Fri Aug 9, 7:30pm
CyberView from the Hill - Last Week
CyberView from the Hill - This Week
Late ChangesLima is out. Asotasi starts at prop, Tyrrell starts at lock, G.Burgess on the bench, Lowe on the bench.
LOSS 8-26
Melbourne have marked their turf as defending NRL champions by seeing off fellow competition heavyweights South Sydney 26-8 at AAMI Park. A few minutes of Melbourne magic which produced two tries early in the first half set up the grinding victory on Friday night. Souths superstar and former Storm boy Greg Inglis didn’t play, still troubled by the knee injury suffered during State of Origin last month. The Rabbitohs were also missing injured five-eighth John Sutton although his replacement Luke Keary impressed in his first NRL start. Last round Melbourne crushed Canberra 68-4 and they began this match similarly threatening fashion. In the fifth minute halfback Cooper Cronk flung a wild ball that was batted twice across field, ending up in the arms of Will Chambers, who raced through a gaping hole in the stunned defence. Three minutes later Melbourne scored again after Rabbitohs winger Dylan Farrell tried to work the ball from his own line but was barrelled back across by a wall of Storm defence. He spilt the ball which was pounced on by prop Jesse Bromwich. Farrell later saved a certain try by Sisa Waqa but his night finished on a sour note, stretchered from the field in a neck brace after his head collided with teammate Andrew Everingham’s knee while going up to take a high ball. Apart from those opening minutes the match was fairly even, with Souths scoring late in the first half through Ben Te’o off an Adam Reynolds bomb. The difference was that Melbourne made the most of their opportunities and the Rabbitohs didn’t. They weren’t helped by an erratic performance by halfback Reynolds. Two dubious refereeing decisions also stalled their momentum as prop Sam Burgess was penalised for taking out Billy Slater in the air, although it appeared the fullback had landed. On the back of that penalty the Storm scored down the other end but it looked like Waqa failed to ground the ball over the line. Melbourne put the result beyond doubt with eight minutes remaining when Justin O’Neill ran at pace on to a Slater ball and beat Nathan Merritt to touch down. Souths coach Michael Maguire said he could take confidence out of the way his team responded after a poor start. “We’ll take plenty of positives, I thought the effort from our players was great,” he said. “It was just unfortunate, a bit of polish at times. “We built pressure but it was our finishes and a few different things at the back-end of our sets. “We’ll get a lot out of that game.” Inglis and Sutton (ankle) are both rated a strong chance to return for another big clash against Manly next Friday night. Maguire said Farrell was initially “in a bad way” but had recovered well in the change rooms. Melbourne coach Craig Bellamy praised his side’s defence, which was the key to their win. He thought they did a good job containing the three bustling Burgess boys – Sam, George and Thomas. “I liked the start but I thought we made it really hard on ourselves in the last 15 minutes of the first half when we didn’t complete our sets,” he said. “You start giving Souths some ball somewhere near your tryline, at some stage they’re going to bust you. “Our attack wasn’t as sharp as I would have liked but they’re obviously a good defensive side and they’ve led the comp for most of the year.”
5 min 0-6
8 min 0-12
32 min 0-14
38 min 6-14
48 min 8-14
53 min 8-18
71 min 8-24
80 min 8-26
Te'o try
Reynolds 2 from 2 goals
Crowd 21,244
Referee B.Cummins / M.Cecchin
Penalities 5-6
Scrums 6-8
