Melbourne Rectangular Stadium
Sat Aug 26, 5:30pm
CyberView from the Hill - Last Week
CyberView from the Hill - This Week
Late Changes
Gosiewski and Talakai were trimmed 24 hours before the match. Tyrrell was 18th man. Britt did not fly to Melbourne. Walker started fullback, Goodwin on the wing, Sutton five-eighth and Jennings on the bench. Musgrove started pop, Sam Burgess second row.
LOSS 6-64
A depleted Rabbitohs outfit went down 64-6 to the Melbourne Storm at AAMI Park in Melbourne tonight (Saturday). A crowd of 15,403 saw the Storm score 11 tries to the Rabbitohs’ one in a dominant performance. The Rabbitohs were down on troops before the kick off, and a head injury to Adam Reynolds at the 8 minute mark did not help the cause. The Storm got away to the best start possible despite the Rabbitohs pressuring them with their defence. Cooper Cronk was under pressure to get a kick away but a missed tackle let Cronk run free, allowing him to combine with Billy Slater and Suliasi Vunivalu to register the points. Cameron Smith converted from the eastern touchline to take the lead six-nil in favour of the home side. Just three minutes later the Storm would score again after a number of errors from South Sydney players. The ball ended up in the hands of Cameron Munster to score the four-pointer. Smith converted from close range to establish a 12-nil lead. Adam Reynolds left the field in the ninth minute with a head knock nd did not return, forcing a reshuffle of the backline with Robert Jennings coming on to the wing, Bryson Goodwin to fullback and Cody Walker into the halves. Both sides opportunities to score over the next ten minutes but both sides were held up over the line, firstly Damien Cook in the 15th minute and then Jordan McLean in the 20th minute. The Storm posted their third try and their second to Vunivalu when he dived over from dummy half in what is one of his easier tries of the season. The Rabbitohs had defended strongly for the previous eight minutes but that one defensive lapse let them down. Smith converted from out wide to establish an 18-point lead for the home side. Melbourne would catch the Rabbitohs’ defensive line short in the 33rd minute which created space for Josh Addo-Carr to score, with Smith’s conversion extending the Storm’s lead to 24-nil. In the 38th minute of play, Cameron Smith scored one of the easiest tries of career after the Rabbitohs failed to diffuse a bomb, showing no urgency to shut down the bouncing ball, allowing Smith to stroll through and score adjacent to the posts. He converted his own try to extend the lead to 30 points just short of the break. South Sydney Members everywhere were mystified in the 39th minute of the first half, when Vunivalu was awarded a penalty try by the video referee, despite Robert Jennings pulling off a what looked to be a cracking try-saving tackle. Smith converted to give the Storm a half time 36-nil lead. The Rabbitohs only had 32% of the ball in the first half and the scoreboard reflected the Storm’s dominance of the ball. The Rabbitohs had completed 69% of their 13 first half sets and the Storm had completed 87% of their 23 sets. The Storm picked up where they left off in the first half with Billy Slater scoring in the 45th minute. The Storm peppered the Rabbitohs’ short side and an offload from Cameron Munster sent Slater on his way to the line. Six minutes later Addo-Carr scored his second try with a 90 metre effort, beating defender after defender to score to the right of the posts despite playing on the left wing. Smith converted to extend the lead to 48. Tim Glasby would then score a simple try on the back of hard, straight running, and Smith again converted to give the home side a 54-0 lead after 58 minutes. The Rabbitohs posted their first points in the 64th minute of the match through centre Tyrell Fuimaono. A pin-point cross-field chip kick from Cody Walker found Fuimaono who bustled way through three defenders to score in the left corner. Bryson Goodwin converted from out wide to take the scoreline to 54-6. The game became spiteful with an all-in push-and-shove breaking out 11 minute from full time. Despite running in from a distance to start the fracas, Will Chambers went unpenalised and Souths captain Sam Burgess was placed on report. From the penalty, Tohu Harris scored the Storm’s tenth try, taking the scoreline to 58-6. The Rabbitohs had the Storm under pressure in the final minutes with John Sutton being held up over the line. On the next play the Rabbitohs kicked into the in-goal, the ball was scooped up by Vunivalu who charged through the defence to race 85 metres downfield before being chased down bravely by Angus Crichton. Vunivalu kicked before being tackled and Addo-Carr followed through to score his third try. Cameron Munster converted the try to take the score line to 64-6 in favour of the home side. Despite the lopsided scoreline the Rabbitohs never gave up, putting in a big effort right until the final siren. That was shown through the efforts of Crichton to chase down Vunivalu, and the defensive efforts of himself and Cameron Murray who made 40 and 47 tackles for the match respectively. South Sydney now need to regroup before taking on the Parramatta Eels at ANZ Stadium in an away game next Friday night.
