Stadium Australia
Fri Jul 26, 7:50pm
CyberView from the Hill - Last Week
CyberView from the Hill - This Week
Late Changes
Tracey and Sam Burgess were trimmed 24 hours before the match. Amone and Corey Allan were 18th and 19th men. Tom Burgess started at prop and Britt on the bench.
WIN 20-16
South Sydney winger Campbell Graham all but ended St George Illawarra's finals hopes with a try as the full-time siren sounded after Dragons captain Gareth Widdop and hooker Cameron McInnes combined with rookie winger Jason Saab to spark a remarkable second-half comeback. McInnes charged down an attempted field goal by Rabbitohs halfback Adam Reynolds and outran Cody Walker and Braidon Burns to dive on the loose ball 40 metres from the St George Illawarra tryline in a 74th-minute play that appeared to have saved the Dragons' season. Saab scored his second try of the night on the following tackle and Widdop levelled the scores at 14-14 with his conversion, before landing a 78th-minute penalty goal from 30 metres out and on the sideline in his first match back from shoulder surgery. However the Dragons could not hold Souths out and Graham crossed on the final play of the game to snatch a 20-16 win that has left the Red V needing to win all of their remaining six games to have any chance of making the playoffs. It was a cruel loss for St George Illawarra after a performance which highlighted how much Widdop's 18 week absence had hurt their season and his return coincided with a renewed energy and spirit within the team. "He got us back in the game with that nice kick behind the line [for Saab to score] and then nailed the conversion, then nailed another one and obviously got that clutch one at the back end of the game," Dragons coach Paul McGregor said. The Dragons had two other try scoring opportunities but impatience cost then as halfback Ben Hunt was denied due to a double-movement and centre Euan Aitken was cut down just short by Souths fullback Adam Doueihi. For the Rabbitohs, it was an important win in their quest for a home final as they are guaranteed to remain in outright second place ahead of Sydney Roosters and Canberra - regardless of other results this weekend. Souths coach Wayne admitted he had been "pessimistic" about his team's chances after Widdop's late penalty goal. “I had a speech prepared before the try that wasn’t anything like the one I gave after the try was scored," Bennett said. "I saw in the box Paul McGregor signalling to take the two [points] when they had the kick on the sideline and they would have been elated with that moment, thought it was their game, and your emotions go down and you are thinking about why you lost the game and all the things you should have done that you didn’t do. When you get down to that last minute and all of a sudden in the last 10 seconds they score in the corner your whole world is turned upside down again and his world has gone the other way. He would be pleased with their effort but effort is not going to get them where they want to go." The Dragons took an early lead when Widdop landed a fourth-minute penalty goal after a dangerous tackle by Souths hooker Damien Cook on his NSW Origin team-mate Tyson Frizell. Saab gave the first glimpse of why McGregor handed the 199cm teenager his NRL debut when he leapt above Graham to tap back a Widdop cross-field kick only for centre Euan Aitken to knock on. An Adam Reynolds penalty goal levelled the scores in the 19th minute and the game became an arm wrestle as both teams battled for field possession but the weight of possession heavily favoured the Rabbitohs. After three consecutive sets on the Dragons line, Gagai crossed for his first try in the 31st minute when Walker ran from the left to right side to create an overlap out wide for the Rabbitohs against tiring defence. Trailing 6-2 at the interval, St George Illawarra started the second half poorly when Hunt knocked on at first receiver in the 43rd minute and Walker dummied his way over to score on the following set of tackles. Reynolds again missed the conversion but the Rabbitohs continued to turn the screw and four goal-line drop outs kept their opponents under pressure and starved them of possession. The Dragons looked ready to capitulate when Hunt attempted a short goal line drop out and kicked the ball into Vaughan as he was attempting to get onside. The comedy of errors resulted in a penalty against the Dragons and Gagai scored his second try in the 56th minute to put the Rabbitohs ahead 14-2 but the visitors rallied late to set up an epic finish. Saab scored his first try in the 66th minute when he pounced on a Widdop grubber and he crossed again eight minutes later after McInness's charge down heroics to level the scores at 14-14. Widdop appeared to have snatched victory with a 78th-minute penalty goal from the sideline but the Rabbitohs regained the ball from a short kick off and Graham broke the Dragons hearts when he dived over in the corner as the full-time siren sounded.
