Sun May 2, 3:00pm
Late Changes
No changes thus far. Capewell was 18th man.
LOSS 22-30
The South Sydney Rabbitohs have fallen eight points short of defeating the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles at ANZ Stadium this afternoon (Sunday), going down 30 points to 22 in front of 15,459 Members and supporters. Beau Champion scored a double but it was not enough to get the home side over the line against a focussed and committed Manly outfit. The Sea Eagles opened up a 10-nil lead after 20 minutes through tries to Michael Robertson and Ben Farrar. The Rabbitohs were muscling up in defence with Sam Burgess, Dave Taylor and Issac Luke punishing their opposition a number of times, before Taylor crossed for South Sydney’s first try in the 28th minute. Taylor was lurking out wide on the left hand side, beating three defenders to get over the line for his second try in two weeks in South Sydney colours. Issac Luke converted to take the scores to 10-6. The Sea Eagles posted their third try in the 37th minute through Matt Cross, and a 40th minute penalty goal to Jamie Lyon gave Eagles an 18-6 lead at the break. The Sea Eagles dominated the opening half, but the Rabbitohs were not out of the game just yet. Manly asserted themselves in the second half, scoring two more tries through Lyon and Anthony Watmough, giving themselves a 30-6 lead after 52 minutes. Issac Luke sparked the Rabbitohs in the 58th minute when he crossed after a big burst from Eddy Pettybourne. Pettybourne and Luke were lifting the intensity for the side and it was showing on the scoreboard. Luke converted his own try to cut the lead to 18 points. In the 67th minute, Champion scored his first try after John Sutton put up one of his trademark torpedo bombs to Farrar. The ball was spilled due to pressure from Sutton’s kick and Sandow’s chase. The ball was spun to the right, and Champion crossed with a benefit of the doubt ruling from the video referee. Champion scored again in the 71st minute when Sutton put him through a hole, and Luke’s conversion brought the home side within eight points. That’s where it would finish for round eight, with Head Coach John Lang admitting the Rabbitohs could not quite match with Manly today. “The better team won so I was happy we could fight back to within eight in the end,” Lang said. “I thought they out did us in the yardage battle. “I thought we got some rough calls in the first half, but the better team won so that’s the end of the story.” Lang said the Sea Eagles were one of the heavyweight teams in the competition. “They’re going to be very hard to beat,” Lang explained. “I was pleased we were able to come back as far as we did. It’s good for our for and against. “We could have played better than what we did, and I thought our effort was good. “Today’s performance will be good for us because we need to test ourselves against the best. “We found out today that we’re not quite up to their level yet but we’re on the improve.” Rabbitohs captain Luke Stuart said: “It was good sign the guys didn’t give up (the comeback).”
5 min 0-4
20 min 0-10
28 min 6-10
33 min 6-16
40 min 6-18
42 min 6-24
52 min 6-30
