Stadium Australia
Sat Jul 23, 7:30pm
Late Changes
Kennar, Lovett and Taaffe have been trimmed 24h before the game. Mansour dropped out of the team. Suluka-Fifita is the concussion sub.
WIN 24-12
Tryscoring machine Alex Johnston continued his incredible streak as the Rabbitohs downed the Storm 24-12 on Saturday night to register a fourth win on the trot. With 13 tries in his past six games Johnston now has 157 for his career, including an incredible 79 in 79 games at Accor Stadium. A penalty against Nelson Asofa-Solomona for a hight shot on Cameron Murray in the opening minute gave the Rabbitohs field position and they made it count with Keaon Koloamatangi charging over for his fifth try of the season. The Rabbitohs stretched their lead to 10 points in the 28th minute when Johnston stepped around Marion Seve to post his first of the night. A dropped ball by Grant Anderson in the 31st minute gave Souths another chance to attack and only desperate defence by Seve and Jahrome Hughes denied Johnston a double. With half-time looming the Storm grabbed a crucial try when Seve produced a long range try from his own side of halfway to make it 10-6 at the break. Six minutes into the second half it was Johnston grabbing yet another double as he finished off classy lead-up work by Latrell Mitchell. The magic of Latrell Mitchell was on show when he delivered a sublime left hand flick pass for Alex Johnston to score yet another try in the left hand corner. With the Storm defending grimly, Mitchell grubbered the ball into Jahrome Hughes' legs, picked up the rebound and composed himself before finding the club's greatest ever tryscorer who flew through the air for his second four-pointer of the night. Two minutes later the home side were in again when Koloamatangi busted the Storm wide open and delivered a superb pass to halfback Lachlan Ilias who sprinted 20 metres to score. Jaxson Paulo was next to hit the scoreboard for the rampant Rabbitohs, crossing in the right hand corner courtesy of some nice work by Mitchell and Jed Cartwright inside him. The Storm pulled one back in the 64th minute when Kenny Bromwich delivered the final pass for Dean Ieremia to score. Nick Meaney's conversion made it 24-12 but that was as close as Craig Bellamy's men would get. Kodi Nikorima was sin binned in the 80th minute of the match for a professional foul. The Rabbitohs have won nine of their past 10 games at Accor Stadium. The last time the Storm lost four in a row was 2015.
1 min 6-0 Koloamatangi try L.Mitchell goal
27 min 10-0 Johnston try L.Mitchell miss
36 min 10-6
HT 10-6
45 min 14-6 Johnston try L.Mitchell miss
47 min 20-6 Ilias try L.Mitchell goal
55 min 24-6 Paulo try L.Mitchell miss
63 min 24-12
Johnston 2, Koloamatangi, Ilias, Paulo tries
L.Mitchell 2 from 5 goals
Crowd 11,217
Referee T.Smith
Touch Judges D.Oultram / M.Wise
Video A.Gee
Scrums 5-5 (1H 4-4 )
Penalities 4-9 (1H 2-3 )
6-Again 5-3 (1H 3-1 )
79 min Nikorima, Kodi 10SB Professional Foul
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 6 - - - 2 - 8 - 70 - 1 2 2 - 2/5 - -
LWng - 2 - Johnston, Alex 80 10 - - - - 2 9 - 80 2 - 1 - 2 - - -
LCnt - 4 - Tass, Isaiah 80 20 3 - 1 - - 13 1 111 1 - - - - - - -
RCnt - 3 - Cartwright, Jed 80 23 - 1 3 1 - 12 1 108 1 - - 1 - - - -
RWng - 5 - Paulo, Jaxson 80 7 - - 3 - 1 12 - 92 1 - - - 1 - - -
