Kogarah Jubilee Oval
Thu Jun 25, 7:50pm
C.Allan and Mago were trimmed 24 hours before the game. Nicholls and Dargan were 18th men.
LOSS 12-20
Match was relocated from Campbelltown Stadium after the surface was resulting in player injuries during Round 6 after excessive use during the COVID-19 period.
Penrith halfback Nathan Cleary overcame an infection that required a hospital visit to help his side down an error-prone South Sydney 20-12 on Thursday night. Penrith had enough chances to win by plenty more but let a few chances go begging. Cleary was in Nepean Hospital for six hours on Thursday with cellulitis, requiring antibiotics and scans to make sure the infection hadn't spread. The swelling was impressive and may have contributed to his shaky night with his goal-kicking. Shots as goal aside, he was exemplary and carved over for a late try to ice the win. He busted six tackles and ran for almost 100 metres. Panthers crossed after just eight minutes when Viliame Kikau batted back a kick and Jarome Luai fired a ball to an unmarked Brent Naden, back in the team due to a Josh Mansour knee injury, to cross out to the left. Naden almost had two more in short order; one was called back for a forward pass from Crichton and another the defence recovered to force an error as he looked to ground the ball. The Bunnies' right-side defence continued to struggle and was punctured again in the 28th minute when Luai rolled a kick in behind them for Stephen Crichton to touch down. Souths started the second half in more energetic fashion and earned a few attacking sets, which paid dividends when an Adam Reynolds inside ball sent Bayley Sironen over in the 51st minute reducing the lead to 8-6. That seemed to spark Penrith back into gear; they had another try called back due to an obstruction from Kikau but not such dramas when Dylan Edwards walked through some soft defence in the 60th minute. Cleary's third straight missed conversion kept the Bunnies in the hunt at 12-6. The killer blow was landed in the 69th minute when James Roberts was introduced for his first stint since the competition resumption as a substitute for Dane Gagai. Luai rolled another attacking kick behind Souths' right side defence and Roberts tackled Crichton off the ball to land himself in the sin bin and Cleary his first two points of the night. Down by a man and more than a converted try for the final stretch was always going to make things difficult. Mitchell then joined Roberts in the bin for a second effort following a line break. A 11 man South Sydney couldn't hold out the Panthers as Cleary crossed soon after for the match winning try. Alex Johnston crossed for a consolation try in the final minute from a lovely Cody Walker cut-out ball for a 20-12 scoreline that flattered the Rabbitohs. Souths coach Wayne Bennett said no one plans for that sort of error and penalty count. "They just controlled the ball better than we did, gave themselves better field position and that's the opportunities you get," he said. After an impressive three-game stint, Souths fullback Latrell Mitchell had an off night, marked by four handling errors and a late visit to the sin-bin. He wasn't alone though as his team coughed up plenty of ball, making 12 errors and conceding eight penalties as well as badly losing the contest in the middle of the field.
6 min 0-4
27 min 0-8
HT 0-8
49 min 6-8 Sironen try Reynolds goal
59 min 6-12
69 min 6-14
76 min 6-20
79 min 12-20 Johnston try Reynolds goal
Sironen, Johnston tries
Reynolds 2 from 2 goals
Referee G.Sutton
Crowd 150 (Match played with restricted attendance due to COVID-19)
69 min Roberts, James 10SB Professional Foul
76 min Mitchel, Lattrell 10SB Professional Foul
Scrums 4-6 (1H 3-4 )
