Suncorp Stadium
Thu Mar 5, 7:00pm QLD Time
CyberView from the Hill - Last Week CyberView from the Hill - This Week Late Changes
Team was 1 -17. Millard, McInnes and Grant dropped off the bench.
WIN 36-6
The South Sydney Rabbitohs have opened the NRL season with an emphatic 36-6 victory over the Brisbane Broncos at Suncorp Stadium in front of 36,057. A controlled five-tries-to-one effort that included a perfect night with the boot (eight from eight) for Adam Reynolds, saw the Rabbitohs sink the best of the Broncos at home. A penalty inside the first five minutes to the cardinal and myrtles placed them in prime attacking position. But with another penalty being blown for holding down right in front of the sticks at the back end of the set, the Rabbitohs opted to go for goal. Reynolds made no mistake to open the Club’s season account. The two-point advantage was short lived – just a minute later, a penalty to the Broncos in similar position allowed Corey Parker to equalise the match at two apiece. With 20 minutes gone and the Rabbitohs pressing the Brisbane line, the Broncos defence held strong despite some well-orchestrated set-plays from the men in red and green. Brisbane returned serve at the other end by showing their own prowess, but a knock on from the home-side gifted possession back to the Rabbitohs, and they would capitalise in a big way. Aided by a penalty in mid-field, Souths went through their set of six before swinging the ball out to Test centre, Dylan Walker, who danced down the Brisbane short side before carrying three defenders over the line for the first try of the 2015 NRL season. Reynolds kicked a screaming sideline conversion to make it 8-2. Joel Reddy compounded the home side’s problems when he caught the kick-off with one foot over the touch-line – scoring a penalty right on half-way. Despite a promising set, Souths were unable to capitalise. Another penalty to the Rabbitohs after Issac Luke was hit in a dangerous tackle by Sam Thaiday, Reynolds slotted his second penalty-goal of the night from 40 metres out to take the score to 10-2 with four minutes in the half remaining. With the clock winding down, Luke Keary raced down the blind-side, leaving Broncos players in his wake. As he approached the 20 metre line, the five eighth threw the ball back inside to Alex Johnston, who kicked to centre-field in an attempt to find Greg Inglis. But the Broncos would ultimately end up with the ball, rounding out the first half with the Rabbits leading 10-2. On the resumption, Reynolds hoisted a massive spiral bomb to test Jordan Kahu. Kahu crumbled under the pressure, spilling the pill and setting the red and greens up for another try. Sutton was the man to take advantage – the big back-rower slamming over the line right underneath the posts to extend the lead. Reynolds continued his perfect night with the boot to make it 16-6 in favour of the men in red and green. Mere minutes later, the quick hands of the Rabbitohs back-line were on display down the short-side, with Alex Johnston turning a pass back on the inside to Greg Inglis to score and celebrate with a Goanna. Reynolds made it 22-2 with his booming sideline conversion. Brisbane’s night went from bad to worse when they sailed their second kick dead on the full to gift Souths another penalty on half way. A string of penalties to the Broncos allowed the home side their first look at the Rabbitohs’ try-line, and after plenty of leg-work, Matt Gillett opened Brisbane’s try-scoring account for 2015 out wide. Parker sprayed the conversion leaving the score at 22-6. But the Rabbitohs would hit back thanks to some opportunistic running from Issac Luke through the middle. Luke put Inglis through the narrowest of gaps before the skipper drew in the fullback and passing on to Keary who raced in to score a brilliant four-pointer. Reynolds was on song yet again, taking the score up to 28-6. Ten minutes from full-time, a beautiful, deep back-line movement saw Joel Reddy finish off in the corner with a four-pointer. Reynolds made it seven from seven from all angles to make it a whopping 34-6 with eight minutes left. The highlight for Reynolds came right on full-time though, when a penalty 51 metres out from the line saw the little halfback slot a penalty goal from over half-way to bring his kicking record for the night to eight goals from eight attempts, and the final score to 36-6.
