Stadium Australia(Accor Stadium)
Thu Apr 20, 7:50pm [Ch9/Foxtel/Kayo]
Tass on his way for the winning try
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Thompson is out, Lovett and Duncan were trimmed. Taaffe has dropped out of the squad, Karapani is the concussion sub.
WIN 20-18
Two tries in the final five minutes have seen the South Sydney complete an emphatic 20-18 victory over the Penrith Panthers to kick-off the NRL's ANZAC Round. Donning the 2023 ANZAC Round Jersey in tribute to the Royal Australian Navy Submarine Service, the Rabbitohs fought through multiple periods while behind on the scoreboard, with their resilience leading to a last-minute try to Isaiah Tass that sealed the win. Latrell Mitchell was busy as ever with two tries, resulting in him scoring his 1000th premiership point, while running for a further 111 metres with the ball in hand and producing a whopping 14 tackle breaks. On a heavy track following rainfall throughout the day, the Rabbitohs found themselves on the back foot early before scrambling defence by Campbell Graham stopped Dylan Edwards inches from the line to deny the Panthers. The boot of Lachlan Ilias swung momentum to place pressure on the line, but with the Rabbitohs denying an opportunity to go up by two, a failed Captain's Challenge saw no points on their first venture to the line. Both sides continued to battle to get on the board with defensive desperation and high-percentage football on display, before some razzle dazzle from Latrell Mitchell and Alex Johnston sent the Rabbitohs downfield. Soon enough, it was Damien Cook who spun his way from dummy half to score the first of the night, with Mitchell giving the Rabbitohs a 6-nil lead after an arduous opening 20 minutes. A forward pass call was the only thing between Jai Arrow and a further four points, while the Rabbitohs continued to mount pressure on their opponents with the injection of Thomas Burgess and Davvy Moale on the field. Neither side was willing to let up with ten minutes remaining in the first stanza, but the momentum swung as a penalty got the Panthers out of jail, with a late try to Stephen Crichton bringing the scoreline to 6-all at the break. Both sides went tit for tat to open the second half, with a short line dropout giving the Panthers an opportunity to take the lead with a two-point advantage after 50 minutes. An unfortunate penalty for a crusher tackle saw the Panthers back downfield on the following set, and further pressure was placed on the line following a successful Captain's Challenge before Mitchell made a try-saving tackle on Sunia Turuva. The Rabbitohs were back over halfway after a resilient period defending the line, and after the boot of Cody Walker led to a repeat set, Latrell Mitchell barged through a line of Panthers defenders from the following scrum for a 10-8 lead. With the intensity rising heading into the final 20 minutes and claret flowing among the combatants, another Penrith dropped ball gave South Sydney a prime opportunity to wrestle back momentum. More creative flair from the key men saw the Rabbitohs mounting pressure on the line, until a wayward kick found Crichton, with Jai Arrow's effort denying the centre from crossing once more. The Bunker came to the rescue following a nightmare sequence that saw Izack Tago cross for Penrith, before finding a knock-on in the process, however, the Rabbitohs' defence was up for another challenge following a lost ball. The weight of possession saw Crichton in for his second of the night, but with the missed conversion, the Rabbitohs only had a two-point deficit heading into the final ten minutes of the match. Further errors in their own half cruelled the Red and Green, and the bounce of the ball saw Crichton take advantage to score his third, with the conversion seeing the Rabbitohs behind by eight points in the final seven minutes. A break from Johnston out wide saw the Rabbitohs within scoring range, and in a near-exact replica of the last try, a towering kick ricocheted to find Mitchell to bring up his 1000th point in the NRL to set up a grandstand finish. With one final set in hand, the lethal left side swung in motion, with Johnston throwing a late offload for Cody Walker who lured in Edwards to send Isaiah Tass streaming through to score the match-winner to send the 19,548 crowd into raptures. What a fitting finish for the Rabbitohs 200th game at Accor Stadium, 115 years to the day Souths played their first ever premiership game.