3 min 0-2
19 min 2-2 Reynolds goal
30 min 6-2 Gagai try Reynolds miss
43 min 10-2 Walker try Reynolds miss
55 min 14-2 Gagai try Reynolds miss
65 min 14-8
73 min 14-14
79 min 14-16
80 min 20-16 Graham try Reynolds goal
Gagai 2, Walker, Graham tries
Reynolds 2 from 5 goals
Crowd 12,318
Referee G.Sutton/M.Noyen 19 min L.Kennedy replaced M.Noyen who was injured
Scrums 3-8 (1H 1-3 )
Penalities 7-4 (1H 5-2 )
Final Line Up -
Min Tac Pe MT LB Rn DR m Er OL K TA T G/A FG
Flbk - 1 - Doueihi, Adam 80 5 - 2 - 18 - 179 1 - 3 1 - - -
LWng - 5 - Graham, Campbell 80 3 - 1 1 13 1 100 2 - - - 1 - -
LCnt - 4 - Burns, Braidon 80 10 1 4 1 14 4 117 - 1 1 1 - - -
RCnt - 3 - Roberts, James 80 20 1 2 - 11 1 119 2 - 1 - - - -
RWng - 2 - Gagai, Dane 80 7 - 1 2 18 3 144 1 - - - 2 - -
5/8 - 6 - Walker, Cody 80 16 - 2 2 18 - 130 2 - 5 1 1 - - (c)
Half - 7 - Reynolds, Adam 80 24 - - - 12 - 56 - - 13 - - 2/5 -
Prop - 8 - Tatola, Junior 52 25 - - - 14 - 145 - 1 - - - - - [0-27,55-80]
Hook - 9 - Cook, Damien 80 39 1 - - 9 6 87 - - 2 - - - -
Prop - 21 - Burgess, Tom 40 23 - 1 - 13 - 127 - - - - - - - [0-22,62-80]
SRow - 11 - Sutton, John 38 15 - - - 7 - 61 1 1 - - - - - [0-26,68-80]
SRow - 12 - Lowe, Ethan 80 24 1 1 - 11 - 87 - - - - - - -
Lock - 13 - Murray, Cameron 62 38 - - - 17 - 120 - 1 - - - - - [0-32,50-80]
Int - 10 - Britt, Dean 28 17 - 1 - 10 - 86 - 1 - - - - - [22-50]
Int - 15 - Nicholls, Mark 28 19 - 1 - 10 - 93 - - - - - - - [27-55]
Int - 16 - Su'A, Jaydn 42 20 - - - 12 - 108 1 1 - - - - - [26-68]
Int - 17 - Turner, Kyle 30 21 - 1 - 9 - 70 - - - - - - - [32-62]
326 4 17 6 1834 10 6 25 3 4 2/5 -
Completion Rate - 34 / 41 83%
Opposition Offloads - 8
Effective 1st Tackles
0 min 13m KO
1 min 100m Walker kick 3m / SS P(DCook) (SI GOAL)
4 min 15m KO
6 min 0m P / Walker kick CIG
8 min 79m SS Err(Walker) SCR 14m / SS P(Roberts)
11 min 4m ChOv
13 min 32m SS Err(Sutton) SCR
15 min 73m SS Err(Walker) 28m / SS P(Murray)
19 min 0m SI Err SCR / P / P GOAL
21 min 8m Reynolds kick COF
23 min 14m SS Err(Roberts) SCR
25 min 13m Reynolds kick COF
27 min 12m SI Err / Reynolds kick SS Err(Gagai) SCR
30 min 0m P / Roberts kick SI 6TG / P / TRY
33 min 18m Reynolds kick COF
35 min 12m Reynolds kick COF
36 min 13m Reynolds kick
38 min 23m DCook kick COF
39 min 0m SI Err / Doueihi kick CIG
half time
41 min 29m Reynolds kick COF
43 min 0m SI Err / TRY
45 min 14m Walker kick
47 min 14m Burns kick SCR
49 min 92m SS Err(Doueihi) SCR
50 min 2m P / Doueihi kick
53 min 10m SI Err / SS Err(Roberts) SCR
54 min 0m Reynolds kick Doueihi kick CIG
55 min 0m SI Err P / TRY
58 min 5m Walker kick
60 min 15m SI Err SCR / SS Err(SuA) SCR
62 min 35m DCook kick Walker kick SS NO TRY SS Err(Graham) DIG
64 min 67m Reynolds kick DIG / (SI TRY)
66 min 11m KO
68 min 11m Reynolds kick COF
70 min 0m Reynolds kick CIG
71 min 3m Reynolds kick
