Sun May 30, 3:00pm
Late Changes
Crocker did not pass a fitness test. McPherson was injured during the warm up. So both dropped off the bench.
WIN 42-22
The South Sydney Rabbitohs have defeated one of the competition front-runners in the Penrith Panthers today at ANZ Stadium, running out convincing 42 points to 22 winners. 11,108 Members and supporters watched the Rabbitohs run in seven tries to the Panthers’ four in a display that saw the Rabbitohs’ back row smash anything that moved, and fullback Rhys Wesser had his best game in the red and green since leaving the Panthers at the end of 2008. The Rabbitohs set their defensive wall early, holding the Panthers out for three consecutive set in the first seven minutes. The Rabbitohs were the first to cross the line in the eighth minute when Chris Sandow cleaned up a loose ball from his own bomb, only to have the video ref deny the halfback the points. It was only six minutes later that the Rabbitohs registered the first points of the game when Queensland State of Origin representative David Taylor charged over from five metres out having played a hand in three of the lead up plays to put South Sydney in a position to score. Issac Luke converted the try to give Souths a six-nil lead. The Panthers levelled the scores in the 20th minute when Brad Tighe scored a try and Michael Gordon converted. The video referee again denied South Sydney a try, this time to Ben Lowe in the 24th minute when another Sandow bomb was spilled by Penrith. It was only one minute later though that the Rabbitohs registered more points, this time through five-eighth John Sutton. Sutton headed to the right and dummied before slicing through the defence to score. Luke converted to restore the six-point advantage. It was that Issac Luke who scored next in the 30th minute, stretching out from dummy half after a long break from Nathan Merritt gave the Rabbitohs some good field position. He converted his own try to take the scores out to 18-6. Rhys Wesser scored the first of two tries in the 33rd minute after chimed into the backline on the right hand side and sliced through the defence to score against his alma mater. Luke again converted to take the scores to 24-6 in favour of the Rabbitohs at the break. The Rabbitohs established what looked to be an unassailable lead just two minutes after the break when Wesser put on an identical play that led to his first try, to score again. Luek converted to give the Rabbitohs 24-point advantage early in the second stanza. The video referee was more kind to Panthers fullback Lachlan Coote in the 47th minute, awarding him the first of two tries to take the score to 30-10. Gavin Cooper was the next to score for the visitors in the 53rd minute, and Lachlan Coote’s second positive video referee decision in the 64th minute had Rabbitohs’ members biting their fingernails with the scoreline sitting at South Sydney 30 – Penrith 22. The Rabbitohs little livewire halfback then came into his own when he headed to the left-hand flank in the 68th minute. Needing something to spark his side, Sandow grubber kicked through the defensive line, collected the ball himself then beat the defenders in front of him to score the try that buried the Panthers. As usual, Luke converted to give the Rabbitohs 14-point buffer with ten minutes remaining in the match. Both South Sydney second rowers in Dave Taylor and Sam Burgess nearly scored tries in the next five minutes, but it was noted try scorer Beau Champion who crossed in the 79th minute who took the scoreboard over 40. Champion charged down a kick and raced 70 metres to score under the sticks. Luke converted taking the final scoreline to 42-22 in favour of the cardinal and myrtle. The Rabbitohs were very good on the field today, right across the park. Wesser was very strong at the back, the halves in Sutton and Sandow controlled the play, the back row smashed everything that moved and solidified the edge defences on both sides of the field and the front row kept going forward all day. Rabbitohs Head Coach John Lang was happy with side’s performance today. “We weren’t really home at any stage today until right at the end but it was a good performance,” Lang said. “Chris Sandow gave us something to kick away. I always know that he’s got something like that in him. “Rhysy (Wesser) was really good today. He scored two tries and gradually he’s getting back to his best. He’s starting to fire for us. He’s always been good in the basics of the game but his attacking game took another step today.” Rabbitohs captain Roy Asotasi said his side still has plenty of improvement in them, but made special mention of his 11 and 12. “Sam (Burgess) and Dave (Taylor) were dominant in the game today,” Asotasi said. “We played strongly today and we knew we had to go out there and meet them today. “We played well but there’s patches in the second half we have to improve on.” Panthers Coach Matthew Elliott was full of praise for Souths. “They were superior to us,” he said. “They were ready for us, and they dished it out in style.” Panthers stand-in captain Luke Lewis was succinct in his summation of the game. “They ran harder than us and we gave them too ball,” he said.
