Stadium Australia
Sun Jul 29, 4:00pm
This Weeks Cyberview from the Hill Late Changes
Corrigan and Starling dropped off the bench. Crocker was captain. Geddes was 18th man.
WIN 32-6
The South Sydney Rabbitohs have all but secured a finals appearance in 2012 with a conmmanding 32 points to 6 victory over the Wests Tigers at ANZ Stadium today (Sunday). The Rabbitohs scored five tries to one, but equallu as pleasing was their ability to hold out the flashy Tigers' attack, with the men from Wests only scoring one try which came from a kick. Amazingly, on Junior Appreciation Day, all of the Rabbitohs' points came from players who have played in, and devleoped their skills in, the South Juniors competition. The Rabbitohs were under pressure early from the Tigers but were able to sustain their defensive wall, denying the Tigers any points early on in the match. The Rabbitohs finally turned the tide and got themselves into an attacking position, enabling hooker and La Perouse junior Nathan Peats to cross the first of two first half tries from close range. Kensington United and Alexandria Rovers junior Adam Reynolds added the extras to give the Rabbitohs a six-nil lead after 17 minutes of play. Reynolds potted a penalty goal five minutes later from 40 metres out in front, extending the lead to eight. A long break from Chriss McQueen and two penalties from within ten metres of the Tigers' line lead to the next points, with Peats again diving over from dummy half despite the best efforts of Tigers fullback Beau Ryan. Reynolds' conversion extended the lead to 14 after 24 minutes. The Rabbitohs' defence held strong again when hulking Wests front rower Aaron Woods was held up over the line in the 32nd minute, and on the next set of six the Rabbitohs laid on their third try to the man destined to become the Rabbitohs' greatest ever try scorer. A huge bust was made up the middle by Kensington United and Coogee Wombats junior John Sutton. Sutton was in space and had support in the form of Alexandria Rovers junior Nathan Merritt. Merritt charged the 40 metres to score the try which started 70 metres out from the goal line by Sutton. Reynolds converted to take the scoreline to 20-nil in favour of the men in cardinal and myrtle. The 'Coal Train' was particularly destructive in the first half, toying with the Tigers' left side defence, and the backs were making the most of the work being done by the big men up front. The Rabbitohs were involved in an arm wrestle to start the second half, taking 16 minutes to register their next points. It was Dylan Farrell, who won an under 17s premiership with La Perouse, who scored following another play set up by a Souths Junior combination. Mascot Jets junior Eddy Pettybourne went the blind side right and got the ball away to Reynolds. Reynolds turned the Tigers inside out with a weaving run, before offloading to Farrell who touched down adjacent to the posts. Reynolds converted giving the Rabbitohs an unassailable 26-nil lead. South Sydney went straight back on the attack, scoring a try four minutes later through Coogee Randwick Wombats junior Jason Clark in the 60th minute of play. A solid run from second rower McQueen set up the field position and good, hard charge at the line from Clark gave him the four-pointer. Reynolds converted to take the scoreline to 32-nil with 20 minutes left on the clock. The Rabbitohs did not allow any points to be scored against them until the 67th minute when Benji Marshall followed through a Robbie Farah grubber kick, the video referee ruling a try. Marshall converted his own try to take the scoreline to 32-6. South Sydney fought hard right until the siren, sealing another solid win which has taken them to 30 competition points and outright second on the NRL Telstra Premiership ladder with only five rounds remaining in the competition.
