Bruce Stadium
Fri Sep 27, 7:50pm
Selected Preliminary Semi-Final Teams
CyberView from the Hill - Last Week
CyberView from the Hill - This Week
Late Changes
Roberts and Hiroti were trimmed 24 hours before the match. George Burgess and Su'A were 18th and 19th men. Sam Burgess started prop, Lowe at second row, Graham at centre, Corey Allan on the wing and Tom Burgess on the bench.
LOSS 10-16
South Sydney legend John Sutton bowed out after 18 years of grade football as South Sydney bowed out of the 2019 finals in front of a record crowd at GIO Stadium on Friday night. Canberra turned the clock back a quarter of a century to send the nation’s capital into raptures after a 16-10 victory over South Sydney. Bennett, sprung a few surprises pre-game – including the dropping of departing prop George Burgess. South Sydney had plenty of opportunities, and ultimately their inability to strike with the ball will haunt them over the off-season as they come to terms with the reality of two straight preliminary final knockouts. Equally, Canberra’s desperation in defending their own line played a huge part in their ability to await the winner of the Roosters-Storm showdown in next week’s grand final. South Sydney had a mountain of possession to open the game, however failed to convert pressure into points against a somewhat nervous Raiders side in front of an NRL record crowd of 26,567 at the venue. A host of South Sydney errors coming out of their own half helped change the momentum of the game, with the Raiders getting into the game through some brutal defence and in turn collecting the first try of the contest after Jarrod Croker dived on to a drop ball from Corey Allan in his own in-goal. A set play from a scrum should have allowed the Rabbitohs the opportunity to equalise, however a try-saving tackle from Hodgson on Cody Walker forced the ball free with the Bunnies No.6 over the line. However there would be no denying Dane Gagai soon after, with another scrum play causing damage for the Raiders as the South Sydney centre strolled around his man to level the scores in the 29th minute. The Raiders scored a fortuitous try to open the second half after Wighton managed to get a boot to a ball he fumbled in the nick of time, chasing down the ball to dive over in the corner for a 10-6 lead. Things got worse for the Rabbitohs soon after when Doueihi was left seeing stars after a high shot from Papalii that saw the Raiders prop put on report. With just over 10 minutes to go the game turned on its head when Adam Reynolds sprinted down field after an intercept, only for Nicoll-Klokstad to be sent to the sin bin for a professional foul. It was deemed the Raiders fullback stripped the ball out of Reynolds’ grasp, forcing the home side to play all but the remainder of the game with just 12 men. Papalii sealed the deal soon after when he beat Liam Knight and Damien Cook to score under the posts, a moment that not even a consolation try to Campbell Graham in the dying seconds could ruin.
14 min 0-6
27 min 6-6 Gagai try Reynolds goal
HT 6-6
44 min 6-10
73 min 6-16
79 min 10-16 Graham try Reynolds miss
Gagai, Graham tries
Reynolds 1 from 2 goals
Crowd 26,567
Referee B.Cummins/G.Atkins
Scrums 4-4 (1H 2-2)
Penalities 5-3 (1H 1-2)
Final Line Up -
Min Tac Pe MT LB Rn DR m Er OL K TA T G/A FG
Flbk - 1 - Doueihi, Adam 68 1 - 2 1 22 1 199 3 1 2 - - - - [0-50,62-80]
LWng - 2 - Johnston, Alex 80 4 - - - 9 - 83 - - - - - - -
LCnt - 5 - Graham, Campbell 80 8 1 1 1 17 - 134 - 1 - - 1 - -
RCnt - 4 - Gagai, Dane 80 15 - 1 1 11 - 89 - - - - 1 - -
RWng - 19 - Allan, Corey 80 4 - 2 - 8 - 51 1 - - - - - -
5/8 - 6 - Walker, Cody 80 18 - - 2 16 - 124 1 - 7 1 - - -
Half - 7 - Reynolds, Adam 80 15 - - - 7 - 94 1 - 13 - - 1/2 -
Prop - 12 - Burgess, Sam 51 24 1 7 - 17 - 146 1 1 - - - - - (c) [0-23,31-52,65-72]
Hook - 9 - Cook, Damien 80 54 - 3 - 10 8 54 1 - 2 - - - -
Prop - 10 - Knight, Liam 51 30 - 4 - 15 - 137 1 2 - - - - - [0-23,52-80]
SRow - 11 - Sutton, John 70 24 - 1 - 12 - 109 - - 1 1 - - - [0-62,72-80]
SRow - 16 - Lowe, Ethan 80 29 - 4 - 12 - 108 2 - - - - - -
Lock - 13 - Murray, Cameron 61 34 - 4 - 10 - 56 - 2 - - - - - [0-31,50-80]
Int - 8 - Burgess, Tom 27 16 1 - - 8 - 100 - - - - - - - [23-50]
Int - 15 - Tatola, Junior 15 22 - - - 8 - 68 - - - - - - - [50-65]
