Sydney Football Stadium 2
Sun Sep 11, 4:05pm
Selected Preliminary Semi-Final Teams
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Taaffe, Moale and Mansour have been trimmed 24h before the game. Paulo dropped out of the team. Chee Kam is the concussion sub.
WIN 30-14
The South Sydney Rabbitohs have overcome having four players sent to the sin bin to down arch rivals the Roosters 30-14, in a game that will be forever known as "The battle of Moore Park". Across an 80 minutes best described as chaotic, there were seven sin-binnings - an NRL record, which included Victor Radley and Taane Milne both being sent on two separate occasions - and a high injury toll which saw four players suffer game-ending injuries inside the opening hour. In what proved to be a spiteful affair between the two foundation clubs, seven players were sent to the sin bin, a record, with the Rabbitohs having to defend their line with 11 players for twnty minutes of the match. In a tactical move Demetriou started Murray at second row and Arrow at lock, before they reverted back after 10 minutes. In a heated opening affair it was the Roosters that found themselves reduced to just 12 men after a brain explosion from Victor Radley saw him sent to the sin bin. That resulted immediately in Alex Johnston crossing for his first try and getting the scoring underway. The Roosters immediately hit back with two tries of their own to take an 8-6 lead through the first 20 minutes. The Tom Burgess was placed on report for a high tackle which saw Tedesco forced from the field with a HIA, to not return. But another high tackle minutes later saw Burgess sent to the Sin Bin for 10 minutes. Then a minute later Milne was also sent to the bin for a high tackle while in a desperate cover defence. The Roosters were in the bix seat. But the Rabbitohs flipped the script to take the ascendancy once again. Latrell Mitchell sold the dummy to the defence and was able to crash his way over in the 22nd minute to help the Rabbitohs with 11 men took a 12-8 lead, a score they would take into the break. By halftime the Roosters also lost Angus Crichton failed (HIA) and Daniel Tupou (groin) injury. That lead was pushed out further as Johnston crossed for his second try of the afternoon on the back of a lovely Cody Walker pass to extend the lead out to 10 points. With this try in the second half, his second of the game, Alex Johnston became the first player in Premiership history to score 30 tries across multiple seasons. The fourth player of the afternoon was sent to the sin bin as Jared Warea-Hargreaves was given a breather for a dangerous tackle, giving South Sydney a golden chance to push their lead out further. Burgess was in the thick of it again early in the second half, this time as the victim of a dangerous tackle from Jared Waera-Hargreaves which landed the Roosters prop in the bin. Burgess then left the field for an HIA which he failed. The failed HIA for foul play, allowed South Sydney to activate their 18th man. They did just that, with a Walker grubber close to the line pounced upon by Jai Arrow to lift the lead to 24-8 with 28 minutes left to play. The ensuing kick-off was unable to be caught by Lachlan Ilias, and that was the opportunity the Roosters needed to hit back and keep the Rabbitohs on their toes, cutting the lead back to 10 24-14 approaching the final quarter. After a Roosters error a heated arm wrestle followed, before Tevita Tatola and Radley were also sent to the sin bin. That advantage was enhanced for the Roosters when 4 minutes later Milne was sent from the field for a second time. South Sydney were again down to 11 men with 15 minutes to go. But once again the visitors were able to respond to the call and fight off the charge. That was capitalised upon by Tass, who busted through the line against 11 men, selling a dummy to the defence to find his way over and put the result beyond doubt with nine minutes to play. With the Roosters hanging around and within two tries, the Rabbitohs were able to secure possession late in the contest, to ensure South Sydney progressed to the second round of the finals.
5 min 6-0 Johnston try L.Mitchell goal
10 min 6-4
13 min 6-8
22 min 12-8 L.Mitchell try L.Mitchell goal
HT 12-8
46 min 18-8 Johnston try L.Mitchell goal
51 min 24-8 Arrow try L.Mitchell goal
54 min 24-14
61 min 30-14 Tass try L.Mitchell goal
Johnston 2, L.Mitchell, Arrow, Tass tries