18 min 6-0
21 min 8-0
25 min 14-0
33 min 20-0
58 min 26-0
60 min 32-0
67 min 32-6
Peats 2, Merritt, Farrell, Clark tries
Reynolds 6 from 6 goals
Crowd 29,863
Referee T.Archer / B.Suttor
Penalities 6-6
Scrums 2-5 (1 against the feed)
Min Tac Pe MT LB HU DR m Er OL K TA
Merritt.N 80 2 - - - 14 2 160 - - - -
Hunt 80 7 - - - 13 4 91 1 - - -
King 80 28 1 5 - 10 2 117 - - - -
Farrell 80 13 - - - 8 2 64 - 1 - -
Everingham 80 4 - 1 - 10 5 87 2 - - -
Sutton 80 20 - - 2 17 - 199 - 1 6 1
Reynolds 80 13 - 4 2 6 - 70 2 1 10 1
Pettybourne 43 19 1 1 - 8 - 65 - 1 - -
Peats 80 43 - 4 2 6 5 34 1 - 1 -
Burgess.S 70 31 1 3 - 15 - 126 1 1 - -
McQueen 64 25 - - 1 9 1 104 1 - - -
Taylor 63 24 - 5 1 16 - 203 2 3 - -
Crocker 49 31 1 2 - 14 1 113 1 - - -
Clark 34 18 1 1 2 7 - 77 - 1 - -
Tyrrell 17 9 - - - 6 - 38 - - - -
Burgess.L 42 23 - - - 10 - 102 - - - -
Lowe 18 13 1 1 - 5 - 31 - - - -
TOTAL 323 6 27 10 1681 11 9 17 2
Completion Rate 28/35 80%
Effective 1st Tackles
1 min 20m Sutton kick COF
2 min 31m Sutton kick COFIG
4 min 62m Reynolds kick 35m / SS P (Sutton)
7 min 27m Reynolds kick DIG
9 min 30m Peats kick DIG
11 min 37m Reynolds kick COF
12 min 66m DO
14 min 4m Reynolds kick
17 min 0m P / TRY
18 min 6m Sutton kick
20 min 0m P GOAL
24 min 0m P / P / TRY
26 min 19m Sutton kick
28 min 95m Reynolds kick COF 29m / SS Err (Everingham)
30 min 76m DO
33 min 0m WT Err / TRY
35 min 15m ChOv
38 min 34m SS err (McQueen)
39 min 30m Reynolds kick DIG 30m
half time
41 min 36m Reynolds kick
44 min 94m SCR / SS Err (Peats) SCR 59m / SS P (SBurgess) 92m / SS P (Lowe)
47 min 11m WT Err SCR / SS Err (Peats)
49 min 86m WT Err / Taylor kick OOF 26m / SS P (King)
52 min 31m Reynolds kick OOF
53 min 13m Reynolds kick
55 min 0m TRY
59 min 0m P / TRY
62 min 21m Reynolds kick
64 min 91m SS Err (Hunt) SCR 79m / SS Err (Reynolds) 94m / SS P (Tyrrell) 99m / SS Err (Everingham) SCR / (WT TRY)
70 min 8m Reynolds kick
71 min 26m Reynolds kick DIG
73 min 46m WT Err SCR / SS Err (Taylor) SCR
75 min 55m Sutton kick COF 13m / SS P (Crocker)
77 min 28m P / Sutton kick 11m / SS Err (Taylor) SCR
79 min 18m WT Err SCR ATF (Merritt)
Average effective 1st tackle location
- 31.9m - for the whole match
- 29.1m - 1st half
- 35.3m - 2nd half
If you now remove the tries
- 34.5m - 1st half
- 40.3m - 2nd half
Other FG Matches
26-18 Woll St Geo-Ill b Melbourne
36-16 SFS Gold Coast b Sydney
32-18 StAu Canterbury b Nth Qld
24-22 Prth Manly b Warriors
21-20 Ende Penrith b Cronulla
36-6 Bruc Newcastle b Canberra
42-22 Lang Parramatta b Brisbane
W D L B Diff PT
CANTERBURY 13 - 5 2 +170 32
SOUTHS 13 - 6 2 +103 30
MELBOURNE 12 - 7 2 +147 28
NTH QLD 10 - 9 2 +82 26
BRISBANE 11 - 8 2 +62 26
MANLY 11 - 8 2 +35 26
CRONULLA 10 1 8 2 -12 25
GOLD COAST 9 - 10 2 -2 22
Newcastle 9 - 10 2 -4 22
Wests-Tigers 9 - 10 2 -35 22
St Geo-Ill 9 - 10 2 -50 22
Warriors 8 - 11 2 +23 20
Canberra 8 - 11 2 -69 20
Sydney 6 1 12 2 -154 17
Penrith 6 - 13 2 -125 16
Parramatta 5 - 14 2 -171 14
Judiciary News
No one has been placed on report
NYC U20 Round 21
v Wests-Tigers
Sun Jul 29, 12:45pm
WIN 36-30
No changes to starting line up. Woulf dropped off the bench. The Rabbitohs Toyota cup side have recorded a superb come from behind 36-30 victory over the Wests Tigers. Luke Keary was excellent in leading South Sydney to a stirring second half performance bagging a personal double. There were danger signs early as big Tigers prop Sauaso Sue scored a double before 7 minutes had elapsed.. His first was a great individual effort and he crashed against the upright before planting the ball. Less than 2 minutes later he had his second as he was the beneficiary of a Tigers break in mid-field. Manaia Rudolph converted both tries for an early 12-0 lead. The Rabbitohs looked to be almost out of the contest when Joel Luani crashed over in the 14th minute. Luani was held by three Rabbitohs defenders but barged his way over, Rudolph missing the conversion as the Tigers extended their lead to 16 points. Wests Tigers winger Matt Evans was on the end of a sweeping right side move which resulted in another four-pointer and South Sydney were in deep trouble at 20-0. Needing some inspiration it was captain Luke Keary who stepped up. He darted through the Tigers defence from 45 metres out, beating several players before scoring under the posts. Dylan Walker converted to reduce the margin to 