Sydney Football Stadium
Fri Mar 11, 7:30pm
The CyberView from the Hill - Last Week
The CyberView from the Hill - This Week
Late ChangesNo team changes. Tyrrell dropped of the bench.
LOSS 29-40
Despite a brave comeback in the second half of their round one fixture, the South Sydney Rabbitohs fell 40 points to 29 to the Sydney Roosters at the Sydney Football Stadium tonight (Friday). A crowd of 28,703 watched the Rabbitohs trail 28-6 after 48 minutes of the game, before piling on four tries and a field goal to snatch an unlikely lead with only seven minutes to go. Unfortunately the men in cardinal and myrtle could not hold on for the win. Rabbitohs started the game strongly, earning a repeat set with a great kick chase from Dave Taylor and Greg Inglis, before holding up Roosters hooker Mark Riddell over the line. From the ensuing play, Braith Anasta posted the first points for the Roosters, despite the video referee checking the try for a possible knock on. The Rabbitohs scored in the 16th minute when five-eighth John Sutton scored. The Rabbitohs received a repeat set after an error from Shaun Kenny-Dowall. A long ball from Chris Sandow to the right found Sutton who carried three defenders over the line to register the four-pointer. Sandow converted to level the scores at six-all. The Rabbitohs had a strong first 20 minutes with Sutton looking sharp and captain Roy Asotasi strong in defence. But from that point on the Roosters dominated the first half. Tries to Anthony Minichiello, Joseph Leilua and Frank-Paul Nuuausala stretched the Roosters’ lead out to 22-6 at the break. The Rabbitohs were struggling with injury at this point with Scott Geddes injuring his Achilles tendon and Sam Burgess coming off with a shoulder injury. Neither were to return for the rest of the match. South Sydney continued to struggle early in the second half with the Roosters posting first points through winger Sam Perrett. The Rabbitohs then mounted an amazing comeback, scoring four tries in 20 minutes to level the scores at 28-all. The first went to Nathan Merritt who benefitted from some crisp passing by Sandow and fullback Rhys Wesser. With tensions getting high, the teams got involved in some push-and-shove before new recruit Greg Inglis crossed for his first try in the red and green. A pin point cross field bomb from Sandow found Inglis who outleapt two Roosters to score. Eddy Pettybourne was the next to score in the 66th minute when straight, hard running paid off for the second rower. In the 70th minute, a cheeky Chris Sandow scored a 98 metre try after scooping a loose kick from Anasta, out pacing Anthony Minichiello to the corner. The Rabbitohs were full of confidence and with Anasta putting the kick off out on the full, the Rabbitohs were in position to post more points. They just that when Sandow slotted a field goal to give the Rabbitohs one-point advantage with seven minutes to go. The Rabbitohs were down on troops with Ben Lowe leaving the field with a suspected broken foot, and with only one man remaining in their bench rotation, the Rabbitohs were out on their feet. The Roosters managed to get some field position in the final five minutes, with young Rooster Tom Symonds crossing twice to give the home side a 40 points to 29 victory. Rabbitohs Head Coach John Lang said it was a brave performance but it was not up to the standard at which he team needs to play each week. “The comeback was great but there was plenty of bad stuff in there too,” Lang said. “We played well for 20 minutes then went a bit soft. We didn’t drive it home. “It’s the first game of the season, but it seems we’re doing the same things we did last year.” Coach spoke about the injuries to his troops. “Sam Burgess has hurt his shoulder and he will have that checked,” Lang said. “Ben Lowe seems to have broken his foot again, and looks like Scott Geddes has done his Achilles.” Coach Lang said he was happy with new recruit Greg Inglis’ performance. “Greg is like everybody else in that he could have shown more urgency at times but it was a good first outing for him. “Chris Sandow was in everything. He was sharp, he competed well and he kicked well tonight so I thought he had a pretty good game.” Captain Roy Asotasi said it was the Coach that helped spring the team to life in the second half. “John Lang gave us a bit of a spray at half time which we needed,” Asotasi said. “We fell away at the end of the game, but we now have to turn our focus to Canterbury next Sunday.”