L.Mitchell 5 from 5 goals
Crowd 39,816
Referee A.Klein
Touch Judges K.Badger / D.Munro
Video G.Atkins
Scrums 4-3 (1H 2-0 )
Penalities 6-9 (1H 4-4 )
6-Again 2-3 (1H 1-1 )
18 min Burgess, Tom 10SB High Tackle
19 min Milne, Taane 10SB High Tackle
61 min Tatola, Junior 10SB Facial
65 min Milne, Taane 10SB High Tackle
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 1 - 1 - 1 9 - 78 1 - 2 - 1 5/5 - -
LWng - 2 - Johnston, Alex 80 1 - - - - 3 8 - 116 1 - 1 - 2 - - -
LCnt - 3 - Tass, Isaiah 80 14 - 1 1 2 1 13 1 139 - - - 1 1 - - -
RCnt - 4 - Graham, Campbell 80 18 1 - 4 - - 14 1 158 - 2 - - - - - -
RWng - 5 - Milne, Taane 60 3 2 - 1 - - 10 - 103 1 1 - - - - - - [0-19,29-65,75-80] OR 10SB 10SB MRC
5/8 - 6 - Walker, Cody 76 20 1 - 2 3 - 7 - 64 - - 5 4 - - - - [0-76]
Half - 7 - Ilias, Lachlan 80 19 - - 1 - - 10 1 78 2 1 13 - - - - -
Prop - 8 - Tatola, Junior 40 24 1 1 2 - - 14 - 125 1 - - - - - - - [0-15,25-30,50-61,71-80] 10SB
Hook - 9 - Cook, Damien 57 29 - - 1 - - 4 1 45 1 - - - - - - - [0-57]
Prop - 10 - Nicholls, Mark 31 22 - - 2 - - 6 - 64 - - - - - - - - [0-17,46-60]
SRow - 11 - Koloamatangi, Keaon 80 41 - - 2 - - 13 - 125 1 2 - - - - - -
SRow - 13 - Murray, Cameron 77 38 - - 1 - 1 15 - 140 - 1 - - - - - - (c) [0-61,64-80]
Lock - 12 - Arrow, Jai 77 33 - - 1 - - 16 - 148 - - - - 1 - - - [0-64,67-80]
Int - 14 - Nikorima, Kodi 4 3 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - [76-80]
Int - 15 - Sele, Hame 23 13 - - - - - 8 - 88 - - - - - - - - [30-46,60-67]
Int - 16 - Burgess, Tom 25 10 3 - 1 - - 10 - 98 - - - - - - - - [15-18,28-50] HIA OR 10SB MRC MRC
Int - 17 - Havili, Silva 31 23 - - 1 - - 5 - 53 - - - - - - - - [17-25,57-80]
Int - 21 - Chee Kam, Michael 19 8 - 1 1 - - 3 - 28 - - - - - - - - [61-80]
325 9 3 23 5 6 1658 8 7 21 5 5 5/5 - -
Completion Rate - 33/41 80%
Opposition Offloads - 12
Effective 1st Tackles
0 min 13m KO \\\\\
1 min 8m ///// Ilias kick COF \\\\\
2 min 39m LMitchell kick COF
5 min 0m ES Err / P-10SB ///// TRY
7 min 70m ///// Ilias kick COF 34m \\\ SS-6A(Tatola) \\\\\
9 min 64m DO \\\ (ES TRY)
11 min 13m KO \\\\\
12 min 93m SS Err(Johnston) \\ (ES TRY)
14 min 15m KO \\\\\
16 min 24m ///// Ilias kick \\\\\
17 min 92m ///// Ilias kick COF 32m \ SS P(Burgess) \\\ SS P-10SB(Burgess) 88m \\ SS P-10SB(Milne) \\\
22 min 0m ES Err SCR / P //// ES-6A // TRY
25 min 18m //// P ///// SS NO TRY SS Err(Koloamatangi) \
27 min 46m ES Err SCR ///// Walker kick 1m \ SS P(LMitchell) \\\
30 min 17m ES Err ///// Ilias kick COF \\\\\
32 min 10m / P ////// ChOv \\\\\
34 min 14m ///// Walker kick COF \\\\\
36 min 16m ///// Walker kick COF \\\\\
38 min 65m //// Ilias kick OOF \\\\
40 min 35m ES Err /// LMitchell kick
half time
41 min 36m ///// Ilias kick COF 15m \ SS P(Burgess) \\\\\ SS-6A(Tass)
42 min 89m SS Err(DCook) SCR
44 min 16m ES Err SCR ///// Ilias kick COF \\\\
46 min 0m //// TRY
51 min 0m / P // ES-6A // P-10SB ///// Walker kick TRY
53 min 89m SS Err(Ilias) SCR \\\\\ (ES TRY)
56 min 12m KO \\\\\\
58 min 39m ///// Ilias kick COFIG \\\\\\
59 min 91m ///// Ilias kick COF 24m \ SS P(Graham) 58m \\\ ES Err SS P-10SB(Tatola) 88m \\\ SS-6A(Chee Kam) \\\\\
64 min 74m ES Err SCR ///// Ilias kick COF 26m \\\\ SS P-10SB(Milne) \\\\\
68 min 91m SS Err(LMitchell) SS-CC(x) SCR \\ (ES NO TRY)
70 min 20m ES Err SCR //// Johnston kick ES-6TG ES-CC \
71 min 0m ES Err /// TRY
75 min 67m ES Sh-KO //// SS Err(Tatola) \ 14m \\ SS P(Walker) \\
76 min 85m Sh-DO \\\\
77 min 31m ES Err ////// Ilias kick \\\\
79 min 18m ES Err /// Ilias kick \\
Average effective 1st tackle location
- 40.3m - for the whole match
- 34.7m - 1st half
- 46.6m - 2nd half
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Judiciary News
Burgess was charged with a Grade Two offence for a Careless High Tackle on Roosters fullback James Tedesco, attracting a suspension of 3 matches. He has since taken the early guilty plea reducing his suspension to a 2 match ban.
Burgess was also charged with a Grade One Careless High Tackle offence for a tackle on Matt Lodge which will see him fined $2,500, as it is his second offence for the season. He has since taken the early guilty plea reducing the fine to $1,800.
Taane Milne will face a $2,500 fine for a Grade One Careless High Tackle offence on Suaalii, as it is his second offence. He has since taken the early guilty plea reducing the fine to $1,800.
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