2013 Charity Shield

South Sydney v St George-Illawarra

Stadium Australia

Fri Feb 22, 7:30pm

Selected Charity Shield Teams

CyberView from the Hill - Last Week

CyberView from the Hill - This Week

Late Changes

Merritt has been dropped for being late to training. Goodwin started on the wing. Turner and Bucket added to the bench.

WIN 28-10

The South Sydney Rabbitohs have collected the 30th Charity Shield with a solid 28 points to 10 victory over the St George Illawarra Dragons tonight (Friday). The Rabbitohs ran in five tries to two in a largely dominant performance which the saw the Shield return to Redfern for the first time since 2010. Rabbitohs fullback Greg Inglis set the tone when he charged at Michael Henderson in the opening minutes, showing that the men in red and green meant business. It would only take ten minutes for the Rabbitohs to post their first points through 2013 recruit Bryson Goodwin. Inglis slid to the left, throwing a long ball to Goodwin to touch down in the left corner. The video referee agreed with the referee's initial ruling of try and the Rabbitosh had scored. Adam Reynolds' conversion attempt from the western touchline was good, giving the Rabbitohs a six-nil lead. The Rabbitohs forwards were getting the upper hand with new recruit Ben Te'o getting through a lot of work early on. The forward power would lead to points, with returning Rabbitohs Beau Champion crossing for a try in the 23rd minute of play. Inglis was involved again, this time with a short cross-field kick to the right hand corner. Winger Andrew Everingham leapt high in the air over the touch line, tapping the ball back inside, which was cleaned up by Champion who touched down in the right hand corner. The forwards continue to win the battle up front, with Sam and George Burgess making some quality in-roads into the Dragons' defence. The video referee agreed with the on-field referee in denying Inglis his own try in the 35th minute. Inglis put on a textbook run around play with Dylan Farrell towards the left corner. Inglis fended off opposition winger Jason Nightingale and reached out for the line in traffic, only to be ruled that he lost control of the ball. The Rabbitohs received a penalty however from the lead up play, but loose hands would see the ball hit the deck and another scoring play go begging. South Sydney was not finished for the half, with replacement forward Nathan Peats scoring two minutes out from half time. Captain Michael Crocker put Jason Clark into some space, who in turn gave five-eighth John Sutton some room to move. Sutton found Peats who scored adjacent to the uprights. Reynolds converted to give the Rabbitohs a 16-nil lead at the half time break. The Rabbitohs were playing some patient football and picking the right times to attack and to put on some entertaining four-pointers. The Rabbitohs went on the attack from the kick off, with the video referee denying Goodwin a second try for the night in the 46th minute. It was Inglis moving to the left again which had the defence in at least two minds, before passing the ball to Farrell. Farrell would find Goodwin, who went for the corner in traffic, only to put the ball down on the touch-in-goal line. Inglis set Goodwin up again two minutes later only to see his long ball hit the deck, and the Rabbitohs' defence was staying strong. That was until the 56th minute of play when the Dragons crossed for their first try through centre Daniel Vidot. Some hot potato footy saw them in space down the left wing, and Vidot fought his way out of a few tackles to score to the left of the uprights. Jamie Soward converted to take the scoreline to 16-6 in favour of South Sydney. Four minutes later the Dragons would score again, this time through lock Trent Merrin. Merrin strolled through some lacklustre defence close to the line to score, taking the scoreboard to 16-10. The Rabbitohs had hit a bit of a slump but they soon turned things around. The medicab made an appearance for Dragons' replacement hooker Cameron King who was sandwiched in a tackle between Kyle Turner and George Burgess. It took a few minutes for him to come to and to make his way off the field. Andrew Everingham saved a certain try in the 71st minute when he took an intercept with two Dragons' attackers outside him. Three minutes later, rookie Dylan Walker would score his side's fourth try. The Rabbitohs made metres from a repeat set and swung the ball to the right. Again, it was Inglis that would pop up out the back, lobbing a basketball-style pass over the top to Walker who hit the hole and scored. Goodwin converted to extend the Rabbitohs' lead to 12 with five minutes left on the clock. The Rabbitohs were not done yet, with young outside back Mitchell Buckett scoring a try in the 77th minute. A loose offload from Dragons' backrower Jack De Belin was scooped up by Buckett who raced 25 metres with no one in front of him to score. Goodwin converted to take the score out to 28-10 in favour of South Sydney. South Sydney Head Coach Michael Maguire was pleased with his side's performance, but says there are still areas of the team's game which they need to improve on

