2009 NRL Premiership - Round 22

South Sydney v Manly-Warringah

Brookvale Oval

Sat Aug 8, 5:30pm AEST

Selected Round 22 Teams

The CyberView from the Hill - Last Week

The CyberView from the Hill - This Week

Late Changes

Chris McQueen has come in for injured Jamie Simpson. Tyrrell has dropped off the bench.

WIN 36-22

The South Sydney Rabbitohs have secured their first victory at Brookvale Oval since 2004, defeating the reigning premiers, the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles, 36 points to 22 in front of 15,702 supporters. South Sydney juniors Nathan Merritt and Beau Champion both scored doubles in the victory, keeping the hopes of a semi final appearance alive for the Rabbitohs players and Members. The Sea Eagles opened their account early when winger Tony Williams crossed in the third minute. He collected a Matt Orford grubber kick in goal, with Orford’s conversion giving the home side a six-nil advantage. The video referee denied Jamie Lyon a try in the sixth minute, before awarding Anthony Watmough a dubious try in the 12th minute. The ball was stripped from Manly centre Ben Farrar, but in the process of regathering he looked to have knocked the ball on. Farrar put Watmough under the posts to give the Sea Eagles a 12-nil lead. The Rabbitohs struck back almost immediately when fullback Nathan Merritt crossed in the17th minute of play. It was the first time in the match that the Rabbitohs had worked their way into good field position, with Merritt following through a John Sutton grubber kick to score under the sticks. Chris Sandow converted to bring the visitors within six of their opposition. Four minutes later Fetuli Talanoa scored a miraculous try in the left hand corner. The ball was swung to the left, with Merritt throwing a cut out pass to Talanoa, who touched down centimetres in from touch with four Manly defenders swarming all over him. The Rabbitohs were within two points of Manly and high on confidence. Three minutes later winger Chris McQueen crossed for his first try in first grade on his NRL debut. Hooker Issac Luke kicked long from inside his forty, with Tony Williams letting the ball bounce. The ball bounced around and found Beau Champion who drew the defence and off loaded to McQueen to score. Sandow converted to give the Rabbitohs the lead for the first time in the game. The Rabbitohs did not stop there, with Champion scoring a try himself in the 30th minute of play. Sutton put up a bomb to the right wing and McQueen flew high to take the kick. He fought with the defenders to get an off load away to Champion, returning the favour for his own try only six minutes earlier. Champion beat three defenders on his way to the line, with Sandow’s conversion giving South Sydney a ten-point buffer at the break. It took the Rabbitohs a little while to get their hands on the ball, but when they managed to control possession and field position, they made the most of the opportunities that they created. The Rabbitohs only used two interchanges in the first 40 minutes, with Michael Crocker and Scott Geddes only taking the field in the closing few minutes of the half. The starting side did well to not only stick with Manly in the opening 20 minutes, but to then control all of the play and get themselves into a strong position at the end of the half. It was a tight opening to the second half, with both teams having opportunities at the opposition’s end of the field. The Rabbitohs were defending strongly, particularly Colin Best who shut down a couple of raids on the line by Manly international Glenn Stewart. Sandow kicked a penalty goal in the 57th minute, after repeated infringements by Manly gave the Rabbitohs a couple of piggy-backs up the field. The Eagles pegged one back when Tony Williams scored his second try for the game in the 60th minute. Referee Brett Suttor gave Manly two penalties to piggy back them up the field, before the ball was swung to the left and Williams scored in the corner. The Rabbitohs sealed the win with a 72nd minute try to Nathan Merritt. It was a well worked try with Craig Wing taking a hit up towards the posts, giving the Rabbitohs options on both sides. Sandow went to dummy half, scooted to the left, drew the defence and put Merritt through the hole to score. Sandow’s conversion extended the lead to 30-16 in favour of the good guys. The icing on the cake came in the 77th minute when Beau Champion scored on the right hand side. John Sutton drifted to the right and put Champion through a gap to score. Sandow converted to give the Rabbitohs a 36-16 lead. The Eagles scored a consolation try in the 79th minute to Jason King, but it was all too late for the home side. The Rabbitohs had sealed their first victory at Brookvale Oval since 2004, keeping their semi final hope alive. Unfortunately for Rabbitohs captain Roy Asotasi, he sustained an anterior cruciate ligament injury to his right knee during the second half, ruling him out for the remainder of the season as well as the Four Nations international series at the end of the season.

