2023 - The Cyber View from the Hill

15th February 2023

Young Guns Hitout

The year begins with a hit out lead by our fringe NRL squad. The match started well as we led 18-4 but the team faded towards the end of the first half. Fitness was a contributer as many players were playing the first big game after returning from injury. But overall will be better for the hitout and only losing after a try was scored while having on 12 men on the field Now off to Mudgee for the annual Charity Shield in what is going to be a scorcher.

Dion Teaupa 2 tries on debut

Out of the blue Dion Teapa has made a instant name for himself with a great first grade debut. His quality ball play was immediately on show as he setup a try and scored two tries. He is a SG Ball U19 players who will step up into U21s this year. Going to keep an eye on this kid during the year.

Over the ditch Cody Walker was rewarded by being given the captaincy role with the Indigenous team. He also started his coaching career by stepping in as assistant. It was a proud moment when he held up the trophy.

Fletcher call up

This week Thomas Fletcher has been the latest player called up into the Charity Shield. He has done well on the edge in his strong defence in the SG Ball. And he gets rewarded by a call up into this weekend's Charity Shield team.

Munro double

Tyrone Munro continue to look very good in the SG Ball squad. This week he moved to fullback and chimed in for two very good tries. I expect he will step up into the pathways again this year.

Mann double

Charlie Mann was another to have good game in the Matts game. He scored two great tries using his speed out wide. He is one to watch as the year progresses.

Pre-Season Challenge Bonus Points

2023 saw the introduction of Bonus competition points in the pre-season. What we have seen is the Union 5 try bonus point, but new others. 5 Lie Breaks and 10 offloads. What you find is that Line Breaks has been very similar to tries scored, as in many cases a line break occurs when a try is scored. Offloads was a interesting choice, as better teams coach to minimise errors which also means a reduction of offloads. In most cases quality tries do not result in many offloads, but a mistake riddled game has many offloads. The bonus points have helped breakup the comp, but teams later in the round 2 draw on Sunday have a clear advantage on getting a bonus point ineeded to win the competition.

Bunnies TV - Weekly Segment

The boys discuss last week and preview the Charity Shield.

Pre-Season Challenge Round 1 - Stat Attack

Statistically it was a average game. Completions improved to 73% from 72% last year. Errors improved to 9 from 10 last year. We gave away 8 penalties and 2 6-again calls from 6 last year. Souths Effective 1st tackle improved to a average level of 34.6m from 37.3m last year. Our missed tackles improved to a average level of 30 from 41 last year. Opposition offloads dropped to 10 from 5 last week.

Looking at our left side defence - Carr-Gagai-Teaupa/Subloo-Host/Lovett (1-2-3-3) improved to 9 from 19 missed tackles last year. On the right side Kennar/Te Hau-Karapani/Skelton-Subloo/Taaffe/Gardiner-CheeKam/O'Neill (0-3-4-1) dropped to 8 from 5 missed tackles last year. Ruck defence Sele/Grossemy/Patterson-Mamouzelos/RCook-Moale/Gray-Duncan/Rahme (1-0-3-6) improved to 10 from 17 missed tackles last year.

Our go forward dropped to 1369m from 1700m last year. Gagai, Karapani, Gray and Kalo Kalo made 10+m per run. Duncan, Moale and Grossemy made 100+m in the match. Defensively Mamouzelos was our best in the tackling raking up 35 tackles. Sele, Chee Kam, R.Cook, Patterson, Kennar, Kalo Kalo, Te Hau and Skelton didn't miss a tackle.

News This Week

Pre01 Manly      Gosf L 28-30

Pre01 St Helens  Woll L 18-30

2020 ChSh  Mudg W 26-12  9,124 A.Klein/G.Badger
2021 ChSh  Mudg W 48-16  6,841 P.Gough
2022 ChSh  Mudg L 10-16  9,257 Z.Przeklasa-Adamski