2014 Round 25 South Sydney v Canterbury-Bankstown

Stadium Australia

Thu Aug 28, 7:45pm

Selected Round 25 Teams

CyberView from the Hill - Last Week

CyberView from the Hill - This Week

Late Changes

Late Changes team was 1-17 with Goodwin and Picker 18th and 19th men.

WIN 21-14

The South Sydney Rabbitohs have survived a Bulldogs onslaught to record a 21-14 victory that has increased the side’s chances of finishing the regular season in the top four, while also taking the Special Olympics Cup in the process. The Bulldogs made their intentions clear from the opening minutes with an aggressive start that bore all the hallmarks of a traditional ‘softening-up period’ – Michael Ennis leading the way by getting under the skin of the Rabbitohs forwards with some characteristic niggle. Just eight minutes in, Ennis’ niggling bore fruit as he wrestled with Issac Luke as the Rabbitohs attacked the Bulldogs line. Luke struggled to get up and landed a boot in Ennis’s face. Luke was place on report for the incident, but the repercussions didn’t stop there. From the ensuing set, Mitch Brown managed to open the scoring out wide, with Trent Hodkinson adding the extras from near the touch-line. The Bulldogs continued to apply pressure while was Ennis repeatedly warned by referees for indiscretions in the play the ball. With the Rabbitohs looking unlikely to score thanks to the Dogs controlling the ruck, Souths finally managed to manufacture points from close range when Luke Keary turned a ball back inside to Sam Burgess who crossed the stripe. Adam Reynolds converted to square it up at six apiece. A South Sydney mistake gifted the Bulldogs possession inside the Rabbitohs half, and it was Ennis who would capitalise when the hooker charged over the stripe despite gallant defensive efforts to keep the ball from touching down. Hodkinson converted to make it 12-6 to round out the first half. On the resumption, Canterbury looked to pick up where they left off by taking Alex Johnston over the touch-line. But it was the Rabbitohs who would level the scores thanks to a jink, step and pass off the ground from Luke Keary to Sam Burgess, who crashed over for his second in front of the sticks. Reynolds added the extras to tie the game up again, this time at 12 apiece with 3 minutes in the second half gone. A penalty to the Bulldogs within kicking distance allowed Hodkinson to kick his team two points ahead, making it 14-12 as Sam Burgess went up the tunnel owing to injury. The niggle then continued through Ennis, and Adam Reynolds found himself on report for a dangerous tackle as a result with just over 20 minutes in the match remaining – the referee this time threatening Ennis with time in the bin if the indiscretions continued. With the match winding down, the Rabbitohs threw everything they had at the Bulldogs in search of points and they eventually came through an unmarked Lote Tuqiri, who took a long pass from Adam Reynolds to score in the far corner to take the lead for the first time in the match. Reynolds made no mistake from the touch-line to make it 18-14. A penalty to Souths for an offside 33 metres out with four minutes left, provided an opportunity for Reynolds to boot the red and greens a further two points ahead. Reynolds made no mistake to make the difference a converted try with three minutes remaining. A long-range late field-goal from Adam Reynolds put the result beyond doubt – the Rabbitohs taking the match by 21-14.

 6 min  0-6
27 min  6-6
32 min  6-12
44 min 12-12
53 min 12-14
72 min 18-14
76 min 20-14
77 min 21-14

