Bluetongue Stadium, Gosford
Sun Mar 20, 2:00pm
The CyberView from the Hill - Last Week
The CyberView from the Hill - This Week
Late ChangesLuke Capewell has come in for Rhys Wesser, who has not recovered from his knee injury.
WIN 22-12
The South Sydney Rabbitohs have secured a fantastic come-from-behind victory against the Newcastle Knights this afternoon (Sunday) at Gosford’s Bluetongue Stadium, scoring a 22-12 victory in front of 15,277 Members and supporters. Craig Wing scored two tries in his come back game for the red and greens, with the Rabbitohs scoring 22 points in the final 23 minutes of the game to snatch the win. The Knights led 8-nil at half time after tries to wingers James McManus and Akuila Uate in the first 16 minutes of the match. The Rabbitohs looked to be a little disorganised in attack and the Knights were out-enthusing the Rabbitohs in defence. Despite a lacklustre first half performance, the Rabbitohs were still in there swinging when the second half kicked off. The Rabbitohs first try was inspired by a big hit on former Rabbitohs player Ben Rogers by his former flat mate Issac Luke in the 56th minute. One minute later, Wing stepped through three defenders to score his first try of the afternoon. Three minutes later, Fetuli Talanoa scored in the left hand corner after John Sutton and Colin Best showed quick hands to deliver the ball to Talanoa to score. Chris Sandow converted the try to give the Rabbitohs the lead for the first time in the match, 10 points to 8. Wing scored his second try in the 69th minute when he snuck past two defenders to cross for the four-pointer. Sandow’s conversion extended the lead to eight and the Rabbitohs’ confidence was building. Three minutes later Issac Luke crossed the stripe after a wonderful burst from David Fa’alogo. Fa’alogo found space up the middle of the ruck, before offloading to Luke who scooted 40 metres to score under the posts. Sandow again converted to give the Rabbitohs a 22-8 lead. The Knights scored a consolation try in the 76th minute to Junior Sau, but the Rabbitohs pulled off an amazing comeback victory, reminiscent of some of their wins from the 2008 season. Colin Best and former Rabbitoh Adam MacDougall had a good battle all day, with Luke, Wing and Sutton sparking the Rabbitohs attack late in the game on the back of some go-forward from the Rabbitohs pack. Rabbitohs Head Coach Jason Taylor spoke at the post-match press conference, saying: “We started the game where we left off last week. We were a bit sideways and didn’t build for things. “That was the first 60 minutes, but the boys listened at half time and they eventually got it. We got the job done.” Taylor spoke about the impact Craig Wing had on the match, with Wing being awarded the players’ player for the day. “Craig Wing is the type of player that fit what we needed today,” Taylor said. “His grandmother passed away last night. It was a brave and great performance from him.” Taylor said it was tough for the Knights to back up having played on Monday night earlier this week. “It’s always tough to back up on a short week,” he said. “We had that last week. The short turn-around is a disadvantage for sure. There aren’t many teams that win after playing Monday night.” Taylor paid tribute to his side’s defensive effort. “It was our defence that won us the game because it was our defence that kept us in the game,” he explained. Rabbitohs captain Roy Asotasi said: “It was frustrating in the first half, but we just had to recoup at half time. “We stuck to the game plan in the second half and we didn’t take any short cuts. We did what JT was saying we had to do, build on our sets and not try and score off every play. We got our go-forward going, we believed in the game plan and in the second half we were patient and it finally came. Two-try hero Craig Wing spoke about the loss of his grandmother and the game today. “I found out at 9am this morning, and my sisters weren’t going to tell me until after the game,” Wing explained. “We were very close, and we were lucky that we’ve had the opportunity to talk to her and say goodbye. “She used to watch the games on TV and she would ask me about my football. I knew she would be here today so here was the best place for me to be as well. “I had a job to do out there today. It was unexpected scoring two tries but it was good. “I’m really happy to be back on the field and being part of the team. I’m happy to be playing a role off the bench at the moment. It’s not new to me. I’ve done it plenty of times before in club and rep teams. “It’s just good to be back on the field and playing again.”