73 min 60m SI Err SCR / Reynolds kick SS NO FIELDGOAL / (SI TRY)
75 min 13m KO
76 min 100m Reynolds kick COF 14m / SS P(Burns) (SI GOAL)
80 min 0m Sh-KO SI Err / TRY
Average effective 1st tackle location
- 23.5m - for the whole match
- 23.0m - 1st half
- 23.9m - 2nd half
Other First Grade Matches
16-14 Ende Cronulla b Nth Qld
28-26 NISC Wests-Tig b Newcastle
24-22 WSS Parramatta b Warriors
34-12 Robi Brisbane b Gold Coast
11-10 MRSt Manly b Melbourne (GP)
20-12 StAu Syd Rstrs b Canterbury
30-18 Penr Canberra b Penrith
W D L B Diff PT
MELBOURNE 15 - 3 1 +235 32
SOUTHS 13 - 5 1 +108 28
SYD RSTRS 12 - 6 1 +140 26
CANBERRA 12 - 6 1 +123 26
MANLY 11 - 7 1 +56 24
PARRAMATTA 10 - 8 1 +13 22
PENRITH 9 - 9 1 -61 20
BRISBANE 8 1 9 1 -20 19
Newcastle 8 - 10 1 +9 18
Cronulla 8 - 10 1 -7 18
Wests-Tig 8 - 10 1 -66 18
Warriors 7 1 10 1 -36 17
Nth Qld 7 - 11 1 -71 16
St Geo-Ill 6 - 12 1 -104 14
Canterbury 5 - 13 1 -184 12
Gold Coast 4 - 14 1 -135 10
Judiciary News
No one has been charged from the match.
Reserve Grade - Canterbury NSW Premiership Round 18
v St George-Illawarra, Wollongong Stadium, Sun Jul 28 1:10pm
WIN 25-22
Late Changes - Team was 1-17. The South Sydney Rabbitohs Canterbury Cup side have recorded a stunning 25-22 comeback victory against the St George Illawarra Dragons at WIN Stadium, and reclaiming top spot in the competition. Much like the NRL side’s victory two days earlier, it was a last-minute play that sealed the match as the Cardinal and Myrtle overcame a 16-4 halftime deficit to claim an unlikely victory. The match began in the worse possible circumstance, with the side conceding two tries in the first five minutes to give their opponents a 10-nil advantage - with one of them being scored in the first minute. Not to be deterred though, the Rabbitohs scored their first try through winger Mawene Hiroti in the 23rd minute after both sides struggled to gain any ascendency with the ball. After that though, the weight of possession went to the Dragons, who would score through Reece Robson and grab a 16-4 half-time lead, with a big mountain to climb for the visiting side. Fives minutes from the resumption, however, young halfback Blake Taaffe would make his first key play of the match, with as linebreak putting away winger Leigh Higgins and bringing the side back into the contest. And the Rabbitohs would build from that, scoring two tries to Bayley Sironen and Connor Tracey to see them lead for the first time 22-16 after 62 minutes gone. But the Dragons would reply just five minutes later with a try of their own, levelling the scores with just over 10 minutes left in the match. After the sides traded errors, it was Taaffe who would have the composure to slot a field goal with five to go, giving the Rabbitohs a 23-22 lead, and a penalty goal just before the final siren saw the Red and Green victorious, 25-22 in a famous victory.
