Stadium Australia
Fri Sep 25, 7:50pm
Johns and Denniss were trimmed 24 hours before the game. Dargan and Mago were 18th men.
WIN 60-8
Rabbitohs five-eighth Cody Walker produced the individual performance of the season to help his side stun reigning premiers the Roosters 60-8 at ANZ Stadium on Friday night, with winger Alex Johnston bagging an incredible five tries. Johnston's haul included the 100th of his career as he went past club legend Bob McCarthy into fourth all-time on the club try scoring tally. It also made him the top tryscorer of the season with 20, one ahead of Kyle Feldt. The Bunnies’ total of 60 points was the most they have ever scored against the Roosters in their 112-year rivalry. The game started well for the Tricolours with Josh Morris powering over after a Jake friend Campbell Graham headclash in just the fourth minute and he would have had a try assist shortly after when backing up a James Tedesco half break but his offload floated forward. Despite the no-try, the Rabbitohs looked to be on the rack and struggling to get out of their end until some individual brilliance from Cody Walker turned the tide. The in-form five-eighth made a clean break from inside his own half in the 14th minute then backed up to finish off a long-range team try, his 50th career try, as Souths took the lead 6 to 4. Then with his side quickly back on the attack fired a pass for Johnston to break the line and score with some help from Bayley Sironen and suddenly Souths were up 12 to 4. They looked to have their third when Campbell Graham took on a short side and crashed over but the Bunker believed there was a tiny bobble in the act of grounding and ruled no try. It didn't slow the Rabbitohs down for long as Johnston carved over for his 100th premiership career try. Then Graham got a deserved try when Corey Allan made a clean break out wide, who put in a bueatiful infield kick ahead, which Graham grounded to make it 24-4 just past the half-hour mark. With Souths attacking yet again in the shadows of half time, Luke Keary tackled Mark Nicholls before he received a pass. The ball bounced off Keary's shoulder into the Roosters in-goal with Nicholls chasing through to ground it. The play was sent up 'no try' due to a perceived knock-on from Nicholls with the Bunker ruling there was insufficient evidence to overturn the decision. Souths had to settle with two points for the penalty for an off-the-ball tackle and a commanding 26-4 half-time advantage. Walker sent his team further in front 10 minutes after the resumption, offloading for Allan to score before the Roosters clawed one back when Daniel Tupou touched down off a Keary grubber. Souths hit back immediately through that man Walker again, who produced a perfectly-timed chase from a Reynolds attacking kick to bag his second try. Cameron Murray got his name on the scoresheet with a scrappy try, touching down after a Reynolds grubber bounced off a few players then broke the line the very next set for who else but Walker to set up Johnston's hat-trick. The team went the length from the next set with Allan unselfishly finishing in the in-goal and handing the ball back to Johnston for his fourth with the Rabbitohs remarkably going the length once again in the next set with Johnston carving over in the corner. It that wasn't enough he also moved into first place on the leading try-scorer list. It was the second time Johnston has bagged five tries in a match. Then with the score 58 to 8 Souths got a penalty just inside the halfway line, and the chant went up in the crowd to take the 2 points. Reynolds line up the kick and kicked a lovely long range goal for his 10 goal of the game, pushed the score to 60 points over the defending premiers, and taking out the Ron Coote Cup again in 2020. Reynolds also racked up 2000 premiership points across all 3 grades and took the lead the NRL season point scoring tally. It was Walker's night, with three try assists, two tries and two line breaks in a commanding performance to which the Roosters had simply no answers. "Cody's got great instincts, that's what he plays with and what makes great football players. Nothing has to be structured for him," said Rabbitohs coach Wayne Bennett. "He's had some great games for us… it was up there with his best."
