2019 NRL Premiership - Round 1

South Sydney v Sydney Roosters

Sydney Cricket Ground

Fri Mar 15, 7:50pm

Selected Round 1 Teams

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Late Changes

Kennedy and Hiroti were trimmed 24 hours before the match. Tracey and Turner dropped off the bench.

WIN 26-16

The pre-match focus had been on Sydney Roosters 350-match grand final hero Cooper Cronk but it was rival halfback Adam Reynolds who stole the show as South Sydney began the Wayne Bennett era with an impressive 26-16 win over their arch rivals at the SCG. After defying a broken scapula which required a 13cm plate inserted in his left shoulder to lead the Roosters to a remarkable triumph over Melbourne in last season’s grand final, Cronk became only the fourth player to make 350 premiership appearances. However, Reynolds ruined any celebrations for his halfback rival and Roosters coach Trent Robinson, who turned 42 on Friday, with a kicking masterclass which resulted in two tries from grubbers into the uprights. “You always aim around the posts. You never know what can happen if you hit the post and credit to the boys who were on the spot. A kick is only as good as its chase," Reynolds said. The Rabbitohs halfback controlled the game in the wet and greasy conditions with his kicking game and also laid on another try for fullback Alex Johnston as Souths gradually wore the Roosters down. “That’s my role in the team," he said. "I’ve got to put us in the best field position possible and back our defence. We wanted to starve them of quality ball, they are a good side, they have got potential across the park and they can score points from anywhere." Sam Burgess was also impressive in his move to the right second-row and scored a try for the Rabbitohs in the first half, while saving another by knocking the ball loose from Roosters captain Boyd Cordner as he dived across the line in the 52nd minute. Burgess was forced from the field for a HIA after a high shot from Latrell Mitchell but was cleared to return, while captain Greg Inglis was replaced late in the match after an off-season restricted by a knee injury. Souths now have Bennett as coach, the game’s longest serving and most successful mentor. “I think we have believed in him since he turned up on day one," Inglis said. "We know how he operates, we know how he works and we just wanted to give him that in return on the field. “We’re not being unrealistic but if we can come out and win three out of four games in the opening rounds we are on track." The Rabbitohs dominated the early exchanges with five-eighth Cody Walker forcing a goal line drop-out in just the seventh minute and Greg Inglis being held up over the try-line by former team-mate Luke Keary in the next set. Lock Cameron Murray was finally rewarded for the sustained pressure applied by Souths when he snatched the ball from Roosters prop Siosiua Taukeiaho after he’d fielded an Adam Reynolds grubber into the left upright to score in the 11th minute. The Rabbitohs had another chance go begging in the 15th minute when fullback Alex Johnston was unable to take an awkward pass from left centre Braidon Burns and the errors began to creep into their game in the slippery conditions. A play-the-ball error by Sam Burgess near the Roosters try-line eased the pressure on the premiers and a forward pass by Burns put paid to another scoring opportunity. With momentum shifting, Roosters hooker Jake Friend when he dived over from dummy half in the 23rd minute after a knock on by Dane Gagai. Burgess regained the lead for Souths when he scored from another kick in the 28th minute after hooker Damien Cook threaded the ball between Keary and Latrell Mitchell into the Roosters in-goal. However, Reynolds missed the conversion and the Roosters went to the break leading 12-10 after Cronk beat Walker and created space for the ever dependable Mitchell Aubusson to race over and score. The second half started like the first, with South getting on top early and only another try-saving tackle from Keary prevented Reynolds from scoring after his kick was fumbled by James Tedesco and he regathered but could not get the ball down. Campbell Graham scored on the next set after Walker beat Cronk and passed to Burns, who offloaded for Sutton to throw a long pass to the left winger. Johnston then sealed the win after Reynolds put him over for a 69th minute try to put Souths ahead 26-12 before Roosters winger Daniel Tupou atoned for a poor night by grabbing a late consolation try.

