2021 NRL Premiership - Round 22

South Sydney v Gold Coast

Robina Stadium

Sat Aug 14, 3:00pm

Selected Round 22 Teams

CyberView from the Hill - Last Week

CyberView from the Hill - This Week

Late Changes

Dane Gagai and Sele were trimmed 24 hours before the game. Taaffe was trimmed on game day.

WIN 36-6

Game had been relocated from Gosford Stadium due to the Greater Sydney Delta Variant covid outbreak.

The South Sydney Rabbitohs have stormed to their 10th consecutive win for the 2021 season defeating the Gold Coast Titans 36 points to 6 on the Gold Coast on Saturday afternoon, becoming the first team since 1908 to score 30 points in 8 consecutive games. The 2021 Rabbitohs have also become the greatest point scoring Rabbitohs team in their 113 year history. Walker, Mitchell, Reynolds and co have been the most prolific point scorers in Rabbitohs history this season, but perhaps the most pleasing aspect of this victory heading towards the finals was the Rabbitohs defense, which put pressure on the Titans to earn their limited opportunities and held them scoreless for 65 minutes. The Rabbitohs wasted no time getting on the scoreboard with Latrell Mitchell crossing for his 10th try of the season within the first 5 minutes of the match. The Rabbitohs took advantage of a centre field scrum following an error from Tino Fa'asuamaleaui working the ball away from the Titans try line, and Damien Cook turned Latrell inside creating enough space for him to power over the try line, and the Rabbitohs were away. The match became an arm wrestle for the next 15 minutes with both sides struggling to complete their sets and capitalize on their opportunities. The Rabbitohs breached the Titans' try line twice on consecutive sets only to be disallowed by the bunker on both occasions, and the Titans had a chance to hit back only for Beau Fermor to kick the ball dead handing the Rabbitohs a 7 tackle set. As has been the story for most of the season, the breakthrough came from the Rabbitohs left edge with Josh Mansour on the back of a signature sweeping play initiated by Cam Murray at first receiver and with Cody Walker supplying the last pass. The Rabbitohs had better luck the next time the bunker was involved with Adam Reynolds picking up a four-pointer in unusual fashion. Keaon Koloamatangi contested a ball in the air knocking it back into his own head before the Rabbitohs halfback picked up the loose pill to cross under the post. Reynolds added to his three conversions a few minutes later with a penalty goal to make the scores 20 points to 0, but the Rabbitohs weren't done scoring points for the half with Braidon Burns crossing for his first four-pointer of the season since returning from a knee injury completing a Cody Walker line break to make the score 24 to nil at the break. Burns went back to back early in the second half with Cody Walker picking up another try assist in the process with his 34th on the year, and with the successful conversion, the Rabbitohs became the first team in history to score 30 points in 8 consecutive games. The Titans crossed for their first points of the match after 65 minutes with Corey Thompson crossing after some neat play down the Titans left edge following a repeat set. Jaxson Paulo ensured that the Titans didn't make it back-to-back scores a few minutes later chasing down David Peachy who looked destined to score. Latrell Mitchell put one on a platter for Josh Mansour with a step, a fend, and a flick pass to find the winger untouched for his second, becoming the most prolific point-scoring side in Rabbitohs history.

 4 min  6-0  Mitchell try Reynolds goal
22 min 12-0  Mansour try Reynolds goal
29 min 18-0  Reynolds try Reynolds goal
33 min 20-0  Reynolds goal
34 min 24-0  Burns try Reynolds miss
HT     24-0
42 min 30-0  Burns try Reynolds goal
60 min 32-0  Reynolds goal
65 min 32-6  
75 min 36-6  Mansour try Reynolds miss

Mansour 2, Burns 2, Mitchell, Reynolds tries
Reynolds 6 from 8 goals

Weather      Showers
Ground       Good

Crowd         4,117         (Played with 50% capacity due to the Brisbane Covid outbreak)
Referee      Adam Gee
Touch Judges Kasey Badger / Chris Butler
Video        Steve Chiddy

Scrums        8-6 (1H  3-1 )
Penalities    6-4 (1H  2-1 )
6 Again       2-7 (1H  0-5 )

Final Line Up -                      
                                 Min Tac Pe 6A MT LA LB  Rn  DR    m Er OL   K TA  T  G/A  FG 2FG
Flbk -  1 - Mitchell, Latrell     80   5  -  -  -  1  3  11   -  184  2  3   -  1  1  -     -   -     
LWng -  2 - Mansour, Josh         80   4  -  -  1  -  2  15   1  155  -  -   -  -  2  -     -   -
LCnt - 18 - Burns, Braidon        80  15  1  -  3  -  2  12   3  118  2  -   1  -  2  -     -   -
RCnt -  4 - Milne, Taane          48   9  -  1  5  -  -   8   -   57  -  -   -  -  -  -     -   -     [0-48]
RWng -  5 - Paulo, Jaxson         80   6  1  -  2  -  -   7   -   50  1  -   -  -  -  -     -   -
5/8  -  6 - Walker, Cody          80  19  -  1  1  3  1  22   -  153  -  1   7  3  -  -     -   -
Half -  7 - Reynolds, Adam        80  13  -  -  4  -  -  15   -   67  1  -  10  -  1  6/8   -   - (c) 
Prop -  8 - Nicholls, Mark        35  24  -  2  1  -  -  14   -  138  1  -   -  -  -  -     -   -     [0-19,64-80]
Hook -  9 - Cook, Damien          80  49  -  1  1  2  -  16  10   76  -  -   -  1  -  -     -   -     
Prop - 10 - Burgess, Tom          45  26  -  -  1  -  -  11   -  114  -  -   -  -  -  -     -   -     [0-20,55-80]
SRow - 11 - Koloamatangi, Keaon   69  25  -  -  -  1  -  15   -  145  -  -   -  1  -  -     -   -     [0-69]
SRow - 12 - Arrow, Jai            48  20  -  -  -  -  -  14   -  146  -  2   -  -  -  -     -   -     [0-48]
Lock - 13 - Murray, Cameron       64  33  2  1  1  -  -  19   -  145  1  1   -  -  -  -     -   -     [0-64]

