Stadium Australia
Thu Apr 26, 7:50pm
CyberView from the Hill - Last Week
CyberView from the Hill - This Week
Late Changes
Graham and Farah has been trimmed 24h before the match. Hunt and Turner were 18th and 19th men.
LOSS 20-24
A bulked-up Brisbane has beaten the Rabbitohs with their own power game of yesteryear, with hulking winger/wannabe backrower Corey Oates leading the charge in a thrilling 24-20 win. Oates instigated a second-half blitz of the Bunnies with a power-packed 57th minute try which turned the contest, smashing through four defenders en route to the line. That charge from the 105kg, 192 cm flyer capped a brutal showing from Oates, whose three line breaks, eight tackle busts and 188 metres showed exactly why Wayne Bennett is reluctant to shift such a hard-to-handle customer from his left flank. In-field the story came courtesy of even bigger bodies. Eighteen-year-old, 118kg, 194 cm Payne Haas turned plenty of heads in an eye-catching 21-minute debut that coincided with Brisbane's best football, while Tevita Pangai Jr's 123 metres and 28 tackles took up the gauntlet thrown down by the Burgess twins. The Broncos bruising second-half performance kept a late Souths fightback at bay, while the officials were saved their blushes as John Sutton crossed from a blatantly forward Cody Walker pass to set up a grandstand finish. It all started with Adam Reynolds sending a scare through the Rabbitohs camp by going down early with an ankle issue. But by the seventh minute he was back on his feet with their first points on a platter, thanks to an eye-watering fumble from Jack Bird in his in-goal. Bird butchered a regulation defusal of a Reynolds grubber, only managing to bat it into the path of an obliging Cody Walker for an early 6-0 lead. While the Burgess brothers bulldozed through the middle across the opening stages, Brisbane took the long way round with their first meaningful foray after 18 minutes. It was worth the wait, with Anthony Milford running on the last and five more passes keeping Brisbane alive before Darius Boyd dived on a grubber to get them on the board and complete the 60-metre movement. Immediately though the Rabbitohs hit back with rapid hands of their own sending Alex Johnston over, a Greg Inglis wrap-around play creating more than enough space for his fleet-footed protégé. 12-6 it stayed as the Broncos one raid to come off – a Korbin Sims offload sending Kodi Nikorima to the line – was denied by the bunker, Johnston somehow keeping the ball from hitting the turf. Eight errors brought Brisbane unstuck in the first 40, but three repeat sets to start the second had them level by the 47th minute. The sight of makeshift hooker Josh McGuire limping off with a sprained ankle didn't worry Nikorima, as he scurried between Reynolds and Walker from dummy-half. A penalty goal in quick time put Souths up 14-12 but with Haas and Pangai Jr. throwing several sinks and their sizeable frames at anything in red and green, the tide eventually turned. It was Oates who broke the Bunnies, collecting a Tom Opacic offload and charging 20-metres behind the ruck for the critical four-pointer. At the 62nd minute Brisbane came knocking again, Oates, Haas and Nikorima drilling Richie Kennar back into his in-goal. By the 63rd James Roberts was touching down on another Milford grubber for a 10-point margin. Sutton's try trimmed that back with five minutes remaining, but the Broncos held on while Souths tried every last trick to the final whistle.