10 min  6-0  Murray try Reynolds goal
22 min  6-6
26 min 10-6  S.Burgess try Reynolds miss
32 min 10-12
HT     10-12
47 min 14-12 Graham try Reynolds miss
59 min 20-12 Walker try Reynolds goal
67 min 26-12 Johnston try Reynolds goal
76 min 26-16

Murray, S.Burgess, Graham, Walker, Johnston tries
Reynolds 3 from 5 goals

Crowd      24,527
Referee    G.Atkins/G.Badger

Scrums     13-8 (1H  5-4 )
Penalities  6-3 (1H  3-3 )

Final Line Up -                      
                                 Min Tac Pe MT LB  Rn  DR    m Er OL   K TA  T  G/A  FG

Flbk -  1 - Johnston, Alex        80   1  -  1  1  13   -  114  1  2   -  -  1  -     - 
LWng -  5 - Graham, Campbell      80   6  -  -  1  10   -   92  2  -   -  -  1  -     - 
LCnt -  4 - Burns, Braidon        80   7  -  1  -  17   2  152  2  2   -  -  -  -     - 
RCnt -  3 - Inglis, Greg          72  11  1  2  -   8   -   57  -  -   -  -  -  -     - (c) [0-72]
RWng -  2 - Gagai, Dane           80   9  -  2  -  12   1  134  1  -   -  -  -  -     - 
5/8  -  6 - Walker, Cody          80   9  2  4  -   7   -   33  -  1   1  -  1  -     - 
Half -  7 - Reynolds, Adam        80  10  -  1  -   8   -   28  -  -  19  3  -  3/5   - 
Prop -  8 - Tatola, Junior        40  19  -  -  -  12   -  104  1  -   -  -  -  -     -     [0-22,66-80]
Hook -  9 - Cook, Damien          80  40  -  1  -  10   8   68  -  -   4  1  -  -     - 
Prop - 10 - Burgess, Tom          51  21  -  1  -  15   -  130  1  -   -  -  -  -     -     [0-25,54-80]
SRow - 11 - Sutton, John          76  17  -  2  -  15   -  129  -  2   -  1  -  -     -     [0-56,60-80]
SRow - 12 - Burgess, Sam          66  23  -  1  -  19   -  172  1  1   -  -  1  -     -     [0-60,74-80]
Lock - 13 - Murray, Cameron       64  29  -  1  -  19   -  161  -  -   -  -  1  -     -     [0-31,47-80]

Int  - 14 + Knight, Liam          33  18  -  -  -  12   -  122  1  -   -  -  -  -     -     [25-58]
Int  - 15 - Nicholls, Mark        33  23  -  1  -   8   -   79  1  -   -  -  -  -     -     [22-47,58-66]
Int  - 16 + Lowe, Ethan           31  24  -  3  -   4   -   32  -  -   -  -  -  -     -     [31-54,65-74]
Int  - 17 + Allan, Corey           8   1  -  -  -   1   -   10  -  -   -  -  -  -     -     [72-80]

                                     268  3 21  2         1628 11  8  24  5  5  3/5   -

Completion Rate      - 32 / 43  76%

Opposition Offloads  - 9

Effective 1st Tackles

 0 min  10m KO
 2 min  12m ES Err SCR / Cook kick
 3 min  12m Reynolds kick
 5 min   0m ES Err P / Reynolds kick COF CIG
 7 min  40m Reynolds kick COF 2m / SS P(Walker)
10 min   0m ES Err SCR / P / Reynolds kick TRY
12 min   6m Reynolds kick COF
14 min  10m NO TRY SS Err(Johnston) SCR
17 min  15m ES Err SCR / P / SS Err(SBurgess) SCR
19 min  13m ES Err SCR / SS Err(Burns) SCR
21 min  81m SS Err(Gagai) SCR 67m SS P(Inglis) / (ES TRY)
24 min  17m KO
26 min   0m P / Cook kick TRY
29 min  29m Cook kick
30 min  25m Reynolds kick
31 min  92m SS Err(Johnston) 95m / SS P(Sutton) / (ES TRY)
34 min  10m KO
35 min   9m Reynolds kick COF
37 min  51m SS Err(Knight) SCR
39 min  44m ES Err SCR / Cook kick

