Fri Jul 16, 7:30pm
Late Changes
Jason Clark has dropped of the bench. Dave Tyrrell has come on the bench.
LOSS 13-16
The South Sydney Rabbitohs have suffered another heartbreaking defeat, this time at the hands of competition front-runners the St George Illawarra Dragons, 16 points to 13, at ANZ Stadium. 22,238 Members and supporters watched Dragons’ centre Mark Gasnier score in the 71st minute of play to snatch the win from the grasp of the Rabbitohs who fought so hard to put themselves in a position to knock off the competition leaders. The loss was not helped by some tough calls from the referees throughout the contest, a number of which put the Rabbitohs on the back foot when they should have been in a much healthier position. The Rabbitohs hit the lead early when captain Roy Asotasi scored his maiden try of the season. In the fifth minute, Colin Best put his captain into a gap with a short ball, with the number ten touching down under the posts. Chris Sandow converted to give the Rabbitohs a six-nil lead. The video referee then awarded Dragons’ winger Brett Morris a try in the 27th minute to reduce the deficit to two points, a score line that would be carried into the half time break. The defensive efforts of both sides in the opening 40 minutes were very strong, with Sam Burgess forcing a turnover from Jamie Soward in the 18th minute and the Rabbitohs’ scrambling defence preventing a number of Dragons’ scoring opportunities. Nathan Merritt pulled off a try saver on his opposite number Morris in the 33rd minute, and the red and greens successfully defended three consecutive sets of six on their own line two minutes later to hold the Dragons at bay. The Rabbitohs skipped further ahead in the second half when five-eighth John Sutton crossed in the 47th minute of play. He straightened up the play after the Rabbitohs were looking for a chink in the Dragons armour, and he beat three defenders to score. Sandow converted to give the Rabbitohs an eight-point buffer. Dragons winger Jason Nightingale was then awarded a try by the video referee in the 51st minute and Soward’s conversion took the score to 12-10 in favour of South Sydney. A penalty goal to Soward in the 60th minute leveled the scores, but the Rabbitohs skipped ahead again when Sandow potted a 25 metre field goal to give the Rabbitohs a one-point lead 15 minutes short of full time. The Rabbitohs looked to be on top and some brutal defence from that man Burgess again kept the energy high in the Rabbitohs team. But the stake through the heart came in the 71st minute of play when the Rabbitohs’ defence lapsed for half a second and the Dragons were able to make a bust up the right hand side of the field on the fifth tackle, Mark Gasnier finishing off a 60 metre play to steal the lead and the win. Rabbitohs Head Coach John Lang spoke out in the post-match media conference saying he thought the Rabbitohs were not getting the ‘rub of the green’ with some refereeing decisions. “I’m very disappointed in the result tonight,” Lang said. “But I want to say that I thought we got some really rough calls. By treating people and referees with respect, it isn’t proving to be very successful. “The call on Sam Burgess being ruled to be lying on the tackled player too long after completing a dominant tackle is one example. It made our job more difficult.” Lang’s frustration was evident when talking about the game. “I’ve never bagged the referees in over 300 games,” he said. “If you wait for the wheel to turn, it doesn’t turn. “I was rapt in our effort. It was a wholehearted display. But then we let them off the hook. “I’m not blaming the referees for our loss. I just feel that I’ve got to the stage that I have to say something. “I think the referees feel the pressure when comments are made, and as a Club we play with discipline and respect the referees, but what should be an advantage for us is proving to be a disadvantage.”