Int - 17 - Nicholls, Mark 31 10 - - - 6 - 59 - - - - - - - [23-54]
Int - 20 - Britt, Dean 26 10 - 1 - 6 - 58 - - - - - - - [54-80]
318 3 30 5 1675 11 7 25 2 2 1/2 -
Completion Rate - 36 / 45 80%
Opposition Offloads - 9
Effective 1st Tackles
1 min 36m Reynolds kick COF
3 min 0m P / Reynolds kick CIG
5 min 0m Reynolds kick CIG
6 min 10m SS NO TRY ChOv
9 min 83m SS Err(SBurgess) SCR
11 min 13m Reynolds kick COF
12 min 88m SS Err(Doueihi) SCR
13 min 66m SS Err(Lowe)
14 min 100m SS Err(CAllan) (C TRY)
16 min 12m KO
17 min 100m Reynolds kick 33m / SS P(Graham) (C NO GOAL)
20 min 51m 20-DO
22 min 14m Walker kick
24 min 8m Walker kick
25 min 0m C Err SCR SS NO TRY SS Err(Walker) CIG
26 min 8m Walker kick
27 min 0m C Err SCR TRY
30 min 12m Reynolds kick COF
32 min 56m SS Err(Graham)
34 min 41m C Err SCR / Cook kick 10m C 6TG / SS NO TRY ChOv 4m / SS P(TBurgess)
36 min 78m Reynolds kick
39 min 25m C Err SCR / Reynolds kick COF
half time
40 min 9m KO
41 min 21m Walker kick COF
43 min 12m Reynolds kick 12m / (C TRY)
46 min 7m KO
48 min 72m C Err / Reynolds kick OOF
51 min 76m P / ChOv 13m / SS P(SBurgess)
54 min 30m C Err SCR / Reynolds kick COF
56 min 0m C Err SCR / Sutton kick CIG
58 min 0m Reynolds kick CIG
60 min 10m P / SS Err(Cook)
61 min 0m Reynolds kick COF 1m / C 6TG / Walker kick CIG
65 min 0m Walker kick CIG
67 min 43m ChOv 9m / SS 6TG(Knight)
70 min 45m C Err P-10SB / Cook kick CIGOF
72 min 88m SS Err(Doueihi) SCR / (C TRY)
75 min 35m Sh-KO P / SS Err(Lowe)
77 min 80m Doueihi kick SS Err(Doueihi) SCR
79 min 0m C Err / TRY
80 min 54m Walker kick
Average effective 1st tackle location
- 35.9m - for the whole match
- 39.5m - 1st half
- 31.9m - 2nd half
Other First Grade Matches
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U20 NSW Jersey Flegg Cup - Grand Final
(2v1) v Canberra, Sun Sep 29 12:30pm
WIN 16-14
Late Changes - A.Manowski, Frasca, Dut and Stowers were out. Ranga-Iti started prop. The South Sydney Rabbitohs are the 2019 Jersey Flegg Cup premiers after a drama-filled 16-14 victory over the Canberra Raiders at Bankwest Stadium. A wayward pass that was thrown early in the contest thanks to some great defensive pressure was jumped on by the Raiders and given out wide to Semi Valemei, who used every millimetre next to the sideline to acrobatically plant the ball down. Prop Luke Bain charged down the ball and was winning the race for the ball when he was illegally tackled without the ball. Harley Smith-Shields was sent to the sin bin and the Rabbitohs took advantage of the extra man in a big way. A perfectly executed scrum-play was finished off by Nicholas Mougios to score untouched in the right corner, before the halves linked up shortly afterwards when Lachlan Ilias threw a pin-point pass to Blake Taaffe who caught it at speed and powered his way over the line. The halves indirectly combined again for the Rabbitohs next try when Ilias put up a spiral bomb that would an absolute nightmare for any fullback in any grade. Smith-Shields couldn’t hang onto it Taaffe skilfully picked the ball up at full pace to run away and score. The Raiders erased Taaffe’s first half double with a first half hat-trick of their own when Valemei scored two more tries just before the break. The first was off the back of a great bullet pass from Joe Roberts, before co-captain Darby Medlyn did the same shortly afterwards for Valemei who flirted with the corner post but got it down. South Sydney led 16-14 after what was a free-flowing first half that saw six tries, but the second half was the complete opposite. Both teams defended superbly in what was a try-less second half, but the moment of the match came after the siren had sounded. Souths had possession of the ball as the locked the ball up for victory then Brad Zampech deliberately threw the ball into touch to finish the game. The Rabbitohs players celebrated. There were incredible scenes after the siren. The referee had blown a penalty for a deliberate forward pass and the Raiders had a chance to take the game into extra time. The Raiders took the kick at goal from a tough position, but it was waved away. The Rabbitohs celebrated again and were crowned Jersey Flegg premiers for the 9th time after a tremendous defensive effort in the second half. Blake Taaffe was named mn of the match in the grand final.