half time

41 min  37m P / SS Err(Nicholls)
43 min  55m Reynolds kick COF
45 min   0m ES Err SCR / Reynolds COF CIG
46 min   1m Reynolds kick
47 min   0m ES Err SCR / TRY
50 min  19m Reynolds kick COF
51 min  87m SS Err(Graham)
53 min   4m (ES NO TRY) ES Err / Reynolds kick
55 min  25m P / NO TRY SS Err(TBurgess)
57 min   3m ES Err SCR / Walker
59 min   0m ES Err SCR / Reynolds kick TRY
61 min  39m Reynolds kick COF
64 min  32m ES Err SCR / Reynolds kick Reynolds kick DIG
66 min   0m ES Err SCR / Reynolds kick CIG
67 min   0m TRY
70 min  22m Reynolds kick
72 min  12m  ES Err SCR / SS Err(Tatola) SCR
74 min  19m Reynolds kick SCR
76 min  72m DO / (ES TRY)
77 min  26m KO
78 min  85m DO / SS 6TG(Graham) SCR

Average effective 1st tackle location
- 25.2m - for the whole match

- 24.9m - 1st half  
- 25.6m - 2nd half  

Other First Grade Matches

22-12 MRSt Melbourne  b Brisbane
14-8  NISC Newcastle  b Cronulla
40-6  MtSm Warriors   b Canterbury
20-6  Leic Wests-Tig  b Manly
24-12 Town Nth Qld    b St Geo-Ill
20-12 Penr Parramatta b Penrith
21-0  Robi Canberra   b Gold Coast

               W D  L B Diff PT
WARRIORS       1 -  - -  +34  2
CANBERRA       1 -  - -  +21  2
WESTS-TIG      1 -  - -  +14  2
NTH QLD        1 -  - -  +12  2
SOUTHS         1 -  - -  +10  2
MELBOURNE      1 -  - -  +10  2
PARRAMATTA     1 -  - -   +8  2
NEWCASTLE      1 -  - -   +6  2
Cronulla       - -  1 -   -6  -
Penrith        - -  1 -   -8  -
Brisbane       - -  1 -  -10  -
Syd Rstrs      - -  1 -  -10  -
St Geo-Ill     - -  1 -  -12  -
Manly          - -  1 -  -14  -
Gold Coast     - -  1 -  -21  -
Canterbury     - -  1 -  -34  -
      

Judiciary News

No one was charged out of the match.

Reserve Grade - Canterbury NSW Premiership Round 1

v North Sydney, Redfern Oval, Sun Mar 17 1:10pm

WIN 18-14

Late Changes - Walmsley, Ta'avale and Peoples were out. Corey Allan started at fullback. After a 12 years absence from resrve grade South Sydney Rabbitohs have opened their 2019 Canterbury Cup NSW campaign with a gutsy 18-14 win over the North Sydney Bears at Metricon High Performance Centre on Sunday. It was a fittingly hard-fought contest as both foundation clubs went toe-to-toe in their first match of the season, with the heavy downpour of rain ensuring a brutally-absorbing affair. But while the Bears proved defiant in defence for a majority of the second-half, a Connor Tracey try in the 70th minute salvaged a gritty victory for Shane Millard’s men. Captain Billy Brittain starred for South Sydney with an early try in the 20th minute before laying on the decisive four-pointer for Tracey late in the match. Brittain credited the Rabbitohs fans for turning up in dismal Sydney conditions before praising the strong defensive effort of his side after they held the Bears scoreless in the second-half. “100% (happy with the defensive effort). The conditions didn’t really favour any side but we’re pretty happy to start the year off with a win,” Brittain. “We were pretty confident coming out and knew if we didn’t give away cheap ball we could hold them to zero points. “It’s also been a while since Souths have had a Canterbury Cup (NSW) side so we wanted to give back to the fans, particularly the ones who came out today.” While Tracey’s effort late in the contest was the only try of the second-half, neither side were afraid of playing an attacking brand of footy as the Bears held onto 14-12 lead at half-time. The Rabbitohs were first to score after Kyle Turner crashed his way over from close-range in the seventh minute, with Mawene Hiroti converting to take a 6-0 lead. But the Bears hit-back when Lam made a swirling run through the middle to give his side valuable field position before placing a deft grubber in-goal for a Sitili Tupouniua try just a few tackles later. Although an error on the ensuing set of six gifted the Rabbitohs a golden chance to snatch back the lead, a 90m intercept from Apu Kepoa gave the Bears a 10-6 advantage. South Sydney dominated field position in the period following and eventually got their reward when Billy Brittain raced out of dummy-half for their second try in the 20th minute. A crunching tackle from Max Bailey proved a momentum-changer with a short-side raid shortly after helped Bernard Lewis dive over with an athletic finish in the left-hand corner. The Bears were able to build pressure early in the second-half on the back of two forced line drop-outs from Brock Lamb but were unable to take advantage as the Rabbitohs’ defence held strong. Bailey Sironen came close to scoring when he poked his way through 10m out from the line in the 55th minute, only for his late offload landing in the arms of Bears centre Matt Ikuvalu. North Sydney were formidable with their goal-line defence as the Rabbitohs continued to threaten with countless attacking raids, but they eventually cracked in the 70th minute when Tracey stormed onto a Brittain short-ball for the match-winning try.