6 min 6-0
15 min 6-6
20 min 12-6
47 min 12-12
53 min 14-12
57 min 14-18
63 min 14-24
73 min 20-24
Walker, Johnston, Sutton tries
Reynolds 4 from 4 goals
Crowd 11,123
Referee B.Cummins/P.Gough
Penalities 8-6
Scrums 6-3
Final Line Up
Min Tac Pe MT LB Rn DR m Er OL K TA T G/A FG
Flbk - 1 - Johnston, Alex 80 10 - 2 2 11 - 85 - 1 - - 1 - -
LWng - 5 - Jennings, Robert 80 1 - - - 16 - 142 - 1 - - - - -
LCtr - 3 - Inglis, Greg 80 13 - 1 - 14 1 91 1 - - 1 - - - (c)
RCtr - 4 - Gagai, Dane 80 17 - 5 - 18 3 121 2 1 1 - - - -
RWng - 2 - Kennar, Richard 64 3 - 1 - 11 4 102 1 - - - - - -
5/8 - 6 - Walker, Cody 80 23 1 5 1 7 - 52 1 - - 1 1 - -
Half - 7 - Reynolds, Adam 80 21 - 5 - 6 1 40 - 2 15 1 - 4/4 -
Prop - 8 - Burgess, Tom 53 28 - 2 - 14 - 116 - 3 - - - - -
Hook - 9 - Cook, Damien 80 38 - 2 - 11 5 109 3 - - - - - -
Prop - 10 - Burgess, George 48 23 1 4 - 10 - 92 - - - - - - -
SRow - 11 - Sutton, John 80 29 - 2 1 11 - 76 - 1 1 - 1 - -
SRow - 12 - Crichton, Angus 80 42 1 3 - 20 - 129 1 1 - - - - -
Lock - 13 - Murray, Cameron 47 25 3 1 - 10 - 89 - 1 - - - - -
Int - 14 - Doueihi, Adam 16 4 - - - 3 - 19 - 1 - - - - -
Int - 15 - Nicholls, Mark 35 27 - 1 - 6 - 54 - - - - - - -
Int - 16 - Clark, Jason 28 19 - 1 - 5 - 34 1 2 - - - - -
Int - 17 - Tatola, Junior 29 18 - - - 7 - 70 - - - - - - -
341 6 35 4 1431 10 14 17 - 3 4/4 -
Completion Rate - 29 / 39 74%
Opposition Offloads - 4
Effective 1st Tackles
1 min 22m P / Sutton kick
3 min 66m SS Err(Gagai) SCR
6 min 0m P / Reynolds kick TRY
9 min 91m P / Reynolds kick COFIG 41m / SS P(Murray)
12 min 56m BB Err / Reynolds kick COF
14 min 10m BB Err SCR / Reynolds kick COF / (BB TRY)
17 min 10m KO
19 min 5m Reynolds kick
20 min 0m BB Err SCR / TRY
23 min 12m SS Err(Crichton) SCR
25 min 26m Reynolds kick Reynolds kick
27 min 28m BB Err SCR / SS Err(Gagai) SCR
29 min 45m Reynolds kick COF
32 min 55m BB Err SCR / Reynolds kick 16m SS P(Murray)
33 min 66m DO / (BB NO TRY)
35 min 28m Reynolds kick COF
37 min 10m Reynolds kick COF
38 min 28m BB Err / SS Err(Cook)
BB Err SCR /
half time
40 min 16m KO
41 min 10m Reynolds kick
43 min 46m SS Err(Cook) SCR
45 min 93m DO 78m / SS P(Walker) 97m / SS P(Reynolds) / (BB TRY)
49 min 44m KO 15m SS P(GBurgess)
52 min 0m P / P GOAL
55 min 73m SS Err(Clark)
56 min 46m SS Err(Cook) / (BB TRY)
59 min 16m KO
60 min 30m Reynolds kick DIG
61 min 100m SS Err(Kennar)
62 min 76m DO / (BB TRY)
64 min 18m KO
66 min 71m Reynolds kick COF 30m / SS P(Murray)
68 min 72m DO
70 min 31m SS Err(Walker)
73 min 0m P / Gagai kick /B 6TG SCR / P / TRY
75 min 70m Reynolds kick
77 min 16m BB Err / ChOv
79 min 15m P / SS Err(Inglis)
Average effective 1st tackle location
- 36.7m - for the whole match
- 32.2m - 1st half
- 40.9m - 2nd half
Other FG Matches
24-8 SFS St Geo-Ill b Syd Rstrs
50-10 MRSt Melbourne b Warriors
18-12 Brok Newcastle b Manly
22-14 Penr Penrith b Canterbury
10-9 Robi Cronulla b Gold Coast
18-8 Town Canberra b Nth Qld
24-22 StAu Parramatta b Wests-Tig
W D L B Diff PT
ST GEO-ILL 7 - 1 - +122 14
PENRITH 6 - 2 - +54 12
WARRIORS 6 - 2 - +20 12
MELBOURNE 5 - 3 - +101 10
WESTS-TIGERS 5 - 3 - +44 10
NEWCASTLE 5 - 3 - -58 10
SOUTHS 4 - 4 - +40 8
SYD ROOSTERS 4 - 4 - +18 8
Cronulla 4 - 4 - -23 8
Brisbane 4 - 4 - -36 8
Canberra 3 - 5 - +1 6
Gold Coast 3 - 5 - -58 6
Canterbury 2 - 6 - -19 4
Manly 2 - 6 - -37 4
Nth Qld 2 - 6 - -58 4
Parramatta 2 - 6 - -70 4
Judiciary News
No one has been charged out of the match.