5 min 6-0
27 min 6-4
47 min 12-4
51 min 12-10
60 min 12-12
64 min 13-12
71 min 13-16
Asotasi, Sutton tries
Sandow 2 from 2 goals
Sandow fieldgoal
Crowd 22,238
Referee S.Hayne/A.Shortall
Penalities 3-5
Scrums 6-6
Min Tac Pe MT LB HU DR m Er OL K TA
Wesser 80 5 - 1 - 20 3 193 2 3 - -
Merritt 80 4 - 1 - 9 3 57 - 1 1 -
Best 80 19 - 2 - 4 - 33 1 - - 1
Champion 80 13 - 3 - 18 4 135 - 1 1 -
Talanoa 80 4 1 3 1 11 1 108 5 - - -
Sutton 80 17 - 1 1 10 - 62 - 1 10 -
Sandow 80 14 - 3 - 14 1 109 1 1 7 1
Stuart 49 32 - - - 10 - 106 - - - -
Falloon 70 36 - 2 - 3 3 19 - - - -
Asotasi 49 22 - - 1 12 - 109 - - - -
Burgess 73 31 3 3 - 17 - 129 1 4 - -
Taylor 45 24 - 5 - 13 - 109 1 1 1 -
Lowe 66 26 - 1 1 12 - 109 - - - -
Crossman 27 17 1 - - 6 - 66 - - - -
Pettybourne 42 21 - - - 6 - 54 - - - -
Crocker 45 27 - - - 6 2 41 1 2 - 1
Tyrrell 14 5 - 3 - 2 - 18 - - - -
TOTAL 317 5 28 4 1457 12 14 20 3
Completion Rate 26/36 72%
Effective 1st Tackles
2 min 3m P / SS Err
5 min 0m SI Err / SCR / TRY
6 min 26m Sandow kick
8 min 46m SCR / Sutton kick
10 min 18m Sandow kick
12 min 90m SS Err / SCR
14 min 25m Sutton kick
17 min 10m P / SS Err
18 min 0m SI Err / Sutton kick
20 min 22m Taylor kick 5m / SS P
22 min 26m Sandow kick DIG
24 min 3m SI Err / Champion kick
25 min 51m SS Err / SCR / (SI TRY)
29 min 20m Sutton kick COF
31 min 78m SS Err / SCR 78m / SS 6TG 81m / (SI NO TRY)
33 min 68m DO
35 min 0m SI Err / SCR / Sutton kick CIG
37 min 36m Sutton kick COFIG 20m / SS P
40 min 10m Sutton kick
half time
40 min 64m Sandow kick DIG 28m / SS P
43 min 70m DO
47 min 0m SCR / P / TRY
49 min 76m Sutton kick DIG 28m / SS P / (SI TRY)
54 min 1m SI Err / Sandow kick
56 min 70m SS Err / SCR
57 min 100m ChOv 58m / SS P / (SI GOAL)
61 min 36m Sandow kick
64 min 0m SI Err / FIELDGOAL
65 min 15m Sandow kick
68 min 9m 6TG / SS Err / SCR
70 min 2m Sutton kick / (SI TRY)
75 min 1m Merritt kick
76 min 3m SI Err / SCR / Sutton kick COF
78 min 74m SS Err / SCR
80 min 40m SS Err
Average effective 1st tackle location
- 31.2m - for the whole match
- 28.0m - 1st half
- 35.1m - 2nd half
If you now remove the tries
- 29.6m - 1st half
- 40.1m - 2nd half
Other FG Matches
24-10 Robi Brisbane b Gold Coast
13-6 MtSm Warriors b Melbourne
34-28 Penr Parramatta b Penrith
48-18 Ende Manly b Cronulla
52-18 Bruc Canberra b Newcastle
36-32 SFS Sydney b Canterbury
26-16 Leic Wests-Tig b Nth Qld
W D L B Diff PT
ST GEO-ILL 13 - 4 2 +189 30
PENRITH 11 - 6 2 +105 26
WESTS-TIG 11 - 6 2 +18 26
SYDNEY 10 - 7 2 +5 24
WARRIORS 10 - 7 2 -11 24
MANLY 9 - 8 2 +56 22
BRISBANE 9 - 8 2 +41 22
GOLD COAST 9 - 8 2 -26 22
Souths 8 - 9 2 +67 20
Parramatta 8 - 9 2 -28 20
Canberra 7 - 10 2 -57 18
Newcastle 7 - 10 2 -84 18
Canterbury 6 - 11 2 -13 16
Cronulla 5 - 12 2 -181 14
Nth Qld 4 - 13 2 -155 12
Melbourne 9 - 8 2 +74 0 **
Judiciary News
No has been charged.
NYC Round 19
v St George_Illawarra
Fri Jul 16, 5:15pm
WIN 16-12
Vaivai was a late withdrawal, with Judd starting center. In the Toyota Cup match, the South Sydney Rabbitohs maintained their position at the top of the competition ladder with a gutsy 16 points to 12 victory over the St George Illawarra Dragons at ANZ Stadium. A double to centre Blake Judd secured the win for the home side, but it was their defence that truly won them the game. The Rabbitohs sustained plenty of pressure throughout the match, limiting the Dragons to just the two tries.