 7 min  6-0  Turner try Hiroti goal
11 min  6-6
14 min  6-10
20 min 12-10 Brittain try Hiroti goal
29 min 12-14
HT     12-14
69 min 18-14 Tracey try Hiroti goal

Turner, Brittain, Tracey tries
Hiroti 3 from 3 goals

Scrums     10-7 (1H  3-3 )
Penalties   6-4 (1H  3-1 )

Final Line Up -
                                 Min Tac Pe MT LB  Rn  DR    m Er OL   K TA  T  G/A  FG

Flbk -  1 - Allan, Corey          80   2  -  -  -  11   2  121  1  -   -  -  -  -     -
LWng -  2 - Hiroti, Mawene        80   4  1  -  -  11   2  136  2  -   -  -  -  3/3   -
LCnt -  3 - Gagan, Jacob          80   4  -  -  -  12   -  117  -  -   -  -  -  -     -
RCnt -  4 - Denniss, Cory         80  14  1  3  -   7   -   57  -  -   -  -  -  -     -
RWng -  5 - Higgins, Leigh        74   1  -  -  -  10   1   72  1  -   -  -  -  -     -     [0-74]
5/8  -  6 - Sironen, Bayley       80  20  -  2  1   9   1   83  -  -   -  -  -  -     -
Half -  7 - Tracey, Connor        80   7  -  1  1  13   -  102  1  -  14  -  1  -     -
Prop -  8 - Amone, Tom            51  27  -  1  -  19   -  182  -  -   1  1  -  -     -     [0-25,32-49,71-80]
Hook -  9 - Brittain, Billy       80  48  1  5  1  12  12   75  -  1   5  1  1  -     - (c)
Prop - 10 - Kennedy, Rhys         63  31  -  2  -  16   1  146  -  2   -  -  -  -     -     [0-32,49-80]
SRow - 11 - Turner, Kyle          80  21  -  -  1   9   -   85  1  -   -  -  1  -     -
SRow - 12 - Britt, Dean           80  32  -  4  -  15   -  153  3  -   -  -  -  -     -
Lock - 13 - Koloamatangi, Keaon   47  24  1  2  -  13   -  141  -  -   -  -  -  -     -     [0-28,52-71]

Int  - 14 - Johns, Jack           20   6  -  -  -   3   -   32  -  -   -  -  -  -     -     [60-80]
Int  - 15 - Gordon, Yileen         6   5  -  -  -   1   -   10  -  -   -  -  -  -     -     [74-80]
Int  - 16 - Gray, Brock           32  18  -  1  -   7   -   44  1  -   -  -  -  -     -     [28-60]
Int  - 17 - Rodwell, Ky           27  22  -  -  -   6   -   55  1  -   -  -  -  -     -     [25-52]