2 min 0-4
16 min 0-8
57 min 4-8
60 min 10-8
69 min 16-8
72 min 22-8
76 min 22-12
Wing 2, Luke, Talanoa tries
Sandow 3 from 3, Luke 0 from 1 goals
Crowd 15,227
Referee A.Klien / B.Suttor
Penalities 9-8
Scrums 7-7
Min Tac Pe MT LB R DR m Er OL K TA T G/A FG
Flbk - Capewell, Luke 80 3 - 2 1 14 - 120 2 1 - - - - -
Wing - Corrigan, Shaune 80 14 - 1 - 6 2 69 3 - - - - - -
Cntr - Best, Colin 80 10 - 1 - 12 2 66 - - - - - - -
Cntr - Champion, Beau 63 27 4 2 - 6 1 41 2 - - - - - -
Wing - Talanoa, Fetuli 80 5 - 2 2 10 3 98 - 1 - - 1 - -
5/8 - Sutton, John 80 15 - 2 1 13 1 96 2 3 8 - - - -
Half - Sandow, Chris 80 24 - 7 - 3 - 18 3 - 8 - - 3/3 -
Prop - Stuart, Luke 57 20 - 1 - 16 - 140 - - - - - - -
Hook - Luke, Issac 57 13 - 2 - 13 9 137 - 2 1 1 1 -/1 -
Prop - Asotasi, Roy 62 21 1 - - 14 - 144 - 1 - - - - - (c)
SRow - Lowe, Ben 73 21 1 2 - 10 - 62 1 - - - - - -
SRow - McPherson, Shannon 33 15 - 2 - 5 - 43 - - - - - - -
Lock - Fa'alogo, David 52 15 1 - 1 13 - 117 - 3 - 1 - - -
Int - Wing, Craig 52 14 - 2 2 13 5 117 - 1 - - 2 - -
Int - Pettybourne, Eddy 53 27 1 - - 10 - 82 - - - - - - -
Int - Lowe, Jamian 35 20 - 1 - 11 - 71 - 2 - - - - -
Int - Kidwell, David 23 13 - 1 - 7 2 63 - 1 - - - - -
TOTAL 277 8 28 7 1484 13 15 17 2 4 3/4 -
Completion Rate - 30/42
Opposition Offloads - 7
Effective 1st Tackles
1 min 100m (Nw TRY)
5 min 25m Sandow kick
7 min 0m P / Sutton kick CIG
8 min 0m Sutton kick CIG
10 min 47m Sandow kick 8m / SS P
11 min 50m SS Err / SCR
12 min 54m Nw Err / SCR / P / P / SS Err 16m / SS P (Nw TRY)
18 min 15m Nw Err / Sandow kick / SS Err 15m (Nw NO TRY)
21 min 26m Sutton kick / SS Err
24 min 14m NW Err / P / P / P / SS Err
26 min 22m Sandow kick COF
28 min 82m SS Err
30 min 80m Nw Err / SCR / SS Err / SCR 56m / SS P
31 min 47m P / SS Err
33 min 29m Sutton kick
35 min 98m SS Err / SCR / 68m / SS P
37 min 25m SS Err
39 min 10m P / Sandow kick
40 min 5m Sutton kick
half time
41 min 24m Sandow kick / SS Err
43 min 85m SS err / SCR
44 min 25m Nw Err / Sutton kick COF
47 min 90m Sandow kick COF / 12m / SS P / SS P / SS P (Nw NO TRY)
51 min 90m SS P
52 min 34m Nw Err / SCR / Sutton kick COF
54 min 55m P / SS Err / SCR
56 min 0m Nw Err / SCR / TRY
59 min 0m TRY
61 min 70m Sandow kick COF / 4m / SS P
65 min 28m Nw Err / Sandow kick OOF
67 min 0m P / Sutton kick COF / CIG
68 min 0m TRY
72 min 0m Nw Err / SCR / TRY
75 min 66m Luke kick (Nw TRY)
79 min 25m Nw Err / SCR / Sandow kick
Average effective 1st tackle location
- 37.7m - for the whole match
- 38.3m - 1st half
- 37.0m - 2nd half
If you now remove the tries
- 38.3m - 1st half
- 49.3m - 2nd half
Other FG Matches
40-24 SFS Wests-Tig b Sydney
20-12 Robi Gold Coast b Bulldogs
26-12 Town Melbourne b Nth Qld
16-10 MtSm Brisbane b Warriors
18-16 Parr Parramatta b Canberra
10-6 Koga St Geo-Ill b Cronulla
12-10 Brok Penrith b Manly
W D L B Diff PT
BRISBANE 3 - - - +19 6
SOUTHS 2 - 1 - +44 4
GOLD COAST 2 - 1 - +16 4
MELBOURNE 2 - 1 - +13 4
ST GEO-ILL 2 - 1 - +9 4
PARRAMATTA 2 - 1 - 0 4
WESTS-TIGERS 2 - 1 - -4 4
WARRIORS 2 - 1 - -6 4
Bulldogs 2 - 1 - +16 2**
Nth Qld 1 - 2 - +13 2
Penrith 1 - 2 - -8 2
Cronulla 1 - 2 - -8 2
Newcastle 1 - 2 - -12 2
Sydney 1 - 2 - -32 2
Manly - - 3 - -26 -
Canberra - - 3 - -34 -
Judiciary News
No Souths players were suspended over the weekend.
