2009 NRL Premiership - Round 17

South Sydney v Wests-Tigers

Stadium Australia

Sat Jul 04, 5:30pm

Selected Round 17 Teams

The CyberView from the Hill - Last Week

The CyberView from the Hill - This Week

Late Changes

Ben Lowe was a late withdrawal, with Capewell coming back to fullback, Merritt moving to the wing and Jamie Simpson to center.

LOSS 10-54

The Wests Tigers have exacted revenge on the Rabbitohs for their one-point victory at the Sydney Cricket Ground in round 10, running out 54 points to 20 victors at ANZ Stadium tonight (Saturday) in front of 14,856 Members and supporters. Despite fullback Luke Capewell score three tries, the Rabbitohs could not stop the Tigers from scoring ten tries of their own to rack up a half century. The Tigers scored first through giant winger Taniela Tuiaki in the third minute of play, his first of three tries. The Rabbitohs struck back nine minutes later when Luke Capewell scored a weel-structures try on the right hand side. The set play came from a repeat set of six in Tigers’ territory, which saw Capewell score out wide on the right. Halfback Chris Sandow converted from out wide to level the scores at six-all. Tuiaki scored his second in the 20th minute, followed by Corey Payne in the 26th minute of play, and Tuiaki again in the 30th. Capewell fired back, scoring his second try in the 37th minute after some quality work from Colin Best. Best ran to the left corner and held up a couple of defenders, before offloading to Capewell who dived over. The Tigers scored again in 39th minute of the first half to take the score to 26-10 at the break. The Tigers came out firing in the second half scoring tries to Blake Ayshford and Beau Ryan in the first 11 minutes of the half to extend the away team’s lead to 26 points. The Rabbitohs then mounted an offensive, giving Rabbitohs Members and supporters a faint hope of one of the red and green’s famous comebacks. Winger Nathan Merritt straightened the attack in the 57th minute, charging on to a Sandow short-ball to race 20 metres and score. Sandow converted to take the score to 36-16. Five minutes later, Capewell crossed for his third try after some great defence from Craig Wing. Wing followed through a kick and chased down Benji Marshall, knocking the ball from his grasp. Capewell regathered the loose ball to score. The Tigers then scored tries through John Skandalis, Shannon Gallant and a second to Ayshford to finish the scoring at 54-20. The Rabbitohs were outgunned throughout the match, making poor decision and handing the Tigers too much ball. Rabbitohs Head Coach Jason Taylor was very direct in his post-match comments. “It was a very disappointing performance,” Taylor said. “In patches, our performance was not up to NRL standard. We kept coming up with the poor decision and the error. The margin was the result of the style of free-flowing football played during the game. They scored too many soft tries, and we scored a couple of soft ones ourselves. “We have to be smarter with the ball in our hands. We still held out hope towards the end of the game because we know we can mount a comeback, but in saying that the performance was just not good enough in the main. “We’ve got to look at ourselves in the mirror and make sure that we’re doing the job as best as we can in everything we do.” Captain Roy Asotasi was equally as direct. “It was disappointing,” he summarised. “None of the boys are happy with our performance. We have nine games left and we have to do our best at training and in the game for the rest of the year. Nothing less.”

 3 min  0-6
14 min  6-6
20 min  6-12
26 min  6-18
30 min  6-22
37 min 10-22
39 min 10-26
44 min 10-32
51 min 10-36
57 min 16-36
62 min 20-36
68 min 20-42
78 min 20-48
80 min 20-54

Capewell 3, Merritt tries
Sandow 2 from 3, Luke 0 from 1 goals

Crowd      14,586
Referee    S.Lyons / A.Shortall

Penalities  7-3
Scrums      9-7

                            Min Tac Pe MT LB   R  DR    m Er OL   K TA  T  G/A  FG
Flbk - Capewell, Luke        80   3  -  4  3   9   -  103  2  -   -  -  3  -     -
Wing - Merritt, Nathan       80   3  -  1  1   9   3   94  1  -   -  -  1  -     -
Cntr - Best, Colin           80  17  -  2  -  11   -   93  -  3   -  1  -  -     -
Cntr - Simpson, Jamie        80  11  -  4  -   7   1   30  3  1   -  -  -  -     -
Wing - Talanoa, Fetuli       80   5  1  -  -   7   2   63  1  -   -  -  -  -     -
5/8  - Sutton, John          56   9  -  -  -   6   -   48  3  4   3  1  -  -     -
Half - Sandow, Chris         55   9  -  4  -   4   -   20  -  -   4  1  -  2/3   -
Prop - Geddes, Scott         39  17  -  1  -  12   -  100  -  -   1  -  -  -     -
Hook - Wing, Craig           80  18  -  -  -   6   3   45  -  2   1  -  -  -     -
Prop - Asotasi, Roy          56  16  -  1  -   9   -   48  4  -   -  -  -  -     -
SRow - Stuart, Luke          80  33  1  2  -  14   -   99  -  1   1  -  -  -     -
SRow - Fa'alogo, David       80  22  -  1  -  10   -   73  2  -   1  -  -  -     -
Lock - Crocker, Michael      80  31  1  6  -  11   -   90  1  3   1  -  -  -     -