20-6. It was soon a double blow for the Rabbitohs when Jordan Tongahai finished off a left side move to power over from close to the line. Dylan Walker couldn't convert this time and with 14 minutes remaining in the first half the score was 20-10. It was a great period for the Rabbitohs as they clawed their way back into the game but ill discipline cost them just before half-time. Off the back of a penalty, Tigers winger Kurtis Rowe scored in the left corner to again extend the lead. Rudolph's kick was short and the Tigers led 24-10 at the break. It was an exciting opening to the second half with chances both ways. Luke Keary put Aaron Gray through a gap on halfway, he beat the fullback with pace but was chased down by winger Kurtis Rowe. With Tyrone Phillips looming on his outside he attempted the pass but it flew forward and a golden chance was missed. Dylan Walker was the first to cross in the second half as he easily strolled through the Tigers defence in the 53rd minute. He converted his own try and the Rabbitohs trailed 24-16. It was game on soon after when Jordan Tongahai completed his double. He looked to have been pulled down short but somehow managed to reach out and score an important try. Dylan Walker converted again and there was just two points between the sides at 22-24. Dylan Walker was in the action soon again when he burst through from 30 metres out, ran under the posts and scored his second try. He was hit late by Kurtis Rowe and he lay motionless on the ground for some time. Tempers temporarily frayed as Rowe was put on report before the referees awarded an eight point try. Walker was stretchered off the field in a neck brace but early reports are he has been cleared of any serious damage. The Rabbitohs were then awarded a penalty in front of the posts which Koroisau duly kicked for a 32-24 lead with less than ten minutes remaining, however the action was far from over. Brodie Munro was the next to score for the Tigers giving them a sniff with just eight minutes remaining but Keary soon put them out of their misery becoming the third Rabbitoh to bag a double.
4 min 0-6
7 min 0-12
15 min 0-16
22 min 0-20
26 min 6-20
33 min 10-20
38 min 10-24
53 min 16-24
57 min 22-24
63 min 30-24 8pt try
67 min 32-24
73 min 32-30
78 min 36-30
Keary 2, Tongahai 2, Walker 2 tries
Walker 3 from 4, Koroisau 3 from 4 goals
Other NYC Matches
24-12 Woll St Geo-Ill b Melbourne
30-16 SFS Sydney b Gold Coast
30-28 StAu Nth Qld b Canterbury
42-22 Prth Warriors b Manly
30-24 Ende Cronulla b Penrith
36-28 Bruc Canberra b Newcastle
42-26 Lang Brisbane b Parramatta
W D L B Diff PT
WARRIORS 14 1 4 2 +188 33
PENRITH 13 1 5 2 +131 31
CANBERRA 13 - 6 2 +171 30
CANTERBURY 12 1 6 2 +190 29
WESTS-TIGERS 12 - 7 2 +170 28
SYDNEY 11 2 6 2 +114 28
ST GEO-ILL 10 1 8 2 +65 25
SOUTHS 10 1 8 2 +36 25
Cronulla 9 2 8 2 -55 24
Melbourne 8 2 9 2 -77 22
Newcastle 8 1 10 2 +92 21
Brisbane 7 - 12 2 -108 18
Nth Qld 5 2 12 2 -171 16
Parramatta 5 - 14 2 -158 14
Gold Coast 4 - 16 2 -228 12
Manly 3 2 14 2 -315 12
Club Championship
W D L B Diff PT
CANTERBURY 26 1 11 4 +355 61
Souths 23 1 14 4 +141 55
Warriors 22 1 15 4 +205 53
Wests-Tigers 21 - 17 4 +125 50
Canberra 21 - 17 4 +92 50
Melbourne 18 2 16 4 +62 50
Cronulla 19 3 16 4 -55 49
St Geo-Ill 19 1 18 4 +9 47
Penrith 19 1 18 4 +25 45
Sydney 17 3 18 4 -40 45
Brisbane 18 - 20 4 -34 44
Newcastle 17 1 20 4 +66 43
Nth Qld 16 2 20 4 -89 42
Manly 14 2 21 4 -270 36
Gold Coast 13 - 25 4 -228 34
Parramatta 10 - 28 4 -337 28
NSW Cup Round 21
v Western Suburbs, North Sydney Oval
Sun Jul 29, 3:00pm
WIN 58-6
Late Changes Starling started at lock with Molan dropping back to the bench. With Alley-Tovio dropping off the bench. North Sydney move into first place in the VB NSW Cup after a 58-6 win over the Western Suburbs Magpies. The win makes it three in a row for the Bears, whilst consigning the Magpies to their 19th straight defeat and face the prospect of a winless season. North Sydney got the scoring started early win Bennett Leslie crossing over in their second set of six. 40 metres out from the tryline, the Bears shifted the ball left and the smallest lapse in defence was all Leslie needed as he split through the gap and showed tremendous speed to race to the tryline. Hawkins missed the conversion and the score stayed at 4-0. Wests were enjoying a good spell of possession