Fri Sep 12, 7:55pm
Selected Premilinary Semi-Final Teams
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Late Changes team was 1-17 with Lowe, Goodwin and Picker dropping off the bench.
WIN 40-24
The South Sydney Rabbitohs have advanced to the Preliminary Finals by emphatically defeating the Manly-Warringah Sea-Eagles by 40-24 in front of a sea of red and green at Allianz Stadium tonight (Friday). Despite a late surge from Manly, a crowd of 25,733 were on hand to watch the red and greens put on a controlled performance that saw a handful of magic moments unfold, propelling the Club to its third successive Preliminary Finals berth. Doubles to Alex Johnston and Adam Reynolds – who scored a personal haul of 20 points – helped the side over the line in a seven try to four performance. Both sides burst out of the blocks with enthusiastic football – the Rabbitohs getting an early opportunity at the Sea Eagles’ line thanks to some ill-discipline. But the red and greens were unable to convert the opportunity into points. It was Manly who looked to score first though, when a kick into Souths’ in-goal stood up just long enough for Brett Stewart to have a desperate attempt to ground the ball. Greg Inglis shepherded the ball dead, but not before the video referee had a look for a possible four-pointer. But it would be the Rabbitohs who would post first points, when Adam Reynolds put in a cross-field kick that was batted back by Lote Tuqiri, then grubbered forward by Dylan Walker for Reynolds to finish off the movement with the first try of the night. Reynolds converted his own try to give the side a 6-0 lead with 12 minutes gone. The Rabbitohs continued on with their momentum when Kirisome Auva’a made a massive break down the touch-line. But while it seemed Auva’a had been grounded in a tackle, the movement continued up-field, culminating in the red and greens finding themselves again right on the Manly line. Reynolds put a short kick into the in-goal for a flying Luke Keary, who ultimately picked up the ball in the in-goal to score amid thunderous cheers from the predominantly red and green crowd. Reynolds added the extras to make it 12-0. Not to be out-done by Auva’a, Greg Inglis then made his own statement by making a break of his own that almost lead to another try being scored – this time through young-gun Alex Johnston. A closer look at the try though showed that Johnston had lost the ball over the line. Lote Tuqiri though would make no mistake on the other wing, when Reynolds hoisted a massive cross-field bomb to the dual-international, who towered over Manly’s Jorge Taufua to score. Reynolds converted mere feet inside the touch-line to make it 18-0 with 12 minutes in the first half remaining. Anthony Watmough found himself on report following a dangerous tackle on Greg Inglis, and the penalty would prove costlier still. As a result, the Rabbitohs again found themselves on the Manly line, with Alex Johnston finishing off a back-line movement that saw John Sutton and Luke Keary combine – Johnston atoning for his earlier drop-ball with a four-pointer. Reynolds’ touch-line conversion attempt hit the upright, leaving the score at a stunning 22-0 to take the teams to the sheds. From the very first set of six, Souths made their intentions clear when Kirisome Auva’a made a break up-field before being dragged down just short. The red and greens spun the ball out to Adam Reynolds who put the ball into the in-goal, before planting his hands down on it to claim a try in the first set of six of the second half. Reynolds converted his own try to make it 28-0. Manly five-eighth Kieran Foran found himself on report following a desperate attempt to diffuse a try to Issac Luke, set up by a Johnston banana-kick. The Rabbitohs denied taking the two points, and after a second infringement on the following set, the red and green’s seemed even more determined to get four points. Dylan Walker delievered, before Reynolds again added the extras to make it 34-0. It was raining red and green tries when a brilliant pass from Greg Inglis sent Johnston through for his second four-pointer of the night – the Souths Junior sprinting 30 metres to touch down mere minutes after the Walker try. Reynolds made no mistake to make it 40-0, bringing his own personal haul to 20 points. With 16 minutes in the match remaining, Manly finally got on the board through Brett Stewart, who took a dubious looking final pass to make it 40-6 with Jamie Lyon’s conversion. Lyon grabbed a try of his own not long after. His conversion from the touch-line making it 40-12. It was to be the beginning of a gritty Manly fightback. The Sea Eagles’ revival continued when Tom Symonds crossed for a four-pointer to close the gap slightly. Lyon converted to make it 40-18. A consolation try to Cheyse Blair made the final score 40-24.