14 min 6-0
20 min 6-6
24 min 12-6
29 min 18-6
33 min 24-6
42 min 30-6
47 min 30-10
53 min 30-16
64 min 30-22
68 min 36-22
79 min 42-22
Wesser 2, Luke, Champion, Taylor, Sandow, Sutton tries
Luke 7 from 7 goals
Crowd 11,108
Referee T.Archer/B.Sutton
Penalities 5-2
Scrums 6-6
Min Tac Pe MT LB HU DR m Er OL K TA
Wesser 80 3 - 2 2 14 2 145 1 1 - 1
Merritt 80 6 - 1 1 6 - 66 2 - - -
Best 80 11 - 2 1 7 1 96 1 2 - -
Champion 80 15 - - - 11 2 132 - - - -
Talanoa 80 3 - 3 - 9 5 85 - - - -
Sutton 80 26 - 3 1 7 1 46 - 1 9 -
Sandow 80 19 - 11 - 3 1 28 - - 10 2
Stuart 46 31 - 2 - 13 - 119 - - - -
Luke 80 26 1 3 1 12 9 113 - 3 - -
Asotasi 53 23 - 1 - 7 - 57 - - - -
Burgess 71 30 - 2 - 15 - 126 2 2 - -
Taylor 71 23 - 5 1 14 1 95 1 4 - -
Lowe 68 32 - 2 - 10 - 59 - - - -
Geddes 27 18 - 1 - 7 - 61 - - - -
Pettybourne 39 18 1 2 - 5 - 53 - - - -
Clark 13 6 - - - 2 - 10 - - - -
Crossman 12 3 - 1 - 2 - 15 - - - -
TOTAL 293 2 41 7 1266 7 13 19 3
Completion Rate 28/33 85%
Effective 1st Tackles
1 min 95m Sutton kick 30m / SS P
3 min 31m Sandow kick
4 min 62m SS Err
5 min 92m SS Err / SCR
8 min 18m Pe Err / P / Sandow kick (SS NO TRY) / SS Err
9 min 20m SS Err / SCR
10 min 19m Sutton kick
14 min 0m Pe Err / SCR / TRY
15 min 23m Sandow kick COF
17 min 77m SS Err / SCR
18 min 75m DO / (Pe TRY)
22 min 0m Pe Err / Sandow kick (SS NO TRY)
24 min 0m P / TRY
26 min 28m Sutton kick DIG
29 min 0m TRY
31 min 20m Sutton kick
33 min 0m P / TRY
36 min 14m Sutton kick / SCR
38 min 29m Sandow kick DIG
39 min 81m DO
half time
42 min 0m Pe Err / SCR / TRY
44 min 23m Sandow kick COF
45 min 75m DO / (Pe TRY)
50 min 3m Pe Err / SCR / Sutton kick
52 min 12m Sutton kick / (Pe TRY)
56 min 24m Sandow kick
58 min 5m Sandow kick
60 min 5m SS Err
62 min 87m Sandow kick / SCR 32m / SS P / (Pe TRY)
68 min 0m Sandow kick TRY
70 min 10m Sutton kick
72 min 20m Pe Err / SCR / (SS NO TRY) SS Err / SCR
73 min 41m Pe Err / SCR / (SS NO TRY) SS Err
75 min 29m Sutton kick
78 min 12m Pe Err / P / (SS NO GOAL)
79 min 0m Pe Err / TRY
Average effective 1st tackle location
- 28.6m - for the whole match
- 34.2m - 1st half
- 21.6m - 2nd half
If you now remove the tries
- 42.8m - 1st half
- 26.6m - 2nd half
Other FG Matches
30-0 Woll St Geo-Ill b Parramatta
50-6 Camp Wests-Tig b Warriors
20-4 Ende Brisbane b Cronulla
24-20 Town Manly b Nth Qld
23-12 MRSt Melbourne b Canterbury
30-16 Robi Sydney b Gold Coast
W D L B Diff PT
ST GEO-ILL 9 - 3 - +146 18
MANLY 7 - 4 1 +75 16
PENRITH 7 - 4 1 +67 16
GOLD COAST 7 - 4 1 -14 16
SOUTHS 6 - 5 1 +73 14
WESTS-TIG 6 - 5 1 +12 14
SYDNEY 6 - 5 1 -19 14
BRISBANE 5 - 6 1 -9 12
Parramatta 5 - 6 1 -27 12
Canberra 4 - 6 2 -61 12
Warriors 5 - 6 1 -61 12
Newcastle 4 - 7 1 -45 10
Canterbury 3 - 8 1 -21 8
Nth Qld 3 - 8 1 -66 8
Cronulla 3 - 8 1 -135 8
Melbourne 8 - 3 1 +75 0 **
Judiciary News
Eddy Pettybourne misses no action after a grade one careless high tackle charge in Sunday's win over Penrith.
