Kogarah Jubiliee Oval
Sun May 20, 3:00pm
This Weeks Cyberview from the Hill Late Changes
McQueen and Peats dropped off the bench. Sam Burgess was captain.
WIN 19-18
The South Sydney Rabbitohs have recorded another golden point victory, this time against the St George Illawarra Dragons at WIN Jubilee Oval, with halfback Adam Reynolds proving to be the field goal-kicking hero, handing the Rabbitohs a 19 points to 18 win in front of 14,894 Members and supporters today (Sunday). Reynolds' 82nd minute field goal gave the Rabbitohs their second golden point victory for 2012 and their sixth win for the season. With winger Justin Hunt on debut and missing State of Origin representative players Greg Inglis and Dave Taylor, the Rabbitohs started slowly with the Dragons getting out to a 12-nil lead after 17 minutes through tries to Jason Nightingale and Jamie Soward. Rabbitohs captain Sam Burgess stepped up to the plate to turn his side's fortunes around, becoming a one-man wrecking ball in defence, followed by a 30th minute try which saw him crash over under the posts after charging onto a cut-out pass from hooker Issac Luke. Reynolds converted the try to reduce the deficit to six points. The Rabbitohs maintained the pressure on the Dragons, with fullback Nathan Merritt being denied a try by the video referee in the 36th minute after he was held up over the line. The Rabbitohs had not finished their attacking raids for the half, with Reynolds scoring his first four-pointer in the NRL in the final minute of the stanza. Five-eighth John Sutton put up a bomb which was spilt by Dragons winger Daniel Vidot. Rabbitohs centre Matt King was quick to snap up the loose ball and pass to Reynolds who scooted 20 metres to score. He converted his own try to level the scores at the break. The two sides then went into a war of attrition after the break, belting each other with everything they had, trying to force mistakes and gain the advantage. The Dragons were the first ones to score when veteran centre Matt Cooper took a sneaky blind side scoot to score in the corner. Soward's conversion restored the home side's six-point lead. From the Rabbitohs next set of possession a perfect grubber, chase and tackle from Reynolds pinned the Dragons in goal, giving the Rabbitohs a repeat set and at the same time mounted more pressure on the Dragons' defence. From the next set, it was Reynolds who was involved again, putting in the grubber that saw rookie winger Andrew Everingham fly through and beat two defenders to the ball to score a crucial try, and Reynolds' calm conversion locked the scores up at 18-all with plenty of time left on the clock. Soward had an opportunity to steal the lead back with a penalty goal in the 67th minute but he missed the shot, keeping the Rabbitohs' hopes alive. Two minutes later debutant Justin Hunt was denied a try by the video referee after his boot just touched the sideline before grounding the ball after a desperate tackle from Soward. Field goal attempts by Soward (72nd and 77th minutes), Reynolds (73rd and 76th minutes) and Ben Hornby (80th minute) all missed, taking the game into golden point extra time. The Rabbitohs kicked off and an excellent set in defence gave South Sydney the ball in quality field position. The men in cardinal and myrtle worked the ball up the middle of the field, putting them in good position to attempt their third shot at field goal. Sutton went into dummy half and fired the pass back to Reynolds who calmly potted the field goal, giving the Rabbitohs the 19-18 victory. Reynolds was the hero but the work done by the forward pack set up the victory. It was an excellent team performance, showing great character to come from behind to get the two competition points.