S.Burgess 2, Tuqiri tries
Reynolds 4 from 4 goals
Reynolds fieldgoal

Crowd       20,424
Referee     G.Sutton/A.Shortall

Penalities 10-6
Scrums      3-6

                 Min Tac Pe MT LB  HU  DR    m Er OL   K TA  T  G/A  FG
Flbk Inglis       80   5  -  1  -  19   -  181  -  -   -  -  -  -     -
LWng Johnston.A   80   2  -  -  -  10   -   84  1  -   -  -  -  -     -
LCnt Auva'a       80  21  -  2  -  11   1   83  1  -   1  -  -  -     -
RCnt Walker       80  19  1  2  -  11   2  100  -  -   -  -  -  -     -
RWng Tuqiri       80   7  -  1  1   8   -   79  -  -   1  -  1  -     -
5/8  Keary        80  18  -  4  -   6   -   47  -  2   2  2  -  -     -
Half Reynolds     80  30  1  -  -   3   -   23  -  1  17  1  -  4/4   1
Prop Burgess.G    56  33  -  1  -  13   -  142  -  1   -  -  -  -     -
Hook Luke         80  33  1  4  -  13   7  105  1  2   1  -  -  -     -
Prop Tyrrell      28  19  -  1  -   4   -   30  -  -   -  -  -  -     -
SRow Turner       72  32  -  1  -   7   -   61  -  -   -  -  -  -     -
SRow McQueen      70  22  2  4  1  11   1  113  2  1   -  -  -  -     -
Lock Burgess.S    66  36  -  2  2  23   -  196  2  3   -  -  2  -     -

Int  Clark        28  12  -  1  -  12   -  117  -  1   -  -  -  -     -
Int  Lowe         28  19  1  -  -   6   -   43  -  -   -  -  -  -     -
Int  Burgess.L    21  14  -  1  -   7   -   64  -  -   -  -  -  -     -
Int  Burgess.T    31  17  -  2  -  15   -  140  1  -   -  -  -  -     -

TOTAL                339  6 27  4         1608  8 11  22  3  3  4/4   1

Completion Rate  33 / 43 77%

Opposition Offloads  2

Effective 1st Tackles

 1 min  56m Reynolds kick COF / SS P(McQueen)
 3 min   2m P / Reynolds kick COF
 5 min  35m P / SS P(Luke) / (CB TRY)
 9 min  34m SS Err(McQueen) SCR
12 min   5m Reynolds kick COF
13 min  52m CB Err / P / SS Err(McQueen) SS P(McQueen)
15 min  34m Reynolds kick COF
17 min  38m Tuqiri kick COF
18 min  54m SS Err(SBurgess) SCR
21 min  16m CB Err / Reynolds kick
24 min   0m SCR / P / Keary kick COF CIG
27 min   0m P / P / TRY
30 min  15m Reynolds kick COF
32 min  81m SS Err (TBurgess) / (CB TRY)
36 min  12m Reynolds kick
38 min  38m SS Err (SBurgess) SCR

half time

43 min  15m P / P / P / SS Err(AJohnston) SCR
44 min   0m CB Err / TRY
47 min  25m Luke kick
49 min  12m Reynolds kick
50 min 100m SS Err(Auva'a) SCR 78m/ SS P(Walker) 88m / SS P (Lowe) (CB GOAL)
55 min  20m Reynolds kick COF
57 min  85m Reynolds kick 34m / SS P(Reynolds)
60 min  12m Reynolds kick COF
62 min  16m Keary kick
65 min  15m SCR / Reynolds kick SS Err(Luke) SCR
67 min  11m Reynolds kick
68 min  23m Reynolds kick COF
70 min   0m CB Err / Reynolds kick CIG
72 min   0m TRY
74 min  12m Reynolds kick COF
76 min   0m P GOAL
77 min   0m FIELDGOAL
79 min   0m P / Reynolds kick CIG
80 min   1m Auva'a kick

Average effective 1st tackle location
- 23.4m - for the whole match

- 29.5m - 1st half
- 18.3m - 2nd half

If you now remove the tries
- 31.5m - 1st half
- 20.4m - 2nd half

Other Round FG Matches

30-22 Lang Brisbane   b St Geo-Ill
42-12 Hunt Newcastle  b Parramatta
27-12 Bruc Canberra   b Wests-Tig
24-12 SFS  Sydney     b Melbourne
42-0  MtSm Warriors   b Gold Coast
26-25 Brok Manly      b Penrith
20-19 Town Nth Qld    b Cronulla
      
