21st August 2024
Missed it by that much
After a poor first half, the team finally starting finding their mojo in the final 30 minutes of the game. Two late tries saw the team within striking distance, and when Moale broke the line to score, everyone though we had pulled off another remarkable win. But alas the final pass was called forward. It was a game of lost opportunities as we bombed three tries, to once again win the second half but lose the match. This week its back home to Accor against the Knights who are desperate for win in their Top 8 quest.
Farewell Kennar
Ritchie Kennar looks to have played his final game for the club on the weekend. A no frills backline player, who tried his heart out, it was sad to see him rubbed out for the rest of the year with a suspension.
Munro double
Tyrone Munro made his long awaited return to football after re-breaking his colar bone on Round 6, it was steady as she goes approach in the reserve grade. But it wasn't long before his blistering speed, saw him cross for two tries on his return. Its still a steady as she goes return, but early signs look good.
Tausala working hard
Palu Tausala continues to work hard up front as he comes on from the bench, this week he cross again for another try. A young U19s prop he is working hard to make it at the next level.
McGregor scores
Another girl who is stepping up int the higher grade is Kiara McGregor. A half who can setup and try and score one, she crossed for another try. Good luck in your senior career.
Hall of Fame Inductees
Well done to our NRL Hall of Fame inductees. Former coaches Wayne Bennett and Jack Gibson were inducted in the first group, as the first non playing coaches were added to the list. Then came the players Sam Burgess, Greg Inglis and Benji Marshall who have all had time at the club, involved in grand final appearances with the Rabbitohs. Then finally two of women players from the mid 1990s Tarsha Gale and Veronica White who won WRL premierships in 1996 and 1997 with the Rabbitohs and represented New South Wales and Australia. And what a honour to Ron Coote who was finally elevated to Immortal status. Congratulations to everyone, well deserved.
Round 24 - Stat Attack
Statistically it was poor game this week. Completions improved to 78% from 69% last week. Errors improved to 12 from 13 last week. We gave away 9 penalties and 4 6-again calls from 9 last week. Souths Effective 1st tackle improved to a poor level of 35.3m from 44.3m last week. Our missed tackles improved to good level of 25 from 46 last week. Opposition offloads dropped to 6 from 4 last week.
Looking at our left side defence - Myers-Milne-Wighton-Duncan (0-0-1-1) improved to 2 from 11 missed tackles last week. On the right side Gagai-Kennar/Cook-Walker/Cook-Koloamatangi (1-4-2-1) improved to 8 from 15 missed tackles last week. Ruck defence Moale/Burgess/Host-Cook/Mamouzelos-Keppie/SMitchell/Murray-Murray/Cook (5-5-1-2) improved to 13 from 19 missed tackles last week.
Our go forward improved to 2075m from 1510m last week. With our props made a very poor 329m compared to 280m last week. Koloamatangi, Duncan, Cook, Burgess, S.Mitchell, Milne, Walker and Myers made 10+m per run. Murray, Koloamatangi, Duncan, Cook, Milne, Myers, J.Gray, Wighton and Walker made 100+m in the match. Murray and Milne made 200+m for the match. Defensively Murray was our best in the tackling raking up 54 tackles. Host, Milne and Myers didn't miss a tackle.
Rd22 Cronulla Ende L 6-20 Rd23 Melbourne StAu L 16-28 Rd24 Wests-Tig Camp L 16-18
Rd22 Penrith Penr L 14-22 Rd23 Wests-Tig NISC W 34-18 Rd24 Cronulla Ende L 18-19
2021 Rd14 StAu W 24-10 12,156 C.Butler 2022 Rd17 NISC W 40-28 18,621 T.Smith 2023 Rd25 NISC L 10-29 29,018 G.Atkins
First Grade Pe 6A SB OR SO
2022 Rd18 Canterbury StAu W 36-28 19,126 Referee 5-4 0-1 - - -
2024 Rd12 Parramatta StAu W 42-26 15,202 Referee 7-5 1-2 1 2 -
2024 Rd16 Manly StAu W 14-0 10,576 Referee 10-3 3-3 - 2 -
M W D L : PeW PeD PeL PeF PeA : 6AW 6AD 6AL 6AF 6AA : SB OR SO
v Newcastle 1 1 - - 100% : 1 - - 5 4 56% : - - 1 4 5 44% : - - -
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