Penalities 6-8 (1H 2-2 )
6 Again 7-2 (1H 3-2 )
Final Line Up -
Min Tac Pe 6A MT LB Rn DR m Er OL K TA T G/A FG
Flbk - 1 - Mitchell, Latrell 76 6 1 - - - 13 - 123 4 - 1 - - - - [0-76]
RWng - 2 - Gagai, Dane 49 9 - - 1 - 8 - 61 - - 1 - - - - [0-49]
RCnt - 3 - Graham, Campbell 80 22 1 - 2 - 11 - 119 1 - - - - - -
LCnt - 4 - Burns, Braidon 80 17 - - 2 - 13 1 117 1 4 - - - - -
LWng - 5 - Johnston, Alex 80 4 - - 2 2 17 1 170 2 - 1 - 1 - -
5/8 - 6 - Walker, Cody 80 21 1 2 2 - 11 - 79 - 1 2 1 - - -
Half - 7 - Reynolds, Adam 80 19 - - 2 - 7 - 38 1 - 14 1 - 2/2 - (c)
Prop - 8 - Tatola, Junior 51 40 - - 1 - 10 - 103 - - - - - - - [0-26,55-80]
Hook - 9 - Cook, Damien 80 60 - - 4 - 7 5 48 - 1 - - - - -
Prop - 10 - Burgess, Tom 49 36 - - 3 - 11 - 112 - - - - - - - [0-23,54-80]
SRow - 11 - Su'A, Jaydn 72 33 - - 2 - 13 - 116 1 2 - - - - - [0-72]
SRow - 12 - Lowe, Ethan 80 38 1 - 1 - 5 - 48 - 1 - - - - -
Lock - 13 - Murray, Cameron 57 42 2 - 1 - 11 - 117 1 1 1 - - - - [0-29,52-80]
Int - 14 - Knight, Liam 31 18 1 - 1 - 13 - 127 - 2 - - - - - [23-54]
Int - 15 - Sironen, Bayley 37 19 - - 1 1 10 - 89 - - - - 1 - - [26-55,72-80]
Int - 17 - Roberts, James 21 4 1 - 1 - 2 1 21 1 - - - - - - [49-69,79-80]
Int - 19 - Sele, Hame 23 11 - - - - 12 - 117 - - - - - - - [29-52]
399 8 2 26 3 1613 12 12 20 2 2 2/2 -
Completion Rate - 34/44 77%
Opposition Offloads - 7
Effective 1st Tackles
0 min 13m KO
2 min 1m Pe Err SCR / Murray kick
4 min 8m Reynolds kick COF
5 min 22m Pe Err SCR SS Err(Mitchell) SCR / (Pe TRY)
8 min 17m KO
10 min 65m Reynolds kick Johnston kick 22m / SS P(Graham) / (Pe NO TRY)
13 min 25m Pe Err / Pe 6A / SS Err(Burns)
15 min 23m Reynolds kick COF
17 min 83m SS Err(Johnston) SCR
18 min 20m Mitchell kick
20 min 91m Reynolds kick COF 29m / SS 6A(Walker) 40m / SS 6TG(Graham) SCR
25 min 88m Pe Err SCR / Pe 6A / SS Err(SuA) SCR 21m / SS 6A(Walker) 34m / SS P(Lowe) / (Pe TRY)
28 min 18m KO
30 min 18m Reynolds kick COF
31 min 60m SS Err(Mitchell)
32 min 20m Pe Err / Reynolds kick
34 min 9m Pe Err SCR / ChOv
36 min 16m NO TRY SS Err(Johnston) SCR
39 min 0m Pe 6A / P / P / Reynolds kick CIG
40 min 28m DGagai kick
half time
41 min 12m Reynolds kick
44 min 60m Pe 6A / Reynolds kick 10m / Pe 6TG / SS Err(Mitchell) SCR 24m / SS P(Sele)
48 min 0m Pe 6A P / P / Reynolds kick CIG
49 min 0m Pe 6A / TRY
52 min 22m Reynolds kick
53 min 16m Reynolds kick COF
55 min 95m Reynolds kick 14m / SS 6TG(Roberts) 55m / SS P(Murray)
58 min 85m P / SS Err(Mitchell) 54m / SS P(Murray) / (Pe TRY)
61 min 12m KO
63 min 37m Reynolds kick 13m SS P(Walker)
65 min 65m P SS Err(Reynolds)
66 min 69m DO
68 min 100m DO 63m / SS P-10SB(Roberts) (Pe GOAL)
69 min 10m KO
72 min 33m Pe 6TG SCR / Pe 6A / SS Err(Murray) SCR
75 min 91m Pe Err / Walker kick DIG 35m / SS P-10SB(Mitchell) / (Pe TRY) [SS 11 men]
78 min 35m Sh-KO
79 min 0m Pe Err / TRY
Average effective 1st tackle location
- 38.6m - for the whole match
- 32.8m - 1st half
- 45.7m - 2nd half
Other First Grade Matches
50-6 Koga Melbourne b Warriors (match relocated from MRSt due to Victorian COVID-19 outbreaks)
26-12 WSS Syd Rstrs b St Geo-Ill
32-20 NQSt Nth Qld b Newcastle
30-12 LngS Gold Coast b Brisbane
25-24 WSS Parramatta b Canberra (GP)
40-22 Gosf Cronulla b Manly
34-6 WSS Wests-Tig b Canterbury
W D L B Diff PT
PARRAMATTA 6 - 1 - +70 12
PENRITH 5 1 1 - +45 11
SYD RSTRS 5 - 2 - +134 10
MELBOURNE 5 - 2 - +65 10
NEWCASTLE 4 1 2 - +49 9
WESTS-TIG 4 - 3 - +35 8
CANBERRA 4 - 3 - +31 8
MANLY 4 - 3 - +2 8
Souths 3 - 4 - +10 6
Nth Qld 3 - 4 - +6 6
Cronulla 3 - 4 - -2 6
St Geo-Ill 2 - 5 - -40 4
Gold Coast 2 - 5 - -97 4
Warriors 2 - 5 - -103 4
Brisbane 2 - 5 - -117 4
Canterbury 1 - 6 - -86 2
Judiciary News
No one has been charged from the match.
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