9 min 0-6
18 min 6-6
26 min 10-6
58 min 10-12
67 min 16-12
Judd 2, So’oalo tries
Reynolds 2 from 3 goals
Other NYC Matches
36-30 Robi Gold Coast b Brisbane
24-12 MtSm Warriors b Melbourne
30-18 Penr Parramatta b Penrith
22-14 Ende Manly b Cronulla
29-22 Bruc Canberra b Newcastle
38-28 SFS Canterbury b Sydney
28-20 Leic Nth Qld b Wests-Tig
W D L B Diff PT
SOUTHS 12 - 5 2 + 95 28
NTH QLD 10 2 5 2 +130 26
WARRIORS 10 1 6 2 +124 25
SYDNEY 10 1 6 2 +70 25
MANLY 10 - 7 2 +98 24
CANBERRA 10 - 7 2 +10 24
CANTERBURY 9 1 7 2 +40 23
GOLD COAST 9 1 7 2 -87 23
Wests-Tig 9 - 8 2 +64 22
Newcastle 8 - 9 2 -28 20
Brisbane 7 - 10 2 +49 18
St Geo-Ill 7 - 10 2 -27 18
Penrith 7 - 10 2 -103 18
Cronulla 6 1 10 2 -110 17
Melbourne 4 2 11 2 -145 14
Parramatta 3 1 13 2 -180 11
NRL Club Championship
W D L B Diff PT
WARRIORS 20 1 13 4 +113 49
Sydney 20 1 13 4 +75 49
Souths 20 - 14 4 +162 48
St Geo-Ill 20 - 14 4 +162 48
Wests-Tig 20 - 14 4 +69 48
Manly 19 - 15 4 +154 46
Gold Coast 18 1 15 4 -113 45
Penrith 18 - 14 4 +2 44
Canberra 17 - 17 4 -47 42
Brisbane 16 - 18 4 +90 40
Nth Qld 14 2 18 4 -25 38
Canterbury 15 1 18 4 +27 39
Newcastle 15 - 19 4 -112 38
Parramatta 11 1 22 4 -208 31
Cronulla 11 1 22 4 -291 31
Melbourne 13 2 19 4 -71 14 **
NSW Cup Rd19
v Shellharbour
Ron Costello OvalSun Jul 18, 3:00pm
WIN 32-10
Late changes Mark Talanoa out and Stevens came in on the wing. Tyrrell was out and Dean Webster came into the starting line up at lock. Tawha dropped off the bench. The North Sydney Bears have remained in touch with the top eight with a solid and ultimately dominant win against a hard working Shellharbour City Dragons 32-10. At a sun drenched Ron Costello Oval it was the Dragons who were in position to score for the majority of the first half. However it was the Bears who (via some clever footy) scored two tries to one. It was 23 minutes of the Dragons on the attack and Norths turning over possession before the Bears scored from 30 metres in their half. Eddie Paea effectively ducked and weaved and ultimately found an easy gap in the Dragon’s line and had plenty of time to pass to Shaune Corrigan to score. Eddie Paea converted and it was 6-0 to Norths. Shellharbour City’s try came in the 35th minute in the left corner of the in-goal. Bears winger Curtis Johnston scored the first of two tries right on the 40 minute mark. Curtis did well to score off a cross field kick. Curtis was unlucky not to have scored earlier in the half after setting a blistering pace down the left of field only to be brought to heel by Shellharbour. Halftime - North Sydney 10 - Shellharbour City 4. The second half was a different kettle of fish. Norths dominated in attack. Successful with first and second phase play, the Bears forwards shined and a Bears try came within the first four minutes. In a terrific individual try, Jamie Simpson jumped and caught the ball from the Dragons kick, ran, dived and stretched out his arm to place the ball on the try line. Eddie Paea was successful with the conversion and the Bears were 16-4 in the lead. Two tries in quick succession to Matt Hunt and Brock Molan who strolled in under the posts, brought the lead up to 28-4. The final try to the Bears was the second for Curtis Johnston. Following up on a grubber kick through to score and make it 32-4 after 63 minutes. But the Dragons had the last word, an easy try and conversion bringing the final score to 32-10. It was a great performance across the board for the North Sydney Bears. Some of the highlights were – the halves combination of Eddie Paea and Jarryd Hogan, Curtis Johnston and Jamie Simpson’s tries, a great ankle tap tackle by Jaiman Lowe and an aggressive performance from the forward pack.
23 min 6-0
35 min 6-4
40 min 10-4
44 min 16-4
51 min 22-4
53 min 28-4
63 min 32-4
66 min 32-10
Johnson 2, Simpson, Corrigan, Hunt, Molan tries
Paea 4 from 6 goals
Other NSW Cup Matches
38-16 MtS2 C Coast b Auckland
28-16 Hens Newtown b Wntwrthvll
24-22 Leic Balm-Ryde b Wests
30-24 Ende Melbourne b Cronulla
46-12 Wind Canterbury b Windsor
W D L Diff PT
BALMAIN-RYDE 15 - 3 +162 30
CANTERBURY 14 - 4 +183 28
NEWTOWN 13 1 4 +106 27
WINDSOR 11 2 5 +88 24
WESTS 10 1 7 +93 21
MELBOURNE 10 - 8 +70 20
WENTWORTHVILLE 7 1 10 -13 15
CRONULLA 6 1 11 +64 13
Auckland 6 - 12 -166 12
Central Coast 5 - 13 -169 10
Norths 5 - 13 -225 10
Shellharbour 3 - 15 -211 6