3 min 0-4
13 min 6-4 Walker try Reynolds goal
17 min 12-4 Johnston try Reynolds goal
29 min 18-4 Johnston try Reynolds goal
31 min 24-4 Graham try Reynolds goal
37 min 26-4 Reynolds goal
HT 26-4
50 min 32-4 C.Allan try Reynolds goal
56 min 32-8
59 min 38-8 Walker try Reynolds goal
69 min 42-8 Murray try Reynolds miss
72 min 48-8 Johnston try Reynolds goal
75 min 54-8 Johnston try Reynolds goal
78 min 58-8 Johnston try Reynolds miss
80 min 60-8 Reynolds goal
Johnston 5, Walker 2, Graham, C.Allan, Murray tries
Reynolds 10 from 12 goals
Referee G.Sutton
Crowd 7,958 (Match played with 25% capacity restricted attendance due to COVID-19)
Scrums 4-4 (1H 1-1 )
Penalities 6-1 (1H 2-0 )
6 Again 7-1 (1H 3-1 )
Final Line Up -
Min Tac Pe 6A MT LB Rn DR m Er OL K TA T G/A FG
Flbk - 1 - Allan, Corey 80 4 - - 2 2 17 2 181 - - 1 2 1 - -
RWng - 5 - Paulo, Jaxson 80 4 - - - - 7 - 57 1 - - - - - -
RCnt - 3 - Graham, Campbell 80 18 - - 4 1 15 1 156 4 - 1 1 1 - -
LCnt - 4 - Gagai, Dane 80 11 - - - 1 14 1 124 1 1 - 1 - - -
LWng - 2 - Johnston, Alex 80 1 - - - 4 10 - 152 - - - - 5 - -
5/8 - 6 - Walker, Cody 80 11 1 - - 2 16 1 167 - 1 2 3 2 - -
Half - 7 - Reynolds, Adam 80 9 - - 1 - 12 2 57 - 1 14 2 - 10/12 - (c)
Prop - 18 - Tatola, Junior 37 16 - - - - 12 - 115 - 1 - - - - - [0-21,63-80]
Hook - 9 - Cook, Damien 70 32 - - - - 7 5 62 1 1 - - - - - [0-70]
Prop - 10 - Burgess, Tom 51 21 - - 4 - 14 - 137 - - - - - - - [0-25,54-80]
SRow - 13 - Murray, Cameron 80 38 - - - 1 10 1 102 1 1 - - 1 - -
SRow - 12 - Sironen, Bayley 47 23 - - - - 7 - 75 - - - 1 - - - [0-47]
Lock - 8 - Knight, Liam 52 15 - - - - 18 - 181 - 2 - - - - - [0-31,59-80]
Int - 11 - Cartwright, Jed 33 7 - - 1 - 6 - 70 - - - - - - - [47-80]
Int - 14 - Nicholls, Mark 42 15 - 1 1 - 16 - 169 1 - - - - - - [21-63]
Int - 15 - Sele, Hame 33 8 - - - - 10 - 109 1 - - - - - - [31-54,70-80]
Int - 17 - Koloamatangi, Keaon 34 12 - - - - 15 - 167 - - - - - - - [25-59]
245 1 1 13 11 2090 10 8 18 10 10 10/12 -
Completion Rate - 38/45 84%
Opposition Offloads - 14
Effective 1st Tackles
0 min 10m KO
2 min 26m Reynolds kick COF
3 min 85m SS Err(Graham) / (ES TRY)
5 min 14m KO
6 min 35m Reynolds kick COF
8 min 66m DO
9 min 43m Sh-DO ES Err / Walker kick COF / (ES NO TRY)
13 min 0m ES Err SCR / ES-6A / TRY
16 min 8m ES-6A / Reynolds kick
17 min 0m TRY
20 min 12m Reynolds kick
21 min 44m SS Err(Graham)
24 min 31m ES Err / SS NO TRY SS Err(Graham)
26 min 0m ES-6A / Reynolds kick COF CIG
28 min 0m Reynolds kick CIG
29 min 0m TRY
31 min 0m CAllan kick TRY
34 min 3m Reynolds kick
35 min 0m ES Err / Reynolds kick CIG
37 min 0m SS NO TRY P GOAL
39 min 90m SS Err(Sele) SCR 95m SS-6A(Nicholls)
ES Err
half time
41 min 11m Reynolds kick COF
42 min 56m SS Err(Murray) SCR
44 min 17m ES Err / P / SS Err(Nicholls) SCR
46 min 19m Reynolds kick SCR
48 min 8m Walker kick COF
50 min 0m ES Err SCR / TRY
53 min 50m ES-6A / Reynolds kick COF
54 min 33m ES Err / Reynolds kick SS NO TRY SS Err(DCook)
55 min 95m SS-6TG(Graham) 78m / SS-6TG(Paulo) 93m / SS P(Walker) / (ES TRY)
57 min 11m KO
59 min 0m P / Graham kick TRY
62 min 47m ChOv
65 min 14m P / SS Err(Gagai) SCR
67 min 41m ES Err SCR / Reynolds kick COF
69 min 0m ES Err ES-CC(x) SCR / ES-6A / Reynolds kick TRY
72 min 0m ES-6A TRY
75 min 0m ES-6A / TRY
78 min 0m P / TRY
80 min 0m P GOAL
Average effective 1st tackle location
- 22.2m - for the whole match
- 22.7m - 1st half
- 21.7m - 2nd half
Other First Grade Matches
32-16 LngS Nth Qld b Brisbane
36-6 Robi Gold Coast b Newcastle
42-0 StAu Penrith b Canterbury
38-28 Koga Canberra b Cronulla
28-24 WSS Parramatta b Wests-Tig
40-28 Gosf Warriors b Manly
30-22 Koga St Geo-Ill b Melbourne
W D L F A Diff PT
PENRITH 18 1 1 537 238 +299 37
MELBOURNE 16 - 4 528 270 +258 32
PARRAMATTA 15 - 5 392 288 +104 30
SYD RSTRS 14 - 6 552 322 +230 28
CANBERRA 14 - 6 445 317 +128 28
SOUTHS 12 - 8 521 352 +169 24
NEWCASTLE 11 1 8 421 374 +47 23
CRONULLA 10 - 10 480 480 - 20
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Gold Coast 9 - 11 346 463 -117 18
Warriors 8 - 12 343 458 -115 16
Wests-Tig 7 - 13 440 505 -65 14
St Geo-Ill 7 - 13 372 446 -74 14
Manly 7 - 13 375 509 -134 14
Nth Qld 5 - 15 368 520 -152 10
Canterbury 3 - 17 282 504 -210 6
Brisbane 3 - 17 268 624 -356 6
Judiciary News
No one was charged out of the match.
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