Townsville Stadium
Fri Apr 15, 7:50pm
CyberView from the Hill - Last Week
CyberView from the Hill - This Week
Late Changes
Team was 1 to 17. Cook and Patrice Siolo were 18th and 19th men.
LOSS 18-44
The North Queensland Cowboys have come away with the points in Round 7 of the NRL in Townsville, downing the Rabbitohs by 44-18. After going to the break trailing 18-6, the Cowboys went on with the job to score a total of eight tries to wrap up the competition points. Sustained pressure in the opening five minutes coupled with a Rabbitohs error, saw the Cowboys draw first blood in the match through Gavin Cooper, who hit the ball at speed close to the line before bettering the position for the conversion. Thurston converted to make it 6-0. But it wouldn’t take long for Souths to hit back – the men in Red and Green showing great patience and enthusiasm to grind forward, eventually resulting in an explosive try to Chris Grevsmuhl. Adam Reynolds converted to equalise the match at six apiece. The match looked to be hotting up, with both sides going in for some heavy contact, but it would be the Cowboys through Thurston who would be next to score just five minutes later. The Test half kicked into the in-goal before chasing and planting it down himself before converting his own try to make it 12-6. An arm-wrestle ensued before a break from Luke Keary saw Reynolds put in a well-weighted, low kick to Aaron Gray’s wing. It became a foot-race for the in-goal with the Cowboys ultimately grounding the ball in desperation. The Rabbitohs however were unable to capitalise on the ensuing repeat set. It would be a penalty against Souths that would lead to North Queensland’s next try – Justin O’Neill benefitting from some brilliant lead-up work from Thurston. Thurston converted to notch up his 1000th point at the Cowboys’ home ground, making the score 18-6 with 11 minutes left in the half. With the game being played at a hurricane pace, it was the Rabbitohs who piled the pressure on in the final three minutes of the first half. But after three repeat-sets, an error of the scrum in prime attacking position would wrap up the half with the teams going to the sheds with the home side leading 18-6. On the resumption, Hymel Hunt was placed on report for an alleged high-shot, and the penalty would lead to a try to Kyle Feldt in the corner. Thurston added the extras from the touch-line to make it 24-6. Souths would throw everything they had at the Cowboys defence after pinning them down in the mid-stages of the second half with Bryson Goodwin coming within millimetres of scoring. But the home-side were about to turn that desperation defence into attack – and the game on its head. A long-range break saw the side go 100 metres to eventually get Ethan Lowe over the line to make it 28-6. The Cowboys would back it up with a try to Antonio Winterstein on the other side of the field mere moments later – Thurston converting to make it 34-6. The floodgates had seemingly opened, with the Cowboys by now buoyed by their momentum. That buoyancy would lead to O’Neill grabbing his second of the night to take the score to 38-6 with 15 minutes in the match remaining. Cowboys prop, Matt Scott, then found himself on report after hitting Inglis high on a kick-return – the Rabbitohs skipper being taken from the field for a mandatory assessment under the game’s concussion rules. The incident would spur on the Rabbitohs, with the men in Red and Green charging up-field before a final-tackle fumble from Thurston in the in-goal allowed Sam Burgess to grab his first try since 2014. Reynolds converted to make it 38-12. But a handling error would again undo the Rabbitohs – the error on their own side of half-way resulting in a try to Michael Morgan. Thurston made no mistake adding the extras to make it 44-12 with seven minutes remaining. A consolation try to Reynolds – who took an intercept 45 metres out would serve to narrow the gap, and with the halfback’s conversion, bring the final score to 44-18.