                                     286  4 23  4         1620 11  3  20  2  3  3/3   -

Completion Rate      - 30 / 44  68%

Opposition Offloads  - 10

Effective 1st Tackles

 0 min  10m Tracey kick COF
 2 min  36m Tracey kick DIG
 3 min  46m NS Err / SS Err(Tracey)
 5 min   0m NS Err SCR / Brittain kick CIG
 7 min   0m TRY
10 min  16m Tracey kick COF / (NS TRY)
13 min  17m KO
14 min 100m NS Err P / SS Err(Tracey) (NS TRY)
16 min  18m KO
18 min   4m P / ChOv
20 min   0m TRY
23 min  64m Tracey kick COF 17m / SS P(Kolomatangi)
25 min   1m NS Err / Tracey kick COF
26 min  65m SS Err(Rodwell)
28 min 100m NS Err SCR / SS Err(Gray) SCR (NS TRY)
31 min  17m KO
32 min   0m Tracey kick CIG
35 min   0m P / Tracey kick CIG
36 min  31m SS Err(Hiroti) SCR
37 min  48m NS Err SCR SS Err(Britt) SCR
39 min  60m Amone kick

half time

40 min  15m KO
41 min  86m SS Err(Hiroti) SCR
43 min  50m NS Err SCR / Tracey kick ChDn
44 min  74m DO
46 min  74m DO
48 min  20m NS Err SCR / Tracey kick COF
49 min  13m Brittain kick
52 min  37m NS Err SCR / SS Err(Sironen) SCR
54 min  15m Brittain kick
55 min   3m NS 6TG / SS Err(Sironen)
56 min  33m Tracey kick COF 5m SS P(Hiroti)
59 min   4m NS Err SCR / P / Tracey kick
60 min  15m Tracey kick
62 min  25m NS Err SCR SS Err(Britt) SCR
63 min   7m Brittain kick
65 min  85m SS P(Denniss)
66 min  72m DO
69 min   0m NS Err P / P / TRY
72 min  19m Tracey kick
74 min  32m Brittain kick
76 min   1m NS Err SCR / Tracey kick
77 min  52m SS 6TG(Sironen) SCR
78 min  85m NS Err SCR / SS Err(Britt) 75m / SS P(Brittain)
            NS Err SCR /

Average effective 1st tackle location
- 34.1m - for the whole match

- 32.3m - 1st half  
- 35.5m - 2nd half  

Other Reserve Grade Matches

24-4  NISC Newcastle  b Newtown
28-28 Aubr Mt Prtchrd d St Geo-Ill
19-14 MtSm Canterbury b Warriors
23-4  Leic Wests      b Blacktown
22-12 Penr Penrith    b Wntwrthvll

                W D  L B Diff PT
NEWCASTLE       1 -  - -  +24  2
WESTS           1 -  - -  +19  2
PENRITH         1 -  - -  +10  2
CANTERBURY      1 -  - -   +5  2
SOUTHS          1 -  - -   +4  2
MT PRITCHARD    - 1  - -    -  1
ST GEO-ILL      - 1  - -    -  1
NORTHS          - -  1 -   -4  -
Warriors        - -  1 -   -5  -
Wentworthville  - -  1 -  -10  -
Blacktown       - -  1 -  -19  -
Newtown         - -  1 -  -24  -

