31st July 2024
We bow out with a Disappointing loss
It was bitterly cold Canberra night of football, as snow fell in the hills around the nations capital. The our right side defence struggled, against a opposition attack who broke our line at will. The loss however signalled the end of 2024 campaign as the club struggled to perform with mounting injury toll, with the cold Canberra night adding those woes. Now for our first Top 4 clash against the Sharks in the swamp, as we play all Top 4 contenders in the remaining rounds.
Johnston injury
What a bad luck for Alex Johnston, who went down with a raptured achilles early in the match. The injury has a 6 to 9 months recovery period He currently sits at 195 first grade premiership tries, and 205 all grade premiership tries. All with the one club South Sydney. Lets hope he has a full recovery.
Myers gets his chance
Fletcher Myers a mid season transfer from Newcastle gets his chance this weekend. He is a left centre or a winger who has a turn of pace, and has been brought in to address our goal kicking woes. Looking forward to seeing him get his chance.
Daisy Gordon working hard at the back
Daisy Gordon has stepped up into the top team this year and has worked very well at the back. She has chimed in for another try on the weekend, and is proving handful. Keep up the good work.
10 team RL World Cup a Step Backwards
Australia was confirmed as host for the 2026 Rugby League World Cup after the France government pulled funding to host the event. While this is a logical choice to get the event back on track, one aspect of the event is the reduction of teams back to 10 with only full member nations able to compete. This hurts the fringe rugby league nations, who see this as a way to grow their game locally. Lets hope this tough love will help grow the game locally as obtaining full member status means the country can sustain its long future.
Round 21 - Stat Attack
Statistically it was poor game this week. Completions improved to 85% from 82% last week. Errors improved to 7 from 12 last week. We gave away 7 penalties and 4 6-again calls from 7 last week. Souths Effective 1st tackle dropped to a poor level of 38.7m from 28.2m last week. Our missed tackles was dropped to horid level of 46 from 36 last week. Our second worst all year. Opposition offloads improved to 9 from 14 last week.
Looking at our left side defence - Johnston/Milne-Milne/Cook-Wighton-Host (1-2-0-0) improved to 3 missed tackles from 7 last week. On the right side Gagai-CheeKam-Walker/Mamouzelos-Duncan (3-6-10-6) dropped to 25 from 11 missed tackles last week. Our worst all season. Ruck defence Moale/Havili/LeBlanc-Cook/Mamouzelos-Keppie/Burgess-Koloamatangi (2-7-6-2) was steady at 17 missed tackles again this week.
Our go forward dropped to 1633m from 1822m last week. With our props made a very poor 302m compared to 414m last week. No one made 10+m per run. Koloamatangi, Host, J.Gray, CheeKam, Milne and Wighton made 100+m in the match. Koloamatangi and J.Gray ran for 200+m for the match. Defensively Duncan was our best in the tackling raking up 47 tackles. Moale, Host, LeBlanc, Wighton and Johnston didn't miss a tackle.
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Rd19 Dolphin Redc L 28-36 Rd20 Wests-Tig Gosf W 42-28 Rd21 Canberra Bruc L 12-32
Rd19 Wests-Tig Ende W 58-6 Rd20 BYE Rd21 Nth Qld NQSt L 22-30
2021 Rd10 LngS W 32-22 45,155 C.Sutton 2022 Rd20 Ende L 20-21 11,492 G.Sutton 2022 MSF SFS2 W 38-12 39,733 G.Atkins 2023 Rd01 Ende W 27-18 12,757 T.Smith 2023 Rd23 Prth L 16-26 45,814 T.Smith 2024 Rd06 StAu L 22-34 12,207 A.Klein
First Grade Pe 6A SB OR SO
2023 Rd19 Canterbury StAu L 32-36 16,166 Referee 3-6 2-2 1 1 -
2024 Rd05 Warriors StAu L 4-34 13,184 Referee 4-6 4-1 - 2 -
2024 Rd18 Parramatta WSS W 32-16 13,941 Referee 3-8 5-2 - 1 -
M W D L : PeW PeD PeL PeF PeA : 6AW 6AD 6AL 6AF 6AA : SB OR SO
v Cronulla never
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