Min Tac Pe MT LB HU DR m Er OL K TA T G/A FG
Flbk Merritt 80 1 - 3 2 10 1 152 - - 1 - - - -
LWng King 80 1 - 1 - 10 - 133 - - 1 - - - -
LCnt Goodwin 80 13 1 1 - 8 1 64 1 - - - - - -
RCnt Farrell 66 16 - 1 - 10 1 97 1 - - - - - -
RWng Everingham 80 7 - 1 - 10 3 81 2 - - - - - -
5/8 Keary 80 19 - - - 7 - 55 1 1 4 - - - -
Half Reynolds 80 18 - - - 5 1 30 2 - 14 1 - 2/2 -
Prop Asotasi 25 19 - 1 - 6 - 54 - - - - - - -
Hook Luke 80 35 - - - 10 10 104 1 3 1 - - - -
Prop Tyrrell 26 17 - 2 - 4 - 34 - - - - - - -
SRow McQueen 76 29 - 1 - 10 - 94 - - - - - - -
SRow Te'o 72 27 1 1 - 15 - 102 - 1 - - 1 - -
Lock Burgess.S 80 30 3 1 - 14 1 99 2 1 1 - - - - (c)
Int Burgess.G 51 36 - - - 12 - 102 1 1 - - - - -
Int Lowe 30 23 1 1 - 6 - 62 - - - - - - -
Int Peats 14 8 - 1 - - - - - - - - - - -
Int Burgess.T 39 18 - - - 13 - 114 - - - - - - -
TOTAL 317 6 15 2 1377 11 7 22 1 2 2/2 -
Completion Rate 24/35 69%
Opposition Offloads 11
Effective 1st Tackles
1 min 28m Reynolds kick COFIG
3 min 28m Reynolds kick COFIG / (M TRY)
8 min 100m SS Err(Farrell) (M TRY)
11 min 7m Keary kick COF
12 min 26m Reynolds kick COF
13 min 97m SS Err(Everingham)
15 min 37m M Err SCR / Merritt kick 5m / SS P(GBurgess)
17 min 10m Reynolds kick
19 min 1m M Err SCR P / Luke kick
21 min 61m M Err / SS Err(Reynolds) SCR 27m / SS P(SBurgess)
24 min 66m DO
26 min 22m M Err SCR / Keary kick COF
27 min 6m Reynolds kick COF
29 min 97m M Err SCR / SS Err(Merritt)
30 min 100m M Err SCR / SS Err(SBurgess) SCR 85m / SS P(SBurgess) (M GOAL)
33 min 0m M Err CIG
35 min 14m SS Err(Everingham) SCR
38 min 0m M Err SCR / Reynolds kick TRY
half time
40 min 4m Reynolds kick
42 min 44m SS Err(GBurgess) SCR
45 min 29m M Err SCR / P / Reynolds kick DIG
47 min 0m P GOAL
48 min 1m Reynolds kick
50 min 11m SS Err(Reynolds)
51 min 40m Reynolds kick 21m / SS P(SBurgess) / (M TRY)
56 min 7m Farrell kick
58 min 9m Reynolds kick
60 min 10m Keary kick
62 min 60m SS P(SBurgess)
64 min 24m M Err / P / Reynolds kick COFIG
66 min 24m P / SS Err(Keary)
68 min 49m Reynolds kick COF
70 min 40m Reynolds kick COF / (M TRY)
73 min 46m SCR / Keary kick SBurgess kick ChOv
78 min 100m M Err / SS Err(Goodwin) SCR 47m / SS P(Lowe) (M GOAL)
Average effective 1st tackle location
- 34.2m - for the whole match
- 38.9m - 1st half
- 29.3m - 2nd half
If you now remove the tries
- 41.2m - 1st half
- 29.3m - 2nd half
Other FG Matches
26-22 Parr Parramatta b Wests-Tig
28-22 SFS Sydney b Canberra
18-14 Ende Newcastle b Cronulla
27-12 Gosf Manly b Warriors
26-24 Lang Brisbane b St Geo-Ill
36-4 Penr Nth Qld b Penrith
26-16 StAu Gold Coast b Canterbury
W D L B Diff PT
SYDNEY 16 - 4 2 +279 36
SOUTHS 15 - 5 2 +182 34
MANLY 13 1 6 2 +212 31
MELBOURNE 13 1 6 2 +162 31
CANTERBURY 11 - 9 2 +47 26
CRONULLA 11 - 9 2 -18 26
NEWCASTLE 10 1 9 2 +83 25
GOLD COAST 10 - 10 2 -71 24
Canberra 10 - 10 2 -110 24
Warriors 9 - 11 2 -82 22
Brisbane 8 1 11 2 -34 21
Nth Qld 8 - 12 2 +3 20
Penrith 8 - 12 2 -49 20
St Geo-Ill 6 - 14 2 -136 16
Wests-Tigers 6 - 14 2 -233 16
Parramatta 4 - 16 2 -300 12
Judiciary News
South Sydney forward Sam Burgess is facing two weeks on the sidelines after he was charged by the NRL match review committee on Monday with a Grade 1 Contrary Conduct. Burgess was cited by the match review committee following the squirrel grip incident involving Melbourne’s Will Chambers in the 68th minute of the match. The Grade 1 Contrary Conduct charge carries a base penalty of 125 points, but Burgess’ will attract a 80% loading for four non similar prior-offences means taking the offence up to 225 points and he still has 55 carry over points. Sam has taken the early guilty please and will miss two match have will have 23 carry over points.