               W D  L B Diff PT
MANLY         16 -  7 2 +117 36
SOUTHS        15 -  8 2 +228 34
SYDNEY        15 -  8 2 +226 34
PENRITH       14 -  9 2  +64 32
NTH QLD       13 - 10 2 +176 30
MELBOURNE     13 - 10 2  +66 30
CANTERBURY    13 - 10 2   +8 30
BRISBANE      12 - 11 2 +103 28
Warriors      12 - 11 2  +96 28
Parramatta    12 - 11 2  -90 28
St Geo-Ill    11 - 12 2  -29 26
Newcastle      9 - 14 2 -138 22
Wests-Tigers   9 - 14 2 -227 22
Gold Coast     8 - 15 2 -167 20
Canberra       7 - 16 2 -170 18
Cronulla       5 - 18 2 -263 14
      

Judiciary News

Hooker Issac Luke has been charged with a grade one Dangerous Contact charge which has a base penalty of 100 points. He has 50% loading for a similar offence in the last two years and 65 carry-over points. An early guilty plea will result in 177 points, a one week suspension. Fighting the charge and losing will result in 215 points, a two week suspension.

Rabbitohs hooker Issac Luke has successfully fought a grade one dangerous contact charge tonight at the NRL Judiciary.

Halfback Adam Reynolds has been charged with a grade one dangerous throw charge which has a base penalty of 125 points. He has 20% loading for a non-similar offence in the last two years. An early guilty plea will result in 112 points, a one week suspension. Fighting the charge and losing will result in 150 points, a one week suspension.

Adam has taken the early guitly plea.

NYC Cup Round 25

11:30am Sat Aug 30, Campbelltown Stadium

WIN 36-24

Due to the heavy rain in Sydney the U20's fixture has been relocated to Campbelltown Stadium on Sat Aug 30 at 11:30am

Late Changes Hughes is out. Gorman starts on the wing. Final line up is -

Flbk - Devon Makoare-Boyce 
Wing - Elliott Gorman
Cntr - Trevita Cottrell
Cntr - John Olive
Wing - Sam Manuleleua
5/8  - Jordie Hedges
Half - Brad Wall
Prop - Ofa Felila
Hook - Aaron Booth
Prop - Eden Syme
SRow - Tulsa Saumamao
SRow - Jack Gosiewski (c)
Lock - Cheyne Whitelaw

Int  - Brock Gray
Int  - Clayton Williams
Int  - PJ Los'e
Int  - Wallace Tangiiti