19 min 6-0 D.Cook try L.Mitchell goal
39 min 6-6
HT 6-6
48 min 6-8
56 min 10-8 L.Mitchell try L.Mitchell miss
65 min 10-12
70 min 10-18
74 min 16-18 L.Mitchell try L.Mitchell goal
78 min 20-18 Tass try L.Mitchell miss
L.Mitchell 2, D.Cook, Tass tries
L.Mitchell 2 from 4 goals
Weather Scattered Showers (18C)
Ground Soft
Crowd 19,548
Referee Gerard Sutton
Touch Judges Matt Noylan / Nick Beashel
Video Adam Gee
Scrums 5-3 (1H 2-1 )
Penalities 3-6 (1H 2-3 )
6-Again 3-1 (1H 2-0 )
Final Line Up -
Min Tac Pe 6A MT LA LB Rn DR m Er OL K TA T G/A FG 2FG
Flbk - 1 - Mitchell, Latrell 80 5 1 - - 1 1 18 1 109 1 2 1 - 2 2/4 - -
LWng - 2 - Johnston, Alex 80 3 - - - 1 3 19 - 166 1 2 - - - - - -
LCnt - 3 - Tass, Isaiah 80 12 - - 2 2 - 20 - 162 1 1 1 - 1 - - -
RCnt - 4 - Graham, Campbell 80 13 1 - 4 - - 16 - 146 - - 1 - - - - -
RWng - 18 - Milne, Taane 80 4 - - 1 - - 20 2 103 1 1 - - - - - -
5/8 - 6 - Walker, Cody 80 24 - - 4 1 1 10 3 73 1 1 5 2 - - - -
Half - 7 - Ilias, Lachlan 80 20 - - 8 - - 12 - 73 - - 15 1 - - - -
Prop - 8 - Arrow, Jai 72 38 1 - 2 - - 13 - 113 - 1 1 - - - - - [0-72] OR HIA
Hook - 9 - Cook, Damien 80 41 2 - 3 - 1 3 3 33 1 - - - 1 - - -
Prop - 16 - Sele, Hame 40 26 - 1 1 - - 19 - 164 1 1 - - - - - - [0-21,33-54.72-80]
LSRw - 12 - Host, Jacob 25 11 - - 4 - - 3 - 21 - - - - - - - - [0-17,72-80]
RSRw - 11 - Chee Kam, Michael 80 40 - - 3 - - 13 1 97 - - - - - - - -
Lock - 13 - Murray, Cameron 74 40 - - 3 - - 17 - 137 - - - - - - - - (c) [0-48,54-80]
Int - 14 - Cartwright, Jed 24 7 - - - - - 4 - 47 1 - - - - - - - [48-72]
Int - 10 - Burgess, Tom 32 13 - - 2 - - 11 - 95 - 1 - - - - - - [17-33,64-80]
Int - 15 - Suluka-Fifita, Daniel 10 2 - - 1 - - 7 - 73 - - - - - - - - [54-64]
Int - 17 - Moale, Davvy 33 14 - - 1 - - 10 - 95 - - - - - - - - [21-54]
Conc - 20 - Karapani, Josiah (DNP)
313 6 1 39 5 6 1714 8 10 25 3 4 2/4 - -
Completion Rate - 35/41 85%
Opposition Offloads - 5
Effective 1st Tackles
1 min 22m ///// Ilias kick COF \\\\\
3 min 46m ///// Ilias kick COF \\\
5 min 9m Pe Err SCR ///// Ilias kick COF \\
6 min 0m Pe Err SCR //// Ilias kick CIG
8 min 7m Pe-Sh-DO P ///// Murray kick ChOv SS-CC \\\\\
10 min 79m ///// Ilias kick COF 19m \ SS P(Arrow) \\
12 min 37m ///// Ilias kick COF \\\\\
14 min 9m //// Walker kick \\\\\
16 min 19m ///// Ilias kick COF \\\\\
18 min 34m //// Ilias kick \\\\
19 min 0m Pe Err //// Pe-6TG // 6A / TRY
22 min 49m ///// Ilias kick 25m SS P(Milne) \\\\\
24 min 46m /// SS Err(Walker) SCR \\\\\
27 min 0m /// P //// LMitchell kick CIG
28 min 7m Pe-Sh-DO \\\\\
30 min 14m //// Tass kick Arrow kick \\\\\
32 min 18m ///// Walker kick COF \\\\
34 min 6m ///// 6A ///// Walker kick \\\\\
36 min 9m ///// Ilias kick COF
37 min 47m Pe Err ////// ChOv 7m \\ SS P(DCook) \\\ (Pe TRY)
half time