and field position and it looked as if they were going to back up from their good performance last week, however, the Bears’ defence held strong and Norths were the next to team to score points. A clever midfield chip to winger Chris Centrone from Ryan Carr, had the Magpies on the back-foot as Centrone was tackled metres short of the tryline. The ball went to Fetuli Talanoa from dummy half, who easily broke through the retreating defence to extend the lead. Hawkins slotted the sideline conversion to give the Bears a lead of 10-0 just over midway through the first half. Less than five minutes later and North Sydney crossed again. Ryan Carr received an offload and ran the ball before offloading to Blake Judd who held onto the ball before stepping past fullback Zoram Watene on his way to the tryline. Jack Hawkins converted from right in front to make the scoreline 16-0. Wests again found themselves in good field position on the back of a penalty but failed to capitalise. From there, Norths made their way down field and it was Kieran Vale who scored, after being called into the side to replace Justin Hunt, who was promoted back to the Rabbitohs’ NRL side. The ball went to Ryan Carr on the last tackle and Carr looked to kick to his winger Johnston but instead, grubbered down the centre of the field to Vale, who had no opposition in front of him as the Wests’ fullback rushed towards Johnston’s wing. Hawkins kicked another conversion from straight in from to extend the lead to 22-0 with less than 10 minutes left in the first half. With the halftime hooter sounding, Jack Hawkins put in a delicate chip to winger Chris Centrone who outleapt his opposing winger to score a great try. Hawkins nailed the conversion from the sideline to send his team in with a lead of 28-0. The second half started in similar fashion to how the first started, with Bennett Leslie charging through a hole in the defence and outsprinting the fullback to the corner. Leslie scored his second of the afternoon with just over five minutes gone in the second half. Hawkins missed the conversion and the score stayed at 32-0. After a strong charge from Josh Starling, fellow forward Matt Hyland crossed for a try. Starling had got the defence on the back foot and a quick play the ball allowed Matt Hyland to easily break through the defensive wall to further extend the lead. The Magpies hit back with a try of their own soon after, to give the Western Suburbs supporters something to cheer about. Michael Lekkas bounced off a tackle before an offload which created a gap in the defensive line which big prop Seffa Silafau charged through. Zoram Watene backed up Silafau’s effort and collected his pass to race 40 metres to score under the posts. Latu Fifita converted to make the score 38-6 with just under 20 minutes left in the game. North Sydney responded with a second try to Fetuli Talanoa soon after. With the Bears inside the Magpies 20 metre zone, Hawkins threw a long ball to a flat-footed Talanoa who stepped his way past some tired defence to grab his second of the afternoon. Norths piled on the points in the final 15 minutes with Josh Starling crossing over for a double and Chris Centrone completing his double. The highlight was Starling’s second with the big forward looking more like a fullback than a front rower as he charged through a hole in the defence at speed before fooling the fullback with a swerve to the right and than to the left before palming of the covering defenders to score a magnificent solo effort to finish off the game at 58-6.
5 min 4-0
22 min 10-0
26 min 16-0
32 min 22-0
39 min 22-0
40 min 28-0
47 min 32-0
55 min 38-0
62 min 38-6
66 min 44-6
71 min 48-6
75 min 52-6
77 min 58-6
Starling 2, Centrone 2, Talanoa 2, Leslie 2, Vale, Judd, Hyland tries
Hawkins 7 from 11 goals
Other NSW Cup Matches
36-18 NSO Newtown b Balm-Ryde
16-10 Ring Mt Prtchrd b Windsor
22-10 Ring Wntwrthvll b Canterbury
30-20 Woll Manly b Cronulla
22-0 Woll Illawarra b Newcastle
W D L B Diff PT
NORTHS 13 - 6 2 +194 30
CANTERBURY 12 1 6 2 +276 29
WINDSOR 12 - 7 2 +171 28
ILLAWARRA 10 1 8 2 +144 25
WENTWORTHVILLE 10 - 9 2 +144 24
NEWCASTLE 11 - 9 1 +109 24
NEWTOWN 11 - 9 1 +123 24
BALMAIN-RYDE 11 - 9 1 +33 24
Mt Pritchard 10 - 9 2 +7 24
Auckland 9 - 10 2 +16 22
Cronulla 10 - 10 1 -135 20
Manly 7 - 13 1 -208 17
Wests - - 19 2 -850 4