10 min 6-0
17 min 12-0
26 min 18-0
34 min 22-0
41 min 28-0
51 min 34-0
54 min 40-0
63 min 40-6
67 min 40-12
74 min 40-18
77 min 40-24
Reynolds 2, A.Johnston 2, Keary, Tuqiri, Walker tries
Reynolds 6 from 7 goals
Crowd 25,733
Referee S.Hayne/G.Badger
Penalities 5-3
Scrums 2-6
Min Tac Pe MT LB HU DR m Er OL K TA T G/A FG
Flbk Inglis 80 8 - - 1 11 - 164 1 - - 1 - - -
LWng Johnston.A 80 2 - 1 4 10 1 119 2 1 1 - 2 - -
LCnt Auva'a 80 18 - 2 2 6 - 135 2 1 - - - - -
RCnt Walker 80 9 - 3 2 8 1 68 - - 1 2 1 - -
RWng Tuqiri 80 10 - 3 - 8 - 60 1 2 - - 1 - -
5/8 Keary 80 13 1 - - 7 - 43 2 1 1 - 1 - -
Half Reynolds 80 25 - 1 - 2 1 14 - - 14 2 2 6/7 -
Prop Burgess.G 45 20 - 3 1 10 - 86 - - - - - - -
Hook Luke 77 22 - 1 - 14 9 145 1 1 - - - - -
Prop Tyrrell 33 21 2 - - 4 - 26 - - - - - - -
SRow Turner 80 40 - 1 - 2 - 13 1 - - - - - -
SRow Sutton 66 27 - - 1 9 - 84 - 3 1 - - - -
Lock Burgess.S 62 22 - - - 18 - 131 - 1 1 - - - -
Int Clark 37 14 - - - 7 - 54 - - - - - - -
Int McQueen 32 16 - - - 5 - 39 - - - - - - -
Int Burgess.L 24 8 - - - 3 - 16 - - - - - - -
Int Burgess.T 24 12 - 1 - 11 - 84 2 - - - - - -
TOTAL 287 3 16 11 1281 12 10 19 5 7 6/7 -
Completion Rate 24 / 31 77%
Opposition Offloads 11
Effective 1st Tackles
2 min 10m P / Reynolds kick ChOv
5 min 42m Keary kick SCR 14m / SS P(Tyrrell) / (MW NO TRY)
8 min 10m Reynolds kick SBurgess kick
10 min 0m Reynolds kick Walker kick TRY
13 min 30m Reynolds kick SCR
15 min 24m Reynolds kick
17 min 0m Reynolds kick TRY
20 min 21m Reynolds kick
22 min 28m (SS NO TRY) SS Err (AJohnston)
24 min 15m Reynolds kick COF
26 min 0m Reynolds kick TRY
28 min 30m P / SS Err(Auvaa) SCR
33 min 8m P / Reynolds kick
34 min 0m MW Err SCR / TRY
38 min 34m SS Err(Turner)
39 min 65m DO
half time
41 min 0m Reynolds kick TRY
44 min 58m SS Err(TBurgess) SCR
45 min 78m 6TG(Tuqiri)
47 min 16m MW Err SCR / Reynolds kick
51 min 0m AJohnston kick P / P / TRY
54 min 0m TRY
57 min 8m Reynolds kick COF
59 min 19m SS Err(Auvaa) SCR
62 min 40m Reynolds kick SS P(Keary) / (MW TRY)
66 min 95m SS Err(Inglis) / (MW TRY)
70 min 15m MW Err / SS Err(TBurgess)
72 min 100m Sutton kick 21m / SS P(Tyrrell) 85m / SS Err(Luke) (MW TRY)
76 min 72m DO / (MW TRY)
Average effective 1st tackle location
- 28.2m - for the whole match
- 19.8m - 1st half
- 38.5m - 2nd half
If you now remove the tries
- 26.4m - 1st half
- 50.1m - 2nd half
Other Round FG Matches
19-18 SFS (1v4) Penrith b Sydney
32-20 Town (5v8) Nth Qld b Brisbane
28-4 MRSt (7v6) Canterbury b Melbourne
Judiciary News
No one has been place on report.