2 min 0-6
5 min 0-12
27 min 0-18
32 min 0-24
37 min 0-30
38 min 0-36
44 min 0-42
50 min 0-48
56 min 0-54
65 min 6-54
69 min 6-58
77 min 6-64
T.Fuimaono try
Goodwin 1 from 1 goals
Crowd 15,403
Referee H.Perenera / J.Stone
Penalities 4-9
Scrums 5-3
Final Line Up
Min Tac Pe MT LB Rn DR m Er OL K TA T G/A FG
Flbk - 6 - Walker, Cody 80 14 - 4 - 10 2 55 2 - 6 1 - - -
LWng - 1 - Goodwin, Bryson 80 8 - 7 - 11 1 115 - 2 1 - - 1/1 -
LCnt - 4 - Fuimaono, Tyrell 80 16 1 6 - 9 3 63 - - - - 1 - -
RCnt - 3 - Gray, Aaron 64 16 - 4 - 5 - 36 - - - - - - -
RWng - 2 - Graham, Campbell 80 4 - 3 - 8 - 55 1 - - - - - -
5/8 - 11 - Sutton, John 80 22 - 4 - 7 - 41 - - 5 - - - -
Half - 7 - Reynolds, Adam 8 4 - - - - - - - - 1 - - - -
Prop - 8 - Burgess, Tom 50 31 - 3 - 7 - 68 - - - - - - -
Hook - 9 - Cook, Damien 65 27 - 2 - 7 3 93 1 - 2 - - - -
Prop - 17 - Musgrove, Zane 53 24 4 3 - 10 - 82 - 1 - - - - -
SRow - 10 - Burgess, Sam 80 31 2 4 - 12 1 93 1 - - - - - - (c)
SRow - 12 - Crichton, Angus 80 40 - 3 - 12 - 89 - - - - - - -
Lock - 13 - Murray, Cameron 80 47 1 2 - 5 - 36 2 1 - - - - -
Int - 5 - Jennings, Robert 72 5 - 1 1 13 - 146 1 - - - - - -
Int - 14 - Farah, Robbie 31 14 - 1 - 4 - 34 - 1 1 - - - -
Int - 15 - Burgess, George 35 21 1 1 - 4 - 41 - - - - - - -
Int - 16 - Turner, Kyle 22 18 - 1 - 3 - 26 1 - - - - - -
TOTAL 342 9 49 1 1072 9 5 16 1 1 1/1 -
Completion Rate - 20 / 27 74%
Opposition Offloads - 10
Effective 1st Tackles
1 min 16m Reynolds kick COF / (M TRY)
4 min 18m KO
5 min 100m SS Err(Walker) SS Err(Campbell) Sutton kick (M TRY)
6 min 99m KO 16m / SS P(TFuimaono) 92m / SS P(Musgrove)
10 min 42m M Err SCR / Cook kick
12 min 39m Walker kick COF
15 min 4m M Err SCR / P / SS NO TRY / Sutton kick ChOv
17 min 96m SS Err(Walker) 53m / SS P(Musgrove)
20 min 18m M Err / Walker kick COF
22 min 20m Cook kick
24 min 90m SCR / Walker kick COF 3m / SS 6TG(Murray)
25 min 100m SS Err(Walker)
26 min 97m DO 71m / SS P(Cook) / (M TRY)
29 min 19m KO
31 min 66m SS Err(Turner) SCR / (M TRY)
35 min 18m KO
36 min 76m DO / (M TRY)
38 min 100m KO 19m / SS P(Goodwin) (M P-TRY)
half time
40 min 17m KO
41 min 20m Walker kick COF
43 min 31m Sutton kick / (M TRY)
46 min 20m KO
48 min 10m Walker kick ChOv
50 min 100m Sutton kick COF (M TRY)