 9 min  6-0
22 min 10-0
37 min 16-0
55 min 16-6
59 min 16-10
73 min 22-10
77 min 28-10

Goodwin, Champion, Peats, Walker, Buckett tries
Reynolds 2 from 3, Goodwin 2 from 2 goals

Crowd   19,630
Referee J.Maxwell / A.Devcich

Penalities  8-6
Scrums      8-6

           Min Tac Pe MT LB HU DR   m Er OL  K TA
Inglis      80   6  -  1  - 14  - 139  -  -  2  1
Goodwin     70   1  1  -  1 11  3  81  2  1  1  -
Farrell     60   6  -  -  -  9  2  53  1  3  -  -
Champion    65  20  -  -  -  6  2  27  -  2  -  -
Everingham  80   2  -  1  -  9  4  72  2  -  -  1
Sutton      80  21  1  1  1 10  -  47  2  2  9  1
Reynolds    65  19  1  2  -  2  -   7  1  1  8  -
SBurgess    40  22  1  1  - 10  -  49  1  1  -  -
Luke        60  29  -  -  - 10  6  86  -  1  1  -
Asotasi     40  15  -  1  - 10  -  53  -  -  -  -
McQueen     50  25  -  -  -  8  -  50  -  1  -  -
Te'o        50  20  -  1  - 12  -  62  -  2  -  -
Lowe        60  36  -  3  - 11  -  42  1  1  -  -

Peats       20  13  -  1  -  6  4  36  -  -  1  -
Crocker     30  24  -  -  -  8  -  47  -  -  -  -
Turner      20  13  -  1  -  1  -   8  -  -  -  -
GBurgess    30  19  1  -  - 11  -  82  2  -  -  -
Tyrrell     30  15  -  -  - 14  -  90  -  -  -  -
Keary       15   3  -  -  -  2  -   8  -  -  1  -
Walker      15   2  -  -  1  1  -  12  1  1  -  -
Clark       30   6  -  -  -  8  -  45  -  1  -  -
Hunt        20   1  -  -  1  2  2  45  1  -  -  -
Bucket      10   -  -  -  -  2  -  28  -  -  -  -

TOTAL          318  6 13  4      1169 14 18 23  3

Completion Rate 32/43 74%

Effective 1st Tackles

 1 min  3m Reynolds kick COF
 4 min 47m P / Sutton kick COFIG 20m / SS P (Goodwin)
 6 min 11m SI Err / SS Err (Farrell) SCR
 8 min  0m Sutton kick CIG
 9 min  0m TRY
12 min 26m Reynolds kick COF
13 min 26m Reynolds kick
14 min  2m SI Err / Reynolds kick COF
16 min 88m SI 40-20 SCR
18 min 36m Sutton kick COF
20 min 10m SI Err SCR / Reynolds kick
22 min  0m SI Err SCR / Inglis kick TRY
26 min 54m P / SS Err (Sutton) SCR
28 min 40m SI Err SCR / Sutton kick Goodwin kick 12m SS P (GBurgess)
29 min 52m SI Err / SS Err (EVeringham) SCR 22m / SS P (Sutton)
31 min 29m Sutton kick COF
35 min 12m SI Err SCR / SS NO TRY P / SS Err (GBurgess)
37 min  0m P / TRY
39 min 25m Peats kick COF
40 min 10m SI Err Goodwin kick

half time

40 min 31m Reynolds kick
43 min 24m Sutton kick
45 min 35m SI Err SCR / SS NO TRY
48 min 24m SCR / P / SS Err (Goodwin) SCR
50 min 23m Reynolds kick COF
52 min  8m Sutton kick
54 min 66m P / P / SS Err (SBurgess) 36m / SS P (Lowe) / (SI TRY)
58 min 95m 6TG (Reynolds) 95m / SS P (Reynolds) / (SI TRY)
62 min 28m Reynolds kick
64 min 78m Luke kick COF 22m / SS P (SBurgess) (*** SI injury ***)
66 min 12m Sutton kick
68 min 74m Keary kick 10m / 6TG (Sutton)
72 min  5m SI Err / P / Sutton kick
73 min  0m SI Err SCR / TRY
76 min 27m SS Err (Walker) SCR
77 min  0m SI Err TRY
80 min 15m SS Err (Hunt)

Average effective 1st tackle location
- 27.5m - for the whole match

- 23.6m - 1st half
- 32.1m - 2nd half

If you now remove the tries
- 27.7m - 1st half
- 36.3m - 2nd half

Other FG Matches

18-14 Leed Melbourne  b Leeds (WCC)

28-16 SFS  Sydney     b Wests-Tigers
10-10 Penr Penrith    d Parramatta
16-10 Dune Warriors   b Brisbane
22-18 Goul Canberra   b Canterbury
22-16 Tamw Cronulla   b Newcastle
28-10 Mack Gold Coast b Nth Qld

Judiciary News

No one was charged out of the match.