Further to this Souths are being investigated for having 14 players on the field, which occurred at the 27 min mark for 4 tackles while they were scrambled to replace injured backrower Sam Burgess. McPherson who came on clearly gives the NRL match official his interchange card, before entering the playing arena.
On Monday morning the National Rugby League issued a $15,000 breach notice to South Sydney for playing fourteen men for four tackles during Friday night’s match against the Roosters. The NRL rules require that all clubs remain entirely responsible for the number of players they have on the field at any time. A review of Friday night’s match shows that the Rabbitohs had already affected two interchanges (the maximum allowed at one time) and believed they were a player short when they approached the interchange official as he returned to the bench. The investigation found South Sydney insisted to the official that an injured player had already left the field and entered the playing tunnel. With play having resumed, the interchange official allowed the replacement, Shannon McPherson, onto the field. Within four tackles (duration one minute) it was realised that Souths had fourteen men and Roy Asotasi left the field. “It is a clear responsibility of the clubs to ensure that they have the correct number of players on the field at any time,” NRL Director of Football Operations, Mr Nathan McGuirk, said today. “Because it is such a fundamental part of the game the NRL has put clubs on notice that breaches of the replacement rules will incur a significant penalty. “The incident should serve as a reminder to all clubs of the importance of ensuring the interchange rules are adhered to no matter how urgent a situation may appear on the field. “Penalties can range from fines to the loss of competition points.” South Sydney will have five days to respond to the breach notice before the fine is imposed.
7 min 0-6
16 min 6-6
25 min 6-12
30 min 6-18
37 min 6-20
40 min 6-22
46 min 6-28
51 min 12-28
61 min 18-28
67 min 24-28
71 min 28-28
72 min 29-28
74 min 29-34
80 min 29-40
Sutton, Merritt, Inglis, Pettybourne, Sandow tries
Sandow 4 from 4, Luke 0 from 1 goals
Sandow fieldgoal
Crowd 28,703
Referee T.Archer / A.Shortall
Penalities 9-6
Scrums 6-5
Min Tac Pe MT LB R DR m Er OL K TA T G/A FG
Flbk - Wesser, Rhys 80 7 - 2 - 10 1 80 1 - - 1 - - -
Wing - Merritt, Nathan 80 2 - 1 1 10 1 58 3 - - - 1 - -
Cntr - Farrell, Dylan 80 9 - 3 - 5 2 36 - 1 - - - - -
Cntr - Inglis, Greg 80 12 - 2 - 7 1 55 - 2 - - 1 - -
Wing - Talanoa, Fetuli 80 4 1 - - 11 8 88 2 - - - - - -
5/8 - Sutton, John 80 20 - 4 1 5 - 35 - 2 3 - 1 - -
Half - Sandow, Chris 80 5 - 4 - 3 - 116 1 - 7 1 1 4/4 1
Prop - Stuart, Luke 51 25 - - - 13 - 103 - - - - - - -
Hook - Luke, Issac 80 28 1 8 - 14 14 81 1 1 - 1 - -/1 -
Prop - Asotasi, Roy 73 23 1 3 - 14 - 121 1 - - - - - -
SRow - Burgess, Sam 26 13 - 1 - 3 - 23 - - - - - - -
SRow - Taylor, Dave 57 22 - 4 - 7 1 66 3 1 - - - - -
Lock - Lowe, Ben 54 15 1 5 - 6 - 37 1 - - - - - -
Int - Geddes, Scott 7 4 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Int - Ross, Ben 41 16 - 3 - 9 - 80 - - - - - - -
Int - Pettybourne, Eddy 48 18 1 2 1 9 - 48 3 - - - 1 - -
Int - McPherson, Shannan 43 20 1 3 - 6 - 47 - - - - - - -
TOTAL 243 6 45 3 1074 16 7 10 3 5 4/5 1