52 min 14m KO
55 min 75m Goodwin kick SCR 16m / SS P(Musgrove) / (M TRY)
60 min 66m SS Err(SBurgess) SCR
62 min 12m Sutton kick
63 min 0m M Err SCR / P / Walker kick TRY
66 min 79m Sutton kick COF 40m / SS P(TFuimaono) 58m / SS P(SBurgess) 72m / SS P(SBurgess) / (M TRY)
71 min 21m KO
73 min 22m SS Err(Cook)
74 min 38m M Err / P / SS Err(Walker) 12m / SS P(SBurgess)
77 min 100m M Err SCR / Farah kick (M TRY)
79 min 20m KO
Average effective 1st tackle location
- 53.3m - for the whole match
- 61.4m - 1st half
- 43.8m - 2nd half
Other NRL Matches
52-34 Lang Parramatta b Brisbane
46-28 Bruc Canberra b Newcastle
22-14 Camp Nth Qld b Wests-Tig
26-14 Robi Canterbury b Gold Coast
16-14 Ende Syd Rstrs b Cronulla
22-21 MtSm Manly b Warriors
16-14 Penr St Geo-Ill b Penrith
W D L B Diff PT
MELBOURNE 19 - 4 2 +271 42
SYD RSTRS 16 - 7 2 +68 36
BRISBANE 15 - 8 2 +154 34
PARRAMATTA 15 - 8 2 +33 34
CRONULLA 14 - 9 2 +61 32
PENRITH 13 - 10 2 +61 30
NTH QLD 13 - 10 2 +34 30
MANLY 13 - 9 2 +24 30
St Geo-Ill 12 - 11 2 +89 28
Canberra 11 - 12 2 +87 26
Souths 9 - 14 2 -94 22
Canterbury 9 - 14 2 -101 22
Warriors 7 - 16 2 -119 18
Gold Coast 7 - 16 2 -186 18
Wests-Tigers 6 - 17 2 -170 16
Newcastle 5 - 18 2 -212 14
Judiciary News
Sam Burgess was placed on report for a agressive tackle. However no further action was taken for this tackle.
However, Sam Burgess has since been charged by the Match Review Committee with a High Tackle - Careless charge from an incident in the 68th minute. The base charge for this is $1,500. Burgess has one prior non-similar offence which results in a 20% loading on the charge. A total fine of $1,800. Sam has since taken the early guilty please resulting in a 25% reduction, with a finalfine of $1,350.
Zane Musgrove has also been charged with a grade one Shoulder Charge from an incident in the 56th minute. The base charge for this is 200 points. Zane has since taken the early guilty plea, resulting a 25% reduction, meaning he will miss one game with 50 carry over points.
U20 National Youth Holden Cup - Round 25
v Melbourne, Sunshine Coast Stadium, Sat Aug 26 2:45pm
WIN 44-10
Late Changes - no one was trimmed 24 hours before the match. Koloamatangi, Mougios and Shiach-Wise are out.
