Western Sydney Stadium
Fri Jun 19, 6:00pm
C.Allan and Koloamatangi were trimmed 24 hours before the game. Nicholls and Roberts were 18th men.
WIN 40-12
Latrell Mitchell produced another superb game from fullback in the Rabbitohs' big 40-12 win over the Warriors, with injuries, errors and bad luck bringing Steve Kearney's men unstuck. The turning point came at 6-all in the first half with the Warriors bombing two quick tries, the second of which was intercepted, leading to Kodi Nikorima being sin-binned and Souths piling on two tries to break the game open. The Warriors lost Lachlan Burr at the start of the game and the returning David Fusitu'a at half-time, each to failed HIAs, while Eli Katoa spent time off with an ankle injury. Souths also have concerns over emerging forward Tom Amone, who left the field in the second half in considerable distress with a potentially serious knee injury. Mitchell continues to find his feet at fullback, adding another two try assists to his season tally, though he was involved in a contentious moment when a swinging arm caught Fusitu'a high as he attempted to score just before half-time in an incident that was missed by the on-field officials but could attract the attention of the match review committee given Fusitu'a missed the rest of the game. The Warriors looked on their game early and crossed first via Fusitu'a, fresh from quarantine isolation, as he latched on to a brilliant floating cut-out ball from Blake Green in the sixth minute. A powerful effort from Campbell Graham put Souths up 6-4 in the 10th minute and his centre partner Braidon Burns almost had one in the 14th from a stunning Cam Murray bat-back past the dead-ball line but couldn't ground the chance cleanly. It was the Warriors' turn to bomb chances next with Tohu Harris passing too late after getting into space near the line but the next proved far more costly. With a simple two-on-one overlap on offer, Peta Hiku held the pass too long and allowed Dane Gagai to latch onto an intercept and streak 70 metres before a valiant Roger Tuivasa-Sheck chase brought him down. However Nikorima's late flop saw the five-eighth sin-binned for a professional foul with the Warriors conceding twice while down a man. Adam Reynolds split the line from the restart to make it 12-6 then Burns crossed from a clever short grubber from Cody Walker to increase the lead to 12. Nikorima's return was followed almost instantly by another sin bin to a five-eighth as Cody Walker paid the penalty for repeat infringements by the Rabbitohs inside the 20m zone. Fusitu'a lost it trying to score in the next set and it was left to Mitchell to ice a dominant half with a bullet cut-out ball to send Alex Johnston on a free run to the line right on half-time. Walker sliced over for a simple try in his 100th NRL game thanks to a nice ball from Damien Cook shortly after the break while the Warriors bombed yet another try as Hiku lost it over the line under pressure from Mitchell and Burns. Cook burrowed over from dummy half as the wheels well and truly fell off for the Warriors. They bombed their fourth try of the game when Karl Lawton fumbled trying to ground a clever Nikorima grubber before Johnston bagged his double in the 70th from a brilliant Walker chip kick. Agnatius Paasi belatedly earned his side's second in the final minutes as he slid over but it drew little celebration in the 40-12 defeat.
Tom Amone has since been ruled out for a extended period after a MCL strain and a partial tear of his ACL in his knee in the 44th minute in a akward tackle.
6 min 0-4
9 min 6-4 Graham try Reynolds goal
16 min 6-6
24 min 12-6 Reynolds try Reynolds goal
29 min 18-6 Burns try Reynolds goal
39 min 22-6 Johnston try Reynolds miss
HT 22-6
45 min 28-6 Walker try Reynolds goal
50 min 34-6 D.Cook try Reynolds goal
69 min 40-6 Johnston try Reynolds goal
75 min 40-12