Completion Rate - 21/36 58%
Opposition Offloads - 7
Effective 1st Tackles
1 min 0m Sutton kick CIG
2 min 12m SS Err (Taylor)
4 min 79m Sutton kick COF 21m / SS P / (ES NO TRY) / (ES TRY)
8 min 95m SS Err (Merritt)
11 min 30m P / Sandow kick / SS P
14 min 6m ES Err / SCR / Sandow kick
16 min 0m ES Err / SCR / TRY
17 min 45m SS Err (Luke)
19 min 14m ES Err / P / SS Err (Taylor) / SCR
22 min 75m ES Err / SS P (Asotasi)
25 min 86m ES Err / SCR / SS Err (Talanoa) / (ES TRY)
26 min 75m SS P (McPherson)
28 min 86m SS Err (Merritt) / SCR / (ES TRY)
33 min 21m Sandow kick COF
35 min 87m ES Err / SS Err (Pettybourne) 64m / SS P (Talanoa) / (ES TRY)
39 min 100m P / SS Err (Merritt) 25m / SS P (Pettybourne) / (ES GOAL)
half time
41 min 30m Sandow kick DIG
42 min 70m DO
44 min 75m ES Err / SCR / SS Err (Pettybourne) / (ES TRY)
51 min 0m ES Err / P / P / TRY
53 min 30m Sandow kick COF
54 min 32m SS Err (Talanoa) / SCR
58 min 15m P / P / SS Err / SCR
61 min 0m ES Err / Sandow kick TRY
64 min 0m P / Sandow kick CIG
65 min 10m Sandow kick
67 min 0m ES Err / TRY
68 min 85m SS Err (Pettybourne) / SCR
71 min 0m TRY
72 min 0m P / FIELDGOAL
73 min 75m SS Err (Farrell) / (ES TRY)
77 min 28m SCR / Sutton kick
80 min 100m SCR / SS Err (Taylor) / (ES TRY)
Average effective 1st tackle location
- 41.2m - for the whole match
- 50.7m - 1st half
- 32.4m - 2nd half
If you now remove the tries
- 54.1m - 1st half
- 42.3m - 2nd half
Other FG Matches
16-14 Lang Nth Qld b Brisbane
24-18 Eden Parramatta b Warriors
18-6 MRSt Melbourne b Manly
25-16 Robi St Geo-Ill b Gold Coast
40-12 Bruc Canberra b Cronulla
42-8 Penr Newcastle b Penrith
24-14 StAu Canberbury b Wests-Tig
W D L B Diff PT
NEWCASTLE 1 - - - +34 2
CANBERRA 1 - - - +28 2
MELBOURNE 1 - - - +12 2
SYD RSTRS 1 - - - +11 2
CANTERBURY 1 - - - +10 2
ST GEO-ILL 1 - - - +9 2
PARRAMATTA 1 - - - +6 2
NTH QLD 1 - - - +2 2
Brisbane - - 1 - -2 0
Warriors - - 1 - -6 0
Gold Coast - - 1 - -9 0
Wests-Tig - - 1 - -10 0
Souths - - 1 - -11 0
Manly - - 1 - -12 0
Cronulla - - 1 - -28 0
Penrith - - 1 - -34 0
Judiciary News
No one was charged out of the match.
U20 National Youth Toyota Cup - Round 1
v Sydney Roosters, 5:15pm
WIN 32-28
Place dropped off the bench. In the Toyota Cup, the Rabbitohs claimed their first scalp of the season, coming from behind to knock over the Sydney Roosters 32 points to 28 at the Sydney Football Stadium. Freakish Rabbitohs fullback James Roberts scored a hat trick of tries, two in the first half and the decisive four-pointer with eight minutes remaining in the match. George Burgess did plenty of damage with ball-in-hand in attack and shoulder-in-ribs in defence, with captain Adrian Ha’angana combining strongly with Roberts on numerous occasions to complete the win. Roberts’ three tries were the highlights of the game. His first effort he single-handedly outran six or seven Roosters defenders to score on the right. His second try was set up by a perfectly weighted chip kick from inside his own half, with a flying Roberts collecting the ball on the halfway line and racing 50 metres to score. For his third try, Roberts chipped and chased then grubbered through again to score. Coach Scott Murray will be happy with his side’s comeback and will now prepare for next Sunday’s clash with the Bulldogs at ANZ Stadium.