The South Sydney Rabbitohs’ under 20s side have all but wrapped up a position in the NYC Finals Series with a commanding 44-10 victory over the Melbourne Storm at Sunshine Coast Stadium today (Saturday). The victory takes the Rabbitohs to 30 competition points and a healthy for-and-against of +120 points, with one match to go for the regular season. The Rabbitohs opened the scoring in the fifth minute of play through Siosifa Talakai and the Storm’s Jacob Tonge responded five minutes later with South Sydney’s 2018 recruit, Jesse Arthars, kicking the conversion. Then it was all the Rabbitohs’ way for the rest of the half with tries to Gabe Hamlin, Dylan O’Connor and Nic Mougios, as well as two conversions to Adam Doueihi giving South Sydney a 20-6 lead at half time. The Rabbitohs would go on with the job in the second half with tries to Harry Leddy, Jordan Mailata, Doueihi and Mougios, plus three more goals to Doueihi giving Souths a 42-6 lead before the Storm would score a consolation try to Sale Finau in the closing minutes. Doueihi would kick a final penalty goal before the full time siren to give the young Rabbitohs a quality win away from home. The Rabbitohs move on to play the Parramatta Eels next Friday night in an away game at ANZ Stadium. If the young Rabbitohs win they are assured of a Finals finish to the season. If they fall to the Eels other results will need to go the Rabbitohs’ way to ensure a top eight finish
5 min 4-0
12 min 4-6
17 min 10-6
32 min 14-6
39 min 20-6
42 min 26-6
51 min 32-6
65 min 38-6
69 min 42-6
75 min 42-10
79 min 44-10
Mougios 2, Talakai, Hamlin, O'Connor, Leddy, Mailata, Doueihi tries
Doueihi 6 from 9 goals
Penalities 6-5
Final Line Up
Min Tac Pe MT LB Rn DR m Er OL K TA T G/A FG
Flbk - 1 - Cordtz, Beau 80 5 - 2 1 13 4 176 - 2 - 1 - - -
LWng - 2 - Mougios, Nic 80 4 - 1 - 13 - 143 2 1 - - 2 - -
LCnt - 3 - Hiroti, Mawene 80 16 - - 3 18 - 166 1 - - 2 - - -
RCnt - 4 - O’Connor, Dylan 80 2 - 3 1 13 - 149 2 1 - - 1 - -
RWng - 5 - Taukamo, Tyrone 2 - - - - 1 - 12 - - - - - - -
5/8 - 6 - Doueihi, Adam 80 15 - 2 - 6 - 137 3 1 8 - 1 6/9 -
Half - 7 - Hawkins, Dean 43 21 2 1 - 2 - 19 1 - 3 - - - -
Prop - 8 - Fuimaono, Henry 80 17 - 3 - 9 - 93 1 - - - - - -
Hook - 9 - Leddy, Harry 80 42 - 6 1 7 5 34 1 - - 1 1 - -
Prop - 10 - Johnstone, Sam 64 27 1 1 - 12 - 142 1 - - - - - -
SRow - 11 - Talakai, Siosifa 67 25 - - 1 9 - 90 - - - - 1 - -
SRow - 12 - Ta'avale, Lucky 80 17 - 2 - 16 - 167 - - - - - - -
Lock - 13 - Hamlin, Gabe 74 29 - 1 1 12 - 154 2 - - - 1 - - (vc)
Int - 14 - Butler, Tarquinn 44 7 - 2 - 7 - 71 - - - - - - -
Int - 15 - Ili, Kalani 24 8 - 2 - 6 - 56 - - - - - - - (c)
Int - 16 - Mailata, Jordan 22 4 1 - 3 9 - 165 - 1 - - 1 - -
Int - 17 - Manowski, Blake 60 23 1 1 - 8 - 85 - - - - - - -
TOTAL 262 5 27 11 1859 14 6 11 4 8 6/9 -
Opposition Offloads - 8
Other NYC Matches
14-8 Lang Brisbane b Parramatta
21-20 Bruc Newcastle b Canberra
26-18 Camp Nth Qld b Wests-Tig
28-20 Robi Canterbury b Gold Coast
26-18 Ende Syd Rstrs b Cronulla
52-12 MtSm Manly b Warriors
40-10 Penr St Geo-Ill b Penrith
W D L B Diff PT
CRONULLA 19 1 3 2 +486 43
