Thu Mar 6, 8:00pm
CyberView from the Hill - Last Week CyberView from the Hill
Late Changes
Late Changes Reddy and Turner dropped off the bench.
WIN 28-8
The South Sydney Rabbitohs have defeated defending Premiers the Sydney Roosters in round one of the Telstra Premiership in front of 27,282 Members and supporters at ANZ Stadium. A hat-trick to Greg Inglis, a try to Bryson Goodwin and a perfect night with the boot for Adam Reynolds was enough to sink the Roosters in the first hit-out of the new year. The Rabbitohs showed some promise in the opening exchanges, with Chris McQueen making a massive break on the back of a set-play in the middle of the field before being taken 15 metres out from the try-line. George Burgess came within a whisker of scoring from the ensuing tackle, but was unable to get the ball over the line. But it was the Roosters who went in right on the half-hour mark when they turned defence into attack on the back of a charge-down – Michael Jennings toeing through the batted down ball to score. James Maloney converted to make it 6-0 in favour of the visitors. With Just under 20 minutes left in the first half, a penalty to the Rabbitohs put the side in good attacking position, and the breakthrough finally came – Greg Inglis powering over the line with brute strength out wide to open the Rabbitohs’ 2014 account. Adam Reynolds converted from out wide to level the scores up. The Rabbitohs showed great enthusiasm through Luke Burgess – the big prop taking two hit-ups in one set before nearly finishing off with a try. But Burgess was ultimately denied by referee Ben Cummins on the grounds of a double-movement. Burgess was at it again mere-minutes later, when on the back of a promising attacking raid, the Englishman again stretched out to score, only this time Burgess knocked the ball on half a metre short. After a torrid period of play that saw a string of mistakes and penalties, the teams went to the sheds locked at six apiece. On the resumption, a penalty to the Roosters within kicking distance allowed James Maloney to break the dead-lock from close range with a penalty-goal to make it 8-6 in favour of the Tricolours. On the back of some brilliant defence from the Rabbitohs that forced the Roosters back in goal, the red and greens put themselves within striking distance and it was Greg Inglis who came away with a second try to take the lead – a brilliant movement from Luke Burgess and Dylan Walker opening a gaping hole for the fullback. Reynolds converted to make it 12-8 in the Rabbitohs’ favour with 27 minutes remaining. A Sonny Bill Williams shoulder-charge attempt on Ben Lowe 29 metres out from the Rabbitohs’ try-line gave Adam Reynolds an opportunity to extend the lead shortly afterwards. The halfback made no mistake before another penalty shortly afterward – this time for holding down in the tackle – gifted Reynolds another two points from out wide. The Rabbitohs now enjoying an eight-point buffer. The Rabbitohs continued to apply pressure, with long-range breaks from Chris McQueen, as well as a failed attempt by Nathan Merritt to ground the ball in-goal from a kick, saw the Roosters placed firmly on the back foot. But the men in red and green failed to convert the opportunities into points immediately. But with five minutes remaining, a Rabbitohs bomb toward the in-goal allowed Bryson Goodwin to swoop and take the ball and the game right in front of the sticks. Reynolds made no mistake with the conversion attempt to make the score 22-8. Greg Inglis wasn’t done yet though, with the Kangaroo representative grabbing another four-pointer with just under a minute of the match remaining. Reynolds converted to finish the night with six goals from six attempts, helping his side to the first two competition points of the year.