4 min 0-6
10 min 0-12
15 min 6-12
33 min 6-18
37 min 12-18
40 min 16-18
43 min 16-22
47 min 20-22
56 min 20-28
69 min 26-28
73 min 32-28
Roberts 3, Ha'angana, Jarrett, French tries
Jaeger 4 from 6 goals
Final Line up
T G/A FG
Flbk - Roberts, James 3 - -
Wing - Sisifa, David - - -
Cntr - Jaeger, Reece - 4/6 -
Cntr - Vale, Kieran - - -
Wing - Mecham, Liam - - -
5/8 - French, Kurt 1 - -
Half - Dowie, Shawn - - -
Prop - Burgess, George - - -
Hook - Koroisau, Apisai - - -
Prop - Hull, Alex - - -
SRow - Ha'angana, Adrian 1 - - (c)
SRow - Jarrett, Brett 1 - -
Lock - England, Scott - - -
Int - Haddick, Luke - - -
Int - Toleafoa, Joe - - -
Int - Matthews, Blake - - -
Int - Valentino, Jonathan - - -
6 4/6 -
Other NYC Matches
46-24 Lang Brisbane b Nth Qld
20-16 Eden Warriors b Parramatta
40-12 MRSt Melbourne b Manly
38-4 Robi St Geo-Ill b Gold Coast
34-30 Bruc Cronulla b Canberra
62-16 Penr Newcastle b Penrith
16-6 StAu Canberbury b Wests-Tig
W D L B Diff PT
NEWCASTLE 1 - - - +46 2
ST GEO-ILL 1 - - - +34 2
MELBOURNE 1 - - - +28 2
BRISBANE 1 - - - +22 2
CANTERBURY 1 - - - +10 2
CRONULLA 1 - - - +4 2
SOUTHS 1 - - - +4 2
WARRIORS 1 - - - +4 2
Canberra - - 1 - -4 0
Parramatta - - 1 - -4 0
Syd Rstrs - - 1 - -4 0
Wests-Tig - - 1 - -10 0
Nth Qld - - 1 - -22 0
Manly - - 1 - -28 0
Gold Coast - - 1 - -34 0
Penrith - - 1 - -46 0
NRL Club Championship
W D L B Diff PT
NEWCASTLE 2 - - - +80 4
St Geo-Ill 2 - - - +43 4
Melbourne 2 - - - +40 4
Canterbury 2 - - - +20 4
Canberra 1 - 1 - +24 2
Brisbane 1 - 1 - +20 2
Syd Rstrs 1 - 1 - +7 2
Parramatta 1 - 1 - +2 2
Warriors 1 - 1 - -2 2
Souths 1 - 1 - -7 2
Nth Qld 1 - 1 - -20 2
Cronulla 1 - 1 - -24 2
Wests-Tig - - 2 - -20 0
Manly - - 2 - -40 0
Gold Coast - - 2 - -43 0
Penrith - - 2 - -80 0
Reserve Grade - NSW Cup Round 1
BYE
The Bears had been originally scheduled to play Shellharbour Marlins but after St George-Illawarra would not fund theor feeder Reserve Grade outfit, Shellharbour pulled out of the NSW Cup competition.