PENRITH 14 2 7 2 +174 34
ST GEO-ILL 15 - 8 2 +40 34
NTH QLD 14 - 9 2 +184 32
PARRAMATTA 14 - 8 2 +153 32
MANLY 13 - 10 2 +132 30
SOUTHS 12 2 9 2 +120 30
BRISBANE 13 - 10 2 +66 30
Newcastle 12 1 10 2 -23 29
Syd Rstrs 11 1 11 2 +124 27
Gold Coast 10 1 12 2 -94 25
Canberra 9 - 14 2 -106 22
Melbourne 9 - 14 2 -166 22
Canterbury 6 2 15 2 -224 18
Wests-Tigers 4 2 18 2 -408 14
Warriors 3 - 20 2 -458 10
NRL Club Championship
W D L B Diff PT
CRONULLA 32 1 12 4 +547 75
Parramatta 29 - 17 4 +186 66
Penrith 27 2 17 4 +235 64
Brisbane 28 - 18 4 +220 64
Melbourne 28 - 18 4 +105 64
Syd Rstrs 27 1 18 4 +192 63
Nth Qld 27 - 19 4 +218 62
St Geo-Ill 27 - 19 4 +129 62
Manly 26 - 20 4 +156 60
Souths 21 2 23 4 +26 52
Canberra 20 - 26 4 -19 48
Newcastle 17 1 28 4 -235 43
Gold Coast 17 1 28 4 -280 43
Canterbury 15 2 29 4 -325 40
Wests-Tigers 10 2 34 4 -578 30
Warriors 10 - 36 4 -577 28
Reserve Grade - Intrust Super NSW Premiership Round 25
v Newtown, Henson Park, Sat Aug 26 3:00pm
WIN 16-12
Late Changes - Clark was out. Britt started at prop.
The North Sydney Bears have put in a hard-fought defensive display to hold off a valiant Newtown Jets outfit 16-12 at Henson Park on Saturday afternoon. The Bears rolled through three tries in the opening 35 minutes to take a commanding 16-6 lead, but a last-gasp try on the half-time buzzer from Newtown set up an exciting second stanza. The Bears battled strongly for a majority of the contest as the Jets dominated possession and field position, but it was North Sydney’s tireless defensive efforts that ultimately proved the difference. Eli Levido was a shining light for North Sydney with two try-assists, while Cheyne Whitelaw continued his good form with another strong display. The Bears were able to draw first blood in just their first set of six after Tautalatasi Tasi made a break down the left-hand touchline before drawing the fullback for captain Ed Murphy who streaked away under the posts for the first try of the afternoon. The Jets were reduced to 12 men after conceding four consecutive penalties on their own goal-line, and the one-man advantage eventually proved costly as Eli Levido found Tasi with a perfect cut-out pass for the Bears second try of the contest. An error off the ensuing set from the Bears invited the Jets straight onto the attack, and they wasted little time in capitalising on the rare chance as Jack Williams barged his way over for a valuable four-pointer. Joseph Paulo converted to set a 10-6 score line after 18 minutes. Edrick Lee made a break just moments later with players looming in support on his outside, only for his pass to find the ground and the scrambling Bears defence pouncing on the loose ball. Ill-disciplined continued to mount a heap of pressure on the Jets, and the Bears soon found themselves on the scoresheet once again as Levido finished off a classy backline movement with another pinpoint cut out pass for Abbas Miski who crossed in the right-hand corner. Levido nailed the sideline conversion to take a 10-point lead with just seven minutes remaining in the first half. The Jets had the