Sat Jun 26, 7:30pm AWST
Late Changes
No changes. Simpson was travelling 18th man.
WIN 16-14
The South Sydney Rabbitohs have returned to the winner’s circle tonight with a thrilling 16 points to 14 win over the Melbourne Storm at ME Bank Stadium in Perth. In front of 13,164 Members and supporters, both sides scored three tries with Issac Luke’s boot making the difference on the scoreboard. But it was the Rabbitohs’ ‘never say die’ attitude that won them the game with the Storm outfit throwing everything they could at the Rabbitohs throughout the match, only to fall short due to the Rabbitohs desperation in protecting their own line. Rabbitohs winger Fetuli Talanoa scored the first of two tries in the 15th minute of play after Colin Best beat his opposite man and off loaded to Talanoa, who stepped past two defenders to score. Five minutes later the Storm levelled the scores when winger Justin O’Neill scored from a Cameron Smith grubber kick. Both sides were denied tries by the video referee, and the half finished deservedly all locked up at 4-all. The Storm struck the first blow in the second stanza when Greg Inglis scored a try after a miracle offload from O’Neill. Cameron Smith converted to give the away side a six-point advantage. The Rabbitohs started to dish out the defence with Englishman Sam Burgess leading the charge, defence which clearly rattled the Storm and led to them blowing a number of chances to score points. In the 52nd minute, Rabbitohs halfback Chris Sandow scored a try after some desperation play from Dave Taylor. The Rabbitohs turned the ball inside a couple of times before the ball landed in the hands of the giant Queenslander. He passed the ball but it was knocked down by a Storm defender, so Taylor then toed the ball through into the in-goal. Melbourne halfback Cooper Cronk could not ground the ball for a goal line drop out, and Sandow scooted through and scored the try. Issac Luke converted to again level with the scores, this time at 10-all. In the 57th minute, a Storm indiscretion led to Issac Luke slotting a penalty goal to give the home side a two-point advantage. Three minutes later, some clever play from Taylor when he stripped the ball from his Storm opponent, gave the Rabbitohs good field position, and ultimately it led to Talanoa’s second try when Best attracted two defenders giving Talanoa a passage down the left hand flank to score. The struck again with ten minutes left on the clock when O’Neill scored his second try, but Smith missed the conversion attempt leaving South Sydney with a two-point advantage. Beau Champion was denied a try by the video referee with three minutes remaining, and the Storm blew an excellent chance to steal the win in the penultimate minute. The Rabbitohs held on score a valuable victory with the Club enjoying the bye next week. “We needed the two points,” Rabbitohs Head Coach John Lang said bluntly. “Every two points is valuable. “To beat them at full strength is a great win for us and I was really pleased with the effort.” Rabbitohs captain Roy Asotasi was also pleased with the victory. “It was a good test for us and it was good to see that we learnt the lesson from last week,” Asotasi explained. “We’ll enjoy the win and the bye and get ready for the tough training next week. “Two points basically turns into four with the bye. “Melbourne are the benchmark side in the competition and I thought we did a good job tonight.” Melbourne captain Cameron Smith praised the Rabbitohs’ performance. “You’ve got to take your hat off to them,” he said at the post match press conference. “They have an aggressive forward pack, and their speed men were hard to stop in space all night. “(Fullback Rhys) Wesser was hard to contain tonight. He returned the ball strongly all night.” Storm Head Coach Craig Bellamy said: “I give the credit to Souths.” “They took full advantage of their chances and they kept going for 80 minutes.”