5/8 - 6 - Walker, Cody 80 17 1 1 5 - - 8 - 37 2 - 6 - - - - -
Half - 7 - Ilias, Lachlan 69 13 - - 5 1 1 4 - 44 - - 12 1 1 - - - [0-69]
Prop - 8 - Tatola, Junior 40 18 - - 2 - - 11 - 119 - - - - - - - - [0-19,59-80]
Hook - 9 - Cook, Damien 80 38 1 1 - - - 11 10 79 1 1 1 - - - - -
Prop - 10 - Nicholls, Mark 30 18 1 - 2 - - 9 - 78 - - - - - - - - [0-17,60-73]
SRow - 11 - Koloamatangi, Keaon 80 26 - - 4 1 1 16 - 181 2 2 - 1 1 - - -
SRow - 12 - Arrow, Jai 61 25 1 - - - - 18 - 173 - - - - - - - - [0-33,52-80]
Lock - 13 - Murray, Cameron 80 47 - - 2 - - 10 - 86 - 2 - - - - - - (c)
Int - 14 - Nikorima, Kodi 11 5 1 - - - - 2 - 14 - - 1 - - - - - [69-80] 10SB
Int - 15 - Moale, Davvy 19 5 - - - - - 8 - 68 1 - - - - - - - [33-52]
Int - 16 - Havili, Silva 48 15 1 - 1 - - 16 - 165 1 1 - - - - - - [19-60,73-80]
Int - 17 - Burgess, Tom 42 13 - - 4 - - 16 - 145 - 1 - - - - - - [17-59]
Conc - 18 - Suluka-Fifita, Daniel (DNP)
306 9 3 32 5 5 1658 12 8 23 4 5 2/5 - -
Completion Rate - 36/46 78%
Opposition Offloads - 9
Effective 1st Tackles
1 min 0m P / TRY
4 min 11m Ilias kick COF
6 min 24m P / M-6A SS Err(Koloamatangi) SCR
9 min 61m M Err SCR / SS Err(Walker)
10 min 16m M Err / Ilias kick SS Err(Paulo) SCR
12 min 89m Ilias kick COF 8m / SS P(Tass) 70m / SS-6A(Cartwright)
15 min 96m M Err / Ilias kick COF 11m / M 40-20
17 min 11m Sh-DO M Err / Walker kick COF
19 min 91m Sh-DO SS Err(Cartwright)
21 min 18m M Err SCR / ILias kick 1m SS P(Walker)
23 min 85m SS Err(Tass)
24 min 5m Ilias kick COF
27 min 0m M Err SCR / M-6A / M-6A / TRY
29 min 10m Ilias kick COF
32 min 20m M Err SCR / M-6A SS Err(Johnston) SCR
33 min 66m ILias kick COF 22m / SS P(Havili)
36 min 100m SS Err(Havili) SCR (M TRY)
38 min 17m KO
40 min 51m M Err / SS Err(Havili)
half time
40 min 15m KO
43 min 0m SS Err(LMitchell) SS-CC M Err SCR / P / M-6A / Ilias kick CIG
45 min 0m DCook kick M-6TG / LMitchell kick M-6TG TRY
47 min 0m TRY
50 min 8m Ilias kick COF
51 min 94m Ilias kick COF 10m / M 40-20 92m SS-6A(Walker)
54 min 35m M Err SCR LMitchell Johnston kick DIG
55 min 0m M Err / TRY
58 min 27m Walker kick COF
59 min 18m Ilias kick COF
61 min 80m Ilias kick COF 18m / SS P(Walker) 60m / SS P(Nicholls) / (M TRY)
64 min 11m KO
66 min 59m SS Err(Kolomatangi)
69 min 5m P / Walker kick COF
71 min 42m Nikorima kick 18m / SS P(Arrow) SS-CC(x)
74 min 28m Walker kick
76 min 53m M Err / SS Err(Walker) SCR 16m / SS P(DCook)
78 min 82m M Err / Walker kick 2m SS P(Tass) 30m / SS-6TG(DCook) 54m SS-6A(DCook)
79 min 92m SS Err(Johnston) 90m SS P-10SB(Nikorima) 92m
Average effective 1st tackle location
- 38.7m - for the whole match
- 41.9m - 1st half
- 35.4m - 2nd half
Other First Grade Matches
36-14 WSS Brisbane b Parramatta
20-6 Koga St Geo-Ill b Manly
42-12 NISC Syd Rstrs b Newcastle
26-14 Bruc Canberra b Warriors
20-10 Penr Penrith b Cronulla
36-26 WSS Canterbury b Gold Coast
27-26 MQSt Nth Qld b Wests-Tig
W D L B Diff PT
PENRITH 17 - 1 1 +318 36
NTH QLD 13 - 5 1 +182 28
CRONULLA 12 - 6 1 +106 26
BRISBANE 12 - 6 1 +83 26
MELBOURNE 11 - 7 1 +165 24
SOUTHS 11 - 7 1 +71 24
PARRAMATTA 11 - 7 1 +14 24
SYD RSTRS 9 - 9 1 +79 20
Manly 9 - 9 1 +18 20
Canberra 9 - 9 1 -25 20
St Geo-Ill 9 - 9 1 -98 20
Canterbury 5 - 13 1 -117 12
Warriors 5 - 13 1 -187 12
Newcastle 5 - 13 1 -224 12
Gold Coast 3 - 15 1 -186 8
Wests-Tig 3 - 15 1 -199 8
Judiciary News
No one has been charged by the Match Review Committee.