The South Sydney Rabbitohs have taken another step towards qualifying for the Holden Cup finals series in 2014, scoring a solid 36-24 victory over the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs at Campbelltown Sports Stadium today (Saturday). The Bulldogs were reduced to 11 men at one stage, with the Rabbitohs making the most of the open spaces to forge an unassailable lead midway through the second half. The Bulldogs were the first to score in the fifth minute of play when winger Marcelo Montoya crossed in the left hand corner on the back of a couple of piggy-back penalties. Brad Keighran converted from out wide to give the home side a six-nil lead. The Rabbitohs responded almost immediately when halfback Brad Wall spun out of a tackle to score on the left hand side. The Rabbitohs had been pressuring the Bulldogs’ line and that paid dividends, taking the scoreline to six-four in favour of Canterbury-Bankstown. The Rabbitohs scored again three minutes later when centre John Olive put prop Ofa Felila through a hole, charging 15 metres to score. The conversion was missed, taking the scoreline to eight-six in favour of South Sydney. The Rabbitohs were the next to score when second rower Tulsa Saumamao scored in the 31st minute of play. A quality short ball from Wallace Tangiiti put Saumamao through who had to beat the fullback to score. Tangiiti converted to give the Rabbitohs a 14-6 lead. The ‘Dogs scored their second try through Montoya again, this time scooting around the in-goal area to make the conversion attempt easier for his kicker. Brendan Cox converted to take the scores to 14-12 at the half time break. The Rabbitohs looked to be doing it fairly easy when they could hang on to the ball, but poor handling thwarted a number of scoring chances for the visitors. The Bulldogs were very ill-disciplined, giving away many penalties and having front rower Herman Ese’ese sent to the sin bin for ten minutes for dissent towards the referee, but they managed to finish the half within two points of their more-fancied opponents. The Bulldogs snatched the lead in the opening minutes of the second half when Dujuan Manuel-Liolevave scored in the right corner. Cox converted from the eastern touchline to take the lead 18 points to 14 after 46 minutes. The Bulldogs were reduced to 12 men in the 52nd minute of the game after five-eighth Robbie Kamoto up-ended a Rabbitohs’ ball runner into an extremely dangerous position and was sent from the field by the referee. Halfback Guy Hamilton would also spend ten minutes in the sin bin for a professional foul from the 58th minute of play. The Rabbitohs made the most of the 11-man Bulldogs side, crossing for three tries in the ten minute period. In the 59th minute, Tulsa Saumamao crossed for his second try to the left of the posts, with Wallace Tangiiti’s conversion giving the Rabbitohs a 20-18 lead. Two minutes later, winger Sam Manuleleua took the ball from the kick off and raced the length of the field up the right hand touchline to score a remarkable try. Tangiiti converted establishing an eight-point advantage. Three minutes later, prop Eden Syme would scoop up a Tangiiti grubber kick into the in-goal to score, and Tangiiti converted to give the Rabbitohs a 32-18 lead after 65 minutes of play. The Bulldogs struck back through hooker Alex Sorge who dived over from dummy half nine minutes short of full time. Keighran’s conversion reduced the deficit to eight points. The Rabbitohs scored the final try of the match in the 78th minute when a long ball from Brad Wall found John Olive 40 metres out from his own line. Olive turned the defence inside out and then fired up the afterburners to scoot 60 metres to score in the left hand corner to take the final scoreline to 36-24 in favour of South Sydney. The Rabbitohs worked hard throughout the 80 minutes, led by Cheyne Whitelaw in the forwards. Manuleleua and Olive looked dangerous in the backs, especially when given a bit of space due to the send offs for the Bulldogs. The ‘Dogs big forwards gave the Rabbitohs some headaches, but the Rabbitohs turned in an electrifying second half to score an important victory in terms of qualifying for the Holden Cup finals series.

 5 min  0-6
 9 min  4-6
12 min  8-6
31 min 14-6
37 min 14-12
45 min 14-18
59 min 20-18
62 min 26-18
65 min 32-18
71 min 32-24
78 min 36-24

Saumamao 2, Wall, Felila, Manuleleua, Syme, Olive  tries
Tangiiti 4 from 5, Makoare-Boyce 0 from 2 goals

Other U20 Matches

58-18 Lang St Geo-Ill b Brisbane
34-30 Hunt Newcastle  b Parramatta
28-24 Bruc Canberra   b Wests-Tig
36-24 SFS  Sydney     b Melbourne
28-12 MtSm Warriors   b Gold Coast
28-24 Brok Manly      b Penrith
18-16 JMan Cronulla   b Nth Qld

               W D  L B Diff PT
NEWCASTLE     16 2  5 2 +264 38
ST GEO-ILL    16 -  7 2 +226 36
SYDNEY        15 1  7 2 +216 35
BRISBANE      15 1  7 2  +38 35
PARRAMATTA    15 -  8 2 +196 34
WESTS-TIGERS  14 1  8 2  +92 33
WARRIORS      12 - 11 2 +189 28
PENRITH       12 - 11 2  +65 28
Souths        12 - 11 2  -26 28
Melbourne     12 - 11 2  -26 28
Manly         11 1 11 2  -96 27
Nth Qld        8 - 15 2 -236 20
Canberra       8 - 15 2 -255 20
Cronulla       6 2 15 2 -185 18
Gold Coast     6 - 17 2 -153 16
Canterbury     2 - 21 2 -309  8