15 min 4-0
20 min 4-4
43 min 4-10
52 min 10-10
57 min 12-10
60 min 16-10
70 min 16-14
Talanoa 2, Sandow tries
Luke 2 from 4 goals
Crowd 13,164
Referee A.Klein/M.Cecchin
Penalities 2-2
Scrums 8-8
Min Tac Pe MT LB HU DR m Er OL K TA
Wesser 80 4 - 1 3 9 - 139 - - - -
Merritt 80 6 - 2 1 10 - 126 3 - - -
Best 80 10 - 1 - 5 3 47 - 1 - 2
Champion 80 7 - 5 - 15 5 119 1 - 2 -
Talanoa 80 6 - 1 2 13 7 122 2 - - -
Sutton 80 16 - 1 1 8 - 78 - - 8 -
Sandow 80 14 - 8 - 5 - 42 - 1 14 -
Stuart 45 21 - - - 10 - 89 - - - -
Luke 80 27 1 1 - 15 14 133 - 3 - -
Asotasi 59 31 1 3 - 9 - 73 - - - -
Burgess 65 32 - 3 - 22 1 180 2 - - -
Taylor 50 19 - 5 - 9 - 80 1 - - 1
Lowe 65 30 - - - 11 - 111 1 1 - -
Crossman 26 16 - 2 - 5 - 43 - - 1 -
McPherson 25 17 - 1 - 4 - 33 - - - -
Tyrell 38 16 - 2 - 4 - 26 - - - -
Clark 27 12 - - - 4 - 29 - - - -
TOTAL 284 2 36 7 1470 10 6 25 3
Completion Rate 29/35 83%
Effective 1st Tackles
1 min 15m Sandow kick
4 min 22m SCR / Sutton kick / Champion kick COF
6 min 8m Sandow kick
8 min 42m SCR / SS Err
11 min 15m Sandow kick COF / SS Err / SCR
12 min 54m SS Err / SCR
14 min 0m M Err / SCR / TRY
17 min 69m Sandow kick DIG 30m / SSP / (M TRY)
22 min 90m SS Err / (M NO TRY)
24 min 64m Sutton kick COF
26 min 2m Sutton kick COF
28 min 9m Sutton kick COF
30 min 18m Sandow kick COF
32 min 11m SCR / Sandow kick COF
34 min 57m Sandow kick 25m / SS P
36 min 28m M Err / SCR / Champion kick (SS NO TRY)
38 min 75m SS Err / SCR
40 min 70m DO
half time
41 min 29m Sandow kick / Crossman kick DIG
42 min 100m SS Err (M TRY)
46 min 31m Sutton kick / SCR
48 min 12m M err / Sandow kick / Sutton kick / SCR / (M NO TRY)
51 min 0m TRY
54 min 8m Sutton kick COF
56 min 0m P / GOAL
59 min 0m M Err / M Err / SCR / TRY
62 min 88m SS Err / SCR
65 min 20m Sandow kick COF
67 min 30m M Err / SCR / SS Err / SCR
68 min 18m Sandow kick COF
69 min 57m SS Err / (M TRY)
73 min 34m Sandow kick DIG
76 min 22m Sandow kick / P / Sandow kick (SS NO TRY)
79 min 20m M Err / SCR / Sutton kick / SCR
80 min M Err
Average effective 1st tackle location
- 32.9m - for the whole match
- 36.1m - 1st half
- 29.3m - 2nd half
If you now remove the tries
- 38.2m - 1st half
- 33.5m - 2nd half
Other FG Matches
34-10 Koga St Geo-Ill b Wests-Tig
40-22 Penr Penrith b Manly
10-6 Parr Brisbane b Parramatta
20-19 Town Cronulla b Nth Qld
20-18 ChCh Warriors b Sydney
24-16 Robi Newcastle b Gold Coast
18-10 Bruc Canterbury b Canberra
W D L B Diff PT
ST GEO-ILL 12 - 3 1 +190 26
PENRITH 10 - 4 2 +113 24
WESTS-TIG 8 - 6 2 +5 20
GOLD COAST 9 - 6 1 -11 20
SOUTHS 8 - 7 1 +74 18
BRISBANE 8 - 7 1 +29 18
MANLY 8 - 7 1 +28 18
SYDNEY 7 - 7 2 -13 18
Warriors 7 - 7 2 -53 18
Parramatta 6 - 8 2 -19 16
Newcastle 6 - 9 1 -61 14
Canberra 5 - 9 2 -83 14
Cronulla 5 - 9 2 -128 14
Canterbury 4 - 10 2 -23 12
Nth Qld 4 - 11 1 -133 10
Melbourne 9 - 6 1 +73 0 **
Judiciary News
No has been charged.
NYC Round 16
v Melbourne, NSO
Sun Jun 27, 3:00pm
WIN 48-28
Late Changes, Nansen started. Shearer back to the bench, Lee Hang dropped off the bench. The South Sydney Rabbitohs maintained their top-of-the-table position in the Toyota Cup competition with a convincing 48-28 victory over the Melbourne Storm at North Sydney Oval today (Sunday). The Rabbitohs led 24-12 at half time and kicked on to secure a 20-point victory. Francis Laulu was players' player for the Rabbitohs with Matt Mundine and Kane Morgan both scoring doubles for the red and greens.