NYC Round 3
v Newcastle
LOSS 24-26
In the Toyota Cup match, the South Sydney Rabbitohs squandered a 24-nil lead in the first half to go down 26 points to 24 to the Newcastle Knights at Bluetongue Stadium. The Knights scored 26 unanswered points to give the Rabbitohs their first defeat of the season.
8 min 4-0
11 min 8-0
15 min 12-0
18 min 18-0
33 min 24-0
39 min 24-6
47 min 24-12
51 min 24-18
64 min 24-24
68 min 24-26
Molan, Morgan, Farrell, Reynolds, Clark tries;
Reynolds 2 from 3, Vaivai 0 from 2 goals
Other NYC Matches
18-10 SFS Wests-Tig b Sydney
36-8 Robi Gold Coast b Bulldogs
29-28 Town Nth Qld b Melbourne
24-16 MtSm Warriors b Brisbane
44-32 Parr Canberra b Parramatta
36-12 Koga St Geo-Ill b Cronulla
36-12 Brok Manly b Penrith
W D L B Diff PT
MANLY 3 - - - +90 6
CANBERRA 3 - - - +62 6
GOLD COAST 3 - - - +56 6
SOUTHS 2 - 1 - +50 4
MELBOURNE 2 - 1 - +35 4
NTH QLD 2 - 1 - -11 4
WESTS-TIGERS 2 - 1 - -16 4
CRONULLA 2 - 1 - -18 4
St Geo-Ill 1 - 2 - +20 2
Parramatta 1 - 2 - -26 2
Newcastle 1 - 2 - -26 2
Bulldogs 1 - 2 - -38 2
Warriors 1 - 2 - -42 2
Penrith - - 3 - -36 -
Brisbane - - 3 - -46 -
Sydney - - 3 - -54 -
NRL Club Championship
W D L B Diff PT
GOLD COAST 5 - 1 - +72 10
Souths 4 - 2 - +94 8
Melbourne 4 - 2 - +48 8
Wests-Tigers 4 - 2 - -20 8
Manly 3 - 3 - +64 6
St Geo-Ill 3 - 3 - +29 6
Canberra 3 - 3 - +28 6
Nth Qld 3 - 3 - +2 6
Parramatta 3 - 3 - -26 6
Cronulla 3 - 3 - -26 6
Brisbane 3 - 3 - -27 6
Warriors 3 - 3 - -48 6
Bulldogs 3 - 3 - -22 4 **
Newcastle 2 - 4 - -38 4
Penrith 1 - 5 - -44 2
Sydney 1 - 5 - -86 2
Reserve Grade - NSW Cup Round 3
v Shellharbour City Dragons, Ron Costello Oval Shellharbour, Sun Mar 29 3:30pm
WIN 34-20
Late Changes - Capewell and Cooper were out. Hogan started five-eighth. The North Sydney Bears coach Wayne Lambkin says his players are combining well after just two games in the NSW Cup. Norths beat Shellharbour Dragons 34-20 at Ron Costello Oval, Shellharbour, on Sunday. “It’s a tough ask to travel down there for a Sunday afternoon game but the result was a good one and the hard work the boys are doing is obviously worth it,” Lambkin said. Winger Reece Robinson led the Bears with three tries and two goals while Deon Apps, Jamie Simpson and David Tyrell also scored tries. “It was a good performance. We were very solid and led 34-10 late in the match before we conceded some very simple tries. “I was still very happy to go there and get the points.” Forward Michael Greenfield was a force up front and, according to Lambkin, is likely to make a comeback for the Rabbitohs in the NRL in the near future. “Greenfield is in the full-time Souths squad and I’m sure he isn’t far off a call-up if he continues to play the way he’s been playing,” Lambkin said. “He is looking the goods and pressing for NRL selection.” The coach said the new halves combination of Luke Capewell and Justin Hunt were playing well together.