Club Championship

               W D  L B Diff PT
SYDNEY        30 1 15 4 +442 69
Brisbane      27 1 18 4 +141 63
Manly         27 1 18 4  +21 63
Souths        27 - 19 4 +202 62
St Geo-Ill    27 - 19 4 +197 62
Parramatta    27 - 19 4 +110 62
Penrith       26 - 20 4 +129 60
Newcastle     25 2 19 4 +126 60
Melbourne     25 - 21 4  +40 58
Warriors      24 - 22 4 +285 56
Wests-Tigers  23 1 22 4 -135 55
Nth Qld       21 - 25 4  -60 50
Canterbury    15 - 31 4 -301 38
Canberra      15 - 31 4 -425 38
Gold Coast    14 - 31 4 -320 36
Cronulla      11 2 33 4 -448 32

NSW Cup Round 26

v Warriors, MtSm Sun Aug 31 11:30am

LOSS 12-48

No Changes team was 1-17

The Vodafone Warriors have snuck into the NSW Cup top eight following today's must-win 25th round clash against the North Sydney Bears at Mt Smart Stadium. Second-rower Agnatius Paasi scored a hat-trick in the eight try rout of the last-placed Bears to snap a four-game losing streak for the home side. The match got off to an inauspicious start when North Sydney scored a converted try to halfback Blake Nichols before the Vodafone Warriors had touched the ball. The Vodafone Warriors got on the board in the 15th minute when their NRL players Feleti Mateo and Chad Townsend combined to put Paasi over for his first try. Townsend's conversion locked up the scores 6-6. The same movement produced Paasi's second try in the 25th minute to make it 12-6 following Townsend's conversion. The lead sparked some much needed energy for the Vodafone Warriors after a lack-lustre opening quarter. A strong run by Paasi earned a penalty and in the ensuing set, captain Steve Waetford off-loaded near the line for David Bhana to dive over and Townsend's boot made it 18-6 at halftime. It was one-way traffic in the second half as the Warriors piled on tries to Abraham Papalii, Bhana, Albert Vete and Mateo in third quarter, Townsend converting all four to make it 42-6. North Sydney got on the board again in the 72nd minute when prop Nathaniel Neal spun his way to a try which Arlidge converted. Paasi claimed his hat-trick to close out the scoring with Townsend maintaining his perfect record for 48-12.

 3 min  6-0
15 min  6-6
25 min  6-12
28 min  6-18
42 min  6-24
48 min  6-30
51 min  6-36
59 min  6-42
71 min 12-42
74 min 12-48

Roberts, Neale tries
Aldridge 2 from 2 goals

                        Min Tac Pe MT LB  HU  DR    m Er OL   K TA  T  G/A  FG
Flbk Morgan, Kane         -   7  -  6  -  11   -   82  1  -   1  -  -  -     -
Wing O'Dare, Mark         -   6  1  1  -   8   1   66  -  -   1  -  -  -     -
Cntr Reddy, Joel          -  13  2  -  -  12   -   78  -  -   -  -  -  -     -
Cntr Toole, Josh          -  12  -  1  -   5   1   39  1  -   -  -  -  -     -
Wing Hedley, Nick         -   2  -  1  -  13   2   89  1  -   1  -  -  -     -
5/8  Aldridge, Kurt       -  19  1  3  -   4   -   16  1  -   5  -  -  2/2   -
Half Nichols, Blake       -   9  1  6  -   7   -   60  1  -   5  -  -  -     -
Prop Neale, Nathaniel     -  42  1  -  1  15   -  145  1  -   -  -  -  -     -
Hook Hyland, Matt         -  36  -  -  -   5   3   38  1  -   -  -  1  -     -
Prop Lupi, Brad           -  26  1  -  -  10   -   92  -  -   -  -  -  -     -
SRow Roberts, Jesse       -  25  -  2  1  13   -   96  -  -   -  -  1  -     -
SRow Williams, Jackson    -  12  -  1  -   6   -   58  -  -   -  -  -  -     -
Lock Low, Duncan          -  45  -  1  -  12   -   98  1  -   -  -  -  -     -