4 min 0-6
8 min 6-6
14 min 6-12
26 min 6-18
46 min 6-24
56 min 6-28
59 min 6-34
63 min 6-38
68 min 12-38
71 min 12-44
75 min 18-44
Grevsmuhl, S.Burgess, Reynolds tries
Reynolds 3 from 3 goals
Crowd 15,487
Referee M.Cecchin/A.Shortall
Penalities 8-4
Scrums 4-6
Min Tac Pe MT LB R DR m Er OL K TA T G/A FG
Flbk - Inglis, Greg 68 6 - 2 - 9 - 94 - - - - - - - (c)
LWng - Goodwin,Bryson 80 3 - 3 - 13 1 94 1 - 1 - - - -
LCnt - Auva'a, Kirisome 80 8 - 1 - 8 - 71 2 - 1 - - - -
RCnt - Hunt, Hymel 80 16 1 1 - 12 2 78 - - - - - - -
RWng - Gray, Aaron 80 5 - 1 - 7 - 79 - - - - - - -
5/8 - Keary, Luke 80 18 1 3 1 3 - 47 1 - 2 1 - - -
Half - Reynolds, Adam 80 24 - - - 5 1 75 - - 9 1 1 3/3 -
Prop - Burgess, Tom 40 21 - 5 - 7 - 50 1 - - - - - -
Hook - McInnes, Cameron 80 51 1 1 - 12 7 73 1 - - - - - -
Prop - Tyrrell, Dave 32 21 - - - 6 - 59 - - - - - - -
SRow - Grevsmuhl, Chris 80 26 1 1 1 6 - 42 1 1 1 - 1 - -
SRow - Turner, Kyle 65 24 - - - 8 - 59 - - - - - - -
Lock - Burgess, Sam 73 39 - 1 - 12 - 112 2 1 - - 1 - -
Int - Carter, Paul 31 28 - 2 - 8 5 61 - - - - - - -
Int - Clark, Jason 33 23 - - - 5 - 33 - - - - - - -
Int - Brown, Nathan 21 13 - - - 3 - 35 - 1 - - - - -
Int - Burgess, George 37 25 - - - 14 - 107 2 1 - - - - -
TOTAL 351 4 21 2 1169 11 4 14 2 3 3/3 -
Completion Rate 28 / 38 74%
Opposition Offloads 4
Effective 1st Tackles
1 min 24m Reynolds kick COF
2 min 91m SS Err(Auva'a) SCR
3 min 95m SS Err(Goodwin) / (NQ TRY)
8 min 0m P / TRY
11 min 10m Reynolds kick COF
12 min 46m Reynolds kick DIG / (NQ TRY)
17 min 20m Reynolds kick COF
19 min 35m Reynolds kick COF
20 min 0m Reynolds kick CIG
21 min 31m SS Err(McInnes) SCR
23 min 86m SS Err(GBurgess)
25 min 50m NQ Err SCR / Reynolds kick COF 16m / SS P(Auva'a) / (NQ TRY)
31 min 19m P / SS Err(Grevsmuhl) SCR
33 min 20m NQ Err / Grevsmuhl kick
35 min 54m Keary kick COF 19m / SS P(Turner)
38 min 15m P / P 15m
39 min 10m NQ 6TG SCR SS Err(Auva'a)
half time
41 min 42m Auva'a kick 15m / SS P(Keary)
43 min 69m NQ Err / P / SS Err(Keary) SCR 6m / SS P(Hunt) / (NQ TRY)
49 min 1m NQ Err SCR / Reynolds kick
51 min 57m SS Err(SBurgess) SCR
53 min 9m NQ Err P / ChOv
56 min 74m NQ Err / NO TRY P / Reynolds kick / (NQ TRY)
59 min 100m (NQ TRY)
63 min 100m (NQ TRY)
68 min 0m P / Reynolds kick TRY
69 min 79m SS Err(TBurgess) SCR 79m / (NQ TRY)
74 min 22m Keary kick
75 min 0m NQ Err TRY
76 min 99m SS Err(GBurgess)
78 min 25m Goodwin kick
79 min 22m NQ 6TG SCR / SS Err(Tyrrell)
Average effective 1st tackle location
- 40.8m - for the whole match
- 35.6m - 1st half
- 46.6m - 2nd half
Other FG Matches
22-10 Brok Parramatta b Manly
19-14 Robi St Geo-Ill b Gold Coast
24-22 Well Warriors b Canterbury
53-0 Lang Brisbane b Newcastle
40-16 Bruc Cronulla b Canberra
19-18 Leic Melbourne b Wests-Tigers (GP)
20-16 SFS Penrith b Syd Roosters
W D L B Diff PT
BRISBANE 6 - 1 - +115 12
NTH QLD 5 - 2 - +108 10
PARRAMATTA 5 - 2 - +53 10
CRONULLA 5 - 2 - +57 10
MELBOURNE 5 - 2 - +18 10
CANTERBURY 4 - 3 - +30 8
CANBERRA 3 1 3 - -35 7
SOUTHS 3 - 4 - +13 6
Gold Coast 3 - 4 - -4 6
Penrith 3 - 4 - -10 6
Warriors 3 - 4 - -16 6
Manly 3 - 4 - -24 6
St Geo-Ill 3 - 4 - -81 6
Wests-Tigers 2 - 5 - -9 4
Newcastle 1 1 5 - -137 3
Syd Roosters 1 - 6 - -72 2
Judiciary News
Rabbitohs centre, Hymel Hunt, has been charged with a grade one careless high tackle charge by the NRLs Match Review Committee, resulting from a tackle in the 45th minute of play of last Friday’s clash against the Cowboys. This carries a base penalty of 75 points. Hymel Hunt has no carry over points. Hymel Hunt, has taken the early guilty plea and will accrue 56 carry over points and will be free to play this weekend.
