 11.
4 min 0-2
16 min 6-2
18 min 10-2
30 min 16-2
58 min 22-2
63 min 26-2
70 min 32-2
Merritt, Luke, Goodwin, Hunt, S.Burgess, D.Walker tries
Reynolds 3 from 5, Goodwin 1 from 1 goals
Crowd 11,167
Referee B.Cummins / C.James
Penalities 4-6
Scrums 6-7
Min Tac Pe MT LB HU DR m Er OL K TA T G/A FG
Flbk Inglis 80 6 - 1 - 17 1 167 3 - - 1 - - -
LWng Merritt 80 4 - - 2 11 1 104 - 1 - - 1 - -
LCnt Goodwin 80 13 - - 1 13 6 114 - 1 - - 1 1/1 -
RCnt Walker 80 19 1 1 - 11 4 104 3 - - - 1 - -
RWng Hunt 80 5 - 1 1 5 2 42 - - 1 1 1 - -
5/8 Sutton 80 23 - 1 - 9 1 68 1 - 9 - - - -
Half Reynolds 74 16 - - - 6 1 40 2 2 7 - - 3/5 -
Prop Tyrrell 38 27 1 - - 5 - 40 - - - - - - -
Hook Luke 80 24 - 1 1 8 7 42 2 2 2 1 1 - -
Prop Asotasi 30 20 2 - - 2 - 12 - - - - - - -
SRow Lowe 80 32 - - - 12 - 72 - - - - - - -
SRow Te'o 50 15 - 2 - 11 - 78 - - - - - - -
Lock Burgess.S 57 28 - 1 1 17 - 140 2 - - - 1 - -
Int Peats 44 20 1 1 - 6 - 53 - - - - - - -
Int Lima 51 27 - - - 15 - 119 - - - - - - -
Int Burgess.T 27 15 1 - - 10 - 97 1 - - - - - -
Int Starling 29 10 - - - 9 - 60 - - - - - - -
TOTAL 304 6 9 6 1352 14 6 19 3 6 4/6 -
Completion Rate 29/41 71%
Opposition Offloads 8
Effective 1st Tackles
1 min 100m ChOv 66m / SS P (Walker) (C GOAL)
5 min 80m SS P (Tyrrell)
7 min 23m C Err / P / SS Err (Luke) SCR
9 min 10m Sutton kick COF
11 min 21m Reynolds kick
13 min 24m Reynolds kick COF
14 min 0m Reynolds kick ChDn / TRY
18 min 0m P / TRY
23 min 14m P SCR / SS Err (Walker)
24 min 70m SS Err (Sutton)
25 min 64m C Err / Sutton kick 4m / SS P (TBurgess)
27 min 0m C Err SCR / Luke kick COF CIG
30 min 0m C 6TG SCR / TRY
33 min 84m SS Err (TBurgess) SCR
35 min 16m Sutton kick SS Err (Inglis)
37 min 96m DO 71m / SS P (Asotasi) 94m / SS P (Asotasi)
39 min 30m C Err / SS Err (Reynolds)
half time
40 min 0m Reynolds kick COF CIG
41 min 18m SS Err (Inglis)
43 min 97m SS Err (Inglis)
44 min 66m DO
46 min 17m Sutton kick
48 min 30m Reynolds kick
50 min 48m SS Err (SBurgess) SCR
52 min 22m C Err / P / SS Err (SBurgess) SCR
54 min 44m C Err SCR SS Err (Walker) SCR
56 min 0m C Err / Reynolds kick CIG
57 min 0m Sutton kick CIG
58 min 0m TRY
60 min 2m Sutton kick
63 min 0m C Err / TRY
66 min 15m Luke kick
67 min 18m Sutton kick
70 min 0m C Err SCR / Reynolds kick Hunt kick TRY
73 min 51m Sutton kick SCR
75 min 68m C Err / SS Err (Luke)
77 min 15m Sutton kick
78 min 77m C Err SCR SS Err (Walker) 36m / SS P (Peats)
Average effective 1st tackle location
- 32.1m - for the whole match
- 37.2m - 1st half
- 28.0m - 2nd half
If you now remove the tries
- 45.1m - 1st half
- 32.7m - 2nd half
Other FG Matches
22-4 Leic Wests-Tig b Melbourne
25-10 Penr Penrith b St Geo-Ill
46-16 Hunt Newcastle b Gold Coast
18-16 MtSm Warriors b Brisbane
24-4 Town Nth Qld b Cronulla
18-12 SFS Sydney b Manly
W D L B Diff PT
SOUTHS 13 - 2 1 +177 28
SYDNEY 11 - 4 1 +145 24
MELBOURNE 10 1 4 1 +95 23
MANLY 7 1 6 2 +67 19
GOLD COAST 8 - 7 1 +17 18
CRONULLA 7 - 7 2 -16 18
CANTERBURY 7 - 8 1 -23 18
NEWCASTLE 7 - 8 1 +71 16
Penrith 6 - 8 2 +36 16
Warriors 7 - 8 1 -64 16
Canberra 7 - 8 1 -66 16
Brisbane 6 - 9 1 -5 14
Nth Qld 6 - 9 1 -17 14
Wests-Tigers 6 - 9 1 -157 14
St Geo-Ill 5 - 10 1 -79 12
Parramatta 3 - 11 2 -181 10
Judiciary News
No one has been charged out out of the match.