NYC Cup Round 22 Souths Sydney v Melbourne
5:15pm
WIN 29-28
Late Changes Gosiewski starts at second row. Saumamao starts on the bench. Kavanagh drops off the bench. Final line up -
Flbk - Alex Johnston Wing - Olfa Felila Cntr - Jaiden Hawkes Cntr - Aaron Gray Wing - Siosaia Tanginoa 5/8 - Tyronne Phillips Half - Christian Hazard Prop - Daniel Smith Hook - Cameron McInnes (c) Prop - Brad Croad SRow - Jack Gosiewski SRow - Nick Hedley Lock - Jeremy Fuller Int - Jackson Garlick Int - Cheyne Whitelaw Int - Duncan Low Int - Tulsa Saumamao
6 min 0-6
9 min 0-10
17 min 6-10
22 min 12-10
33 min 12-16
38 min 18-16
49 min 24-16
54 min 24-22
67 min 28-22
71 min 28-28
75 min 29-28
Tangionoa 2, Phillips, A.Johnston, Hawkes tries
Gray 4 from 5 goals
Hazard fieldgoal
Other U20 Matches
52-34 Parr Wests-Tig b Parramatta
38-32 SFS Canberra b Sydney
26-24 Ende Cronulla b Newcastle
36-36 Gosf Manly d Warriors
30-28 Lang Brisbane b St Geo-Ill
22-18 Penr Nth Qld b Penrith
54-20 StAu Canterbury b Gold Coast
W D L B Diff PT
CANBERRA 16 1 3 2 +163 37
SYDNEY 14 - 6 2 +147 32
CANTERBURY 13 1 6 2 +156 31
PENRITH 13 - 7 2 +161 30
WARRIORS 12 2 6 2 +120 30
WESTS-TIGERS 12 - 8 2 +97 28
SOUTHS 10 1 9 2 +5 25
BRISBANE 10 - 10 2 -88 24
Melbourne 9 - 11 2 -8 22
Newcastle 8 - 12 2 +2 20
Nth Qld 7 2 11 2 -29 20
St Geo-Ill 7 - 13 2 -121 18
Gold Coast 7 - 13 2 -162 18
Parramatta 6 1 13 2 -137 17
Cronulla 6 1 13 2 -171 17
Manly 5 1 14 2 -208 15
Club Championship
W D L B Diff PT
SYDNEY 30 - 10 4 +426 68
Canberra 26 1 13 4 +65 61
Souths 25 1 14 4 +187 59
Canterbury 24 1 15 4 +203 55
Melbourne 22 1 16 4 +154 53
Warriors 21 2 16 4 +38 52
Penrith 21 - 18 4 +111 50
Manly 18 2 20 4 +64 46
Newcastle 18 1 21 4 +85 45
Brisbane 18 1 21 4 -80 45
Wests-Tigers 18 - 22 4 -136 44
Cronulla 17 1 22 4 -182 43
Gold Coast 17 - 23 4 -213 42
Nth Qld 15 2 23 4 -26 36
St Geo-Ill 13 - 27 4 -247 34
Parramatta 10 1 29 4 -435 29
NSW Cup Round 22
v Newcastle, NSO Sun Aug 11 3:00pm
WIN 23-10
Late Changes Tyrrell is out, Lima started at prop. Final line up -
Flbk - Justin Hunt Wing - Mitchell Buckett Cntr - Shaune Corrigan Cntr - Bennett Leslie Wing - Curtis Johnston 5/8 - Darren Nicholls (c) Half - Apisai Koroisau Prop - Luke Burgess Hook - Daniel Fepuleai Prop - Jeff Lima SRow - Jason Clark SRow - Kyle Turner Lock - Josh Starling Int - Greg Nichols Int - Brad Lupi Int - Joey Matapuku Int - Matt HylandNorth Sydney have moved into second place in the NSW Cup, knocking Newcastle back to third position with a gritty 23-10 win in perfect conditions at North Sydney Oval. A field goal from Darren Nicholls and a late try from Kyle Turner sealed the victory in an error-riddled match. Newcastle were forced to play the second half with 16 men after Timana Tahu injured his ankle. The Knights had the first chance of the afternoon on the back of a penalty, but Adrian Davis coughed up possession whilst trying to spread the ball wide. Apisai Koroisau has improved with every game in the number 7 jersey, and he earned his side a repeat set with a clever kick into the in-goal area. Daniel Fepuleai then went down the short side, late in the tackle count, to Darren Nicholls who threw a cut out ball to a flat footed Mitchell Buckett, but the winger showed great strength and acceleration in forcing his way over for the first try of the afternoon. Koroisau’s conversion went in off the post to give the Bears a 6-0 lead. Both teams looked threatening early in the first half, Korbin Sims’ offload put Will Smith into a hole and the five-eight was dragged down short of the line. While Justin Hunt combined well with Darren Nicholls, as the fullback made a break up the centre of the ruck after an inside ball from the captain. Despite the chances being created, simple errors were costing both sides. Matt Hilder dropped the ball after a repeat set on the Bears tryline. Josh