1 min 0-6
5 min 0-10
23 min 4-10 Hiroti try Hiroti miss
29 min 4-16
HT 4-16
46 min 10-16 Higgins try Hiroti goal
57 min 16-16 Sironen try Hiroti goal
60 min 22-16 Tracey try Hiroti goal
67 min 22-22
75 min 23-22 Taaffe fieldgoal
79 min 25-22 Hiroti goal
Hiroti, Higgins, Sironen, Tracey tries
Hiroti 4 from 5 goals
Taaffe fieldgoal
Scrums 9-5 (1H 3-1)
Penalties 3-8 (1H 2-4)
Final Line Up -
Min Tac Pe MT LB Rn DR m Er OL K TA T G/A FG
Flbk - 1 - Allan, Corey 80 3 - - 1 10 - 76 - 1 - - - - -
LWng - 5 - Hiroti, Mawene 80 6 - - 1 14 - 153 - 1 - - 1 4/5 -
LCnt - 3 - Gagan, Jacob 80 10 - 1 - 8 - 81 2 - - - - - -
RCnt - 4 - Dodd, Levi 80 7 1 1 - 14 1 144 1 2 - - - - -
RWng - 2 - Higgins, Leigh 80 2 - 3 - 10 - 116 1 - - - 1 - -
5/8 - 6 - Tracey, Connor 80 17 1 5 1 8 - 107 1 - 7 - 1 - -
Half - 7 - Taaffe, Blake 80 10 - 4 1 4 - 130 1 - 4 1 - - 1
Prop - 8 - Amone, Tom 50 27 - 4 - 10 - 90 - - - - - - - [0-26,50-74]
Hook - 9 - Brittain, Billy 80 52 - 5 - 5 5 42 - 1 3 - - - - (c)
Prop - 10 - Dillon, Kurt 62 38 - 1 - 17 - 135 - 1 - - - - - [0-50,68-80]
SRow - 11 - Peoples, Trent 62 26 4 2 - 7 - 67 - - - - - - - [0-62]
SRow - 12 - Johns, Jack 80 32 1 4 - 19 - 133 1 - 1 1 - - -
Lock - 13 - Sironen, Bayley 50 32 - 2 1 10 - 85 - - - 1 1 - - [0-33,53-80]
Int - 14 - Gray, Brock 27 17 1 - - 4 - 26 - - - - - - - [26-53]
Int - 15 - Hills, Lyndon 35 13 - - - 6 - 49 2 - - - - - - [33-68]
Int - 16 - O'Connor, Dylan 18 7 - 1 - 4 - 26 - - - - - - - [62-80]
Int - 17 - Gordon, Yileen 6 1 - - - 3 - 25 - - - - - - - [74-80]
300 8 33 5 1491 9 6 15 3 4 4/5 1
Completion Rate - 23 / 31 74%
Opposition Offloads - 5
Effective 1st Tackles
0 min 10m KO / (SI TRY)
2 min 12m KO
4 min 78m Taaffe kick COF 41m SS P(Brittain) / (SI TRY)
7 min 18m KO
9 min 51m Tracey kick 18m / SS P(Dillon)
12 min 38m Taaffe kick
14 min 18m ChOv
17 min 11m SI Err SCR / Brittain kick
19 min 48m SI Err SCR / SS Err(Johns)
21 min 88m SS Err(Gagan) SCR
22 min 15m SI Err SCR / Tracey kick
23 min 0m SI Err / TRY
25 min 100m SS Err(Tracey)
26 min 90m Sh-DO
27 min 89m P / Brittain kick 60m / SS P(BGray) / (SI TRY)
31 min 16m KO
32 min 11m Tracey kick
35 min 95m P / SS Err(Taaffe) 13m / SS P(BGray)
38 min 10m SI Err / P / ChDn
half time
41 min 30m Taaffe kick COF
42 min 94m SS Err(Hiroti)
43 min 79m SI Err SCR / SS Err(CAllan)
46 min 0m SI Err SCR / TRY
48 min 92m SS Err(Hiroti) SCR
50 min 70m Brittain kick 13m / SS P(BGray)
54 min 25m SI Err SCR / SS Err(Peoples) 15m SS P(Dodd)
56 min 45m SS Err(Gagan)
57 min 0m SI Err SCR / TRY
59 min 19m Johns kick