40 min 14m KO \\\\\
41 min 23m ///// Ilias kick COF \\\\\
43 min 27m ///// Ilias kick \\\\\
45 min 54m //// SS Err(DCook) \\\\
47 min 100m Sh-DO-SS P(LMitchell) (Pe GOAL)
48 min 95m KO 20m \\ SS P(Arrow) 65m \\ SS-6A(Cartwright) 74m \\\ Pe Err Pe-CC SS P(Graham) \\\\\
52 min 76m /// SS Err(HSele) SCR \\\
55 min 1m /// P ///// Walker kick
56 min 0m Pe Err SCR TRY
58 min 17m ///// Ilias kick COF \\\\\
60 min 32m ///// Ilias kick COF \\\
63 min 45m Pe Err SCR // 6A ///// Walker kick COF \\\\\ SS Err(Chee Kam) (Pe NO TRY)
64 min 87m Pe Err SCR /// SS Err(LMitchell) SCR \\\ (Pe TRY)
67 min 11m KO \\\\\
68 min 77m /// SS Err(Cartwright) \ 77m \\\\\ SS Err(Tass) (Pe TRY)
71 min 32m KO \\\\\
74 min 0m ///// Graham kick Pe-6TG ///// Ilias kick TRY
76 min 7m /// Tass kick /// ChOv \\\\\
78 min 0m //// TRY
79 min Pe-Sh KO
Average effective 1st tackle location
- 30.1m - for the whole match
- 22.9m - 1st half
- 38.5m - 2nd half
Other NRL Round 8 Matches
26-16 Darw Brisbane b Parramatta [Ch9/Foxtel/Kayo]
33-20 StAu Cronulla b Canterbury [Foxtel/Kayo]
18-16 NQSt Nth Qld b Newcastle [Foxtel/Kayo]
28-26 LngS Dolphins b Gold Coast [Foxtel/Kayo]
22-16 Camp Manly b Wests-Tig [Ch9/Foxtel/Kayo]
27-26 SFS2 Syd Rstrs b St Geo-Ill [Ch9/Foxtel/Kayo]
30-22 MRSt Melbourne b Warriors [Foxtel/Kayo]
BYE Canberra
W D L B Diff Pt
BRISBANE 7 - 1 - +96 14
MANLY 4 1 2 1 +12 11
PENRITH 4 - 3 1 +76 10
SOUTHS 5 - 3 - +52 10
CRONULLA 4 - 3 1 +44 10
MELBOURNE 5 - 3 - +24 10
WARRIORS 5 - 3 - +8 10
DOLPHINS 5 - 3 - -10 10
Syd Rstrs 4 - 3 1 -21 10
Gold Coast 3 - 4 1 -27 8
Canberra 3 - 4 1 -42 8
Newcastle 3 1 4 - -4 7
Parramatta 3 - 5 - +3 6
St Geo-Ill 2 - 5 1 -23 6
Nth Qld 3 - 5 - -30 6
Canterbury 3 - 5 - -81 6
Wests-Tig - - 7 1 -76 2
Judiciary News
No one has been charged by the Match Review Committee.
Reserve Grade - Knock-On Effect NSW Premiership Round 8
v Penrith, 5:25pm
WIN 18-16
Late Changes - Milne is out. C.Hodge starts wing, Gordon and Rahme starts at prop, Lovett at lock, Gray and Duncan on the bench. Alvarado is the concussion sub. In a almighty comeback, the NSW Cup Rabbitohs who pipped the Penrith Panthers 18-16 with a last-minute try at Accor Stadium. The Red and Green raced out to a 14-4 half-time lead thanks to tries via Tom Carr and Brock Gray, and while the 2022 Premiers hit back to take a late lead, the Rabbitohs never gave up despite their monumental task. A clever 40/20 kick from halfback Dean Hawkins put the Cardinal and Myrtle in prime position for a late assault, and quick hands out wide put young winger Cody Hodge in for the match-winner in the 79th minute. Goal-kicking proved to be a major factor as well, despite the fact that Penrith scored four tries to three, with Blake Taaffe's three goals making all the difference.