Johnston 2, Graham, Reynolds, Burns, Walker, D.Cook tries
Reynolds 6 from 7 goals
33 min 10SB Walker, Cody Repeated 6 Again Infringements
Referee M.Cecchin
Crowd 438 (Match played with restricted attendance due to COVID-19)
Scrums 8-10(1H 3-3 )
Penalities 4-4 (1H 3-2 )
6 Again 3-3 (1H 2-3 )
Final Line Up -
Min Tac Pe 6A MT LB Rn DR m Er OL K TA T G/A FG
Flbk - 1 - Mitchell, Latrell 80 4 1 - - - 15 1 146 1 - 1 2 - - -
RWng - 2 - Gagai, Dane 80 11 - - 2 - 9 - 150 1 - - - - - -
RCnt - 3 - Graham, Campbell 80 24 - - - 1 22 - 209 1 - - - 1 - -
LCnt - 4 - Burns, Braidon 80 11 - 1 - 1 10 2 139 1 - - - 1 - -
LWng - 5 - Johnston, Alex 80 4 - - - 1 11 2 111 3 - - - 2 - -
5/8 - 6 - Walker, Cody 80 14 3 - - 1 8 - 58 1 - 3 2 1 - -
Half - 7 - Reynolds, Adam 80 14 - - 1 1 14 - 99 2 1 14 - 1 6/7 - (c)
Prop - 8 - Tatola, Junior 47 31 - - 1 - 11 - 108 - 1 - - - - - [0-28,61-80]
Hook - 9 - Cook, Damien 80 51 - - - 1 17 11 162 - 1 - 1 1 - -
Prop - 10 - Burgess, Tom 52 38 - - 4 - 18 - 180 1 2 - - - - - [0-21,49-80]
SRow - 11 - Su'A, Jaydn 62 27 - - 1 - 10 - 71 3 1 - - - - - [0-62]
SRow - 12 - Lowe, Ethan 80 30 - - 1 - 8 - 74 - - - - - - -
Lock - 13 - Murray, Cameron 60 41 - - 1 - 9 - 77 1 - - 1 - - - [0-33,44-71]
Int - 14 - Knight, Liam 40 21 - - 1 - 14 - 131 1 1 - - - - - [21-61]
Int - 15 - Mago, Patrick 25 16 - - 2 - 8 - 69 1 - - - - - - [33-49,71-80]
Int - 16 - Amone, Tom 16 9 - 2 1 - 8 - 84 - - - - - - - [28-44]
Int - 17 - Sironen, Bayley 18 12 - - 1 - 5 - 45 - - - - - - - [62-80]
358 4 3 16 6 1573 17 7 18 6 7 6/7 -
Completion Rate - 29/42 69%
Opposition Offloads - 9
Effective 1st Tackles
0 min 16m KO
1 min 24m Reynolds kick COF
3 min 50m Reynolds kick 18m SS P(Walker)
5 min 78m SS Err(DGagai) / (Au TRY)
7 min 11m KO
9 min 0m P / Au-6A / TRY
11 min 94m SS Err(Burgess) SS-CC SCR
14 min 27m Au Err SCR / Au-6A / Reynolds kick NO TRY SS Err(Burns) 18m / SS 6A(Burns)
15 min 100m SS Err(Johnston) SS P(Mitchell) (Au GOAL)
16 min 11m KO
18 min 18m Reynolds kick
20 min 24m Reynolds kick SS Err(Walker) / (Au NO TRY)
22 min 66m DO / (Au NO TRY)
24 min 0m Au Err P-10SB / TRY
26 min 46m Reynolds kick COF 12m SS P(Walker)
29 min 0m Reynolds kick P / Walker kick TRY
31 min 95m SS Err(Murray) SCR 74m / SS-6A(Amone) 94m / SS-6A(Amone) 91 m / SS P-10SB(Walker) / (Au NO TRY)
35 min 29m Au Err SCR / SS Err(SuA)
37 min 18m Au Err / Reynolds kick SCR
39 min 0m Au Err SCR / TRY
half time
40 min 10m Reynolds kick
42 min 18m Au Err SCR / SS Err(SuA) SCR
45 min 0m SCR / P / TRY
48 min 91m SS Err(Mago) SCR / (Au NO TRY)
50 min 0m Au-6A / TRY
52 min 6m Reynolds kick
54 min 83m SS Err(SuA) SCR 49m / SS 6TG(Johnston)
57 min 6m Au Err Au-CC SCR / Reynolds kick
58 min 64m SS Err(Knight) / (Au NO TRY)
61 min 8m Au Err SCR / Reynolds kick
63 min 14m Mitchell kick NO TRY SS Err(Johnston)
65 min 7m Reynolds kick
68 min 33m SS Err(Reynolds) SCR
69 min 0m Au Err SCR / Walker kick TRY
73 min 13m Walker kick SCR
74 min 98m SS Err(Mitchell) SCR 65m / SS 6TG(Reynolds) SCR / (Au TRY)
76 min 21m KO
78 min 12m Reynolds kick COF
79 min 23m SS Err(Graham)
Average effective 1st tackle location
- 32.5m - for the whole match
- 38.1m - 1st half
- 27.0m - 2nd half
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20-8 LngS St Geo-Ill b Gold Coast
36-20 Camp Wests-Tig b Nth Qld
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14-6 Camp Manly b Canberra
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W D L B Diff PT
PARRAMATTA 5 - 1 - +69 10
NEWCASTLE 4 1 1 - +61 9
PENRITH 4 1 1 - +37 9
SYD RSTRS 4 - 2 - +118 8
CANBERRA 4 - 2 - +32 8
MELBOURNE 4 - 2 - +21 8
MANLY 4 - 2 - +20 8
SOUTHS 3 - 3 - +18 6
Wests-Tig 3 - 3 - +7 6
Nth Qld 2 - 4 - -6 4
Cronulla 2 - 4 - -20 4
St Geo-Ill 2 - 4 - -26 4
Warriors 2 - 4 - -59 4
Brisbane 2 - 4 - -99 4
Canterbury 1 - 5 - -58 2
Gold Coast 1 - 5 - -115 2
Judiciary News
No one has been charged from the match.
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