60 min 0m SI Err SCR / TRY
63 min 15m Tracey kick SCR
66 min 22m Tracey kick 6m SS P(Tracey) / (SI TRY)
69 min 20m KO
71 min 41m SS Err(Higgins) SCR
73 min 18m SI Err SCR / Tracey kick
75 min 0m Taaffe kick FIELDGOAL
76 min 9m Taaffe kick
79 min 0m SI Err SCR / P GOAL
Average effective 1st tackle location
- 38.3m - for the whole match
- 46.4m - 1st half
- 31.1m - 2nd half
Other Reserve Grade Matches
30-22 WSS Warriors b Wntwrthvll
32-12 Hens Newtown b Canterbury
30-22 StJn Wests b Newcastle
24-14 Penr Penrith b Mt Prtchrd
BYE Norths
BYE Blacktwon
W D L B Diff PT
SOUTHS 11 - 6 1 +65 24
PENRITH 11 - 6 1 +54 24
CANTERBURY 10 1 6 1 +7 23
NORTHS 10 - 7 1 +21 22
ST GEO-ILL 9 3 6 - +113 21
MT PRITCHARD 8 1 8 1 +56 19
WENTWORTHVILLE 8 - 9 1 -1 18
WARRIORS 7 2 8 1 -5 18
Wests 7 3 8 - -7 17
Newtown 8 1 9 - -48 17
Newcastle 6 - 12 - -102 12
Blacktown 3 1 13 1 -153 9
U20 NSW Jersey Flegg Cup - Round 15
v St George-Illawarra, 11:15am
WIN 28-18
Late Changes - Stowers and Bain were out. Dut started fullback, Tautaiolefua at five-eighth, Taumoepenu started at prop, Zaurini at hooker, Mamouzelos and Akau'ola Lula on the bench. The South Sydney Rabbitohs have pulled off a successful road trip to Wollongong, defeating the St George Illawarra Dragons 28-18 in Round 19 of the Jersey Flegg Cup. Rabbitohs lock forward Ky Rodwell was instrumental, bagging a first-half double and wrestling back the momentum of the game for his side when they were under the pump early. The first try of the game was scored by St George Illawarra fullback Cody Ramsey in just the 2nd minute. This was followed by a penalty goal from halfback Blair Wright in the 9th minute, giving the home side an early 6-0 lead. South Sydney hit back with back to back tries to NSW U20s star Rodwell in the 16th and 20th minutes, picking up where he left off after last week’s massive performance against the Parramatta Eels. The Rabbitohs continued the onslaught, with Luke Puru and Lachlan Ilias both scoring before halftime to give the away side a commanding 22-6 lead at the break. Winger Kane Allan scored 2 minutes into the second half to extend his side’s lead to 28 points to 6. St George Illawarra would not have enough in the tank to get back into the game. Tries to Sam McCann and Blake Barbuto saw them reduce the gap to a more respectable 10 points. But it was not enough to snare the points from South Sydney, who would end up victorious by 28 points to 18, getting the points this time against the Dragons after their Round 2 draw.