NYC Cup Trial

v St George-Illawarra, StAu Fri Feb 22 5:15pm

LOSS 32-39

Late Changes Kakhoul out Vlahos added to the bench. It was a tight opening with neither side able to capitalise on early opportunities. The Rabbitohs best chance came through hooker Cameron McInness who was held up after a scoot through dummy half in the 8th minute. The Dragons were the first to strike when spilt ball led to a clever flick pass and a try to Justin Leigh for a 4-0 lead. Siosaia Tanginoa hit back in the 27th minute when he beat his opposite from 35 metres out and won the race to the line. The kick by McInness was unsuccessful and the scores remained 4-4. Just four minutes later, Dragons centre Grant Anderson powered over from close range to score in an identical position to the first St George try and restored their lead 8-4. Shannon Crook again missed the conversion. St George-Illawarra sustained the pressure leading up to halftime but the Rabbitohs held firm despite plenty of field position. The score remained 8-4 at the break. The Dragons further extended their lead upon resumption when Jacob Neill dove over under the posts and Crook duly converted for a 14-4 lead. Christian Hazard reduced the deficit when he broke the line and raced 40 metres for a superb try. Fullback Will Paterson converted and the Dragons lead was cut to 14-10. The four point deficit was short lived when quickfire tries through Justin Leigh (his second) and Sam Coster had the Dragons ahead 26-10. The Rabbitohs pressed hard but couldn’t break some determined defence with Luke Pollard held up. Cameron McInness finally cracked the defence but try soon after to Vincent Stowers restored the Dragons lead 32-16. South Sydney struck again with two quick tries through fullback Will Paterson and Jordan Heyer and with five minutes to go Christian Hazard scored his second. Paterson landed all three pressure kicks to lock the scores up 32-all with just five minutes to play. As time ticked away the Dragons worked the ball out from their half and Shannon Crook landed a massive field goal from 35m out to give them the lead. They weren’t quite finished as Man Mountain Kem Seru scored from the restart and Crook landed the sideline conversion. Final Score, Dragons 39, Rabbitohs 32.

15 min  0-4
27 min  4-4
31 min  4-8
42 min  4-14
45 min 10-14
50 min 10-20
53 min 10-26
60 min 16-26
65 min 16-32
67 min 20-32
71 min 26-32
75 min 32-32
79 min 32-33
80 min 32-39

Hazard 2, Paterson, McInnes, Heyer, Tangiona tries
Paterson 4 from 6 goals

NSW Cup Trial

v Illawarra, TGMi Sat Feb 23 3:00pm

LOSS 10-12

Merritt replaced Buckett and started at fullback. Portlock started center, Evans reverted to the bench.

28 min  0-6
51 min  4-6
54 min  4-12
68 min 10-12

Noilea, Portlock tries
Evans 1 from 1, Tongahai 0 from 1 goals

NSWRL U18 SG Ball Rd3

v Central Coast, Woy Woy Oval, Sat Feb 23 4:00pm

POSTPONED due to weather


Other U18 Matches

32-14 Cabr Parramatta    b Illawarra
46-12 Prth Canterbury    b West Coast
24-18 Koga St George     b Manly
28-24 SMry Wests         b W Syd Academy
38-10 Ende Cronulla      b Norths
26-22 CsyF Penrith       b Melbourne
26-16 Aubr Sydney        b Canberra
24-12 Leic Balmain       b Newcastle

               W D  L Diff PT
PARRAMATTA     3 -  -  +92  6
PENRITH        3 -  -  +58  6
CRONULLA       3 -  -  +50  6
MANLY          2 -  1  +30  4
CANTERBURY     2 -  1  +24  4
BALMAIN        2 -  1  +12  4
ST GEORGE      2 -  1    0  4
WESTS          2 -  1  -20  4
Melbourne      1 -  2  +40  2
Souths         1 -  1  +20  2**
Newcastle      1 -  2  +18  2
Canberra       1 -  2   -6  2
W Syd Academy  1 -  2   -8  2
Illawarra      1 -  2  -20  2
Sydney         1 -  2  -40  2
Central Coast  - -  2  -60  -**
Norths         - -  3  -86  -
West Coast     - -  3 -104  -