10 min 0-6
21 min 6-6
44 min 6-8
52 min 12-8
57 min 14-8
60 min 16-8
75 min 22-8
78 min 28-8
Inglis 3, Goodwin tries
Reynolds 6 from 6 goals
Referee B.Cummins / L.Phillips
Crowd 27,282
Penalities 12-6
Scrums 8-8
Min Tac Pe MT LB HU DR m Er OL K TA T G/A FG
Flbk Inglis 80 6 - - 3 23 - 175 2 - - - 3 - -
LWng Tuqiri 80 - - - - 9 - 77 - - - - - - -
LCnt Goodwin 80 6 - - - 9 3 80 - - 1 - 1 - -
RCnt Champion 80 7 - 2 - 8 - 54 2 - - - - - -
RWng Merritt 80 1 - - - 5 1 47 - - - - - - -
5/8 Walker 80 16 - 1 - 8 2 54 - - 2 - - - -
Half Reynolds 80 17 - - - 6 1 41 - 2 7 - - 6/6 -
Prop Burgess.G 46 15 - 1 - 16 - 149 - - - - - - -
Hook Luke 80 28 1 4 - 9 9 80 1 2 3 1 - - -
Prop Burgess.S 63 25 - 1 - 19 1 173 - 2 - - - - -
SRow Te'o 60 18 1 - - 11 - 84 1 2 - 1 - - -
SRow McQueen 71 23 1 4 2 10 1 122 1 2 - - - - -
Lock Sutton 60 25 1 - - 14 - 76 2 1 1 1 - - -
Int Lowe 29 15 1 - - 7 - 40 - - - - - - -
Int Picker 20 8 - 1 - 6 - 49 - - - - - - -
Int Tyrrell 25 11 - 1 - 7 - 47 - - - - - - -
Int Burgess.L 26 11 1 2 - 7 - 56 3 - - - - - -
TOTAL 232 6 19 5 1405 12 11 14 3 4 6/6 -
Completion Rate 32 / 40 80%
Opposition Offloads 7
Effective 1st Tackles
3 min 35m P / SS P (Sutton)
5 min 9m SCR / ChOv
7 min 40m SS Err (Teo) SCR
10 min 100m ES Err SCR / Reynolds kick (ES TRY)
14 min 50m SS Err (Inglis) SCR
16 min 95m SS Err (Champion) SCR
17 min 60m ES Err / Walker kick COF 11m / 6TG (SBurgess)
21 min 0m ES Err SCR / P / TRY
25 min 0m P / Walker kick CIG
27 min 31m SS P (LBurgess)
29 min 29m Reynolds kick DIG
33 min 19m SCR / P / P / SS Err (LBurgess)
35 min 2m P / Luke kick
37 min 10m Reynolds kick COF
39 min 37m ES Err / SS Err (Luke) SCR
40 min ES Err
half time
41 min 100m Reynolds kick COF 29m / SS P (McQueen) 83m / SS P (Luke) 95m / SS P (Teo) (ES GOAL)
45 min 95m 6TG (LBurgess) 72m / SS P (Lowe)
48 min 6m ES Err SCR / P / Reynolds kick
49 min 0m ES Err SCR / Luke kick 2m / CIG
52 min 0m TRY
54 min 27m Reynolds kick COF
57 min 0m P GOAL
58 min 3m Goodwin kick
60 min 0m ES Err / P GOAL
64 min 26m Reynolds kick COF
65 min 25m Luke kick
67 min 97m SS Err (Inglis) SCR
70 min 0m ES Err SCR / P / Reynolds kick CIG
71 min 10m ChOv
72 min 49m SS Err (Champion) SCR
75 min 0m ES Err SCR / Sutton kick TRY
78 min 0m P / TRY
80 min P
Average effective 1st tackle location
- 29.8m - for the whole match
- 34.5m - 1st half
- 25.7m - 2nd half
If you now remove the tries
- 36.9m - 1st half
- 31.3m - 2nd half
Other Round 1 Matches
18-12 StAu Brisbane b Canterbury
30-8 Penr Penrith b Newcastle
23-22 Brok Melbourne b Manly
28-22 Town Nth Qld b Canberra
44-24 StAu St Geo-Ill b Wests-Tig
36-16 Parr Parramatta b Warriors
18-12 Ende Gold Coast b Cronulla
W D L Diff PT
PENRITH 1 - - +22 2
SOUTHS 1 - - +20 2
PARRAMATTA 1 - - +20 2
ST GEO-ILL 1 - - +20 2
BRISBANE 1 - - +6 2
NTH QLD 1 - - +6 2
GOLD COAST 1 - - +6 2
MELBOURNE 1 - - +1 2
Manly - - 1 -1 -
Cronulla - - 1 -6 -
Canberra - - 1 -6 -
Canterbury - - 1 -6 -
Warriors - - 1 -20 -
Wests-Tigers - - 1 -20 -
Sydney - - 1 -20 -
Newcastle - - 1 -22 -
Judiciary News
Ben Teo was placed on report for shoulder charge during the match. However after review by the Match Review Committee no charge was layed. Dylan Walker was later charged with a Grade 1 Tripping Charge which carries a 75 point charge. He has taken the early guilty plea which offers a 25% on the charge. This means he will not miss any matches but will now have 56 carry over points.