U20 National Youth Holden Cup - Round 7
v North Queensland, 5:35pm
WIN 34-18
Late Changes - Team is 1-17. Lillis and Ellison drop off the bench.
The South Sydney Rabbitohs NYC (Under 20s) side have downed the North Queensland Cowboys by 34-18 in Townsville tonight in a controlled performance in humid conditions. Five tries to the men in Red and Green, plus seven tries to Siosifa Talakai was enough to hand victory to the visitors, getting the road-trip north of the border off to a flying start for the Club. The Cowboys were in with just a few minutes in the match gone, with centre, Bacho Salam racing some 40 metres off the back off a break in centre-field to make it 4-0 in favour of the home side early. Souths would be unperturbed though – the side marching up-field and grinding out some patient attacking raids that would eventually result in Tom Perrin slicing through the Cowboys defence to open Souths’ account. Centre, Siosifa Talakai converted to take the lead 6-4. The Rabbitohs would take advantage of the ascendency by getting back within striking distance to mount yet another raid on the North Queensland line. It would be Maia Sands who would benefit – the dummy-half scooting from dummy-half before overpowering the better efforts of the Cowboys defence to plant the ball down. Talakai added the extras to make it 12-4. Two penalties within kicking distance for the Rabbitohs centre would then result in a further four points for the men in Red and Green, taking the score out to 16-4 in a matter of minutes. The Rabbitohs were showing great composure despite the muggy conditions, resulting in them piling yet more pressure on the home side – pressure that would result in Jamel Hunt bursting through the defence close to the line to score a brilliant try next t the posts. Talakai made no mistake with the boot to make it 22-4. North Queensland would hit back with three minutes in the first half remaining with an unconverted try to Marcus Jensen – the try taking the teams to the break with Souths leading 22-8. On the resumption, the Rabbitohs overcame a blunder from the kick-off to hit back and score through a barnstorming David Wright – the winger bumping off Cowboys defenders to score a strong try in the corner. Talakai missed his first goal of the night, leaving the score at 26-8. The Cowboys would go in again though, with a second try to Jensen plus a conversion to Cody Grills closing the gap to 26-14 with 26 minutes in the match remaining. A penalty-goal to Talakai though would extend the buffer for Souths – the Rabbitohs leading 28-14 with 16 minutes in the match remaining. Joe Besgrove would then build upon the lead with a try that would then be converted by Talakai to take the score to 34-14 with five minutes remaining. A final try to the Cowboys through Cooper Bambling brought the final score to 34-18 to round out the match.
4 min 0-4
10 min 6-4
16 min 12-4
21 min 14-4
23 min 16-4
28 min 22-4
36 min 22-8
44 min 26-8
54 min 26-14
64 min 28-14
70 min 34-14
78 min 34-18
Perrin, Sands, J.Hunt, Wright, Besgrove tries
Talakai 7 from 8 goals
Min Tac Pe MT LB R DR m Er OL K TA T G/A FG
Flbk - Perrin, Tom 80 6 - 1 2 9 - 104 2 - 1 - 1 - -
LWng - Yates, Riley 80 1 - 1 - 8 2 72 - 1 - - - - -
LCnt - Cottrell, Tevita 80 4 1 2 - 15 - 133 1 - - - - - -
RCnt - Talakai, Siosifa 80 11 - - - 12 - 134 - 1 - 1 - 7/8 -
RWng - Wright, David 80 - - - 1 7 2 79 - - - - 1 - -
5/8 - Leddy, Harry 80 19 - 4 - 5 - 23 - - 6 - - - -
Half - Coleman, Liam 80 14 - - - 10 1 70 - 3 7 2 - - - (c)
Prop - Rudolf, Toby 44 22 - 1 - 14 - 155 1 - - - - - -
Hook - Sands, Maia 58 27 - 2 1 2 1 13 - - - - 1 - -