NSWRL U18 SG Ball Cup Round 6

v Sydney Roosters, Erskineville Oval, Sat Mar 16 11:30am

LOSS 20-30

Late Changes - Bijoric and Fua were out. Manning started on the wing, Manumanunitoga and Hicks were added to the bench. It was another tough loss for the SG Ball side against the Roosters, who failed to recover from an early 16-nil deficit, who were defeated 30-20. And it was another undesired start for the side as a penalty in the first set resulting in their opponents striking out wide to score the first try of the match. More ill-discipline allowed the Roosters further territory, which saw them strike twice more just minutes later A kick out on the full and back-to-back penalties gave the Cardinal and Myrtle ample opportunity to get their first try, with captain Peter Mamouzelos going over from close range with a crafty four-pointer. With halfback Brad Zampech’s goal, the margin dropped to ten after 25 minutes. Errors and penalties continued to mar the two sides throughout the first half, with neither allowed to gain any momentum. But a break from the Roosters and a fortunate kick saw them score just before the break. Despite an enterprising start to the second half, the Rabbitohs were once again their own worst enemies, giving away numerous penalties to in the openings minutes. But once the side began to click into gear they were rewarded as a deft kick from Zampech forcing a drop-out. From the ensuing set, a left-hand sweep saw winger Daylen Meredith score in the corner, with the two sides showing no signs of their rivalry wavering as they came together in a small melee. The momentum for the Rabbitohs then continued to grow as they gained the ascendency, and a great piece of play saw them strike back through Logan Aldridge, who swooped onto a Mamouzelos offload to score under the posts. As the confidence of the Red and Green grew, so did the frustration of their opponents, with plenty of penalties and errors allowing the Rabbitohs to strike back - and they did so as the no.7 and no.9 combined to see Meredith score his second. Zampech’s missed conversion saw the scores level at 20-all. A knock-on in the play the ball then allowed the Roosters territory in the Rabbitohs’ half, who went over on the edge in an unconventional passage of play. Handling errors continued to cruel the side in the last quarter of the match, and their opponents sealed the deal with two quick tries just minutes from fulltime in a cruel end to the game.

 1 min  0-6
 5 min  0-12
 9 min  0-16
23 min  6-16
28 min  6-20
HT      6-20
36 min 10-20
39 min 16-20
46 min 20-20
52 min 20-24
58 min 20-30

Meredith 2, Mamouzelos, Aldridge tries
Zampech 2 from 4 goals

Final Line Up -
                                  T  G/A  FG

Flbk -  1 - Aldridge, Logan       1  -     -
LWng -  5 - Meredith, Daylen      2  -     -
LCnt -  4 - Mapapalangi, Krystain -  -     -
RCnt -  3 - Parnell, Byron        -  -     -
RWng - 21 - Manning, Evan         -  -     - 
5/8  -  6 - Teaupa, Dion          -  -     -
Half -  7 - Zampech, Bradley      -  2/4   -
Prop -  8 - Taumoepenu, Tevita    -  -     -
Hook -  9 - Mamouzelos, Peter     1  -     - (c)
Prop - 10 - Olsen, Ben            -  -     -
SRow - 11 - Gleeson, Langi        -  -     -
SRow - 12 - Dodds, John           -  -     -
Lock - 13 - Black, Kye            -  -     -

Int  - 15 - Shum-Cotrell, Darcy   -  -     -
Int  - 17 - Malu, Salesi          -  -     -
Int  - 19 - Manumanunitoga, M.    -  -     - (Maikeli)
Int  - 23 - Hicks, Ned            -  -     -

                                  4  2/4   -

Other U18 Matches

16-4  Masc Norths     b St George
34-16 Cabr Parramatta b Victoria
54-6  Prth Illawarra  b West Coast
30-28 SMry Canberra   b Penrith
28-26 Camp Wests      b Manly
24-22 Ende Cronulla   b Newcastle
16-8  Kanw C Coast    b Canterbury
BYE        Balmain

               W D  L B Diff PT
PARRAMATTA     5 1  - -  +46 11
C COAST        5 -  1 -  +68 10
ILLAWARRA      4 1  1 - +122  9
MANLY          4 1  1 -  +70  9
BALMAIN        3 1  1 1  +58  9
CRONULLA       3 -  2 1  +60  8
ST GEORGE      3 -  2 1  +16  8
CANBERRA       3 -  2 1  +14  8
Newcastle      3 -  3 -  +33  6
Syd Rstrs      3 -  3 -   +3  6
Canterbury     3 -  3 -  -10  6
Norths         2 -  3 1  -12  6
Penrith        2 -  4 -  -42  4
Wests          2 -  4 -  -24  4
Souths         1 -  5 -  -32  2
Victoria       - -  5 1  -68  2
West Coast     - -  6 - -268  -