59 min 12-30
67 min 16-30
71 min 22-30
Champion 2, Taylor, Luke tries
Luke 3 from 4 goals
Crowd 15,459
Referee T.Archer/A.Shortall
Penalities 7-5
Scrums 6-8
Min Tac Pe MT LB HU DR m Er OL K TA
Wesser 80 3 - 2 - 13 3 100 1 - - -
Merritt 80 4 - - - 9 4 32 - 1 - -
Best 80 11 - 1 - 7 3 60 1 2 - -
Champion 80 14 - 1 2 9 3 71 - 1 - -
Talanoa 80 5 - - - 11 4 92 1 - 1 -
Sutton 80 17 - 3 1 11 - 114 3 1 7 2
Sandow 80 16 - 7 - 6 - 45 1 1 8 -
Geddes 33 21 - - - 10 - 82 - - - -
Luke 80 29 2 1 1 15 12 127 2 1 - -
Stuart 46 30 - 2 - 11 - 95 - - - -
Burgess 73 29 1 7 - 16 - 145 1 3 - -
Taylor 70 23 - 4 1 8 - 63 1 - - -
Lowe 80 39 2 2 - 10 1 68 1 1 - -
Crossman 13 10 - - - 2 - 18 - 1 - -
McPherson 24 15 - 1 - 6 - 54 - - - -
Pettybourne 50 18 - 1 1 14 - 140 - - - -
Clark 11 8 - - - 3 - 19 1 - - -
TOTAL 292 5 32 6 1325 13 12 16 2
Completion Rate 30/40 75%
Effective 1st Tackles
1 min 24m Sutton kick COF
3 min 76m DO / (MW TRY)
6 min 46m SS P
8 min 12m Sandow kick / SCR
9 min 22m SS Err / SCR
11 min 87m ChOv 55m / SS P
12 min 90m SS Err / SCR / (MW NO TRY)
15 min 80m P / Sutton kick DIG 26m / SS P
17 min 78m MW Err / SS Err / SCR
18 min 68m MW Err / SS Err / SCR / (MW TRY)
22 min 95m SS Err
23 min 25m MW Err / SCR Sutton kick
26 min 0m SCR / P / Sandow kick COF-CIG
28 min 0m TRY
31 min 23m P / P / P / SS Err / SCR / (MW TRY)
36 min 0m Sutton kick COF-CIG
37 min 1m (SS NO TRY)
38 min 100m SS P 36m / SS P (MS GOAL)
half time
41 min 11m Sutton kick COF / (MW TRY)
45 min 26m Sandow kick
47 min 15m SCR / Sandow kick
49 min 57m P / SS Err
50 min 85m DO / (MW TRY)
54 min 29m Sandow kick COF
56 min 27m Sandow kick DIG
58 min 0m MW Err / MW Err / TRY
62 min 39m SS Err / SCR
64 min 50m MW Err / SCR / MW Err / SS Err
68 min 0m Sutton kick / MW Err / TRY
72 min 0m P / TRY
73 min 28m Sutton kick DIG
75 min 78m SS Err
77 min 0m MW Err / SCR / Talanoa kick CIG
78 min 46m SS Err / SCR
79 min 20m MW Err / SCR / SS Err / SCR
Average effective 1st tackle location
- 38.2m - for the whole match
- 45.9m - 1st half
- 30.1m - 2nd half
If you now remove the tries
- 48.6m - 1st half
- 36.5m - 2nd half
Other FG Matches
26-10 StAu Parramatta b Canterbury
30-22 Lang Newcastle b Brisbane
23-16 MtSm Canberra b Warriors
38-24 Robi Gold Coast b Penrith
34-6 Town Melbourne b Nth Qld
38-0 Woll St Geo-Ill b Cronulla
12-8 Camp Sydney b Wests-Tig
W D L B Diff PT
ST GEO-ILL 7 - 1 - +129 14
GOLD COAST 6 - 2 - +20 12
MANLY 5 - 3 - +60 10
PENRITH 5 - 3 - +52 10
SYDNEY 5 - 3 - +1 10
SOUTHS 4 - 4 - +15 8
PARRAMATTA 4 - 4 - 0 8
WESTS-TIG 4 - 4 - -9 8
Canterbury 3 - 5 - +18 6
Warriors 3 - 5 - -31 6
Newcastle 3 - 5 - -42 6
Canberra 3 - 5 - -58 6
Nth Qld 2 - 6 - -68 4
Brisbane 2 - 6 - -69 4
Cronulla 2 - 6 - -103 4
Melbourne 6 - 2 - +75 0 **
Judiciary News
No one has been placed on report.
NYC Round 8
v Manly, 12:45pm
WIN 30-24
No late changes. Cavellero droppedoff the bench. In the Toyota Cup match, the South Sydney Rabbitohs defeated the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 30 points to 24 to secure their fifth straight victory. I was a solid game against one of the NYC heavy weights and Souths showed the determinatiuon to come from behind and secure a very solid win.