NYC Cup Round 16
4:45pm
The South Sydney Rabbitohs NYC match against the Canberra Raiders has been postponed until tomorrow owing to inclement weather. The match will now take place at Mounties Sporting Complex 29th June. Kick off has now been confirmed for 1:15pm. NRL General Manager of Football Operations, Mr Nathan McGuirk, joined ANZ Stadium officials this morning to inspect the venue and determined that it was in the best interests of all concerned to reschedule the Holden Cup match.
WIN 22-12
Mt Pritchard Sporting ComplexSat Jun 29, 1:15pm
Late Changes Gosiewski is out. Saumamao starts at second row, Fuller starts at lock, Pollard and Paterson start on the bench. Final Line Up -
Flbk - Alex Johnston Wing - Tyronne Phillips Cntr - Jaiden Hawkes Cntr - Aaron Gray Wing - Siosaia Tanginoa 5/8 - Jake Watts Half - Christian Hazard Prop - Daniel Smith Hook - Cameron McInnes (c) Prop - Brad Croad SRow - Tulsa Saumamao SRow - Nick Hedley Lock - Jeremy Fuller Int - Luke Pollard Int - Wes Mourad Int - Duncan Low Int - Will Paterson
15 min 6-0
30 min 12-0
36 min 12-6
43 min 16-6
46 min 16-12
75 min 22-12
Phillips 2, Tangiona, Johnston tries
McInnes 3 from 4 goals
Other U20 Matches
25-16 Leic Wests-Tig b Melbourne
18-14 Penr St Geo-Ill b Penrith
22-10 Hunt Gold Coast b Newcastle
34-28 MtSm Warriors b Brisbane
28-12 Town Nth Qld b Cronulla
34-6 SFS Sydney b Manly
W D L B Diff PT
CANBERRA 11 1 3 1 +97 25
PENRITH 10 - 4 2 +123 24
SYDNEY 11 - 4 1 +101 24
WARRIORS 9 1 5 1 +88 21
WESTS-TIGERS 9 - 6 1 +73 20
MELBOURNE 9 - 6 1 +41 20
CANTERBURY 8 1 6 1 +42 19
PARRAMATTA 6 1 7 2 +25 17
Newcastle 7 - 8 1 +26 16
St Geo-Ill 7 - 8 1 -51 16
Brisbane 7 - 8 1 -62 16
Souths 6 1 8 1 -10 15
Gold Coast 6 - 9 1 -97 14
Nth Qld 3 2 10 1 -71 10
Manly 3 - 11 2 -147 10
Cronulla 2 1 11 2 -179 9
Club Championship
W D L B Diff PT
SYDNEY 22 - 8 2 +246 48
Souths 19 1 10 2 +167 43
Melbourne 19 1 10 2 +136 43
Canberra 18 1 11 2 +31 41
Penrith 16 - 12 4 +159 40
Canterbury 16 1 13 2 +19 37
Warriors 16 1 13 2 +22 35
Wests-Tigers 15 - 15 2 -84 34
Newcastle 14 - 16 2 +97 32
Gold Coast 14 - 16 2 -80 32
Brisbane 13 - 17 2 -65 30
Manly 10 1 17 4 -80 29
St Geo-Ill 12 - 18 2 -130 28
Parramatta 9 1 18 4 -156 27
Cronulla 9 1 18 4 -195 27
Nth Qld 9 2 18 2 -88 24
NSW Cup Round 17
v Illawarra, NSO Sun Jun 30 3:00pm
POSTPONED
The Bears battle with the Illawarra Cutters this Sunday at North Sydney Oval has been postponed due to state of the ground
NSW Cup Round 16 - Rescheduled
v Windsor, Penr Wed Jul 3 7:30pm
LOSS 24-28
Late Changes Fepuleai, Portlock and Tuiavii were out. Starling started at prop, Clark second row, Hyland at lock and Roberts started on the bench. Final Line Up is -
Flbk - Matt Evans Wing - Curtis Johnston Cntr - Chris Centrone Cntr - Bennett Leslie Wing - Jordan Tongahai 5/8 - Darren Nicholls (C) Half - Aaron Groom Prop - Luke Burgess Hook - Apisai Koroisau Prop - Josh Starling SRow - Jason Clark SRow - Kyle Turner Lock - Matt Hyland Int - Jesse Roberts Int - Greg Nichols Int - Joey Matapuku Int - Brad Lupi
Windsor Wolves have solidified 3rd position on the ladder on the back of an amazing 25 minute period of scintillating football before hanging on to achieve an important come-back win over the North Sydney Bears at Centrebet Stadium tonight. Windsor had the short turnaround to contend with from their Saturday battle in the “Brookie Bog” & were forced to make two changes – injured winger George Jennings replaced by Kieran Moss at fullback, which saw Travis Robinson move back to the wing while lock Nathan Smith returned to the side which saw Bryce Cartwright move back to the bench in place of Chris Smith. North Sydney started the first half strongly capitalising on Eto Nabuli’s handling error from a Luke Keary kick to score in the ensuing set when towering backrower Kyle Turner stormed onto a Keary short ball scoring out wide. The successful conversion from hooker Apisai Koroisau gave the Bears a 6-0 after 8 minutes. Another