Reserve Grade - Knock-On Effect NSW Premiership Round 19
v Mt Pritchard, 5:10pm
WIN 30-0
With their season seemingly on the line, the Rabbitohs made a statement by keeping Mounties scoreless in a 30-point victory. A hat-trick from Izaac Thompson highlighted an incredible performance from the team on both ends of the field. The Rabbitohs set the tone for the game in the opening minutes by forcing Mounties into a couple of errors, before capitalising and opening the scoring moments later through Izaac Thompson. As the game progressed and the conditions worsened, both sides went back and forth with errors. After finding their footing back in the game, South Sydney quickly doubled their lead as Thompson secured a double in the 19th minute. Thompson’s double would be the only points of the first half as the ground began to fall victim to the wet weather. Holding a 12-point lead heading into the break the Rabbitohs had all the momentum in their corner as their defensive efforts proved too hard to overcome for their opponents. The second-half started off in a similar fashion to the first, with the Rabbitohs getting on the board early. It was Romano Cook who crossed over from dummy-half just moments after the break to send the Rabbitohs into an 18 point lead. Thompson continued on his outstanding afternoon in the 50th minute when he secured his hat-trick and sent the Rabbitohs into an unassailable lead. After a rapid start in the opening 50 minutes of the game, both sides fell back into the rhythm of a slow grind as the rain began to come down even heavier. It wasn’t until the 62nd minute that the next and final try would be scored as Shannon Gardiner found his way through courtesy of some nice build-up play from Josh Mansour. Blake Taffee sent the lead to 30 in the final play of the game after converting on a penalty-goal to cap off the statement win for Souths. Izaac Thompson stole the show with his hat-trick and was instrumental coming out of his end with over 200 run metres, whilst posing a threat anytime he was near the line. Daniel Suluka-Fifita impressed on his debut game for the Rabbitohs, leading all players in run-metres and finishing second in most tackles Dean Hawkins controlled the game with his kicks in tough conditions, whilst having a hand in a lot of points with two try-assists.
2 min 4-0 Thompson try Taaffe miss
19 min 10-0 Thompson try Taaffe goal
HT 10-0
45 min 16-0 R.Cook try Taaffe goal
50 min 22-0 Thompson try Taaffe goal
62 min 28-0 Gardiner try Taaffe goal
80 min Taaffe goal
Thompson 3, R.Cook, Gardiner tries
Taaffe 5 from 6 goals
Referee D.Brady
Touch Judges M.Stone / B.Teague
Scrums 5-5 (1H 5-4 )
Penalties 7-12(1H 2-5 )
6-Again 0-0 (1H 0-0 )
Final Line Up -
Min Tac Pe 6A MT LA LB Rn DR m Er OL K TA T G/A FG 2FG
Flbk - 1 - Taaffe, Blake 80 5 - - - - - 10 2 88 1 - - - - 5/6 - -
LWng - 2 - Thompson, Izaac 80 1 - - - - 3 21 - 218 2 - - - 3 - - -
LCnt - 4 - Gagai, Jacob 80 8 - - 3 1 - 13 - 124 - 1 - 1 - - - - (c)
RCnt - 3 - Kennar, Richard 80 10 - - - 1 - 9 - 82 - - - - - - - -
RWng - 5 - Mansour, Josh 80 5 - - 1 - 1 11 - 111 1 - 1 1 - - - -
5/8 - 6 - Campagnolo, Jack 80 22 1 - 1 1 - 10 - 52 1 - 5 - - - - -
Half - 7 - Hawkins, Dean 80 18 - - 3 2 - 3 - 13 1 - 9 2 - - - -