NSWRL U16 Matthews Cup Round 6

v Sydney Roosters, 10:00am

WIN 26-6

Late Changes - Ka and Tuigamala were out. Hawe-De-Thierry started at second row. The Harold Matthews side continued their strong form with a 26-6 victory over the Roosters, earning their sixth consecutive win and remaining undefeated this season. Despite being without a number of first-string players, the Rabbitohs showed they had no troubles with their new-look side, with a right-hand switch saw winger Christian Smirnotis slide over for a try four minutes in. The early dominance turned into a deficit as a number of penalties allowed the Roosters to strike back a few sets later, but with each question the tricolours asked in attack, the Cardinal and Myrtle’s defence had an answer for, continually forcing errors through solid defence. And through those errors, the Rabbitohs took advantage through centre Faresa Palu stepping through the defence to crash over, resulting in a heated exchange between the two teams. The conversion from Naati Teaupa then brought the advantage to four points. But that was just the beginning as Rabbitohs quickly got into gear, with hooker Ratu Vesikula making a break up the middle and finding Dranza Hawe-De-Thierry on his outside. On the next set, Vesikula was the recipient of his strong work, backing up an inside pass and juggling the ball over his head before regathering it to score next to the posts just on the stroke of half time. The second half kicked-off with the heavens opening up, which saw the Red and Green force an error on the first set of the stanza. Defence then became the focal point of the match, with a slew of penalties and errors turning the contest into an arm wrestle. The Red and Green struck first in the second stanza, with winger Mitchell Reeve scoring a near identical try to the team’s first of the day, with a left-side sweep seeing him dive in the corner. The try seemed to boost the side’s ascendency, nearly scoring again through Luca Ace-Nasteski leaping high to score, only for an offside call to go against him. But that didn’t deter the talented centre, who combined with his winger Smirnotis for an incredible 80-metre bust before being the ball was swung across-field which saw Reeve bagged his double to seal the result.

 4 min  4-0
10 min  4-6
23 min 10-6
28 min 16-6
HT     16-6
44 min 20-6
56 min 26-6

Reeve 2, Smirnotis, Palu, Vesikula tries
N.Teaupa 3 from 5 goals

Final Line Up -
                                  T  G/A  FG

Flbk -  1 - Kaho, Carson          -  -     -
LWng -  2 - Reeve, Mitchell       2  -     -
LCnt -  4 - Palu, Faresa          1  -     -
RCnt -  3 - Ace-Nasteski, Luca    -  -     -
RWng -  5 - Smirnotis, Christian  1  -     -
5/8  -  6 - Di Bartolo, Emanuel   -  -     - (c)
Half -  7 - Teaupa, Naati         -  3/5   -
Prop -  8 - Moale, Davvy          -  -     -
Hook -  9 - Vesikula, Ratu        1  -     -
Prop - 18 - Cottrell, Ame         -  -     -
SRow - 17 - Hawe-De-Thierry, D.   -  -     -
SRow - 12 - Jang, Braydon         -  -     -
Lock - 13 - Chum Kan Tong, J.     -  -     -

Int  - 15 - Williams, Drew        -  -     -
Int  - 19 - Halaholo, Clement     -  -     -
Int  - 22 - Lavaki, Epeli         -  -     -
Int  - 24 - Taliai, William       -  -     -

                                  5  3/5   -

Other U16 Matches

38-4  Masc Norths     b St George
12-10 Cabr Parramatta b Balmain
22-20 SMry Penrith    b Canberra
32-16 Camp Manly      b Wests
32-0  Ende Newcastle  b Cronulla
36-12 Kanw Canterbury b C Coast
BYE        Illawarra
     
               W D  L B Diff PT
NEWCASTLE      5 -  - 1 +138 12
SOUTHS         6 -  - - +100 12
MANLY          4 -  1 1  +80 10
CANTERBURY     3 -  2 1  +32  8
PARRAMATTA     4 -  2 -  +26  8
ILLAWARRA      3 -  2 1   +8  8
CRONULLA       3 -  2 1  -20  8
BALMAIN        2 -  3 1  +34  6
Penrith        3 -  3 -  +20  6
Norths         2 -  3 1  -40  6
Canberra       1 -  4 1  -28  4
C Coast        1 -  4 1  -64  4
St George      1 -  4 1 -112  4
Wests          1 -  5 -  -60  2
Syd Rstrs      1 -  5 - -112  2


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