Reserve Grade - Intrust Super NSW Premiership - Round 8
v Newcastle, North Sydney Oval, Fri Apr 27 7:30pm
WIN 30-10
Late Changes - Kennedy is out. Graham starts wing, Gagan centre, Johnstone prop Williams added to the bench. The North Sydney Bears have kept in touch with the Intrust Super Premiership top eight with a 30-10 win over a disappointing Newcastle Knights side at North Sydney Oval. With former Brydens Lawyers NSW Blues hooker Robbie Farah again playing strongly, the Bears kept the Knights scoreless in the second half – despite Newcastle having a feast of possession and an 8-2 penalty count in their favour in the second stanza. Newcastle started the game well and dominated early possession – culminating in experienced centre Pat Mata'utia opening the scoring in the 13th minute. Mata'utia burst through four Bears defenders from close range following a North Sydney turnover, with Daniel Levi converting to give the visitors a 6-0 lead. Newcastle then returned the favour with a turnover of their own six minutes later, which ended in Bears prop Sam Johnstone crashing over from a short pass from halfback Dean Hawkins. Hawkins added the extras to level scores. Farah soon tried a deft stab kick in behind the Newcastle defence late in the tackle count – only to see Newcastle five-eighth Daniel Peck snaffle the intercept and dash 70 metres to score. Levi missed the conversion, but the Knights led 10-6 – which would be the last time Newcastle led during the game. The Bears made the most of Knights turnovers and ill-discipline in the rest of the first half. Off the back of a penalty, Bears centre Campbell Graham plucked a pin-point Connor Tracey cross kick out of the sky to level scores at 10 points apiece. Things got worse for the Knights when winger Tom Cronan coughed up an error running the ball out of trouble 10 minutes from half-time. North Sydney made the most of the scrum set when Hawkins put second-rower Hymel Hunt into a half gap, before Hunt popped a superb pass for fullback Viliame Kaveinga to score a well-worked try in the corner. Hawkins converted from touch to give the Bears a 16-10 lead. Newcastle were then penalised in the last minute of the first half in front of their own posts for not playing the ball correctly – giving Hawkins a gift penalty goal as the half-time siren sounded and extending the Bears' lead to eight points at the break. Any chance of a Newcastle comeback was dashed when fullback Brent Naden blew a golden opportunity in the visitors' first attack of the second half, when he took the tackle and knocked on with an overlap on his outside. From the scrum, Hawkins sent winger Mawene Hiroti away on an 80-metre dash down the left touch line to score a brilliant counter-attacking try. North Sydney then made sure of the two competition points when a short ball from Farah sent fellow hooker Billy Brittain over next to the uprights. With Hawkins' conversion, it would close out the 30-10 scoreline. Newcastle dominated possession for long periods in the final 20 minutes on the back of the overwhelming second-half penalty count. However, the Bears comfortably defended the indifferent attack the Knights threw at them, and had a try disallowed in the last 10 minutes themselves after Graham was denied due to a forward pass. North Sydney closed out the win comfortably enough for Farah to be given an 'early mark' by Bears coach Shane Millard with five minutes to play.
7 min 0-6
13 min 6-6
16 min 6-10
21 min 10-10
30 min 16-10
39 min 18-10
44 min 24-10
56 min 30-10
Johnstone, Graham, Kaveinga, Hiroti, Brittain tries
Hawkins 5 from 6 goals
Penalties 10-12
Final Line Up -
Min Tac Pe MT LB Rn DR m Er OL K TA T G/A FG
Flbk - 1 - Kaveinga, Villami 80 4 1 1 1 21 5 152 2 1 1 - 1 - -