NYC Cup Round 1
5:45pm
WIN 34-32
Team was 1-17 with Leulani and Makoare-Boyce dropping off the bench. The South Sydney Rabbitohs’ NYC side has snatched victory from the Sydney Roosters in the last 30 seconds of the match, getting up by 34-32 in a thriller that went down to a touchline conversion from Irae Simone. With the side down by four points with less than a minute to go, the Rabbitohs sped the ball out to Alex Johnston who touched down for the try, setting up young Irae Simone with a pressure kick from the touchline for the win – Simone successful with the attempt. The Rabbitohs found themselves on the wrong end of a 10-0 score-line just eight minutes in.The Roosters were in after just five minutes with winger Nene MacDonald pouncing on a loose ball out wide. The Tricolours backed it up with a long range effort from Jack Goodsell. Jackson Hastings converted the latter to take the lead 10-0. The red and greens hit back in fine style though, going halfback Wallace Tangiiti, who dived over from close range to narrow the margin. Irae Simone converted to make it 10-6 in the Roosters’ favour. Tangiiti was at it again at the 20 minute mark – crashing over from short range to level the scores up at close range. Simone converted again for the Rabbitohs to take the lead 12-10. With the first half winding down, the Roosters hit back through replacement Bradley Deitz, with Hastings again adding the extras to bring the score to 16-12 to round out the half. It took just four minutes after the break for the Rabbitohs to get back on the board. With the side in good field position, Captain Cameron McInnes took advantage of some lazy defence to scoot over from dummy-half right under the sticks. Irae Simone converted for the Rabbitohs to re-take the lead 18-16. Cheyne Whitelaw continued the Rabbitohs hard work, with the rampaging lock-forward crashing over after a solid run from the twenty metre line. Simone missed his conversion of the night to leave the score at 22-16 in the Rabbitohs’ favour. McInnes extended the lead with another four-pointer, Irae Simone adding the extras to extend Souths’ lead to 28-16 with just under 20 minutes left. But the Roosters weren’t quite done yet, with Nene MacDonald and Vincent Leuluai and Taane Milne crossing in quick succession to re-take the lead for the Chooks. Hastings converted two of the three tries to bring the score to a tantalisingly close 32-28 with six minutes left. Johnston added his last gasp try and Simone’s pressure kick sealed the match.