Prop - 8 + Suluka-Fifita, Daniel 58 31 1 - - - - 21 - 230 2 - - - - - - - [0-33,55-80]
Hook - 9 - Gardiner, Shannon 60 31 4 - 2 - 1 2 1 47 - - - - 1 - - - [0-31,61-80]
Prop - 10 - Mitchell, Shaquai 51 29 1 - - - - 7 - 83 - 1 - - - - - - [0-26,55-80]
SRow - 11 - Peoples, Trent 80 38 - - 3 - 1 9 - 113 - 3 - - - - - -
SRow - 12 - Milne, Taane 80 30 1 - 1 - - 11 - 129 2 2 - - - - - -
Lock - 13 - Patterson, Hugo 47 28 - - 2 - - 8 - 53 1 1 - - - - - - [0-33,66-80]
Int - 14 - Cook, Romano 30 16 1 - - - 1 5 4 40 - - - - 1 - - - [31-61]
Int - 15 - Hardman, D'arcy 29 14 1 - - - - 10 - 104 - - - - - - - - [26-55]
Int - 16 - Gordon, Yileen 22 10 1 - 1 1 - 5 - 64 - 1 - 1 - - - - [33-55] OR
Int - 17 - Duncan, Tallis 33 13 1 - 1 - - 5 - 57 - - - - - - - - [33-66]
Conc - 18 - Hodge, Tyson (DNP)
309 12 - 18 6 7 1616 11 9 15 5 5 5/6 - -
Completion Rate - 26/37 70%
Opposition Offloads - 7
Other NSW Cup Round 19 Matches
39-26 Bruc Canterbury b Canberra
24-22 StJn St Geo-Ill b Newcastle
20-14 Hens Newtown b Norths
48-6 Layb Penrith b Blacktown
BYE Parramatta
BYE Wests
W D L B A Diff PT
NEWTOWN 13 1 4 1 - +166 29
PENRITH 13 - 5 1 - +240 28
CANTERBURY 12 - 6 1 - +157 26
PARRAMATTA 10 - 7 2 - +92 24
NORTHS 10 1 6 1 - +70 23
Canberra 9 - 7 2 1 +51 23
Souths 10 - 8 1 - +97 22
St Geo-Ill 8 1 8 1 1 -60 19
Newcastle 7 - 11 1 - -40 16
Mt Pritchard 5 - 12 2 - -165 14
Wests 4 1 12 2 - -262 13
Blacktown 2 - 16 1 - -328 6
NSWRL U21 Jersey Flegg - Round 18
v Victoria Thunderbolts, Snape Park, 3:00pm
LOSS 20-24
Match has been relocated from Stadium Australia due to the wet weather.
The Jersey Flegg Cup side went down in dramatic fashion to the Victorian Thunderbolts in tricky conditions. The game was in danger of being called off, but the Randwick Council allowed the game to go ahead at Snape Park. The late change and treacherous conditions favoured Victoria as they opened an early lead. Tiraa Ua got the visitors off to a dream start with a quick double, as the Thunderbolts forward pack took an early advantage. Cruise Tweedie opened the scoring for the Rabbitohs minutes later, as both sides struggle to maintain possession for long periods of time due to the conditions. Although it was a struggle for both sides, Victoria held the upper hand for the remainder of the half as their dominant forwards continued to impose themselves. The middle sector of the game was plagued by errors with the ball continuing to slip out of the hands of both sets of players. It was in the final period of the game when both sides took the intensity up a notch and put on a thrilling ending. The Rabbitohs put themselves within two points of the Thunderbolts when Carsen Kaho crossed over. Mitchell Chester ensured Souths first lead of the game with his try in the 53rd minute, as the Rabbitohs began to turn the momentum of the game. However, the Rabbitohs surge in attack was halted by Victoria as they quickly found themselves back in the lead. Josiah-Ekkehard Neli and Cole Geyer both scored for the Thunderbolts in the final ten minutes as they went into to a ten-point lead. The Rabbitohs gave themselves a late lifeline when Tyrone Munro crossed over in the final two minutes, but it was too little too late. It’s been the story of their season thus far as another late comeback was not enough to overcome an early lead.