LWng - 2 - Hiroti, Mawene 80 9 1 - 1 10 - 174 1 - - - 1 - -
LCtr - 3 - Burns, Braidon 80 8 2 4 - 12 1 119 - - 1 1 - - -
RCtr - 5 - Gagan, Jacob 80 11 - 2 - 11 1 101 - 1 - - - - -
RWng - 4 - Graham, Campbell 80 9 1 - - 13 - 113 3 - - - 1 - -
5/8 - 6 - Tracey, Connor 80 17 - 3 - 12 - 78 - - 4 1 - - -
Half - 7 - Hawkins, Dean 80 17 - 6 - 6 - 48 - - 5 - - 5/6 -
Prop - 8 - Rodwell, Ky 36 26 - 1 - 7 - 68 - - - - - - -
Hook - 9 - Farah, Robbie 73 39 - 2 - 13 9 84 - - 6 - - - - (c)
Prop - 16 - Johnstone, Sam 41 29 1 - 1 9 - 89 - - - - 1 - -
SRow - 11 - Butler, Tarquinn 68 25 - 2 - 9 - 75 - - - - - - -
SRow - 12 - Hunt, Hymel 80 24 - 1 - 12 - 106 - 3 - 1 - - -
Lock - 13 - Turner, Kyle 65 40 4 3 - 13 1 142 - 1 - - - - -
Int - 14 - Leuluai, Vincent 30 16 - 1 - 8 - 71 - - - - - - -
Int - 15 - Brittain, Billy 51 29 1 1 1 11 2 78 1 - - - 1 - - (c)
Int - 17 - Ta'avale, Lucky 21 13 - - - 6 - 60 - - - - - - -
Int - 18 - Williams, Jackson 15 11 - 2 - 2 - 23 - - - - - - -
327 12 29 4 1592 7 6 17 3 5 5/6 -
Completion Rate - 33 / 41 80%
Opposition Offloads - 3
Other Reserve Grade - NSW Intrust Premiership Matches
30-6 Penr Penrith b St Geo-Ill
20-18 NHbr Warriors b Newtown
44-4 Kanw Mt Prtchrd b Wyong
44-14 Belm Canterbury b Blacktown
26-6 Ring Wntwrthvll b Wests
W D L B Diff PT
MT PRITCHARD 5 - 2 1 +76 12
WESTS 5 - 3 - +75 10
CANTERBURY 4 - 3 1 +48 10
PENRITH 5 - 3 - +37 10
WARRIORS 5 - 3 - +4 10
WENTWORTHVILLE 4 - 3 1 -48 10
NEWTOWN 4 - 4 - +69 8
NORTHS 3 - 4 1 -1 8
St Geo-Ill 4 - 4 - -1 8
Blacktown 3 1 4 - -21 7
Wyong 2 - 6 - -117 4
Newcastle 1 1 6 - -121 3
U20 NSW Jersey Flegg Cup - Round 8
v Newcastle, Fri Apr 27 5:45pm
LOSS 18-28
Late Changes - Kurnoth starts second row, Koloamatangi lock.
19 min 6-0
24 min 6-4
27 min 6-8
30 min 12-8
43 min 12-14
45 min 12-20
50 min 12-26
62 min 18-26
69 min 18-28
Taukamo 2, Abou-Ghaida tries
Hayman 3 from 3 goals
69 min 10SB Cook, Josh Fighting
Final Line Up -
Min T G/A FG
Flbk - 1 - Hayman, Kieran 70 - 3/3 -
LWng - 5 - Mougios, Nic 59 - - -
LCtr - 4 - Abou-Gaida, Ethan 70 1 - -
RCtr - 3 - Tago, Jake 70 - - -
RWng - 2 - Taukomo, Tyrone 70 2 - -
5/8 - 6 - French, Matthew 32 - - -
Half - 7 - Preece, Kurtis 70 - - - (c)
Prop - 8 - O'Brien, Kell 45 - - -
Hook - 9 - Cook, Josh 69 - - - (c)
Prop - 10 - Yeates, Cameron 40 - - -
SRow - 11 - Kurnoth, Corey 59 - - -
SRow - 12 - Chan-Foon, Maila 70 - - -
Lock - 13 - Koloamatangi, Keaon 70 - - -
Int - 14 - Sabutey, Sean 33 - - -
Int - 15 - Kaufusi, John 15 - - -
Int - 16 - Soloa, Jubilee 45 - - -
Int - 17 - Manowski, Aidan 10 - - -
3 3/3 -
Other U20 - NSW Jersey Flegg Matches
26-6 Penr Penrith b St Geo-Ill
16-10 NHbr Cronulla b Warriors
40-10 Kanw Syd Rstrs b Mt Prtchrd
60-20 Belm Canterbury b Manly
26-14 Ring Parramatta b Wests-Tig
W D L B Diff PT
CRONULLA 6 1 - 1 +44 15
NEWCASTLE 7 - 1 - +138 14
PENRITH 6 - 2 - +9 12
CANTERBURY 4 - 3 1 +78 10
SYD ROOSTERS 5 - 3 - +52 10
MT PRITCHARD 5 - 3 - - 10
PARRAMATTA 4 - 4 - +44 8
NORTHS 3 - 5 - -29 6
St Geo-Ill 2 1 5 - -38 5
Warriors 2 - 6 - -67 4
Manly 2 - 6 - -102 4
Wests-Tigers - - 8 - -142 -
NSWRL U18 SG Ball Cup - Preliminary Finals
Other U18 Matches
17-16 SMry (3v1) Penrith b Cronulla
32-28 SMry (4v2) Canterbury b Newcastle
NSWRL U16 Harold Matthews Cup - Preliminary Finals
Other U16 Matches 36-12 SMry (3v1) Parramatta b Newcastle 22-10 SMry (2v4) Manly b Penrith
NSWRL Women's Premiership - Round 6
v Mt Pritchard, Stadium Australia, Thu Apr 26 5:35pm
WIN 26-8