 1 min  0-6
11 min  0-12
16 min  6-12
20 min 10-12
23 min 16-12
29 min 22-12
55 min 24-12
58 min 24-16
71 min 30-16
76 min 36-16
78 min 36-22

Merritt 2, Champion 2, McQueen, Talanoa tries
Sandow 6 from 7 goals

Crowd      15,702
Referee    B.Cummins / B.Suttor

Penalities  9-6
Scrums      7-5

                            Min Tac Pe MT LB   R  DR    m Er OL   K TA  T  G/A  FG
Flbk - Merritt, Nathan       80   2  -  -  1  13   2   77  2  -   1  1  2  -     -
Wing - McQueen, Chris        80  11  -  1  -   8   -   58  -  2   -  1  1  -     -
Cntr - Best, Colin           80  15  1  2  -   7   -   51  2  -   -  -  -  -     -
Cntr - Champion, Beau        80  14  -  -  1   5   -   29  2  1   -  -  2  -     -
Wing - Talanoa, Fetuli       80   6  -  -  -   8   3   43  -  -   -  -  1  -     -
5/8  - Sutton, John          80  18  -  2  1   6   -   72  2  4   6  2  -  -     -
Half - Sandow, Chris         80  13  2  7  -   2   -    4  1  1   7  1  -  6/7   -
Prop - Stuart, Luke          60  23  -  3  -  20   -  169  1  -   -  -  -  -     -
Hook - Luke, Issac           46  17  -  3  -   7   5   51  2  -   4  1  -  -     -
Prop - Asotasi, Roy          42  12  -  1  -  10   -  105  -  1   -  -  -  -     - (c)
SRow - Lowe, Ben             80  21  1  -  -  11   -   75  -  1   -  -  -  -     -
SRow - Pettybourne, Eddy     58  25  1  5  -  13   -   99  -  1   -  -  -  -     -
Lock - Fa'alogo, David       59  18  1  2  -  18   -  126  -  -   -  -  -  -     -

Int  - Wing, Craig           34  19  -  -  -   6   5   36  -  -   2  -  -  -     -
Int  - McPherson, Shannan    30  14  -  2  -   9   -   63  -  -   -  -  -  -     -
Int  - Crocker, Michael      43  17  -  1  -  10   -   58  -  -   -  -  -  -     -
Int  - Geddes, Scott         28  16  -  -  -  12   -   97  -  -   -  -  -  -     -

TOTAL                           259  6 30  2         1190 10  8  22  6  6  6/7   -

Completion Rate - 35/40

Opposition Offloads - 13

Effective 1st Tackles

 1 min  77m SS P / (MW TRY)
 4 min  69m SS P / (MW NO TRY)
 7 min  28m P / Sandow kick / COFIG
 9 min  15m Luke kick
10 min  25m Sutton kick / DIG
11 min 100m 6TG / SS Err (??) (MW TRY)
16 min   0m MW Err / MW Err / SCR / Sutton kick / TRY
20 min   0m P / Sutton kick / 10m / MW 6TG / P / TRY
23 min   0m Luke kick / TRY
25 min  14m Sandow kick / SCR
29 min   0m MW Err / Sutton kick / TRY
32 min  15m P / SS Err
34 min  95m SS Err / 87m / SS P / GOAL
35 min  99m MW Err / Luke kick 42m / SS Err

half time

41 min  31m Sutton kick COF
42 min  16m MW Err / Sandow kick
43 min  88m SS Err / 6TG
46 min  75m MW Err / SS Err 55m / SS Err
49 min  42m Wing kick COF
51 min  24m Sandow kick
53 min  50m Sandow kick / SS Err
55 min   0m P / P / GOAL
58 min  89m Sandow kick 31m / SS P / 66m / SS P
62 min  28m Sutton kick
64 min  11m Sandow kick COF
66 min  48m MW Err / SS Err
68 min  18m MW Err / Sutton kick COF
70 min   0m Wing kick CIG
71 min   0m TRY
75 min   0m P / Merritt kick CIG
76 min   0m P / TRY
78 min  80m SS P / (MW TRY)

Average effective 1st tackle location
- 35.5m - for the whole match

- 38.3m - 1st half
- 33.3m - 2nd half

If you now remove the tries
- 53.7m - 1st half
- 40.0m - 2nd half

Other FG Matches

20-8  Olym Melbourne  b Nth Qld
25-6  Penr St Geo-Ill b Penrith
23-20 StAu Bulldogs   b Canberra
30-10 MtSm Gold Coast b Warriors
17-10 SFS  Wests-Tig  b Sydney
40-8  Parr Parramatta b Newcastle
30-10 Lang Brisbane   b Cronulla

            W D  L B Diff PT 
ST GEO-ILL 16 -  4 2 +239 36
BULLDOGS   15 -  5 2 +115 32 +
GOLD COAST 13 -  7 2  +51 30
MELBOURNE  12 1  7 2 +109 29
PENRITH    10 1  9 2   +7 25
NTH QLD    10 - 10 2  +90 24
WESTS-TIG  10 - 10 2  +27 24
MANLY      10 - 10 2  +18 24
Newcastle  10 - 10 2  -20 24
Brisbane   10 - 10 2 -117 24
Souths      9 1 10 2  +18 23
Parramatta  9 1 10 2  -46 23
Canberra    7 - 13 2  -33 18
Warriors    6 2 12 2 -116 18
Cronulla    5 - 15 2 -149 14
Sydney      5 - 15 2 -193 14

+ deducted 2 points for extra player on the field

Judiciary News

No Souths players were suspended over the weekend.