NSWRL U16 Matthews Rd3

v Central Coast, 2:30pm

POSTPONED due to weather


Other U16 Matches

28-6  Cabr Parramatta    b Illawarra
26-18 SMry Canterbury    b SWSyd Academy
16-0  Koga St George     b Manly
26-12 SMry Wests         b W Syd Academy
22-4  Ende Cronulla      b Norths
46-6  CsyF Penrith       b Melbourne
22-18 Aubr Canberra      b Sydney
30-4  Leic Newcastle     b Balmain

               W D  L Diff PT
NEWCASTLE      3 -  -  +88  6
PARRAMATTA     3 -  -  +88  6
WESTS          3 -  -  +82  6
PENRITH        3 -  -  +78  6
CANTERBURY     3 -  -  +70  6
SOUTHS         2 -  -  +64  4**
CRONULLA       2 -  1  +48  4
CENTRAL COAST  1 -  1  +12  2**
W Syd Academy  1 -  2   -8  2
Sydney         1 -  2  -10  2
St George      1 -  2  -12  2
Illawarra      1 -  2  -26  2
Balmain        1 -  2  -30  2
Canberra       1 -  2  -40  2
Manly          - -  3  -52  -
Norths         - -  3  -84  -
SWSyd Academy  - -  3 -114  -
Melbourne      - -  3 -134  -

** Postponed until Wed Mar 13 6pm & 7:30pm

Weekend Mar 2/3

NSWRL U18 SG Ball Rd4

v Sydney, Erskensville Oval, Sat Mar 2 11:00am

WIN 30-14

35 min 18-14
60 min 24-14
70 min 30-14

P.Momirovski, L.Coleman, H.Preece, K.Saena, C.Whitelaw tries
P.Momirovski 5 goals

Other U18 Matches

32-10 TGMi W Syd Academy b Norths
16-14 Prth West Coast    b Cronulla
24-13 Koga Penrith       b St George
30-24 Seif Melbourne     b Canberra
22-0  Woll Illawarra     b Newcastle
Pstpd WyWy Central Coast v Parramatta
18-10 Leic Balmain       b Wests
30-12 Brok Canterbury    b Manly

               W D  L Diff PT
PENRITH        4 -  -  +69  8
PARRAMATTA     3 -  -  +92  6 **
CRONULLA       3 -  1  +48  6
CANTERBURY     3 -  1  +42  6
BALMAIN        2 -  1  +20  6
MELBOURNE      2 -  2  +46  4
SOUTHS         2 -  1  +36  4 **
W SYD ACADEMY  2 -  2  +14  4
Manly          2 -  2  +12  4
Illawarra      2 -  2   +2  4
St George      2 -  2  -11  4
Wests          2 -  2  -28  4
Newcastle      1 -  3   -4  2
Canberra       1 -  3  -12  2
Sydney         1 -  3  -56  2
West Coast     1 -  3 -102  2
Central Coast  - -  2  -60  - **/**
Norths         - -  4 -108  -

** C Coast v Parramatta has been rescheduled to Wed 3rd Apr

NSWRL U16 Matthews Rd4

v Sydney, 9:30am

WIN 42-6

30 min 18-0
47 min 30-0
60 min 42-6

G.Hamlin 2, J.Cullen, J.Ferguson, J.Hawkins, J.Neil, R.Smith tries
S.Talakai 7 goals

Other U16 Matches

18-8  TGMi Norths        b W Syd Academy
28-10 Leic Cronulla      b SWSyd Academy
32-10 Koga Penrith       b St George
34-12 Seif Canberra      b Melbourne
12-12 Woll Illawarra     d Newcastle
Pstpd WyWy Central Coast v Parramatta
28-24 Leic Wests         b Balmain
22-20 Brok Canterbury    b Manly

               W D  L Diff PT
PENRITH        4 -  - +100  8
WESTS          4 -  -  +86  8
CANTERBURY     4 -  -  +72  8
NEWCASTLE      3 1  -  +88  7
SOUTHS         3 -  - +100  6 **
PARRAMATTA     3 -  -  +88  6 **
CRONULLA       3 -  1  +66  6
CANBERRA       2 -  2  -18  4
Illawarra      1 1  2  -26  3
Central Coast  1 -  1  +12  2 **/**
W Syd Academy  1 -  3  -18  2
Balmain        1 -  3  -34  2
St George      1 -  3  -34  2
Sydney         1 -  3  -46  2
Norths         1 -  3  -74  2
Manly          - -  4  -54  -
SWSyd Academy  - -  4 -132  -
Melbourne      - -  4 -156  -