Late Changes - team as per program. The South Sydney Rabbitohs women have become the sole leaders of the Harvey Norman NSW Premiership, toppling rivals the Mount Pritchard Mounties 26-8, at ANZ Stadium. A strong second half from the Red and Green secured the two points as Mounties struggled to contain the damaging Rabbitohs forward back. However, it would be the Mounties who would start the match better and opened the scoring first through halfback Talia Lealaiauloto. Throwing the ball around on the Rabbitohs line, Mounties eventually found the gap to squeeze through, scoring their first points to lead 4-0 after 12 minutes. The Rabbitohs were slow to get into the match sustaining plenty of pressure against a very strong Mounties attack but held firm in defence. The Red and Green would then be rewarded for their steely defence in the 19th minute of the match, as five-eighth Lavina O'Mealey sliced through the Mounties defence to score in the corner. Halfback, Maddie Studdon was unable to add the extra points keeping the sides level at 4-4. The try raised the Rabbitohs confidence and they soon took charge of proceedings. Winger Taleena Simon would give the Rabbitohs great attacking field position after her damaging run won her side a penalty. From there the Rabbitohs took full advantage of the opportunity in the Mounties half as a lovely short ball from Studdon found forward Eunice Grimes who powered her way to the line to score next to the posts. Studdon converted the try to give the Rabbitohs a 10-4 lead. However, the Mounties would fire straight back with a try of their own right on half-time. Lealaiauloto would turn provider this time, as her towering bomb was dropped by Simon. This allowed Mounties winger Monique Donovan to ground the loose ball. The conversion was missed from in front, giving the Rabbitohs a slender 10-8 lead at half-time. Both sides came out in the second half with the same vigour that they started the first but it would be the Rabbitohs who struck first. Running off another Studdon short ball, forward Kim Kershaw bullied her way through the Mounties defence to score, giving the Rabbitohs the perfect start to the second half. From there the Rabbitohs looked unstoppable and were in again shortly after through Simon. Studdon again was at the heart of the play as her cut out ball found her winger Simon on the fly, who then strolled through to score another Rabbitohs four-pointer, giving her side a healthy 20-8 lead with 40 minutes played. The Rabbitohs would continue to motor through the Mounties defence with ease and after working their way up the field, Simon found space up the middle to score her second try. Studdon completed her winger's efforts with another successful conversion to round up another strong win for the Rabbitohs who made it six from six in 2018.
20 min 0-4
28 min 4-4
35 min 10-4
39 min 10-8
56 min 16-8
59 min 20-8
74 min 26-8
Simon 2, O'Meally, Grimes, Kershaw tries
Studdon 3 from 5 goals
Final Line Up -
T G/A FG
Flbk - 1 - Davis-Welsh, Nakia - - -
Wing - 2 - McGrady, Sharon - - -
Cntr - 3 - Gillogly, Emma - - -
Cntr - 4 - Nean, Kyara - - -
Wing - 31 - Simon, Taleena 2 - -
5/8 - 6 - O’Mealey, Lavina 1 - - (c)
Half - 7 - Studdon, Maddison - 3/5 -
Prop - 8 - Kershaw, Kimberley 1 - -
Hook - 9 - Riley, Rebecca - - -
Prop - 10 - Grimes, Eunice 1 - -
SRow - 11 - Vunakece, Eloise - - -
SRow - 12 - Phillips, Carly - - -
Lock - 13 - Caldwell, Chloe - - -
Int - 5 - Doyle, Kari - - -
Int - 14 - Uluiburotu, Grace - - -
Int - 15 - Waters, Meleanna - - -
Int - 17 - Wilson, Nikitah - - -
5 3/5 -
Other Women's NSW Premiership Matches
16-10 Belm Canterbury b Norths
16-10 Cabr Cabramatta b Cronulla-C
26-8 Wara Newcastle b Penrith-Bro
BYE Wnterthvll
W D L B Diff PT
SOUTHS 6 - - - +174 12
MT PRITCHARD 4 - 1 1 +144 10
CABRAMATTA 3 - 2 1 +84 8
CRONULLA-C 3 - 3 - +52 6
CANTERBURY 3 - 3 - +32 6
Newcastle 2 - 3 1 -84 6
Norths 1 1 3 1 -16 5
Penrith-Bro 1 1 3 1 -34 5
Wentworthville - - 5 1 -352 -
NSWRL U18 Women's Tasha Gale 9s Cup - Preliminary Finals
Other U18 9s Women's Matches 44-30 SMry (1v3) Cronulla b St George 26-16 SMry (4v2) Newcastle b Wests-Tig