5 min 2-0
8 min 2-2
27 min 8-2
35 min 10-2
43 min 16-2
46 min 22-2
53 min 22-6
56 min 28-6
68 min 34-6
80 min 36-6
D.Walker, Sutton, Inglis, Keary, Reddy tries
Reynolds 8 from 8 goals
Crowd 36,057
Referee G.Sutton/G.Aitkins
Penalities 11-10
Scrums 7-6
Min Tac Pe MT LB HU DR m Er OL K TA T G/A FG
Flbk - Inglis, Greg 80 3 - - 1 15 - 129 1 - - 1 1 - - (c)
LWng - Johnston, Alex 80 - - 2 1 10 - 110 - 1 1 1 - - -
LCnt - Goodwin, Bryson 80 9 1 2 - 8 - 55 - - - - - - -
RCnt - Walker, Dylan 80 8 2 1 1 8 1 63 - 1 - 1 1 - -
RWng - Reddy, Joel 80 4 - - 1 11 - 91 - 1 - - 1 - -
5/8 - Keary, Luke 80 11 1 1 1 5 1 84 2 1 3 - 1 - -
Half - Reynolds, Adam 80 21 2 1 - 6 - 54 - 1 10 - - 8/8 -
Prop - Burgess, George 51 23 - - - 12 - 114 - - - - - - -
Hook - Luke, Issac 80 24 - - - 9 8 71 - - 1 1 - - -
Prop - Tyrrell, Dave 34 15 - 2 - 13 - 114 1 - - - - - -
SRow - Stewart, Glenn 67 25 - 2 - 5 - 39 1 - - - - - -
SRow - Sutton, John 69 24 - 1 1 8 1 42 1 - 2 - 1 - -
Lock - Lowe, Ben 41 23 4 - - 12 - 73 - - - - - - -
Int - Clark, Jason 37 19 - - - 8 1 49 2 1 - - - - -
Int - McQueen, Chris 27 11 - 1 - 3 - 49 - - - - - - -
Int - Grevsmuhl, Chris 38 12 - - - 13 - 118 2 - - - - - -
Int - Burgess, Tom 36 17 - - - 16 - 139 2 - - - - - -
TOTAL 249 10 13 6 1394 12 6 17 4 5 8/8 -
Completion Rate - 28 / 40 70%
Opposition Offloads - 4
Effective 1st Tackles
1 min 37m Reynolds kick COF
2 min 38m Reynolds kick DIG
5 min 0m P / P GOAL
7 min 100m SS Err(Sutton) 22m / SS P(Lowe) (BB GOAL)
12 min 10m P / SS Err (Tyrrell) SCR
14 min 46m Keary kick COF 12m SS P(Goodwin)
16 min 15m Keary kick COF
18 min 42m Stewart kick OOF
20 min 3m BB Err SCR / Reynolds kick Sutton kick
22 min 0m BB Err SCR / Luke kick CIG
23 min 76m SS Err(Clark) 21m / SS P(Clark)
27 min 0m BB Err SCR / P / TRY
32 min 45m P / P / SS Err(Grevsmuhl) SCR 10m / SS P(Lowe)
35 min 0m BB Err SCR / P GOAL
37 min 43m Reynolds kick 12m SS P(Keary)
39 min 53m Johnston kick SS Err(Inglis) SCR 19m / SS P(DWalker)
half time
41 min 4m Reynolds kick
43 min 0m BB Err SCR / TRY
45 min 38m Sutton kick COF
46 min 0m TRY
50 min 4m P / Reynolds kick
51 min 90m BB Err / SS Err(Grevsmuhl) 15m / SS P(Lowe) 47m / SS P(DWalker) / (BB TRY)
56 min 0m BB Err SCR / TRY
60 min 35m Reynolds kick
61 min 60m P / SS Err(TBurgess)
63 min 45m SS Err(Keary) SCR
66 min 8m Reynolds kick COF
68 min 0m P / TRY
73 min 8m BB 6TG SCR / Reynolds kick COF
74 min 99m BB Err SCR / SS Err(TBurgess) 30m / SS P(Reynolds) 76m / SS P(Inglis)
77 min 0m BB Err / Keary kick CIG
78 min 0m Reynolds kick CIG
79 min 70m SS Err(Clark)
80 min 0m P GOAL
Average effective 1st tackle location
- 28.5m - for the whole match
- 31.8m - 1st half
- 25.6m - 2nd half
If you now remove the tries
- 33.9m - 1st half
- 32.9m - 2nd half
Other FG Matches
42-12 Parr Parramatta b Manly
24-14 Hunt Newcastle b Warriors
19-18 Robi Wests-Tig b Gold Coast
28-4 Town Sydney b Nth Qld
24-18 Penr Penrith b Canterbury
24-20 Ende Canberra b Cronulla
12-4 Koga Melbourne b St Geo-Ill
W D L B Diff PT
SOUTHS 1 - - - +30 2
PARRAMATTA 1 - - - +30 2
SYD RSTRS 1 - - - +24 2
NEWCASTLE 1 - - - +10 2
MELBOURNE 1 - - - +8 2
PENRITH 1 - - - +6 2
CANBERRA 1 - - - +4 2
WESTS-TIGERS 1 - - - +1 2
Gold Coast - - 1 - -1 -
Cronulla - - 1 - -4 -
Canterbury - - 1 - -6 -
St Geo-Ill - - 1 - -8 -