3 min 0-4
9 min 0-6
16 min 6-6 Rodwell try Ilias goal
20 min 12-6 Rodwell try Ilias goal
29 min 18-6 Puru try Ilias goal
HT 18-6
37 min 24-6 K.Allan try Ilias goal
41 min 24-12
52 min 24-18
65 min 28-18 Ilias try Ilias miss
Rodwell 2, Puru, K.Allan, Ilias tries
Ilias 4 from 5 goals
Penalties 5-7 (1H 3-4 )
Final Line Up -
Min Tac Pe MT LB Rn DR m Er OL K TA T G/A FG
Flbk - 19 + Dut, Muong 70 3 - 1 - - - 89 - - - - - - -
LWng - 5 - Frasca, Jack 70 6 - 1 - - - 135 4 - - - - - -
LCnt - 3 - Mougios, Nic 70 12 - 4 - - - 42 1 - - - - - - (c)
RCnt - 4 - Paulo, Jaxson 70 9 - 3 - - - 80 - - - 1 - - -
RWng - 2 - Allan, Kane 70 3 - 1 1 - - 63 - - - - 1 - -
5/8 - 1 - Tautaiolefua, James 70 11 - - - - - 90 - 3 - - - - -
Half - 7 - Ilias, Lachlan 70 14 - 2 1 - - 133 2 1 8 - 1 4/5 -
Prop - 17 - Taumoepenu, Tevita 36 21 1 2 - - - 30 - - - - - - - [0-17,51-70]
Hook - 6 - Zaurini, Marc 54 25 1 2 - - - 50 - - - 2 - - - [0-54]
Prop - 10 - Manowski, Aiden 52 29 1 4 - - - 18 - - - - - - - [0-24,42-70]
SRow - 11 - Angianga, Tallis 62 19 1 5 - - - 82 - - - - - - - [0-51,59-70]
SRow - 12 - French, Matt 70 32 - 4 - - - 97 - 2 - - - - -
Lock - 13 - Rodwell, Ky 70 17 1 1 2 - - 155 - - - - 2 - -
Int - 9 - Mamouzelos, Peter 46 27 2 1 1 - - 99 - - 2 - - - - [24-70]
Int - 14 + Ranga-Iti, Iizayah 12 8 - - - - - 26 - - - - - - - [30-42]
Int - 16 - Puru, Luke 29 11 - 3 1 - - 46 - - - 1 1 - - [17-30,54-70]
Int - 18 + Akau'ola Laula, K 13 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - [67-70] (Kamaloni)
247 7 34 6 1243 7 7 10 4 5 4/5 -
Completion Rate - 22 / 28 79%
Opposition Offloads - 3
Other U20 Jersey Flegg Cup Matches
34-18 NHbr Warriors b Parramatta
12-10 Hens Canterbury b Cronulla
34-20 StJn Wests-Tig b Newcastle
20-10 MRSt Victoria b Manly
42-16 Hens Syd Rstrs b Norths
26-26 Penr Penrith d Canberra
W D L B Diff PT
SYD RSTRS 11 1 3 - +147 23
CRONULLA 11 - 4 - +149 22
PENRITH 10 1 4 - +206 21
SOUTHS 9 2 4 - +68 20
CANTERBURY 9 2 4 - +61 20
NEWCASTLE 9 - 6 - +181 18
CANBERRA 8 2 5 - +150 18
WARRIORS 7 2 6 - +16 16
St Geo-Ill 7 1 7 - +74 15
Wests-Tigers 6 1 8 - -28 13
Parramatta 4 - 11 - -139 10
Victoria 3 3 9 - -258 9
Manly 2 - 13 - -373 4
Norths 1 1 13 - -254 3
Womens NSWRL Premiership - Semi-Finals
Other Womens NSW Premiership Matches BYE (1) Mt Prtchrd BYE (2) Newcastle 22-16 Leic (6v3) Wests-Tig b Norths 28-12 Leic (4v5) Cronulla b St Marys
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