5 min 0-4
8 min 0-10
15 min 6-10
21 min 12-10
35 min 12-16
44 min 18-16
48 min 22-16
60 min 28-16
68 min 28-20
71 min 28-26
73 min 28-32
80 min 34-32
Tangiiti 2, McInnes 2, Whitelaw, A.Johnston tries
Simone 5 from 6 goals
Other U20 Matches
30-24 StAu Brisbane b Canterbury
34-22 Penr Newcastle b Penrith
34-20 Brok Manly b Melbourne
42-26 Town Nth Qld b Canberra
46-16 StAu St Geo-Ill b Wests-Tig
50-24 Parr Parramatta b Warriors
50-22 Ende Cronulla b Gold Coast
W D L Diff PT
ST GEO-ILL 1 - - +30 2
CRONULLA 1 - - +28 2
PARRAMATTA 1 - - +26 2
NTH QLD 1 - - +16 2
MANLY 1 - - +14 2
NEWCASTLE 1 - - +12 2
BRISBANE 1 - - +6 2
SOUTHS 1 - - +2 2
Sydney - - 1 -2 -
Canterbury - - 1 -6 -
Penrith - - 1 -12 -
Melbourne - - 1 -14 -
Canberra - - 1 -16 -
Warriors - - 1 -26 -
Gold Coast - - 1 -28 -
Wests-Tigers - - 1 -30 -
Club Championship
W D L Diff PT
ST GEO-ILL 2 - - +50 4
Parramatta 2 - - +46 4
Souths 2 - - +22 4
Nth Qld 2 - - +22 4
Brisbane 2 - - +12 4
Cronulla 1 - 1 +22 2
Manly 1 - 1 +13 2
Penrith 1 - 1 +10 2
Newcastle 1 - 1 -10 2
Melbourne 1 - 1 -13 2
Gold Coast 1 - 1 -22 2
Canterbury - - 2 -12 -
Canberra - - 2 -22 -
Sydney - - 2 -22 -
Warriors - - 2 -46 -
Wests-Tigers - - 2 -50 -
NSW Cup Round 1
v Wyong, Kanw Sat Mar 8 5:00pm
WIN 34-6
Late changes, Reddy replaced Evans at center. Turner started second row with Williams reverting to the bench. Toole dropped off the bench. The North Sydney Bears kicked off the new season with a resounding 34-6 victory over their northern neighbours Wyong in an often scrappy affair at the Morry Breen Field. The home side began the contest full of running and despite falling behind had managed to stay in touch with Wayne Lambkin’s grizzlies up until the hour mark. As the late afternoon shadows lengthened however the Wyong resolve grew weary and the Bears were able to cross for four unanswered tries in the final 17 minutes. The Roos were boosted by the late inclusion of their dynamic dummy half and skipper Mitch Williams and the opening handful of minutes were dominated by green and gold endeavour. Magnus Stromquist went within a bee’s breathe of touching down for Wyong as he bustled his way toward the up rights but the well drilled Norths defence held firm. And then, having weathered the early storm, the Bears did some attacking of their own and crossed for the game’s opening try on the quarter hour when a crisply delivered inside ball from Canberra recruit Jordan Worboys found the fast moving Kane Morgan who speared into the open before drawing and passing to Joel Reddy for the try. Norths were in again four minutes later when Kirisome Auva’a raced over after a left side rush and in the twinkling of an eye the early Wyong vim appeared to have drained away. To their credit however the Central Coast men hung tough and got quickly back into the arm wrestle. They were rewarded seven minutes before the break when big Inoke Vunipola speared in under the southern sticks and with former Bear, Darren ‘Dezzie’ Nicholls adding the extras it was 10-6 to the visitors. Wyong went oh so close to levelling up in the final minutes of the half when rangy winger Kyle MacGregor dived for the Leagues Club corner but was crashed over the sideline by desperate last line defence. And then to rub salt into Wyong’s near miss, the Bears marched up field to nab a try of their own with just 25 seconds on the clock. Matt Hyland, Jordan Worboys, Jesse Roberts and Joel Reddy combined to put Italian International Chris Centrone into the right corner and the Red and Black’s took a healthy 14-6 advantage into oranges. Sadly for the VB NSW Cup fans in attendance, the first twenty minutes of the second half was a period littered by handling mistakes and dumb penalties, the later born largely out of frustration. Big Curtis Johnston upped the ante in the 52nd minute pushing Norths lead out to twelve when he finished off a quick hands spread to the left. And with converted hooker Apisai Koroisau controlling the left side of the ruck like a seasoned number seven, the Bears continued to fling the pill wide, attacking with great success down the eastern edge. Further tries to Auva’a (63rd & 71st minutes) and Kane Morgan (76th minute) rounded out the scoring as the Bears racked up seven backline tries for the afternoon.