Warriors - - 1 - -10 -
Nth Qld - - 1 - -24 -
Brisbane - - 1 - -30 -
Manly - - 1 - -30 -
Judiciary News
Ben Lowe has been placed on report and subsequently charged with a grade one Dangerous Contact – Head/Neck charge, for an incident arising out of the 52nd minute of last night’s win over the Brisbane Broncos. The base penalty for the charge is 100 points. Should Lowe fight the charge unsuccessfully, he will miss one match, however an early guilty plea will result in only 75 points being accrued, meaning Lowe would not miss any games. Ben has taken the early guilty plea and is free to play next weekend.
U20 National Youth Holden Cup - Round 1
v Brisbane, 4:35pm QLD Time
LOST 10-36
Late Changes PJ Lose starts at prop, Syme on the bench.
The South Sydney Rabbitohs have fallen to the Brisbane Broncos away from home in round one of the Holden Cup competition, going down 36 points to 10 at Suncorp Stadium tonight (Thursday). The Broncos scored seven-tries-to-two with ill-discipline hurting the Rabbitohs on more than one occasion throughout the match. The Broncos scored first through fullback Paul Byrnes who ran the length of the field to score after a poor kick and defensive effort. The conversion attempt was waved away, giving the Broncos a four-nil lead after six minutes. The home side scored the second try of the game when the Rabbitohs made a horrific error on their own line, leaving lock Jai Arrow to dive on the ball and score. Jayden Nikorima missed his second conversion attempt, leaving the score at 8-0 after 14 minutes. The first try of the Rabbitohs’ season was scored in the right hand corner by Irae Simone after some good lead up work from Cheyne Whitelaw, Brock Gray, Jordie Hedges and Haimona Hiroti. Hedges missed the conversion attempt from out wide, reducing the deficit to four points after 20 minutes. The Broncos struck back in the 30th minute when winger Nikau Terupe made the most of a right side overlap to score. The conversion missed again, taking the score line to 12-4. The Broncos were having some success down their right side attack, with centre Jayden Nikorima scoring out wide three minutes later. The kick for goal missed again, taking the score line to 16-4 after 35 minutes. The Broncos scored again through Tim Wolens in the 38th minute when halfback Ash Taylor put in a deft grubber kick under the posts for Wolens to pounce. Taylor converted to take the score out to 22 points to 4. The home side closed out the half with a penalty goal to Ash Taylor adjacent to the posts, giving the Broncos a 24-4 lead at the break. Ill-discipline cost the Rabbitohs in the first half in terms of pressure and opportunities, and that same poor discipline hurt them early in the second half when Taylor scored in the 42nd off the back of another penalty. He converted his own try to take the lead out to 26 points for the home team. South Sydney scored their second try through new recruit Angus Crichton, who literally ran over three Broncos defenders to score adjacent to the posts in the 61st minute. Jordie Hedges converted to take the score line to 30-10. The Broncos put the finishing touches on their performance when Sam Lavea crossed in the 76th minute, Taylor’s conversion taking the score line to 36-10 at full time.