Other NSW Cup Matches
22-12 Leic Auckland b Wentworthville
18-12 Leic Wests b Manly
40-6 Leic C Coast b Windsor
30-16 Leic Canterbury b Balm-Ryde
26-18 Ende Newtown b Cronulla
W D L B Diff PT
CENTRAL COAST 1 - - - +34 2
CANTERBURY 1 - - - +14 2
AUCKLAND 1 - - - +10 2
NEWTOWN 1 - - - +8 2
WESTS 1 - - - +6 2
NORTHS - - - 1 0 2
MANLY - - 1 - -6 0
CRONULLA - - 1 - -8 0
Wentworthville - - 1 - -10 0
Balmain-Ryde - - 1 - -14 0
Windsor - - 1 - -34 0
NSWRL U18 SG Ball - Round 4
v Manly-Warringah, Brookvale Oval, Sat Mar 11 11:30am
LOSS 6-48
35 min 6-16
C.McInnes try
Z.Walsh goal
Other U18 Matches
28-22 Prth Wstrn-Reds b WSyd Academy
38-22 Seif St George b Canberra
28-16 MRSt Sydney b Melbourne
44-16 Wyng Penrith b C Coast
24-20 Crst Parramatta b Canterbury
46-6 Camp Wests b Norths
32-12 Ende Cronulla b Illawarra
42-6 TGMi Newcastle b Balmain
W D L Diff PT
WESTS 4 - - +141 8
NEWCASTLE 4 - - +74 8
SYD ROOSTERS 3 - 1 +76 6
PARRAMATTA 3 - 1 +40 6
CRONULLA 3 - 1 +36 6
BALMAIN 3 - 1 -8 6
ILLAWARRA 2 1 1 +4 5
CANTERBURY 2 - 2 +21 4
Canberra 2 - 2 +8 4
Penrith 2 - 2 -2 4
St George 2 - 2 -18 4
Western-Reds 2 - 3 -52 4
Norths 1 1 2 -48 3
Manly 1 - 3 +16 2
C Coast 1 - 3 -82 2
Melbourne - - 4 -46 -
W Syd Academy - - 4 -79 -
Souths - - 4 -94 -
NSWRL U16 Matthews - Round 4
v Manly-Warringah, 10:00am
WIN 28-22
30 min 6-14
D.Doyle 3, A.Sorge 2 tries
P.Momirovski 4 goals
Final Line Up
T G/A FG
Flbk - 1 - Johnston, Alex - - - (c)
Wing - 2 - Aldous, Lucas - - -
Cntr - 3 - Momiroski, Paul - 4 -
Cntr - 4 - Moreton, Charles - - -
Wing - 5 - Natoli, Ethan - - -
5/8 - 6 - Allende, Danny - - -
Half - 7 - O'Sullivan, Jake - - -
Prop - 8 - Whitelaw, Cheyne - - -
Hook - 9 - Sorge, Alex 2 - -
Prop - 10 - Dooner, Luke - - -
SRow - 11 - Fonua-Blake, Addin - - -
SRow - 12 - Saena, Karl - - -
Lock - 13 - Doyle, Dylan 3 - -
Int - 14 - Meehan, Willis - - -
Int - 15 - Kennedy, Keiran - - -
Int - 16 - Davis, Aiden - - -
Int - 17 - Gullu, Adam - - -
5 4 -
Other U16 Matches
22-18 Seif Canberra b St George
20-20 Camp SWSyd Acdmy d Sydney
48-6 Wyng Penrith b C Coast
28-21 Crst Canterbury b Parramatta
28-6 Camp Wests b Norths
42-12 Ende Illawarra b Cronulla
36-14 TGMi Newcastle b Balmain
W D L B Diff PT
SOUTHS 4 - - - +62 8
ILLAWARRA 4 - 1 - +136 6
PARRAMATTA 3 - 1 - +69 6
NEWCASTLE 3 - 1 - +64 6
CANTERBURY 3 - 1 - +15 6
WESTS 1 1 1 1 +14 5
SYD ROOSTERS 1 1 1 1 +4 5
CANBERRA 2 - 2 - +3 4
Manly 2 - 3 - -6 4
Balmain 2 - 2 - -24 4
W Syd Academy 1 - 2 1 -28 4
St George 1 1 3 - -24 3
SW Syd Academy - 1 2 1 -98 3
Penrith 1 - 3 - +24 2
C Coast 1 - 3 - -55 2
Norths 1 - 3 - -76 2
Cronulla 1 - 3 - -78 2