1 min 0-6
8 min 6-6 Mougios try Taaffe goal
10 min 10-6 Taaffe try Taaffe miss
20 min 16-6 Taaffe try Taaffe goal
28 min 16-10
34 min 16-14
HT 16-14
Taaffe 2, Mougios tries
Taaffe 2 from 3 goals
Scrums 6-5 (1H 2-2)
Penalties 7-6 (1H 5-3)
Final Line Up -
Min Tac Pe MT LB Rn DR m Er OL K TA T G/A FG
Flbk - 1 - Tautaiolefua, James 70 2 - - - 20 - 156 2 1 - 1 - - -
LWng - 2 - Allan, Kane 70 5 - 2 - 7 - 87 1 - - - - - -
LCnt - 3 - Zaurini, Marc 70 9 - - - 10 1 76 1 - - - - - -
RCnt - 4 - Paulo, Jaxson 70 16 - 4 - 13 - 89 1 1 - - - - -
RWng - 5 - Mougios, Nic 70 6 - 1 1 8 - 50 - 1 - - 1 - - (c)
5/8 - 6 - Ilias, Lachlan 70 18 - 6 - 7 1 63 - - 4 1 - - -
Half - 7 - Taaffe, Blake 70 18 - 4 1 8 1 71 1 - - - 2 2/3 -
Prop - 8 - Bain, Luke 52 17 2 3 - 6 - 42 1 - - - - - - [0-52]
Hook - 9 - Cook, Josh 70 27 - 1 - 8 4 42 - - - - - - -
Prop - 17 - Ranga-Iti, Iizayah 28 13 1 1 - 5 - 44 1 - - - - - - [0-16,52-64]
SRow - 11 - Angianga, Tallis 34 9 - 4 - 8 1 76 1 1 - - - - - [0-20,56-70]
SRow - 12 - French, Matt 70 34 - 4 - 12 - 92 - 2 - - - - -
Lock - 13 - Fepuleai, Joshua 50 25 - 2 - 10 - 79 - - - - - - - [0-44,64-70]
Int - 14 - Mamouzelos, Peter 26 17 - 3 - 4 3 30 - - - - - - - [44-70]
Int - 15 - Zampech, Bradley 50 29 2 3 - 6 1 33 2 - - - - - - [20-70]
Int - 16 - Puru, Luke 12 7 - 1 - 3 - 31 1 - - - - - - [44-56]
Int - 18 - Taumoepenu, Tevita 28 14 1 2 - 4 - 41 - - - - - - - [16-44]
266 6 41 2 1102 12 6 16 2 3 2/3 -
Completion Rate - 24 / 36 67%
Opposition Offloads - 7
Effective 1st Tackles
0 min 19m KO
1 min 100m SS Err(Paulo) (C TRY)
3 min 15m KO
4 min 10m SS ChDn P-10SB / SS Err(KAllan) SCR
5 min 0m C Err SCR TRY
10 min 0m TRY
13 min 41m Ilias kick SS Err(Angianga) 14m / SS P(Ranga-Iti)
18 min 20m C Err SCR / P / P / SS Err(Tautaiolefua) SCR
20 min 19m Ilias kick
21 min 0m C Err TRY
23 min 95m SS Err(Bain) SCR 70m / SS P(Taumoepenu) 92m / SS P(Bain)
26 min 54m Taaffe kick ChDn COF / (C TRY)
29 min 27m KO
32 min 3m P / P / Taaffe kick
34 min 100m SS Err(Taaffe) (C TRY)
half time
36 min 12m Ilias kick COF
37 min 94m SS Err(Tautaiolefua) SCR 50m / SS P(Taumoepenu) / (C NO TRY)
40 min 39m C Err SCR / Ilias kick COF
42 min 14m JCook kick 11m / SS 6TG(Taumoepenu) SCR
45 min 42m SCR / ChOv
47 min 30m Taaffe kick
48 min 62m C Err SCR SS Err(Taaffe)
51 min 18m C Err SCR / P / SS Err(Puru) SCR
53 min 46m Ilias kick COF
55 min 31m Ilias kick COF
57 min 78m DO
58 min 80m SS Err(Angianga)
59 min 15m C Err SCR / Taaffe kick COF
61 min 19m Ilias kick
64 min 6m P SS Err(Ranga-Iti)
65 min 11m Taaffe kick
67 min 6m Taaffe kick
68 min 100m C Err / Ilias kick COF 12m / SS P(Zampech) (C NO GOAL)
Average effective 1st tackle location
- 37.5m - for the whole match
- 35.5m - 1st half
- 39.1m - 2nd half
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