11th Jun 2025
Good First Half is not enough
This week it was a game played in two halves. We put in good first half effort to lead 12 nil for almost all of the half. But once again we let in a late try in the half. This gave the opposition momentum and confidence heading into the break. We were then dominated for the second half. Games against the top teams is exposing us and we will need to improve. Now off to play the Dogs at home who just had a 58,000 crowd on the Kings Birthday Monday. Still 8 more wins to make the finals.
Munro returns
A bulked up Tyrone Munro made his return to the game, and after 3 broken colar bones over the last 2 years, everyone watched how he went. It was a strong return on the right wing, putting in a big effort in kick return metres. Looking forward to seeing him return to form again.
Gudgeon double
Ammaron Gudgeon was a late call up on the right wing in reserve grade. And he didn't disappoint. Safe under the high ball, and finished off two good tries.
Wright double
Daniel Wright continues to show his ability in U21s. Playing wing or centre he has a great speed to get past defenders, and on the weekend he scored two tries through his hole running. He will be a player to watch over the coming years.
Parking needs to improve at SFS
As a regional fan, there is a assumption that public transport is reliable at 10pm at night or on the weekend. But the reality is this is the regular maintenance window somehwere on the network, so we need to use our car to get home, almost every weekend. As a result the need for improved Parking at Moore Park precident for large crowds is a must, as the old grass carparking is coming to a end. The new underground car park will only replace in effect the lost SCG/SFS Gold Members car park, when buildings were errected on those locations A multi-story car park to the direct east of the SFS in the old Showground would help significantly.
Round 14 - Stat Attack
Statistically it was a average game. Completions dropped to 72% from 82% last week. Errors dropped to 11 from 7 last week. We gave away 2 penalties and 5 6-again calls from 5 last week. Souths Effective 1st tackle improved to a average level of 30.8m from 32.4m last week. Our missed tackles dropped to a poor level of 37 from 29 last week. Opposition offloads improved to 5 from 9 last week.
Looking at our left side defence - Johnston-Wighton-Walker/Humphreys-Duncan (1-0-2-3) was improved to 6 from 12 missed tackles last week. On the right side Munro-Tass-Sullivan-Aitken (1-4-5-4) dropped to 14 from 4 missed tackles last week. Ruck defence Arrow/Keppie-Havili/Humphreys-Koloamatangi/Tatola-Hubner/Koloamatangi/LeBlanc (8-1-2-3) dropped to 14 from 13 missed tackles last week.
Our go forward dropped to 1468m from 1541m last week. With our props go forward improved to a good level of 457m compared to 436m last week. Keppie and Le Blanc made 10+m per run. Koloamatagi, Duncan, Arrow, Munro, Wighton, Tass, Johnston and LMitchell made 100+m in the match. Koloamatangi made over 200+m in the match. Defensively Aitken was our best in the tackling raking up 52 tackles. Havili, Koloamatangi and Wighton didn't miss a tackle.
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Rd12 BYE Rd13 Warriors StAu L 30-36 Rd14 Canberra Bruc L 12-36
Rd12 Dolphins LngS L 8-44 Rd13 BYE Rd14 Parramatta StAu
2022 Rd06 StAu W 36-16 30,194 G.Sutton 2022 Rd18 StAu W 36-28 19,126 C.Butler 2023 Rd06 StAu W 50-16 35,211 G.Sutton 2023 Rd19 StAu L 32-36 16,166 L.Kennedy 2024 Rd04 StAu W 20-16 35,275 G.Sutton 2025 Rd07 StAu L 0-32 65,305 G.Atkins
First Grade Pe 6A SB OR SO
2025 Pre02 St Geo-Ill Mudg L 26-46 8,417 Referee 0-6 2-0 1 1 - :
2025 Rd01 Dolphins WSS W 16-14 6,738 Referee 5-5 1-2 - 1 - :
2025 Rd05 Syd Rstrs StAu W 20-14 22,114 Referee 11-6 5-1 - - - :
M W D L : PeW PeD PeL PeF PeA : 6AW 6AD 6AL 6AF 6AA : SB OR SO
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