2 min 0-6
9 min 0-12
15 min 6-12
22 min 12-12
33 min 18-12
39 min 24-12
42 min 30-12
45 min 30-18
50 min 36-18
61 min 36-22
67 min 36-28
76 min 42-28
80 min 48-28
Morgan 2, Mundine 2, M.Webster 2, So'oalo, Reynolds tries
Adam Reynolds 8 from 8 goals
Other NYC Matches
31-10 Koga St Geo-Ill b Wests-Tig
30-26 Penr Penrith b Manly
26-20 Parr Parramatta b Brisbane
20-8 Town Nth Qld b Cronulla
18-10 Chch Warriors b Sydney
21-10 Robi Gold Coast b Newcastle
30-26 Bruc Canterbury b Canberra
W D L B Diff PT
SOUTHS 11 - 4 1 +109 24
NTH QLD 9 1 5 1 +122 21
SYDNEY 8 1 5 2 +68 21
WESTS-TIG 8 - 6 2 +74 20
CANBERRA 8 - 6 2 +5 20
WARRIORS 7 1 6 2 +50 19
MANLY 8 - 6 1 +66 18 ***
NEWCASTLE 8 - 7 1 -19 18
Canterbury 6 1 7 2 0 17
Gold Coast 7 1 7 1 -109 17
Brisbane 7 - 7 1 +73 16 ***
St Geo-Ill 7 - 8 1 +5 16
Penrith 6 - 8 2 -101 16
Cronulla 5 1 7 2 -86 15
Melbourne 4 2 9 1 -111 12
Parramatta 2 - 12 2 -158 8
NRL Club Championship
W D L B Diff PT
ST GEO-ILL 19 - 11 2 +195 42
Souths 19 - 11 2 +167 42
Wests-Tig 16 - 12 4 +79 40
Penrith 16 - 10 4 +22 40
Sydney 15 1 12 4 +55 39
Warriors 14 1 13 4 -3 37
Gold Coast 16 1 13 2 -120 37
Manly 16 - 13 2 +122 36 ***
Brisbane 15 - 14 2 +102 34 ***
Canberra 13 - 15 4 -80 34
Newcastle 14 - 16 2 -80 32
Nth Qld 13 1 16 2 -11 31
Cronulla 10 1 17 4 -214 29
Canterbury 10 1 17 4 -23 27
Parramatta 8 - 20 4 -175 24
Melbourne 13 2 15 2 -37 12 **
NSW Cup Rd16
v Melbourne
North Sydney OvalSun Jun 16, 3:00pm
LOSS 22-46
Late Changes, Capewell and Simpson were out. Stevens started at fullback, D.Apps moved to the centers and Nightingale in the second row. Zrieka came onto the bench and R.Apps dropped off. NORTH Sydney Bears players are lacking confidence and trying to score of every set. ``Their patience isn’t there and they feel that they have to get on the scoreboard early,’’ Bears coach Wayne Lambkin said this week. ``We are trying to score from every set rather than build pressure.’‘ The Bears are anchored at the bottom of the NSW Cup rugby league ladder after losing 46-22 to Melbourne Storm at North Sydney Oval on Sunday. Lambkin said his team was trying too hard and needed to get back to basics. He said that the only way his players could turn things around was to get back to their game plan of completing sets. The Bears went into the game without Souths stars Jamie Simpson and Luke Capewell but regained front-rowers Jaiman Lowe and Craig Stapleton.
11 min 0-6
15 min 6-6
17 min 6-10
29 min 6-16
36 min 6-20
45 min 6-26
48 min 6-30
53 min 10-30
56 min 16-30
66 min 16-34
72 min 16-40
74 min 16-46
78 min 22-46
Falloon, Corrigan, Stevens, Nightingale tries
Paea 3 from 4 goals
Other NSW Cup Matches
14-4 Hens Cronulla b Wests
38-34 Hens Newtown b C Coast
48-14 Leic Balm-Ryde b Auckland
29-22 Wind Windsor b Wntwrthvll
24-12 RCon Canterbury b Shllhrbr
W D L Diff PT
BALMAIN-RYDE 12 - 3 +136 24 ***
CANTERBURY 12 - 4 +95 24
NEWTOWN 11 1 3 +100 23 ***
WINDSOR 10 2 4 +108 22
WESTS 9 1 6 +79 19
MELBOURNE 9 - 7 +90 18
WENTWORTHVILLE 7 1 8 +17 15
CRONULLA 6 1 9 +56 13
Auckland 6 - 10 -90 12
Central Coast 4 - 12 -177 8
Shellharbour 3 - 13 -163 6
Norths 3 - 13 -252 6
*** Matches Postponed