kick retrieval error allowed the Bears to score again when a quick play the ball allowed Koroisau to dive over from dummy half to score the simplest of tries & the Bears led 12-0 after 17 minutes. The Bears played solid percentage football for the rest of the half without ever really threatening to trouble the scorers & went to half time leading 12-0 hoping that their grinding style of play would lead to a avalanche of points in the second half over a tired looking Wolves team. The second half did see an avalanche of points but amazingly it went the way of the Wolf Pack. The first twenty minutes saw the Wolves score a better than a point a minute in an amazing passage of play that turned the game on its head. The point scoring spree started in just the 43rd minute when a Capewell midfield bomb was regathered by Bryce Cartwright who somehow managed to get an offload away to Wes Naiqama who then shifted play back to the left where the backs created the overlap for Eto Nabuli to score his 13th try of the season out wide. In the very next set, a quick play the ball on halfway allowed Foster to find Cartwright skirting down Norths’ left edge providing a Gidley-like flick pass to put Naiqama away down the touch-line & drawing the fullback before providing the inside pass to five eighth Liam Ayoub who scored next to the posts & suddenly the Wolf Pack trailled 12-10. The Wolves incredibly hit the lead in the next set after fullback Matt Evans fumbled a bomb straight into the arms of a chasing Bryce Cartwright to scored the easiest of tries under the posts to give his team a 16-12 lead. Windsor weren’t done with just yet as Norths coughed up possession early in the tackle count, gifting the Wolves another opportunity to score points which they duly obliged after some great lead up work from Capewell combined with that man again, Cartwright, this time running amok on Norths’ right fringe to put back rower Vaipuna Tia Kilifi in for the try & after 53 minutes the Wolves suddenly led 20-12. The scoring spree was complete when Kieran Moss broke thru the brittle Bears’ right side defense before finding centre Geoff Daniela backing up on the inside to score the under the posts to give the on-fire Wolf Pack a 26-12 lead with over 20 minutes remaining. Windsor looked to have the game under control & took the foot off the pedal somewhat & with five minutes they were almost made to pay for it when the Bears scored two back-to- back tries, bringing the margin back to just 2 points. The first try came after Keary chip kicked from halfway & regathered, drew the fullback before passing to centre Bennett Leslie to score., while the second try came moments later when a Darren Nicholls bomb was regathered by Keary, who sent his winger Curtis Johnston on a diagonal run to score in the left corner. With Koroisau’s successful sideline conversion, the Bears trailed 26-24 with still two minutes remaining but any hopes of winning this one were dashed when prop Josh Starling knocked on from the kickoff. A late penalty conceded in the next set by the Bears allowed Capewell to wind down the clock to kick the ensuing penalty goal as the siren sounded to give the Wolves a morale boosting 28-24 win.
7 min 6-0
15 min 12-0
42 min 12-4
48 min 12-10
50 min 12-16
55 min 12-20
59 min 12-26
76 min 18-26
78 min 24-26
80 min 24-28
Turner, Koroisau, Leslie, C.Johnston tries
Koroisau 4 from 4 goals
Other NSW Cup Matches
38-18 Leic Newcastle b Wests-Tigers
20-6 Brok Windsor b Manly
34-16 MtPr Mt Pritchard b Newtwon
18-16 MtSm Auckland b Cronulla
26-24 Kanw Wyong b Canterbury
W D L B Diff PT
CRONULLA 15 - 1 1 +281 32
NEWCASTLE 11 - 3 2 +60 26 **
WINDSOR 9 1 5 2 +97 23
NORTHS 9 - 6 1 +140 20 **
AUCKLAND 8 1 7 1 +16 19
NEWTOWN 8 - 7 1 +92 18 **
WESTS-TIGERS 8 - 8 1 +25 18
MT PRITCHARD 6 - 9 2 -25 16
Wentworthville 7 - 9 1 -48 16
Illawarra 6 - 9 1 -70 14 **
Wyong 4 - 11 2 -204 12
Manly 5 - 11 1 -236 12
Canterbury 3 - 13 1 -128 8
** Match postponed