4 min 0-6
17 min 0-12
30 min 6-12
40 min 12-12
46 min 12-18
60 min 18-18
82 min 19-18
S.Burgess, Reynolds, Everingham tries
Reynolds 3 from 3 goals
Reynolds fieldgoal
Crowd 14,894
Referee S.Hayne / B.Suttor
Penalities 3-5
Scrums 4-5
Min Tac Pe MT LB HU DR m Er OL K TA
Merritt.N 82 5 - - 1 18 3 162 2 - - -
Everingham 82 6 - 3 - 13 7 89 - - - -
King 82 28 - 2 - 6 - 43 1 - - -
Farrell 82 16 - 2 - 10 1 62 1 - - -
Hunt 82 6 - - - 13 - 103 1 - - -
Sutton 82 20 - 1 - 13 - 90 1 - 6 -
Reynolds 82 18 1 5 - 6 - 31 1 - 17 -
Geddes 36 17 - - - 9 - 72 - 1 - -
Luke 82 26 1 4 - 23 20 134 1 6 1 -
Tyrrell 39 29 1 2 - 6 - 41 - - - -
Pettybourne 72 19 - 1 - 13 - 87 - 1 - -
Burgess.S 67 26 1 2 2 16 - 127 - 2 - -
Crocker 56 29 1 - - 9 - 62 1 1 - -
Clark 27 13 - 1 - 7 1 64 - - - -
Lowe 52 21 - - - 15 1 108 1 - - -
Starling 31 14 - 2 - 8 - 64 - - - -
Burgess.L 31 18 - - - 12 - 95 - - - -
TOTAL 311 5 25 3 1434 10 11 24 -
Completion Rate 32/40 80%
Effective 1st Tackles
1 min 70m DO / (SI NO TRY) / (SI TRY)
6 min 19m Reynolds kick COF
8 min 31m Reynolds kick 0m / SS P (Reynolds)
10 min 55m DO
11 min 0m SI err SCR / Reynolds kick CIG
13 min 34m Sutton kick 2m / SS P (SBurgess)
15 min 29m Sutton kick / (SI TRY)
19 min 15m Reynolds kick COF
22 min 30m Sutton kick COFIG
24 min 22m Sutton kick COF
26 min 68m SCR / SS Err (Lowe) SCR
28 min 0m SI Err SCR / Reynolds kick CIG
30 min 0m TRY
32 min 27m Reynolds kick
33 min 19m Reynolds kick
35 min 0m (SS NO TRY)
37 min 34m P / SS Err (Farrell) 8m / SS P (Luke)
40 min 0m Sutton kick TRY
half time
40 min 18m Reynolds kick COF
42 min 56m SS Err (Sutton) SCR
44 min 35m Luke kick COF
46 min 28m SI Err / Reynolds kick / (SI TRY)
51 min 23m Sutton kick COF
53 min 12m P / Sutton kick
55 min 10m Reynolds kick
57 min 0m SI Err SCR / P / Reynolds kick CIG
60 min 0m Reynolds kick TRY
62 min 19m Reynolds kick COF
64 min 16m Reynolds kick
65 min 98m SI Err / SS Err (Crocker) 39m / SS P (Crocker)
67 min 20m Reynolds kick
69 min 62m SI Err / (SS NO TRY) SCR 12m / SS P (Tyrrell)
72 min 35m Reynolds kick
73 min 22m ChDwn / SS Err (Merritt)
74 min 31m SS Err (Farrell) SCR
75 min 29m SI Err SCR / Reynolds kick DIG
77 min 36m Reynolds kick 9m / SS Err (King)
golden point
82 min 0m FIELDGOAL
Average effective 1st tackle location
- 27.1m - for the whole match
- 25.2m - 1st half
- 28.9m - 2nd half
- 0.0m - golden point
If you now remove the tries
- 28.3m - 1st half
- 30.6m - 2nd half
Other FG Matches
24-22 Leic Wests-Tig b Warriors
30-28 Town Nth Qld b Penrith
18-10 Brok Manly b Sydney
26-6 StAu Canterbury b Cronulla
W D L B Diff PT
MELBOURNE 9 - 1 1 +163 20
BRISBANE 7 - 3 1 +76 16
NTH QLD 7 - 4 - +86 14
MANLY 7 - 4 - +23 14
CRONULLA 7 - 4 - +13 14
SOUTHS 6 - 4 1 -10 14
CANTERBURY 6 - 5 - +69 12
WESTS-TIGERS 5 - 5 1 -12 12
Warriors 5 - 6 - -4 10
Newcastle 4 - 6 1 -19 10
St Geo-Ill 5 - 6 - -24 10
Canberra 4 - 6 1 -27 10
Sydney 5 - 6 - -60 10
Gold Coast 3 - 7 1 -52 8
Penrith 3 - 8 - -89 8
Parramatta 1 - 9 1 -143 4
Judiciary News
No one was placed on report.