4 min 6-0
10 min 6-6
14 min 6-12
32 min 12-12
34 min 18-12
42 min 24-12
47 min 24-18
67 min 24-24
75 min 30-24
Vaivai 2, Reynolds, Farrell, Mansour tries
Reynolds 5 from 5 goals
Other NYC Matches
34-14 StAu Canterbury b Parramatta
58-20 Lang Brisbane b Newcastle
40-36 MtSm Warriors b Canberra
48-22 Robi Penrith b Gold Coast
34-30 Town Nth Qld b Melbourne
20-10 Woll Cronulla b St Geo-Ill
36-16 Camp Wests-Tig b Sydney
W D L B Diff PT
NTH QLD 7 - 1 - +139 14
MANLY 6 - 2 - +110 12
WESTS-TIG 6 - 2 - +102 12
SOUTHS 6 - 2 - +86 12
BRISBANE 5 - 3 - +67 10
SYDNEY 4 1 3 - +44 9
WARRIORS 4 1 3 - +44 9
CRONULLA 4 1 3 - -22 9
Canberra 4 - 4 - -3 8
Melbourne 3 1 4 - +8 7
St Geo-Ill 3 - 5 - -42 6
Newcastle 3 - 5 - -90 6
Gold Coast 2 1 5 - -120 5
Penrith 2 - 6 - -113 4
Canterbury 1 1 6 - -70 3
Parramatta 1 - 7 - -124 2
NRL Club Championship
W D L B Diff PT
MANLY 11 - 5 - +170 22
Wests-Tig 10 - 6 - +93 20
St Geo-Ill 10 - 6 - +87 20
Souths 10 - 6 - +85 20
Sydney 9 1 6 - +45 19
Nth Qld 9 - 7 - +71 18
Gold Coast 8 1 7 - -100 17
Warriors 7 1 8 - +13 15
Brisbane 7 - 9 - -2 14
Canberra 7 - 9 - -61 14
Penrith 7 - 7 - -61 14
Cronulla 6 1 9 - -125 13
Newcastle 6 - 10 - -132 12
Parramatta 5 - 11 - -122 10
Canterbury 4 1 11 - -54 9
Melbourne 9 1 6 - +93 7 **
NSW Cup Rd8
v Wentworthville
North Sydney OvalSun May 2, 3:00pm
LOSS 16-38
Late changes, Corrigan and Itula were out Williams played fullback, Talanoa to the wing, Ryan Apps to the centres. Falloon was back at hooker and Molan moved to the backrow. Bench was Tawha, Field, Hunt and Michael Tiopira. The Bears had their seventh loss from eight games when beaten 38-16 by Wentworthville Magpies at North Sydney Oval on Sunday. After starting strongly and completing all their sets in the opening 10 minutes, the Bears coughed up possession on their next few sets. Coach Wayne Lambkin said Wenty took full advantage of the mistakes to lead 32-0 at halftime. “We need to concentrate for the full 80 minutes,” he said. “We’re doing dumb things.” Pushed passes, dropped balls and forward passes were repeated in a forgettable opening half. “We made a couple of silly errors and they scored off each,” Lambkin said. The Bears improved their completion rate in the second half and outscored the Magpies 16-6. “It wasn’t the prettiest football in the second half but they were having a go and putting more pressure on by controlling the football,” Lambkin said.
8 min 0-4
13 min 0-10
25 min 0-16
26 min 0-20
30 min 0-26
38 min 0-32
55 min 4-32
63 min 10-32
70 min 16-32
75 min 16-38
Talanoa, Johnston, Paea tries
Paea 2 from 3 goals
Other NSW Cup Matches
24-22 MtS2 Melbourne b Auckland
36-22 Leic Wests b Cronulla
28-18 Leic Balm-Ryde b C Coast
14-12 Hens Newtown b Canterbury
44-26 RCon Windsor b Shllhrbr
W D L Diff PT
BALMAIN-RYDE 7 - 1 +34 14
WESTS 6 1 1 +71 13
CANTERBURY 6 - 2 +60 12
NEWTOWN 5 1 2 +42 11
WINDSOR 4 2 2 +45 10
WENTWORTHVILLE 4 1 3 +14 9
CRONULLA 3 1 4 +72 7
MELBOURNE 3 - 5 +25 6
Shellharbour 3 - 5 -9 6
Auckland 2 - 6 -74 4
Norths 1 - 7 -122 2
Central Coast 1 - 7 -158 2
NSWRL U18 SG Ball Qualyfying Finals
Other U18 Matches 52-28 SMry Parramatta b Canterbury 27-26 SMry Sydney b Wests
NSWRL U16 Matthews Qualyfying Finals
Other U16 Matches 30-20 SMry Parramatta b Newcastle 22-8 SMry Penrith b Illawarra