Int  - Luke, Issac           49  14  -  1  -  12   9  103  1  1   1  -  -  -/1   -
Int  - Pettybourne, Eddy     25  10  -  2  -   5   -   28  -  -   -  -  -  -     -
Int  - McPherson, Shannan    25  10  -  1  -   3   -   21  -  -   -  -  -  -     -
Int  - Crossman, Garret      15   4  -  -  -   -   -    -  -  -   -  -  -  -     -

TOTAL                           232  3 30  4         1058 18 15  13  3  4  2/4   -

Completion Rate - 22/34

Opposition Offloads - 10

Effective 1st Tackles

 0 min  74m SS Err (WT TRY)
 7 min   2m P / P / Stuart kick
10 min  12m P / SS Err / SCR
12 min  22m Sandow kick
13 min   0m WT Err / P / TRY
16 min  30m Sutton kick COF
18 min  75m WT Err / Sutton kick / SS Err 14m / SS-P (WT TRY)
23 min  14m Sandow kick / 6TG / (WT TRY)
28 min  85m SS Err / 60m / SS-P (WT TRY)
33 min  22m Wing kick COF
34 min  19m Luke kick
36 min   0m WT Err / TRY
39 min 100m SS Err / (WT TRY)

half time

41 min  30m Wing kick
43 min  15m WT Err / SS Err / (WT TRY)
47 min  62m SS Err / SCR
48 min  45m WT Err / SS Err / 6TG (WT TRY)
54 min  60m Sutton kick OOF
56 min   0m P / TRY
59 min  27m SS Err
61 min   0m P / Sandow kick COF / WT Err / TRY
64 min  18m Sandow kick / SS Err
65 min  26m Wing kick / ChgDwn / Faalogo kick DIG
67 min  79m SS Err / (WT TRY)
71 min  60m Sandow kick / SCR
73 min  16m WT Err / P / SS Err / SCR
75 min 100m Crocker kick / SS Err (WT TRY)
78 min  82m SS Err / P / SS CIG (WT TRY)

Average effective 1st tackle location
- 38.3m - for the whole match

- 35.0m - 1st half
- 41.3m - 2nd half

If you now remove the tries
- 41.3m - 1st half
- 44.3m - 2nd half

Other FG Matches

28-14 Lang Brisbane   b Warriors
34-12 Koga St Geo-Ill b Sydney
18-14 Olym Melbourne  b Newcastle
24-4  Town Nth Qld    b Cronulla
34-28 Bruc Canberra   b Gold Coast
38-34 Penr Penrith    b Parramatta
19-12 Brok Manly      b Bulldogs

            W D  L B Diff PT 
ST GEO-ILL 12 -  4 1 +151 26
BULLDOGS   11 -  4 2 +112 24 +
GOLD COAST 10 -  5 2  +32 24
MELBOURNE  10 1  5 1  +93 31
NTH QLD     9 -  7 1 +114 20
MANLY       8 -  7 2  +33 20
PENRITH     8 -  7 2  +29 20
NEWCASTLE   9 -  7 1  +29 20
Brisbane    9 -  7 1  -33 20
Canberra    6 -  9 2  -33 16
Souths      5 1  9 2  -64 15
Warriors    5 1  9 2  -73 15
Parramatta  5 1  9 2 -123 15
Wests Tig   6 - 10 1  -22 14
Cronulla    5 - 11 1  -73 12
Sydney      4 - 12 1 -172 10

+ deducted 2 points for extra player on the field

Judiciary News

No one was charged on the weekend.

U20 National Youth Toyota Cup - Round 17

v Wests-Tigers, 3:10pm

LOSS 22-26

In the Toyota Cup match, the Rabbitohs mounted a late comeback but fell just short of the Wests Tigers, 26 points to 22 at ANZ Stadium. The Rabbitohs backs troubled the Tigers whenever they had the ball, but the Tigers scored five tries to four to seal the game.