Int  - 14 - Marshall, Benji       32   7  -  -  2  -  -   7   -   44  -  -   -  -  -  -     -   -     [48-80]
Int  - 15 - Host, Jacob           61  26  -  -  -  -  -   9   -   92  1  -   -  -  -  -     -   -     [19-80]
Int  - 16 - Tatola, Junior        46  21  -  1  -  -  -  22   -  200  2  2   -  -  -  -     -   -     [20-55,69-80]
Int  - 17 - Su'A, Jaydn           32  13  -  1  3  -  -   7   -   56  -  1   -  -  -  -     -   -     [48-80]

Conc - 19 - Mago, Patrick                                                                             (DNP)

                                     315  4  8 25  7  8         1945 11 10  18  6  6  6/8   -   -

Completion Rate      - 34/43 79%

Opposition Offloads  - 4
 
Effective 1st Tackles

 0 min  10m KO
 1 min   6m Reynolds kick COF
 3 min   8m ChOv
 4 min   0m GC Err SCR TRY
 7 min  26m Walker kick DIG
10 min  40m GC Err SCR / Reynolds kick DIG 30m / SS-6A(Arrow)
12 min  52m Reynolds kick COF
13 min  96m SS Err(Mitchell) 94m / SS-6A(Nicholls)
14 min  57m DO
16 min  15m GC Err / SS Err(Murray) SCR
18 min   5m Walker kick
20 min  32m GC Err / Reynolds kick SS Err(Paulo) 31m SS-6A(Milne)
21 min   0m Walker kick CIG
22 min   0m TRY
26 min  31m Walker kick COF SS P(Host) 22m / SS ChDn(Murray)
29 min   0m GC Err / Reynolds kick TRY
33 min   0m P / P GOAL
34 min   0m TRY
37 min  75m SS Err(Mitchell) 30m SS-6A(Milne) 38m / SS P(Paulo) 79m SS-6A(Arrow)
40 min  20m GC Err SCR / Reynolds kick NO 2-FIELDGOAL

half time

42 min   0m GC-6A / GC-6TG SCR / TRY
45 min   4m Reynolds kick COF
46 min  44m SS NO TRY SS Err(Burns) SCR
49 min  12m P / Burns kick 5m / SS-6A(SuA)
51 min  31m Walker kick COF
53 min  73m GC Err / GC-6A / Reynolds kick 10m /SS-6A(Walker) 27m / SS P(Murray) / (GC NO TRY)
55 min   7m GC Err SCR / Walker kick
60 min   0m GC-6TG P / P / P GOAL
62 min  68m SS Err(Host) SCR 52m SS P(Murray)
64 min  62m DO / (GC TRY)
66 min   8m KO
68 min  16m Reynolds kick
70 min  33m SS Err(Tatola) SS-CC(x) SCR
72 min  19m GC Err SCR / SS Err(Tatola) SCR
74 min   9m GC Err GC-CC(x) SCR / SS Err(Reynolds) SCR
75 min   0m GC Err SCR TRY
77 min  18m Reynolds kick COF 10m / SS-6A(DCook)
79 min   0m Walker kick CIG
80 min  10m SS Err(Nicholls)

Average effective 1st tackle location
- 23.3m - for the whole match

- 23.7m - 1st half  
- 23.0m - 2nd half  

Other First Grade Matches

26-16 SunS Melbourne  b Canberra   (Relocated from MRSt due to Bondi Covid Outbreak)
34-16 LngS Penrith    b St Geo-Ill (Relocated from Koga due to Bondi Covid Outbreak)
21-20 LngS Syd Rstrs  b Brisbane   
24-16 NQSt Wests-Tig  b Nth Qld
56-10 SunS Manly      b Parramatta (Relocated from Brok due to Bondi Covid Outbreak)
24-10 Redc Warriors   b Canterbury (Relocated from MtSm due to Bondi Covid Outbreak)
16-14 Redc Newcastle  b Cronulla   (Relocated from Koga due to Bondi Covid Outbreak)

               W D  L B Diff PT
MELBOURNE     19 -  2 1 +485 40
PENRITH       18 -  3 1 +329 38
SOUTHS        18 -  3 1 +289 38
SYD RSTRS     14 -  7 1 +135 30
MANLY         13 -  8 1 +205 28
PARRAMATTA    13 -  8 1 +115 28
NEWCASTLE     10 - 11 1 -137 22
GOLD COAST     9 - 12 1  -32 20
Canberra       9 - 12 1  -84 20
Cronulla       8 - 13 1  -62 18
St Geo-Ill     8 - 13 1 -108 18
Warriors       8 - 13 1 -113 18
Wests-Tig      8 - 13 1 -132 18
Nth Qld        6 - 15 1 -256 14
Brisbane       5 - 16 1 -256 12
Canterbury     2 - 19 1 -384  6
      

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