14 min 6-0
19 min 10-0
33 min 10-6
39 min 14-6
53 min 18-6
64 min 24-6
71 min 28-6
76 min 34-6
Auva'a 3, Reddy, Centrone, C.Johnston, Morgan tries
Koroisau 3 from 7 goals
Other NSW Cup Matches
38-24 Belm Wntwrthvll b Warriors
24-14 Penr Newcastle b Penrith
50-10 Brok Mt Pritchard b Manly
34-14 Woll Wests-Tigers b Illawarra
38-30 Belm Cronulla b Canterbury
W D L B Diff PT
MT PRITCHARD 1 - - - +40 2
NORTHS 1 - - - +28 2
WESTS-TIGERS 1 - - - +20 2
WENTWORTHVILLE 1 - - - +14 2
NEWCASTLE 1 - - - +10 2
CRONULLA 1 - - - +8 2
NEWTOWN - - - 1 0 2
CANTERBURY - - 1 - -8 -
Penrith - - 1 - -10 -
Warriors - - 1 - -14 -
Illawarra - - 1 - -20 -
Wyong - - 1 - -28 -
Manly - - 1 - -40 -
NSWRL U18 SG Ball Rd4
v Canterbury, Belm, Sat Mar 8 3:00pm
WIN 50-18
35 min 28-6
H.Barsdell 2, N.Butcher 2, Z.Musgrove, B.Gray, J.Tufua, T.Cottrell, S.Talakai tries
S.Talakai 5, J.Anderson 2 goals
Other U18 Matches
60-6 Ende Sydney b Cronulla
44-0 Blkt Penrith b W Syd Academy
40-28 Prth Balmain b West Coast
16-12 Woll Illawarra b Norths
36-29 CsyF Melbourne b C Coast
40-26 Koga Newcastle b St George
34-34 Belc Canberra d Wests
34-22 Brok Parramatta b Manly
W D L Diff PT
SYDNEY 4 - - +156 8
SOUTHS 4 - - +76 8
PENRITH 3 1 - +85 7
PARRAMATTA 3 - 1 +45 6
ILLAWARRA 3 - 1 +38 6
BALMAIN 3 - 1 +5 6
WESTS 2 1 1 +30 5
CANBERRA 2 1 1 +6 5
CRONULLA 2 1 1 -38 5
Melbourne 2 - 2 +25 4
Newcastle 2 - 2 -13 4
W Syd Academy 1 1 2 -50 3
Central Coast 1 - 2 -24 2 **
Canterbury - 1 3 -41 1
St George - - 4 -62 -
West Coast - - 4 -74 -
Norths - - 3 -76 - **
Manly - - 4 -87 -
NSWRL U16 Matthews Rd4
v Canterbury, 1:30pm
LOSS 22-26
30 min 0-18
B.Manasoki, R.MacIntosh, K.Ngamotu tries
M.Hiroti 3 goals
Other U16 Matches
22-10 Ende Sydney b Cronulla
28-14 Blkt Penrith b W Syd Academy
64-10 Camp Balmain b SW Syd Academy
46-0 Woll Illawarra b Norths
22-20 CsyF C Coast b Melbourne
52-12 Koga Newcastle b St George
42-12 Belc Canberra b Wests
26-8 Brok Parramatta b Manly
W D L Diff PT
PENRITH 4 - - +100 8
CANBERRA 4 - - +82 8
BALMAIN 3 1 - +98 7
SYDNEY 3 - 1 +84 6
NEWCASTLE 3 - 1 +52 6
WESTS 3 - 1 -18 6
SOUTHS 2 - 2 +48 4
ILLAWARRA 2 - 2 +21 4
Cronulla 2 - 2 -6 4
Parramatta 2 - 2 -22 4
Canterbury 1 1 2 -10 3
Central Coast 1 - 2 -21 2 **
W Syd Academy 1 - 3 -22 2
Manly 1 - 3 -24 2
St George 1 - 3 -42 2
SW Syd Academy 1 - 3 -98 2
Melbourne - - 4 -92 -
Norths - - 3 -118 - **