NYC Cup Minor Preliminary Semi-Final (7v6) South Sydney v Wests-Tigers
5:30pm
LOSS 24-28
Late Changes Gorman has dropped off the bench, McInnes started five-eighth, Hedges at center. Final line up is -
Flbk - Devon Makoare-Boyce Wing - Tom Hughes Cntr - Tevita Cottrell Cntr - Jordie Hedges Wing - Sam Manuleleua 5/8 - Cameron McInnes Half - Brad Wall Prop - Ofa Felila Hook - Aaron Booth Prop - Eden Syme SRow - Tulsa Saumamao SRow - Jack Gosiewski (c) Lock - Cheyne Whitelaw Int - Brock Gray Int - Wallace Tangiiti Int - Clayton Williams Int - PJ Los'e
The South Sydney Rabbitohs’ NYC side’s season is over, after going down 28-24 in a tight elimination final at Allianz Stadium tonight (Friday). Despite being down 16-0 late in the first half, the Rabbitohs fought back to briefly take the lead, before a late flurry from the Tigers secured the match and their spot in the next round of the finals – the South Sydney side wrapping up their season courageously. Inside the first two minutes of play, a failed final tackle kick diffusion from the Rabbitohs, saw the ball land in the hands of Tigers centre Delouise Hoeter, who sprinted 25 metres untouched to score right next to the side-line. Eli Levido slotted the conversion to give Wests the early lead. The Tigers continued on with their enthusiasm out of the box when a Tigers back-line movement was finished off by wide-running back-rower Salesi Funaki, who broke through the Rabbitohs’ line from close-range for the side’s second try. Levido added the extras to make it 12-0. Despite opportunities at the other end of the field for the red and green’s, half-way through the opening stanza, the Tigers spun the ball out to winger John Ogden, who planted the ball one-handed over the line in the far corner. Levido missed his first conversion attempt of the evening, leaving the score at 16-0. The Rabbitohs’ breakthrough finally came with 10 minutes in the first half remaining, when winger Sam Manuleleua raced 25 metres down the touch-line, before monstering the final Wests defender over the try-line to open the red and green account for the night. Devon Makoare-Boyce’s conversion hit the upright but bounced through to make it 16-6 to take the sides to the break. After the break, the Rabbitohs hit-back inside the first five minutes when Brock Gray powered over right under the sticks to narrow the gap. Makoare-Boyce’s conversion made it a four point ball-game. The fight-back continued when the Rabbitohs upped the tempo to put the Tigers on the back foot in defence. Jack Gosiewski powered through from short-range to equalise, with Makoare-Boyce again adding the extras for the Rabbitohs to lead for the first time in the match. But the Tigers would hit back through centre Watson Heleta, who raced 30 metres while trampling a handful of red and green defenders to re-take the lead for his side at 22-18. John Ogden then added his second try of the night, with Levido again converting to make it 28-18. With forty seconds in the match remaining, a consolation try to Rabbitohs winger, Tom Hughes narrowed the gap, with Makoare-Boyce adding the extras from short-range to make the final score 28-24 in the Tigers’ favour.
Cottrell was placed on report for a crusher tackle. He has since been charged with a Grade 2 Dangerous Contact charge worth 250 points and has taken the early guilty plea and will miss one game with 87 carryover points.
2 min 0-6
9 min 0-12
18 min 0-16
29 min 6-16
45 min 12-16
31 min 18-16
62 min 18-22
70 min 18-28
79 min 24-28
Manuleleua, B.Gray, Gosiewski, Hughes tries
Makoare-Boyce 4 from 4 goals
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30-22 SFS (4v1) St Geo-Ill b Newcastle
32-26 Town (3v2) Parramatta b Brisbane
44-30 SFS (8v5) Warriors b Sydney
NSW-QLD Cup Semi-Finals
Other NSW Cup Matches
BYE (1) Penrith
BYE (2) Newcastle
29-16 Leic (3v6) Wntwrthvll b Wyong
29-12 Leic (4v5) Illawarra b Warriors
Other QLD Cup Matches
8-7 Barl (1v2) Northrn Pride b Easts
34-22 Koug (3v4) Wynnum-Manly b Ipswich
NRL Semi-Finals
Other Round FG Matches
BYE (1) Penrith
BYE (2) Souths
18-17 SFS (6v3) Canterbury b Manly
31-30 SFS (4v5) Sydney b Nth Qld
NYC Semi-Finals
Other U20 Matches
BYE (1) St Geo-Ill
BYE (2) Parramatta
42-18 SFS (3v6) Brisbane b Wests-Tigers
23-16 SFS (5v4) Warriors b Newcastle
NSW-QLD Cup Finals
Other NSW Cup Matches
31-12 Leic (1v3) Penrith b Wentworthville
34-10 Leic (2v4) Newcastle b Illawarra
Other QLD Cup Matches
BYE (1) Northrn Pride
30-12 Lang (2v3) Easts b Wynnum-Manly