5 min 0-4
13 min 0-8
19 min 4-8
30 min 4-12
35 min 4-16
38 min 4-22
40 min 4-24
42 min 4-30
61 min 10-30
76 min 10-36
Simone, Crichton tries
Hedges 1 from 2 goals
Penalties 5-10
Final Line Up -
Min Tac Pe MT LB Rn DR m Er OL K TA T G/A FG
Flbk - Perrin, Tom 80 8 - 4 - 4 1 24 3 - 1 - - - -
Wing - Goolagong, Damon 80 4 1 2 - 11 3 101 - - - - - - -
Cntr - Hiroti, Haimona 80 15 1 4 1 8 2 70 1 - - 1 - - -
Cntr - Olive, John 80 13 1 1 - 8 1 88 1 - - - - - -
Wing - Simone, Irae 80 5 1 3 - 6 - 75 1 - - - 1 - -
5/8 - Coleman, Liam 80 11 - - - 2 1 19 - - 2 - - - -
Half - Hedges, Jordie 80 19 - 3 - 7 - 50 - - 6 1 - 1/2 -
Prop - Williams, Clayton 50 24 - 1 - 12 - 84 1 - - - - - -
Hook - Booth, Aaron 80 35 1 3 - 10 10 93 - 2 1 - - - - (c)
Prop - Los’e, PJ 36 8 - - - 7 - 85 - - - - - - -
SRow - Saumamao, Tulsa 67 35 1 2 - 5 - 41 - - - - - - -
SRow - Gray, Brock 68 29 - - - 7 - 67 1 - - - - - -
Lock - Whitelaw, Cheyne 40 44 2 3 - 15 - 132 1 - - - - - -
Int - Syme, Eden 34 25 1 4 - 8 - 64 1 - - - - - -
Int - Crichton, Angus 39 23 - 1 1 6 - 71 - - - - 1 - -
Int - Tangiiti, Wallace 38 9 1 2 - 5 2 45 - 1 2 - - - -
Int - Musgrove, Zane 28 19 - 1 - 4 - 46 1 - - - - - -
326 10 34 2 1156 11 3 12 2 2 1/2 -
Opposition Offloads - 10
Other U20 Matches
54-26 Parr Manly b Parramatta
41-16 Hunt Newcastle b Warriors
34-16 Robi Gold Coast b Wests-Tigers
53-14 Town Nth Qld b Sydney
30-12 Penr Penrith b Canterbury
34-32 Ende Canberra b Cronulla
34-8 Koga Melbourne b St Geo-Ill
W D L B Diff PT
NTH QLD 1 - - - +39 2
MANLY 1 - - - +28 2
MELBOURNE 1 - - - +26 2
BRISBANE 1 - - - +26 2
NEWCASTLE 1 - - - +25 2
PENRITH 1 - - - +18 2
GOLD COAST 1 - - - +18 2
CANBERRA 1 - - - +2 2
Cronulla - - 1 - -2 -
Wests-Tigers - - 1 - -18 -
Canterbury - - 1 - -18 -
Warriors - - 1 - -25 -
Souths - - 1 - -26 -
St Geo-Ill - - 1 - -26 -
Parramatta - - 1 - -28 -
Syd Rstrs - - 1 - -39 -
Club Championship
W D L B Diff PT
NEWCASTLE 2 - - - +35 4
MELBOURNE 2 - - - +34 4
PENRITH 2 - - - +24 4
CANBERRA 2 - - - +6 4
GOLD COAST 1 - 1 - +17 2
NTH QLD 1 - 1 - +15 2
SOUTHS 1 - 1 - +4 2
PARRAMATTA 1 - 1 - +2 2
MANLY 1 - 1 - -2 2
BRISBANE 1 - 1 - -4 2
SYD RSTRS 1 - 1 - -15 2
Wests-Tigers 1 - 1 - -17 2
Cronulla - - 2 - -6 -
Canterbury - - 2 - -24 -
St Geo-Ill - - 2 - -34 -
Warriors - - 2 - -35 -
Reserve Grade - NSW Cup Round 1
v Wentworthville, Ringrose Park Sun Mar 8 3:00pm
WIN 30-16
Late Changes Gray, Gosiewski, Neale, Croad, Lafolafo and McGlinchey were out. McInnes started hooker, Millard centers, Grant prop, J.Roberts second row, Hyland at lock, Ross and J.Williams bench.
With the NRL making its long awaited return this week, the VB NSW Cup also began for the North Sydney Bears on Sunday afternoon. After what was a ter