7 min 0-6
17 min 0-12
20 min 4-12 Tweedie try Munro miss
HT 4-12
48 min 10-12 Kaho try Munro goal
53 min 16-12 Chester try Munro goal
62 min 16-18
66 min 16-24
68 min 20-24 Munro try no goal attempted
Tweedie, Kaho, Chester, Munro tries
Munro 2 from 3 goals
Referee A.Sirianni
Touch Judges M.Stone / B.Williams
Scrums 2-5 (1H 1-2 )
Penalties 5-3 (1H 4-2 )
6-Again 0-0 (1H 0-0 )
Final Line Up -
Min Tac Pe 6A MT LA LB Rn DR m Er OL K TA T G/A FG 2FG
Flbk - 1 - Kalo Kalo, Terrell 8 - - - 1 - - 1 - 2 - - - - - - - - [0-8]
LWng - 2 - Kaho, Carson 70 12 - - 3 1 1 16 - 157 - - - 1 1 - - -
LCnt - 3 - Bijorac, Zane 70 13 - - 2 - 1 15 - 173 2 2 - - - - - -
RCnt - 18 - Tweedie, Cruise 70 6 - - 2 - 1 7 - 61 1 - - - 1 - - -
RWng - 5 - Munro, Tyrone 70 3 - - 1 - 1 14 - 140 3 - 1 - 1 2/4 - -
5/8 - 6 - Nohra, Joseph 70 5 - - 2 1 - 6 - 44 3 - 1 1 - - - -
Half - 7 - Chester, Mitchell 70 5 1 - 2 1 1 3 - 16 - - 12 - 1 - - -
Prop - 8 - Giles, Thomas 58 22 - - 2 - - 11 - 122 - - - - - - - - (c) [0-28,40-70]
Hook - 9 - Bray, Keahlan 70 25 - - 5 1 - 3 - 21 - 1 - 1 - - - -
Prop - 16 - Toevai, Toesami 35 11 - - 1 - - 6 - 76 - - - - - - - - [0-16,43-62]
SRow - 11 - Rahme, Jaxson 70 16 - - 1 - - 11 - 80 2 1 - - - - - -
SRow - 20 - Grossemy, Louis 70 23 - - 4 1 - 5 - 49 - - 1 1 - - - -
Lock - 13 - Griffiths, Trent 41 17 1 - 3 - - 5 - 45 1 - - - - - - - [0-24,53-70]
Int - 14 + Chapman, Isaac 12 11 - - 1 - - 1 - 3 - - - - - - - - [28-40]
Int - 10 - Vailalo, Isaiah 35 16 - - - - - 10 - 90 - 1 - - - - - - [16-43,62-70]
Int - 15 - Abou-Arrage, William 29 14 1 - - - - 6 - 55 - - - - - - - - [24-53]
Int - 17 + Woodford, Taine 62 17 - - 3 - - 8 - 80 1 - - - - - - - [8-70]
Conc - 12 - Mezzomo, Oscar (DNP)
216 3 - 33 5 5 1222 13 6 13 4 4 2/4 - -
Completion Rate - 19/32 59%
Opposition Offloads - 11
Other U21 Matches - Round 18
24-16 NISC Newcastle b St Geo-Ill
42-22 Bruc Canterbury b Canberra
26-6 Ring Syd Rstrs b Cronulla (Relocated from Wvly)
44-10 Layb Penrith b Manly
BYE Parramatta
BYE Wests-Tig
W D L B Diff PT
SYD RSTRS 15 - 3 - +330 30
NEWCASTLE 12 - 6 - +81 24
ST GEO-ILL 10 2 5 - +74 22
PENRITH 10 - 8 - +98 20
WESTS-TIG 9 - 8 1 -12 20
Cronulla 9 1 8 - +12 19
Canberra 8 - 9 1 -59 18
Parramatta 7 - 10 1 -12 16
Canterbury 7 1 10 - -57 15
Victoria 6 - 11 1 -148 14
Manly 8 - 10 - -61 12
Souths 3 - 15 - -182 6
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