NYC U20 Round 11
v St George-Illawarra
Sun May 20, 12:45pm
WIN 24-10
Late Changes, Dylan Walker replaced Heyer and Pollard dropped off the bench. The South Sydney Rabbitohs turned in a clinical performance against the St George Illawarra Dragons in their round 11 Toyota Cup match, running out 24 points to 10 victors at WIN Jubilee Oval today (Sunday). Rabbitohs halves Luke Keary and Dylan Walker controlled the game with quality short and long kicking games as well as taking the right options in attack, with the side's commitment in defence especially over the first 40 minutes setting up the win. Centre Jordan Tongahai scored the first try for South Sydney in the tenth minute, capitalising on some pressure built by the halves through their pin point kicking. Ten minutes later hooker Apisai Koroisau scored with one of his trademark dives from dummy half to touch down adjacent to the posts. In the 27th minute of play, halfback Keary took an intercept 65 metres out from the line, showing great pace to score under the posts. The first half points was pleasing for Ben Gardiner's side, but keeping the Dragons to zero over the first 40 minutes would have pleased him more. The Dragons were the first to score in the second stanza when second rower Blake Phillips scored in the 51st minute, followed four minutes later by Dragons centre Charly Runciman's four-pointer. The Rabbitohs maintained the eight-point advantage until the 68th minute, when Keary crossed for his second try after following through a grubber kick from fullback James Roberts.
10 min 6-0
20 min 12-0
26 min 18-0
51 min 18-6
69 min 24-10
Keary 2, Tongahai, Koroisau tries
Koroisau 3 from 3, James Roberts 1 from 1 goals
Other NYC Matches
54-12 Leic Wests-Tig b Warriors
26-20 Town Penrith b Nth Qld
28-26 Brok Sydney b Manly
26-10 StAu Canterbury b Cronulla
W D L B Diff PT
WESTS-TIGERS 8 - 2 1 +182 18
CANBERRA 8 - 2 1 +130 18
PENRITH 8 1 2 - +86 17
CANTERBURY 7 1 3 - +167 15
NEWCASTLE 6 1 3 1 +97 15
WARRIORS 7 1 3 - +70 15
SYDNEY 6 1 4 - +54 13
SOUTHS 5 1 4 1 -14 13
Cronulla 5 1 5 - -25 11
Melbourne 4 1 5 1 -37 11
Brisbane 4 - 6 1 -61 10
Parramatta 4 - 6 1 -92 10
St Geo-Ill 3 1 7 - -35 7
Nth Qld 1 2 8 - -108 4
Gold Coast 1 - 9 1 -180 4
Manly 1 1 9 - -220 3
Club Championship
W D L B Diff PT
MELBOURNE 11 1 6 2 +130 31
Wests-Tigers 13 - 7 2 +160 30
Canberra 12 - 8 2 +93 28
Canterbury 13 1 8 - +232 27
Souths 11 1 8 2 -24 27
Brisbane 11 - 9 2 +27 26
Newcastle 10 1 9 2 +72 25
Warriors 12 1 9 - +60 25
Cronulla 12 1 9 - -2 25
Penrith 11 1 10 - +7 23
Sydney 11 1 10 - -6 23
Nth Qld 8 2 12 - -22 18
St Geo-Ill 8 1 13 - -61 17
Manly 8 1 13 - -173 15
Parramatta 5 - 15 2 -243 14
Gold Coast 4 - 16 2 -232 12
NSW Cup Round 12
v Newcastle, North Sydney Oval
Sat May 19, 3:00pm
WIN 25-24
Late Changes, Talanoa and Corrigan are out. Hawkins starts on the wing with Nichols into center. Peats started at hooker while McKinnon dropped to the bench. It was a tale of two halves at North Sydney Oval as North Sydney fought their way back after Newcastle built an early lead. The Bears kept the Knights scoreless in the second half to win by a single point in a brilliant match, which in the end was decided by a field goal. The Knights struck first as a cut out ball from fullback Peter Mata’utia to Kevin Naiqama caught Jack Hawkins out of position on the wing. The try was converted by winger Josh Mantellato. The Knights didn’t take long to score again as five eighth Albert Kelly retrieved a midfield bomb from his halves partner Adrian Davis after Kieran Vale fumbled the towering kick. Mantellato converted from right in front and the Knights took an early 12 nil lead. The scoring flurry didn’t finish there as second rower Zane Tetevano got on the outside of Blake Judd after a rushed kick from fellow Knights backrower Marvin Filipo. After the conversion Newcastle were up 18 nil with less than 20 minutes gone. The Bears needed to hit back and they did that through Jack Hawkins, who was a late replacement for Fetuli Talanoa. Halfback