22nd Jun 2022
5 day turnaround debacle
After a 2 good wins, with SOO in between. The team headed down the round to Wollongong for a 5 day turnaround late night Thursday night clash. Our SOO reps were playing their 3 game in 9 days. But that was not a excuse for the debacle that occurred in the first half where we let in 32 points, our worst half of football since 2017. While there was improvements in the second half we can't take any team for granted. Still 6 more wins to make the finals.
Mamouzelos rotten luck
Just as Pistol Pete was getting ready for his important first back up period for Damien Cook, he broke a bone in his hand and will be out for 6-8 weeks. This will hurt us over the coming weeks and hope he gets back on the park fit and well for the finals and the RLWC.
Cody Hodge Hatrick
Cody Hodge a country boy from Wagga has made his mark in his arrival in South Sydney reserve grade team. On the weekend he has scored a hatrick on left wing taking his tally to 4 tries in 2 games. Brother of Tyson Hodge, he is a player to watch for the rest of the year.
Duncan a double
Tallis Duncan continues to impress in U21s and on the weekend scored a double. And has been rewarded for his efforts in his selection in the Malta team.
Girls almost steal another win
It was a tough day over in Liverpool against top 4 team the Mounties. But the girls come from behind effort almost stole the show when they scored a late try draw level, but the kick at goal to win the game was unsuccessful.
Bears Perth Expansion Push
This week has seen a big public push for the return of the Bears but this time as a joint venture with the proposed Perth team. The plan would include a few games at NSO with the majority at Perth. The 18th team seems to be coming down to race between Central Coast Bears, Perth, Ipswich and NZ2. So the Perth Bears bid could be a good balance and also act as a insurance policy if another covid style event occurs again.
Rabbitohs TV - Weekly Segment
The boys recap Round 15 game
Round 15 - Stat Attack
Statistically it was a poor game. Completions dropped to 70% from 74% last week. Errors were dropped to 12 from 10 last week. We gave away 9 penalties and 1 6-again calls from 9 last week. Souths Effective 1st tackle dropped to a average level of 32.2m from 28.3m last week. After our worst half of the season. Our missed tackles dropped to a average level of 31 from 41 last week. Opposition offloads dropped to 9 from 8 last week.
Looking at our left side defence - Johnston-Graham-Walker-Arrow (1-3-2-1) dropped to 7 from 5 missed tackles last week. On the right side Paulo-Milne-Ilias/Nikorima-Koloamatangi (2-4-4-1) improved to 11 from 20 missed tackles last week. Ruck defence Tatola/Havilli-DCook-Burgess/Nicholls-Murray/Sele (1-0-6-3) improved to 10 from 16 missed tackles last week.
Our go forward dropped to 1642m from 1987m last week. Nicholls and Tatola made 10+m per run. Nicholls, Arrow, Murray, Havili, Tatola, Graham and Walker made 100+m in the match. Defensively Cook was our best in the tackling raking up 50 tackles. Cook and Tatola didn't miss a tackle.
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