7 min 6-0 Carr try Taaffe goal
13 min 8-0 Taaffe goal
15 min 8-4
27 min 14-4 B.Gray try Taaffe goal
HT 14-4
44 min 14-8
50 min 14-12
59 min 14-16
79 min 18-16 C.Hodge try Taaffe miss
Carr, B.Gray, C.Hodge tries
Taaffe 3 from 4 goals
Weather Cloudy (18C)
Ground Soft
Referee Kasey Badger
Touch Judges Mitchell Currie / Mitchell Stone
Scrums 2-6 (1H 0-3 )
Penalties 8-3 (1H 3-2 )
6-Again 1-1 (1H 1-1 )
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 4 - - 1 2 - 20 - 104 1 - - 1 - 3/4 - -
LWng - 2 - Carr, Tom 80 3 - - 1 - 2 12 - 110 - - 1 - 1 - - -
LCnt - 3 - Gagai, Jacob 80 14 - - 3 1 1 20 1 182 - - - - - - - -
RCnt - 4 - Skelton, Leonard 64 12 - - 3 - - 13 - 121 1 - - - - - - - [0-64]
RWng - 21 - Hodge, Cody 80 4 - - 1 - 1 15 5 105 2 - - - 1 - - -
5/8 - 6 - Teaupa, Dion 80 21 - 1 - - 1 12 1 82 - 2 1 - - - - -
Half - 7 - Hawkins, Dean 80 19 - - 2 - - 13 - 67 1 - 15 - - - - - (c) 40-20
Prop - 16 - Gordon, Yileen 37 18 - - 1 - - 14 - 133 - 1 - - - - - - [0-19,62-80]
Hook - 9 - Mamouzelos, Peter 60 34 1 - 3 - - 4 3 25 1 - - - - - - - [0-33,53-80]
Prop - 15 - Rahme, Jaxson 36 15 - - 2 - - 14 - 139 - - - - - - - - [0-20,64-80]
LSRw - 11 - Chan-Foon, Maila 80 29 - - 2 1 - 10 - 99 1 1 - 1 - - - -
RSRw - 12 - O'Neill, Ethan 80 32 1 - 2 - - 14 - 117 1 - - - - - - -
Lock - 10 - Lovett, Ben 62 38 - - 4 - - 12 - 81 - 1 - - - - - - [0-33,51-80]
Int - 14 - Gardiner, Shannon 20 20 - - - - - 1 1 2 1 - - - - - - - [33-53]
Int - 8 - Gray, Brock 42 35 - - 2 - 1 8 - 73 - - - - 1 - - - [20-62]
Int - 13 - Duncan, Tallis 61 34 1 - 2 - - 13 - 118 - - - 1 - - - - [19-80]
Int - 17 - Patterson, Hugo 18 14 - - 1 1 - 4 - 31 - 2 - - - - - - [33-51]
Conc - 18 - Alvarado, Tristan (DNP)
346 3 1 30 5 6 1596 9 7 17 3 3 3/4 - -
Completion Rate - 29/38 76%
Opposition Offloads - 4
Other NSW Cup Round 8 Matches
28-10 StAu Newtown b Canterbury [Foxtel/Kayo]
48-4 NHbr Warriors b Parramatta
24-16 Camp Wests b Blacktown
32-6 NSO Norths b Newcastle
30-18 Went St Geo-Ill b Syd Rstrs
BYE Canberra
W D L B Diff Pt
WARRIORS 6 - 2 - +120 12
CANTERBURY 6 - 2 - +86 12
NEWTOWN 5 - 2 1 +86 12
NORTHS 6 - 2 - +66 12
PENRITH 4 - 3 1 +46 10
WESTS 4 - 3 1 +13 10
Canberra 4 - 3 1 -22 10
St Geo-Ill 2 1 4 1 -40 7
Parramatta 3 1 4 - -84 7
Blacktown 2 - 5 1 -28 6
Syd Rstrs 2 - 5 1 -34 6
Souths 2 - 5 1 -64 6
Newcastle 1 - 7 - -145 2
NSWRL U21 Jersey Flegg - Round 8
v Penrith, Redfern Oval, Sat Apr 22 1:00pm [Bunnies TV]
DRAW 24-24
Late Changes - Di Bartolo, Salanha, Yeo are out. Donnely starts at lock, Kokkinos on the bench, Laui is the concussion sub. While they managed to split the points with heavyweights Penrith, the Jersey Flegg Rabbitohs were dealt a tough lesson in their Round 8 clash in a 24-all draw that went down to the wire. Buoyed by the home support at Redfern Oval, the Red and Green ran in a dominant first half to lead 18-6 at the break, however, their opponents ran in two late tries to leave the match in a stalemate come full-time.