Morgan, Webster, Farrell, Vaivai tries
Reynolds 2, Judd goals

Other NYC Matches

50-18 Lang Brisbane   b Warriors
58-10 Koga St Geo-Ill b Sydney
40-26 Olym Melbourne  b Newcastle
56-10 Town Nth Qld    b Cronulla
50-22 Bruc Canberra   b Gold Coast
40-30 Penr Parramatta b Penrith
64-16 Brok Manly      b Bulldogs

            W D  L B Diff PT 
MANLY      12 1  2 2 +311 29
ST GEO-ILL 13 -  3 1 +242 28
MELBOURNE  12 -  4 1 +155 26
CANBERRA    9 2  4 2  +72 24
WESTS-TIG   9 1  6 1  -40 21
BRISBANE    9 -  7 1  +84 20
WARRIORS    7 1  7 2  -21 19
SOUTHS      6 1  8 2  +22 17
Bulldogs    6 1  8 2 -127 17
Nth Qld     7 -  9 1  -40 16
Gold Coast  6 -  9 2  -50 16
Penrith     6 -  9 2  -64 16
Parramatta  5 - 10 2   +5 14
Newcastle   5 1 10 1 -170 13
Sydney      5 - 11 1 -115 12
Cronulla    3 - 13 1 -264  8

NRL Club Championship

            W D  L B Diff PT 
ST GEO-ILL 25 -  7 2 +383 54
Manly      20 1  9 4 +344 49
Melbourne  22 1  9 2 +248 49
Bulldogs   17 1 12 4  -15 41 +
Brisbane   18 - 14 2  +51 40
Canberra   15 2 13 4  +39 40
Gold Coast 16 - 14 4  -18 40
Nth Qld    16 - 16 2  +74 36
Penrith    14 - 16 4  -35 36
Wests-Tig  15 1 16 2  -62 35
Warriors   12 2 16 4  -94 34
Newcastle  14 1 17 2 -141 33
Souths     11 2 17 4  -42 32
Parramatta 10 1 19 4 -118 29
Sydney      9 - 23 2 -287 22
Cronulla    8 - 24 2 -337 20

Reserve Grade - NSW Cup Round 15(Split Round)

v Central Coast Storm, North Sydney Oval, Sat Jul 4 2:30pm

LOSS 32-42

Late Changes - Capewell, Falloon, Jamian Lowe, Dalton, Ngaro were out. Apps started centre, Champion five-eighth, Matt Hunt hooker, Trembath prop, Kidwell second row, Ben Lowe lock, Blaker and Jack Ranpling on the bench. Bears coach Wayne Lambkin said the referee determined the result of his team’s 42-32 loss to Central Coast Storm at North Sydney Oval on Sunday. Norths were leading 20-14 early in the second half when the referee sent Samu Wara to the sin bin for allegedly holding a player down in the ruck. “You can see in the DVD that the Central Coast player was holding onto Samu’s jersey and then he got sin binned. It was just a bad decision.” Lambkin said. “They scored three tries while he was off the field and then we were 12 points down. “I don’t understand why they would send a junior referee to a game between the teams in second and third on the ladder.” Lambkin said he was happy with the team’s performance. “It’s disappointing that we scored seven tries and lost because we pride ourselves on our defence,” he said. “But we were playing against 12 guys who train seven days a week and my kids (players) go to work and come home to go and train.” He said the team was working well towards the semi-finals. “When it comes to the end of the season we’ve got a real chance against them - and they’re the best team in the competition, in my opinion,” he said. “They were bigger and stronger on the weekend but we showed them that we can still match it with them.” The Bears have dropped to fourth, position three points behind the Central Coast Storm, who are now on top of the table.

45 min 20-14
65 min 20-34

Robinson 2, McQueen 2, Wara, Baird, Tyrell tries
J.Hunt 2 from 7 goals

Final Line Up
                             T  G/A  FG
Flbk - Wara, Samu            1  -     -
Wing - McQueen, Chris        2  -     -
Cntr - Apps, Deon            -  -     -
Cntr - Baird, Bladen         1  -     -
Wing - Robinson, Reece       2  -     -
5/8  - Champion, Beau        -  -     -
Half - Hunt, Justin          -  2/7   -
Prop - Sayegh, David         -  -     -
Hook - Hunt, Matt            -  -     -
Prop - Trembath, Chris       -  -     -
SRow - Kidwell, David        -  -     -
SRow - Tyrrell, Dave         1  -     -
Lock - Lowe, Ben             -  -     -

Int  - Blaker, Brett         -  -     -
Int  - Kaifoto, John         -  -     -
Int  - Hogan, Jarryd         -  -     -
Int  - Rampling, Jack        -  -     -

                             7  2/7   -

Other NSW Cup Matches

30-20 MSm2 Wests      b Auckland
18-16 Leic Balm-Ryde  b Cronulla
24-10 Ring Newtown    b Wentworthville
      
                W D  L B Diff PT
CENTRAL COAST   9 1  4 -  +75 21
BANKSTOWN CITY  9 -  4 1 +188 20**
WESTS           7 1  5 2  -46 19
NORTH SYDNEY    8 -  6 1  +89 18
CRONULLA        8 -  6 1  +60 18
BALMAIN-RYDE    7 -  6 2  +49 18
WENTWORTHVILLE  7 -  6 2  +36 18
AUCKLAND        4 1  8 2  -73 13
Windsor         4 1  8 2  -97 13
Newtown         5 -  9 1 -204 12
Shellharbour    3 - 10 1  -77  8**


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