The Cyber View from the Hill

First win in 19 years at Parra

Good to be back in winners circle. Souths are clutching to 4th position on table curtosy of the 2 byes. While it ened up a good win it was much closer with Souths starting slowly after the 2 byes. But what was most enjoyable was leaving Parramatta Stadium with a win, the first time in 19 years.

Keary - Reynolds debate hots up

With Sutton slotting back into 5/8 has means the debaite around who will be halfback has started Reynolds the established half verses the up and comer. Reynolds is one of the rare players to have never represented the Bears coming immediately into First Grade when Sandow departed 3 years ago. With Keary's return form injury we have bases covered in what will be a 17 man assault for the title.

Goodwin Bears debut

Sometimes it harder to play for the Bears than to play First Grade. Bryson Goodwin is a classic example. Taking 50 weeks to make his debut.

Makoare-Boyce causing headaches

Devon is causing selection headaches for his U20's coach by forcing his way into the halves and moving captain Tangiiti back to the bench. Its a pleasant headache to have, I ahve been told.

Players Insurance

There has been a lot of talk this week on the new players insurance scheme. Where maximum payout comes into line with the AFL where costs will be split in three player/club and the NRL.

Round 19 - Stat Attack

Statistically the game started slow but finished strong. Completion rates were our second best this season at 87% our error count back down at 5 and we conceeded 8 penalties. Souths Effective 1st tackle for the match dropped again to 34.1m. Missed tackles dropped to 18 missed tackles this week. And our opposition offloads dropped to 5.

Looking at our left side defence - Johnston-Auvaa-Sutton-SBurgess (0-1-1-3) dropped back to 5 missed tackles from 1 missed tackle last week. On the right side Tuqiri-Walker-Reynolds-Turner (0-0-3-3) was up from 4 to 6 missed tackles this week.

Our go forward however was our best all season at 1623m. With Walker, Luke, Johnston, Tuqiri, Reynolds and Keary all making 10+m per run. With Sam, Tom and George Burgess, Luke, Inglis, Johnston, Auva'a and Walker making more that 100+m in the match. Defensively Sam and George Burgess were our best in the tackling raking up 33 tackles. With Tyrrell, Picker, Clark, Inglis, Johnston, Walker, Tuqiri and Keary not missing a tackle.

Signing off for another week - the midweek Cyber View from the Hill