Int  El Masri, Tarek      -   7  -  2  -   4   -   42  -  -   -  -  -  -     -
Int  Tavita, Steve        -   3  -  -  -   1   -    -  -  -   -  -  -  -     -
Int  Mourad, Wes          -  21  -  3  -   7   -   62  -  -   -  -  -  -     -
Int  Garlick, Jackson     -  12  1  4  -   2   -    7  -  -   1  -  -  -     -

TOTAL                       298  9 31  2         1069  8  -  14  -  2  2/2   -

Completion Rate   22 / 34  65%

Effective 1st Tackles

 1 min   4m P / Nichols kick
 3 min   0m Au Err SCR / TRY
 5 min  18m Nichols kick COF
 7 min  20m O'Dare kick
 8 min  20m Au Err SCR / NS Err(Nichols)
10 min  26m Aldridge kick ChDn / NS Err(Neale)
13 min  66m P / Nichols kick COF 10m / NS P(Neale) / (Au TRY)
19 min  70m Nichols kick COF / NS P(JWilliams)
20 min  32m Au Err / Nichols kick 10m NS P(Reddy)
23 min  87m SCR / Aldridge kick 38m / NS P(O'Dare) / (Au TRY)
28 min  70m NS P(Aldridge) / (Au TRY)
32 min  43m Nichols kick
35 min  50m Au Err SCR / P / Aldridge kick / Optional kick SCR
39 min  32m Au Err / P / Morgan kick NS P(O'Dare)

half time

41 min  30m Aldridge kick / (Au TRY)
46 min  89m Au Err / ChOv 16m / NS P 48m / NS P(Lupi) / (Au TRY)
51 min  67m NS P(Reddy) / (Au TRY)
53 min 100m CIG
54 min  73m DO
56 min  79m Au Err SCR P / NS Err(Roberts)
58 min  88m NS Err(Toole) SCR / (Au TRY)
64 min  60m Au Err SCR / P / NS Err(Hedley) SCR
66 min  27m P / NS Err(Nichols) SCR
68 min  93m NS Err(Morgan) SCR
69 min  52m Au Err / NS Err(Low) SCR
71 min   0m Au Err / TRY
73 min  27m Garlick kick / (Au TRY)
78 min  11m Hedley kick COF

Average effective 1st tackle location
- 47.6m - for the whole match

- 38.4m - 1st half
- 18.3m - 2nd half

If you now remove the tries
- 56.9m - 1st half
- 61.2m - 2nd half

Other NSW Cup Matches

26-24 Hunt Newcastle    b Newtown
30-24 Brok Manly        b Canterbury
26-16 Camp Wyong        b Wests-Tigers
44-12 Penr Penrith      b Wentworthville
38-24 Aubr Mt Pritchard b Cronulla
                    
                W D  L B Diff PT
PENRITH        20 -  4 2 +323 44
NEWCASTLE      15 -  9 2 +147 34
WENTWORTHVILLE 15 -  9 2  +59 34
ILLAWARRA      13 2  9 2 +160 32
MT PRITCHARD   14 - 10 2 +157 32
WESTS-TIGERS   14 - 10 2  +61 32
WYONG          13 - 11 2  -50 30
WARRIORS       12 1 11 2  +39 29
Cronulla       12 - 12 2  +32 28
Newtown        11 1 12 2  -49 27
Canterbury      6 2 16 2 -130 18
Manly           6 - 18 2 -317 16
Norths          2 - 22 2 -430  8