U20 National Youth Toyota Cup - Round 22

v Manly-Warringah, 3:30pm

WIN 28-26

In the Toyota Cup match, the South Sydney Rabbitohs defeated the top-of-the-table Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 28 points to 26 at Brookvale Oval. The home side led 16-6 midway through the first half, but the Rabbitohs rallied to regain the lead in the second stanza, keeping their noses in front to secure the vital two competition points. Junior Vaivai scored another double to help his side to victory. Strong games by Vaivai, Morgan, Reynolds, Molan, Clark and Shearer. With the game wining try coming from a late intercept to Malcolm Webster. Manly scored a try in the 78th minute, only to see halfback Daly Cherry-Evans miss a relatively simple conversion attempt that would have tied the scores. The Rabbitohs are playing better every week as they build up towards the Toyota Cup finals series.

 2 min  0-4
10 min  6-4
22 min  6-10
27 min  6-16
32 min 12-16
51 min 16-16
56 min 22-16
68 min 22-22
71 min 28-22
77 min 28-26

Vaivai 2, Morgan, Clark, Webster tries
Reynolds 4 from 5 goals

Other NYC Matches

40-26 Olym Melbourne  b Nth Qld
36-22 Penr St Geo-Ill b Penrith
34-24 StAu Bulldogs   b Canberra
52-4  MtSm Warriors   b Gold Coast
56-32 SFS  Wests-Tig  b Sydney
50-22 Parr Newcastle  b Parramatta
40-14 Lang Brisbane   b Cronulla

            W D  L B Diff PT 
MANLY      16 1  3 2 +373 37
ST GEO-ILL 15 -  5 2 +221 34
MELBOURNE  15 -  5 2 +199 34
BRISBANE   13 -  7 2 +130 30
WESTS-TIG  12 1  7 2   +3 29
CANBERRA   10 2  8 2  +37 26
SOUTHS     10 1  9 2 +110 25
WARRIORS   10 1  9 2  +73 25
Nth Qld     9 - 11 2  -60 22
Bulldogs    8 1 11 2 -172 21
Penrith     8 - 12 2  -92 20
Newcastle   7 1 12 2 -168 19
Gold Coast  7 - 13 2 -108 18
Parramatta  6 - 14 2  -56 16
Sydney      6 - 14 2 -183 16
Cronulla    4 - 15 2 -317 12

NRL Club Championship

            W D  L B Diff PT 
ST GEO-ILL 31 0  9 4 +460 70
Melbourne  27 1 12 4 +308 63
Manly      21 1 13 4 +391 61
Brisbane   23 - 17 4   +3 54
Bulldogs   23 1 16 4  -58 53 +
Wests-Tig  22 1 17 4  +30 51
Souths     19 2 19 4 +128 48
Gold Coast 20 - 20 4  -57 48
Nth Qld    19 - 21 4  +30 46
Penrith    18 1 21 4  -85 45
Canberra   17 2 21 4   +4 44
Warriors   16 3 21 4  -63 43
Newcastle  17 1 22 4 -186 43
Parramatta 15 1 24 4 -102 39
Sydney     11 - 29 4 -376 30
Cronulla    9 - 31 4 -466 26

Reserve Grade - NSW Cup Round 19

BYE

The Bears have the bye this weekend


Other NSW Cup Matches

38-22 MtS2 Cronulla   b Auckland
22-14 Hens Newtown    b Wests
62-6  Ring Wentwrthvl b Windsor
32-30 Cres Central C  b Bankstown
30-24 RCon Balm-Ryde  b Shellhrbr

                W D  L B Diff PT
BANKSTOWN CITY 12 -  5 2 +244 28
CENTRAL COAST  12 1  5 1  +69 27
WENTWORTHVILLE 10 -  7 2 +160 24
CRONULLA       10 -  7 2 +115 24
NORTHS         10 -  7 2 +110 24
WESTS           9 1  7 2   -4 23
BALMAIN-RYDE    9 -  8 2  +26 22
NEWTOWN         7 - 11 1 -202 16
Windsor         5 1 11 2 -221 15
Auckland        4 1 12 2 -177 13
Shellharbour    5 - 13 1 -110 12


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