Neenan Simpson threw a flat cut out ball to Greg Nichols who drew the winger and gave the ball to Hawkins who crossed in the corner. Hawkins couldn’t convert his own try and the score was 18-4. Newcastle continued their dominant first half by hitting back just before halftime. Halfback Adrian Davis ran through a gaping hole in the Bears defence 40m out from the Bears line and drew the fullback before giving the ball to Filipo who crossed over under the posts. Another conversion and the teams went into the break with the Knights leading 24-4, however it could have been more but Ethan Cook fumbled the ball in open space with Albert Kelly in support. North Sydney needed to lift in the second half before the game got away from them. Replacement Brendan McKinnon crossed over the line from dummy half and gave the fans something to cheer about 2 minutes into the second half. North Sydney looked a completely different side after the interval and they continued to fight their way back into the game. Adrian Ha’angana burst through the defence 20m out and wasn’t going to be stopped as he charged over the fullback and over the line. Hawkins converted and the Bears were back in the game at 16-24 with a lot of time left in the second half. The Bears were almost in again as Blake Judd intercepted a ball and raced down the sideline. Wes Naiqama chased down his opposing centre and brilliantly tackled him into touch 5m before the tryline. The Bears continued to force their way back into the game as Jack Hawkins crossed for his second of the afternoon. Hawkins got on the end of an offload by Nichols, but again couldn’t convert his own try. North Sydney were now only trailing by 4 points with the score at 24-20 with just under 20 minutes to go. A few minutes later and the Bears were in again. Nathan Peats threw a cut out ball, which caught Wes Naiqama out of position, to Blake Judd which set up a 2 on 1 and the Souths centre easily drew the Knights winger and gave the ball to Curtis Johnston who crossed in the corner to the delight of the crowd. Hawkins’ missed conversion set up a tense finish with the score locked at 24 all. With Ryan Carr not returning from the halftime break with injury and Bears five regular five eighth Justin Hunt called up to first grade, the Bears needed someone to step up and halfback Neenan Simpson did just that. With the scores locked, halfback Simpson took a shot at field goal from 35m out and it just crept over the bar. Much to the delight of the crowd and his teammates, Simpson completed the comeback and the Bears won an absolute thriller at North Sydney Oval 25-24. The second half was highlighted by some tough displays from the Bears front row. George Burgess and Neccrom Areaiiti, who were targeted with some bruising defence by the Newcastle side, stood up and put in a tremendous effort. Burgess in particular, dished out some punishment of his own by steamrolling over the top of Knights defenders on three occasions in the second stanza. A delighted coach Wayne Lambkin put his side’s second half turn around to confidence, “We talked about playing footy and throwing the ball around and we spoke only about positive things and getting the confidence back up”. The win puts the Bears on top of the VB NSW Cup ladder
8 min 0-6
11 min 0-12
15 min 0-18
32 min 4-18
37 min 4-24
42 min 10-24
49 min 16-24
62 min 20-24
64 min 24-24
75 min 25-24
Hawkins 2, McKinnon, Ha'angana, Johnston tries
Hawkins 2 from 5 goals
Simpson fieldgoal
Other NSW Cup Matches
12-10 Birk Auckland b Canterbury
32-17 Wol2 Newtown b Illawarra
50-6 MtPr Mounties b Wests
24-18 Leic Balm-Ryde b Wentworthville
46-18 Wind Windsor b Cronulla
W D L B Diff PT
NORTHS 7 - 3 2 +83 18
CANTERBURY 7 1 3 1 +190 17
WINDSOR 7 - 4 1 +146 16
NEWTOWN 8 - 4 - +113 16
AUCKLAND 7 - 4 1 +70 16
WENTWORTHVILLE 6 - 5 1 +84 14
NEWCASTLE 6 - 5 1 +50 14
BALMAIN-RYDE 7 - 5 - +7 14
Mounties 5 - 6 1 -31 12
Cronulla 5 - 6 1 -61 12
Manly 4 - 7 1 -74 10
Illawarra 3 1 7 1 -45 9
Wests - - 11 1 -504 2