Starling turned over possession inside his own half after a poor pass. Newcastle failed to capatilise as Smith kicked the ball dead. Newcastle gifted the Bears an opportunity after turning over possession, whilst working their way out of their own half. Curtis Johnston tried his hand when he kicked ahead for himself early in the tackle count but his kick trickled out of play. From the turnover from Johnston, Newcastle threw the ball out to the left on the second tackle to Timana Tahu, who stepped inside two players and beat the fullback in a brilliant 50 metre solo effort. Norths hit back soon after when a perfectly weighted cross-field kick from Koroisau was plucked out of the air by Bennett Leslie. Leslie out leapt three Knights defenders to score and extend the lead. Koroisau nailed the conversion and it was 12-4 with less than 10 minutes remaining in the half. Newcastle was building pressure inside North Sydney’s half but Adrian Davis threw an intercept pass to Bennet Leslie, who was tackled on the 20 metre line. Despite the numbers advantage on the right, Jason Clark elected to run the ball on the last and the Knights defenders scrambled to hold him up just short of the try line to run out the first half. Timana Tahu didn't return to the field in the second half after limping off late in the first stanza. North Sydney immediately attacked the side that Newcastle had to cover for Tahu's absence. Mitchell Buckett stretched out to score his second of the afternoon after great build-up play left the winger with plenty of room. Newcastle looked to have hit back when Mantellato crossed in the left corner but the try was disallowed for a forward pass in the build up. From that error, North Sydney went from one end of the field to the other and forced a repeat set. However, a knock on turned over possession when the Bears had a great chance to extend the lead. On the back of a penalty, Newcastle had North's on the back foot and Rodney Mason charged onto a short ball and was always going to be hard to stop close to the line. Mantellato converted to get the visitors back in the game at 16-10 with 20 minutes left in the game. Soon after, Buckett was denied his hat trick when he was adjudged to have lost the ball in the act of scoring a try in the corner. Korbin Sims was placed on report for an ugly lifting tackle in Josh Starling. The Bears turned over possession when Clark threw a pass from dummy half to no-one. Newcastle turned the ball straight back over to the home side with an error from front rower Mitchell Frei. Newcastle were struggling to complete a set and it was Paterika Vaivai’s turn to hand the ball over with a poor pass that went over the sideline. From that error, the Bears worked their way downfield and Nicholls successfully nailed a field goal, to put the Bears ahead by more than a converted try at 17-10 with 5 minutes remaining. Newcastle attempted a short restart that was regathered by Jason Clark that had his side in good field position. The Bears finished off the game with a try to Kyle Turner who was put into a hole from a great ball from Clark to make the final scoreline 23-10.
5 min 6-0
23 min 6-4
39 min 12-4
46 min 16-4
58 min 16-10
75 min 17-10
78 min 23-10
Buckett 2, Leslie, Turner tries
Koroisau 3 from 4 goals
D.Nicholls fieldgoal
Other NSW Cup Matches
22-12 MtSm Auckland b Canterbury
46-6 Leic Cronulla b Wests-Tigers
50-32 Hens Newtown b Manly
46-42 Penr Wentworthville b Windsor
24-20 Kanw Wyong b Mt Pritchard
W D L B Diff PT
CRONULLA 18 1 2 1 +339 39
NORTHS 14 - 6 2 +237 32
NEWCASTLE 14 - 5 2 +49 32
NEWTOWN 13 - 8 1 +148 28
WINDSOR 10 1 9 2 +99 25
AUCKLAND 10 1 9 2 +45 25
WESTS-TIGERS 10 - 10 2 -3 24
ILLAWARRA 8 1 11 2 -95 21
Mt Pritchard 8 - 12 2 -41 20
Wentworthville 9 - 12 1 -70 20
Manly 7 - 13 2 -258 18
Wyong 5 - 15 2 -252 14
Canterbury 4 - 17 1 -146 10