final say of the first 40 minutes after Leigh Higgins showed his pace to make an evasive run over half-way before Brent Anderson reaped the rewards just a few tackles later with a vital try right on the half-time siren. Paulo converted from close-range to close the lead to just four points at the break. The Jest were fighting valiantly as they were desperately searching for the lead for the first time in the arm wrestle contest, but were unable to threaten the committed the defence of the Bears. A beautiful pass from Jets five-eighth Joseph Paulo was the start of a promising raid down the right-hand side, with Anderson going extremely close to claiming his second try however pulled up a metre short of the try line. Some scorching bombs from Newtown couldn’t be defused from the Jets with Levido and Tasi fumbling the ball on two occasions, but the Jets just couldn’t sustain any further pressure with the Bears relentless goal-line defence proving too strong. Time became the enemy for the home side but a seven-tackle set was the Jets final opportunity to snatch a late victory, but a poor last tackle option was the final straw in a hard-fought contest with the Bears holding on to claim as gutsy 16-12 victory
2 min 6-0
13 min 10-0
16 min 10-6
33 min 16-6
38 min 16-12
Murphy, Tasi, Miski tries
Levido 2 from 3 goals
Penalties 8-7
Final Line Up
Min Tac Pe MT LB Rn DR m Er OL K TA T G/A FG
Flbk - 1 - Levido, Eli 80 4 - 1 - 14 - 73 3 - 3 1 - 2/3 -
LWng - 2 - Tasi, Tautalatasi 80 10 1 - 2 16 2 184 2 1 - 1 1 - -
LCnt - 3 - Moceidreke, Sitiveni 80 15 1 2 - 4 - 22 - - 3 - - - -
RCnt - 4 - Robinson, Latrell 80 18 - - - 9 1 87 - - - - - - -
RWng - 5 - Miski, Abbas 80 6 1 - 1 18 1 189 1 - 1 - 1 - -
5/8 - 6 - Murphy, Ed 80 11 1 - - 8 2 93 - - - - 1 - -
Half - 7 - Kelly, Luke 80 18 - 1 - 3 - 14 - - 9 1 - - -
Prop - 21 - Britt, Dean 60 31 1 1 - 15 - 151 - - - - - - -
Hook - 9 - Deitz, Brad 80 38 - 4 - 2 2 28 - - 1 - - - - (c)
Prop - 10 - Mauala, Fred Jnr 41 27 - 1 - 8 - 73 2 - - - - - -
SRow - 11 - Freebairn, Tom 33 16 - 1 - 6 - 51 - - - - - - -
SRow - 12 - Rogers, Piki 69 26 - 1 - 6 - 61 1 - - - - - -
Lock - 13 - Whitelaw, Cheyne 80 53 2 3 - 13 - 123 - - - - - - -
Int - 14 - Hunt, Jamel 10 12 - 1 - 3 - 30 - - - - - - -
Int - 15 - Rudolf, Toby 27 14 - - - 9 - 83 - - - - - - -
Int - 17 - Siolo, Patrice 51 21 - - - 12 - 129 1 1 - - - - -
Int - 18 - Williams, Clayton 29 17 - 1 - 7 - 68 - - - - - - -
TOTAL 337 7 17 3 1457 10 2 17 3 3 2/3 -
Completion Rate - 28 / 38 74%
Opposition Offloads - 9
Other NSW Premiership Matches
28-28 Woll Illawarra d Canterbury
44-12 Aubr Mt Pritchard b Blacktown
30-22 Kanw Wyong b Newcastle
38-10 MtSm Warriors b Wests-Tigers
44-14 Ring Penrith b Wentworthville
W D L B Diff PT
WYONG 16 2 4 3 +185 40
WARRIORS 13 4 5 3 +134 36
PENRITH 14 1 7 3 +307 35
CANTERBURY 12 3 7 3 +118 33
MT PRITCHARD 11 2 9 3 +55 30
NORTHS 11 1 10 3 +16 29
NEWCASTLE 10 1 11 3 -32 27
ILLAWARRA 10 1 11 3 -78 27
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Wentworthville 9 - 13 3 +34 24
Blacktown 8 - 14 3 -140 22
Newtown 6 1 15 3 -165 19
Wests-Tigers 4 - 18 3 -434 14