Prop - Davis, Tim 45 19 1 1 - 10 - 87 2 - - - - - -
SRow - Hiroti, Haimona 52 18 - 2 - 11 - 107 - - - - - - -
SRow - McCudden, Jacob 80 31 - 2 - 6 - 52 1 - - - - - -
Lock - Gray, Brock 80 22 - 2 1 13 - 149 - - - - - - -
Int - Besgrove, Joe 22 16 - - 1 4 2 22 - - - - 1 - -
Int - Hamlin, Gabe 44 23 - 3 - 10 - 129 1 - - - - - -
Int - Saunders, Josh 19 10 1 3 - 3 - 40 - - - - - - -
Int - Hunt, Jamel 35 18 2 1 1 12 - 154 - - - - 1 - -
TOTAL 261 5 25 7 1523 8 5 14 3 5 7/8 -
Other U20 Matches
36-6 Brok Parramatta b Manly
39-32 Robi Gold Coast b St Geo-Ill
30-26 Belm Canterbury b Warriors
19-18 Lang Newcastle b Brisbane
32-6 Bruc Cronulla b Canberra
44-12 Leic Wests-Tigers b Melbourne
50-4 SFS Penrith b Syd Roosters
W D L B Diff PT
PENRITH 6 - 1 - +196 12
CRONULLA 5 - 1 - +44 10 **
PARRAMATTA 5 - 2 - +44 10
SYD ROOSTERS 5 - 2 - +41 10
WESTS-TIGERS 4 1 2 - +20 9
NEWCASTLE 4 1 2 - +7 9
SOUTHS 4 - 3 - +14 8
NTH QLD 4 - 3 - +7 8
Gold Coast 4 - 3 - -23 8
Canberra 3 - 4 - -56 6
Melbourne 2 - 5 - +6 4
Brisbane 2 - 5 - -30 4
St Geo-Ill 2 - 5 - -37 4
Warriors 2 - 5 - -54 4
Canterbury 2 - 5 - -92 4
Manly - - 6 - -97 - **
** Match Postponed
Club Championship
W D L B Diff PT
CRONULLA 10 - 3 - +101 20 **
Parramatta 10 - 4 - +97 20
Penrith 9 - 5 - +186 18
Nth Qld 9 - 5 - +115 18
Brisbane 8 - 6 - +85 16
Souths 7 - 7 - +27 14
Melbourne 7 - 7 - +24 14
Gold Coast 7 - 7 - -25 14
Wests-Tigers 6 1 7 - +11 13
Canberra 6 1 7 - -81 13
Syd Roosters 6 - 8 - -35 12
Canterbury 6 - 8 - -62 12
Warriors 5 - 9 - -80 10
St Geo-Ill 5 - 9 - -120 10
Newcastle 5 2 7 - -122 10
Manly 3 - 10 - -121 6 **
Reserve Grade - Intrust Super NSW Premiership Round 7
SPLIT ROUND
Other NSW Premiership Matches
26-6 MtSm Warriors b Newcastle
28-14 Woll Illawarra b Newtown
36-32 Bruc Mt Pritchard b Manly
28-6 Kanw Wyong b Penrith
W D L B Diff PT
MT PRITCHARD 6 - 1 - +68 12
ILLAWARRA 5 - 2 - +49 10
NEWTOWN 4 1 2 - +28 9
WENTWORTHVILLE 4 - 2 - +50 8*
WARRIORS 4 - 3 - +36 8
WYONG 4 - 3 - +2 8
PENRITH 3 - 4 - +34 6
NORTHS 3 - 3 - -10 6*
Wests-Tigers 3 - 3 - -13 6*
Manly 2 - 5 - -82 4
Newcastle 1 - 6 - -86 2
Canterbury - 1 5 - -56 1*
NSWRL U18 SG Ball Cup Major Preliminary Semi Final
(4v1) v Newcastle, St Marys Stadium, Sat Apr 16 2:30pm
LOSS 22-23(Extra Time)
The Matt King-coached Rabbitohs came within a whisker of securing their spot in the Prelim’s a week early on Saturday, only to be pipped in golden-point extra-time by the Minor Premiership-winning Newcastle Knights by 23-22 at St Mary’s. The Rabbitohs lost their only game of the regular season against the Knights in Round 5 at Cessnock by 42-22, but the finals series clash would ultimately prove much closer. King’s men found themselves 16-6 up at half-time only to endure a Knights fightback that would result in the game being locked-up 22 apiece at the end of regulation time. After four minutes of golden-point, a Knights field-goal would end the match and propel the Minor Premiers into the Preliminary Finals. “I’m proud of the effort the boys put in, but unfortunately we couldn’t come away with the win,” said King.
17 min 4-0
20 min 4-6
27 min 10-6
31 min 16-6
40 min 16-12
43 min 16-16
50 min 18-16
55 min 18-22
60 min 22-22
75 min 22-23 (Extra Time)
C.Graham 2, K.Hookey, J.Cook tries
M.Hiroti 3 from 4 goals
Other U18 Matches
26-22 Camp (2v3) Illawarra b Penrith
32-22 Camp (5v8) Parramatta b Syd Roosters
38-10 SMry (7v6) Cronulla b Canterbury
NSWRL U16 Matthews Cup Preliminary Semi-Finals
Other U16 Matches 34-6 Camp (1v4) Parramatta b Manly 20-18 SMry (3v2) Newcastle b Cronulla 20-16 SMry (5v8) Canterbury b Wests 30-6 Camp (7v6) Penrith b Canberra