7 min 0-6
14 min 6-6 Kaho try Nohra goal
21 min 12-6 Fletcher try Nohra goal
28 min 18-6 Nohra try Nohra goal
HT 18-6
40 min 18-10
49 min 24-10 Bray try Nohra goal
60 min 24-14
64 min 24-20
67 min 24-24
Kaho, Fletcher, Nohra, Bray tries
Nohra 4 from 4 goals
Weather Cloudy (20C)
Ground Good
Referee Billy Greatbatch
Touch Judges Mitchell Stone / Joel Pitscheider
Scrums 3-3 (1H 1-2 )
Penalties 3-10(1H 1-5 )
6-Again 2-1 (1H 0-1 )
41 min Mercy, Drey 10SB Late 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 - Munro, Tyrone 70 10 1 1 3 - 1 14 - 165 2 1 1 - - - - -
LWng - 2 - Kaho, Carson 70 7 1 - 1 - 1 9 - 111 - - - - 1 - - -
LCnt - 4 - Karapani, Josiah 70 9 - - 1 - - 12 - 133 - 1 - - - - - -
RCnt - 3 - Kalo Kalo, Terrell 70 15 - - 2 1 - 6 - 76 - - - 1 - - - -
RWng - 5 - Mellars, Haizyn 70 2 - - - 1 - 11 - 105 1 2 - - - - - -
5/8 - 6 - Bray, Keahlan 70 15 2 - 1 - - 3 - 49 - - 4 - 1 - - -
Half - 7 - Nohra, Joseph 70 8 - - 1 - - 3 - 13 2 - 8 1 1 4/4 - -
Prop - 8 - Grossemy, Louis 47 30 1 1 1 - - 12 - 124 1 - - - - - - - [0-47]
Hook - 9 - Cook, Romano 70 24 2 - 3 1 1 2 - 18 - - 2 2 - - - - (c) 40-20
Prop - 10 - Abou-Arrage, William 53 19 - - 1 - - 11 - 115 - 1 - - - - - - [0-27,44-70]
LSRw - 12 - Fletcher, Thomas 70 23 - - 2 - 1 7 - 61 - - - - 1 - - -
RSRw - 11 - Tweedie, Cruise 46 25 - - 1 - - 6 - 46 1 - - - - - - - [0-38,62-70] HIA
Lock - 17 - Donnelly, Archie 40 22 - - 4 - - 3 - 26 - - - - - - - - [0-17,47-70]
Int - 13 - Kokkinos, James 17 9 - - - - - 2 - 10 - - - - - - - - [27-44] HIA
Int - 14 - Mercy, Drey 14 6 1 - 2 - - 2 - 15 - - 1 - - - - - [38-41,51-62] OR 10SB
Int - 16 - Le Blanc, Liam 53 25 2 - 1 - - 9 - 117 - - - - - - - - [17-70]
Int - 15 - Vaka, Charles - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - (DNP)
Conc - 21 - Laui, Etuate (DNP)
249 10 2 24 3 4 1192 7 5 16 4 4 4/4 - -
Completion Rate - 24/27 88%
Opposition Offloads - 9
Other U21 Round 8 Matches
36-10 Belm Canterbury b Cronulla
26-18 Crly Newcastle b Melbourne
38-22 Camp Wests-Tig b Manly
42-16 Went Syd Rstrs b St Geo-Ill
BYE Parramatta
BYE Canberra
W D L B Diff Pt
SYD RSTRS 6 - 1 1 +102 14
CANTERBURY 5 - 2 1 +87 12
CRONULLA 5 - 1 1 +45 12 **
PENRITH 4 1 2 1 +37 11
SOUTHS 4 1 2 1 -9 11
PARRAMATTA 4 - 3 1 +16 10
Wests-Tig 3 - 4 1 -42 8
St Geo-Ill 2 - 3 2 -46 8 **
Melbourne 2 - 5 1 -19 6
Newcastle 2 - 5 1 -24 6
Manly 2 - 6 - -51 4
Canberra 1 - 6 1 -96 4
** - Postponed Match
NSWRL U19 SG Ball Cup - Semi-Finals
14-6 Leic (4v1) Parramatta b Canberra [NSWRL TV] 10-8 Leic (3v2) Newcastle b Penrith [NSWRL TV]NSWRL U17 Matthews Cup - Semi-Finals
30-16 Leic (4v1) Canterbury b Penrith [NSWRL TV] 18-16 Leic (2v3) Newcastle b Parramatta [NSWRL TV]
NSWRL Womens Premiership - Semi-Finals
18-16 Leic (4v1) Mt Prtchrd b Norths [NSWRL TV]
16-8 Leic (3v2) Canterbury b Illawarra [NSWRL TV]
NSWRL Womens U19 Tarsha Gale Cup - Semi-Finals
28-0 Leic (1v4) Canterbury b Illawarra [NSWRL TV] 40-4 Leic (2v3) Syd I Acdy b Newcastle [NSWRL TV]
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