NYC Round 12
v Penrith, 12:45pm
0 WIN 38-30
Late Changes. Late changes O'Donnell, Starling and So'oalo out. Shearer, England into second row. Mansour moves to lock and McGrady in on the wing. Lee Hang and McKinmon added to the bench. In the Toyota Cup match, the South Sydney Rabbitohs secured the two competition points with a narrow 38 points to 30 victory over the Penrith Panthers at ANZ Stadium. Malcolm Webster and Brendan McKinnon both scored doubles in the win, a victory which nearly slipped from the Rabbitohs’ grasp. South Sydney led 32-12 early in the second half only to let the Panthers back in the game
2 min 6-0
5 min 12-0
12 min 14-0
17 min 14-6
30 min 20-6
35 min 20-12
43 min 26-12
48 min 32-12
55 min 32-18
65 min 32-24
68 min 32-30
77 min 38-30
M.Webster 2, McKinnon 2, Shearer, Peats tries
Reynolds 7 from 7 goals
Other NYC Matches
27-16 Woll St Geo-Ill b Parramatta
18-10 Camp Wests-Tig b Warriors
34-30 Ende Brisbane b Cronulla
30-16 Town Manly b Nth Qld
46-16 MRSt Canterbury b Melbourne
36-34 Robi Sydney b Gold Coast
W D L B Diff PT
NTH QLD 8 - 3 1 +125 18
WESTS-TIG 8 - 3 1 +117 18
MANLY 8 - 3 1 +94 18
BRISBANE 7 - 4 1 +95 16
SOUTHS 7 - 4 1 +60 16
CANBERRA 6 - 4 2 +7 16
SYDNEY 6 1 4 1 +24 15
NEWCASTLE 6 - 5 1 -28 14
WARRIORS 5 1 5 1 +51 13
Cronulla 5 1 4 1 -34 13
Canterbury 4 1 6 1 -4 11
St Geo-Ill 5 - 7 - -33 10
Melbourne 3 1 7 1 -50 9
Gold Coast 3 1 7 1 -148 9
Penrith 3 - 8 1 -145 8
Parramatta 1 - 10 1 -143 4
NRL Club Championship
W D L B Diff PT
MANLY 15 - 7 2 +197 34
Wests-Tig 14 - 8 2 +129 32
Souths 13 - 9 2 +117 30
Sydney 12 1 9 2 +5 29
St Geo-Ill 14 - 10 - +113 28
Brisbane 12 - 10 2 +96 28
Canberra 10 - 10 4 -56 28
Nth Qld 11 - 11 2 +59 26
Warriors 10 1 11 2 -10 25
Gold Coast 10 1 11 2 -162 25
Newcastle 10 - 12 2 -73 24
Penrith 10 - 10 2 -78 24
Cronulla 8 1 13 2 -169 21
Canterbury 7 1 14 2 -27 17
Parramatta 6 - 16 2 -168 16
Melbourne 11 1 10 2 +27 9 **
NSW Cup Rd12
v Balmain-Ryde Eastwood
Leichhardt OvalSat May 29, 3:00pm
LOSS 12-28
Late changes, Simpson was out. Itula moved to the centers and R.Apps to the wing. Jackson dropped off the bench.
12 min 0-4
23 min 0-10
35 min 6-10
44 min 6-16
53 min 6-20
64 min 6-24
73 min 12-24
75 min 12-28
Corrigan, Hunt tries
Paea 1 from 1, McLean 1 from 1 goals
Other NSW Cup Matches
37-24 Wyng Auckland b C Coast
36-18 Olym Melbourne b Wests
28-24 Wind Newtown b Windsor
43-22 RCon Cronulla b Shllhrbr
42-28 Ring Canterbury b Wntwrthvl
W D L Diff PT
BALMAIN-RYDE 10 - 2 +90 20
WESTS 8 1 3 +87 17
NEWTOWN 8 1 3 +64 17
CANTERBURY 8 - 4 +25 16
WINDSOR 6 2 4 +51 14
WENTWORTHVILLE 6 1 5 +62 13
MELBOURNE 6 - 6 +62 12
AUCKLAND 5 - 7 -34 10
Cronulla 4 1 7 +41 9
Shellharbour 3 - 9 -101 6
Central Coast 3 - 9 -177 6
Norths 2 - 10 -170 4