6-0
10-0
40 min 10-4
16-4
16-10
22-10
28-10
34-10
34-14
34-20
Robinson 3, Apps, Simpson, Tyrell tries
Justin Hunt 3, Robinson 2 goals
Final Line Up
T G/A FG
Flbk - Wara, Samu - - -
Wing - McQueen, Chris - - -
Cntr - Apps, Deon 1 - -
Cntr - Baird, Bladen - - -
Wing - Robinson, Reece 3 2/2 -
5/8 - Hogan, Jarryd - - -
Half - Hunt, Justin - 3/4 -
Prop - Geddes, Scott - - -
Hook - Simpson, Jamie 1 - -
Prop - Crossman, Garet - - -
SRow - Greenfield, Michael - - -
SRow - Tyrrell, Dave 1 - -
Lock - Dalton, Sean - - - (c)
Int - Sayegh, David - - -
Int - Trembath, Chris - - -
Int - Blaker, Brett - - -
Int - Hunt, Matt - - -
6 5/6 -
Other NSW Cup Matches
20-20 Auck Auckland d Central Coast
30-28 Ende Bankstown b Cronulla
38-22 Hens Windsor b Newtown
22-4 Ring Wentwville b Balmain-Ryde
W D L B Diff PT
NORTH SYDNEY 2 - - 1 +42 6
WENTWORTHVILLE 2 - - 1 +20 6
WESTS 2 - - 1 +12 6
CENTRAL COAST 2 1 - - +30 5
BANKSTOWN CITY 2 - 1 - +38 4
AUCKLAND 1 1 1 - +11 3
SHELLHARBOUR 1 - 2 - +12 2
WINDSOR 1 - 2 - -20 2
Balmain-Ryde 1 - 2 - -23 2
Cronulla - - 3 - -36 -
Newtown - - 3 - -86 -
NSWRL U18 SG Ball - Round 7
v Central Coast Storm, Moree Breen Oval Kanwal
LOSS 6-34
M.Watene try
S.Dowie goal
Other U18 Matches
40-12 Birm Newcastle b Canberra
25-18 Cabr Balmain b Parramatta
28-20 Cabr Norths b W Syd Academy
30-30 Fors St George d Penrith
34-28 Ende Canterbury b Cronulla
32-10 Tuqu Gold Coast b Illawarra
30-24 Cran Melbourne b Wests
36-10 Hens Newtown b Manly
W D L Diff PT
ST GEORGE 6 1 - +128 13
PARRAMATTA 6 - 1 +159 12
CANTERBURY 5 1 1 +170 11
NEWTOWN 5 - 2 +50 10
MELBOURNE 5 - 2 -12 10
PENRITH 4 1 2 +52 9
GOLD COAST 4 - 3 +52 8
BALMAIN 4 - 3 -11 8
NEWCASTLE 3 1 3 +74 7
ILLAWARRA 3 1 3 0 7
NORTHS 3 1 3 -52 7
CRONULLA 3 - 4 +2 6
Manly 3 - 4 -60 6
Souths 2 - 5 -72 4
Central Coast 2 - 5 -116 4
W Syd Academy 1 - 6 -96 2
Canberra 1 - 6 -180 2
Wests - - 7 -104 -
NSWRL U16 Matthews - Round 7
v Central Coast Storm, Moree Breen Oval Kanwal
LOSS 10-24
J.Roberts, L.Tupu tries
J.Roberts goal
Other U16 Matches
44-12 Birm Newcastle b Canberra
46-0 Cabr Parramatta b Balmain
30-12 Cabr W Syd Acad b Norths
24-16 Fors Penrith b St George
28-6 Ende Canterbury b Cronulla
44-16 Tuqu Gold Coast b Illawarra
46-6 Narr Wests b SW Syd Academy
16-12 Hens Manly b Easts
W D L Diff PT
CANTERBURY 7 - - +178 14
PARRAMATTA 5 2 - +126 12
MANLY 6 - 1 +56 12
GOLD COAST 5 1 1 +130 11
WESTS 5 - 2 +86 10
PENRITH 5 - 2 +64 10
NEWCASTLE 4 - 3 +94 8
CRONULLA 4 - 3 -2 8
CENTRAL COAST 3 1 3 -4 7
EASTS 3 1 3 -20 7
W SYD ACADEMY 3 - 4 -16 6
BALMAIN 3 - 4 -58 6
St George 2 1 4 -2 5
Souths 1 2 4 +26 4
Canberra 1 1 5 -50 3
Illawarra 1 1 5 -76 3
Norths 1 - 6 -160 2
SW Syd Academy - - 7 -260 -