Lang Park Stadium
Fri Aug 23, 7:50pm
CyberView from the Hill - Last Week
CyberView from the Hill - This Week
Late Changes
Sam Burgess and Tracey were trimmed 24 hours before the match. Turner and Lowe were 18th and 19th men.
WIN 22-20
A Damien Cook try saving tackle for the ages on Corey Oates in the final minute and all-round masterclass has inspired a stunning and brave Rabbitohs to a 22-20 win over the Broncos in a game worthy of the intense and controversial build-up that preceded it. The lead-up focused on the coaches but it was the players that delivered an end-to-end spectacle worthy of a grudge match that had plenty on the line. With the Broncos storming home and the Rabbitohs ahead by two, Darius Boyd turned Oates inside and he powered towards what seemed certain to be the winning try. Cook cut the flying winger down like an axeman felling a giant oak tree, just centimetres from the line. Souths somehow held the Broncos out with last-ditch defence but it was the Cook tackle that will be replayed for a long, long time. The Rabbitohs hooker’s speed and game awareness was on song as he set up two Bunnies tries and finished another to lift South Sydney back into the top four. The Rabbitohs victory had plenty to recommend it with Souths playing with 12 men for 20 minutes of the match due to former Broncos James Roberts and Jaydn Su’A spending time in the sin bin. South Sydney’s spine was the difference in the clash with Cook and halves Cody Walker and Adam Reynolds on fire. The Broncos were inspired by 19-year-old back-rower David Fifita whose power and speed earned him 16 tackle breaks in an awe-inspiring two-try display. Roberts returned to Suncorp Stadium keen to make a point to his former coach Anthony Seibold. The Rabbitohs centre had a killer look in his eyes and soon found himself in the sin bin after applying his forearm to the head of Oates after the Brisbane winger had lost the ball over the tryline. Oates left the field for an HIA assessment as well but the Broncos were unable to make the most of the one-man advantage and it was Souths that landed a penalty through Reynolds. South Sydney’s first try was a cracker. Cook out of dummy half was greased lightning and John Sutton motored up in support to throw a trademark offload to Cody Walker who timed his inside pass to Dane Gagai to perfection. Reynolds added the extras and the Rabbitohs led 8-0. The Broncos looked in deep trouble until Fifita scored a freakish try with a 30-metre charge which showcased his raw power and game sense. He sliced past his former teammate Su’A, raced around Adam Doueihi and then did a trademark swivel move near the line to score. Fifita busted through again minutes later before deciding to kick for himself. It was scintillating stuff and ignited a late Brisbane surge to end the half. The latent tension that was building in the match exploded early in the second half when Ben Te’o clone Su’A went high on Alex Glenn before players from both sides piled on each other on cue. The forearm that Su’A finished off with on Glenn earned him 10 minutes in the sin-bin and Jamayne Isaako landed the penalty to level it up at 8-all. The desperation of both teams was epitomised when an Anthony Milford bomb was somehow caught by a flying Oates who sent Darius Boyd scurrying under the posts. But Campbell Graham and Reynolds appeared from nowhere to hold the Brisbane captain up. A Roberts 70-metre special got Souths close and a penalty soon afterwards was slotted by Reynolds. Then came what seemed certain to be the coup de grace when Cook put on the afterburners out of dummy half. Reynolds, who minutes earlier had been down for the count, sprinted up in support and put a sublime kick on the toe for Walker to finish other classic. A minute later Cook screamed over after Gagai sliced past a Matt Gillett tackle and the Rabbitohs led 22-8. The Broncos weren’t done and from a short kick-off the ball eventually found that man Fifita again who wrestled and rumbled his way over from close range and the margin was back to eight with 12 minutes remaining. Souths appeared to have the game in the bag before veteran Gillett busted the line out of nothing in the 77th minute to link with a rampaging Kotoni Staggs to cut Souths' lead to two. When Isaako broke clear in the final two minutes the Broncos faithful were on their feet. Then Joe Ofahengaue stole the ball off Gagai in a one-on-one strip and the Broncos had one last chance to win it. It was then that Cook somehow chopped down Oates to give the blockbuster clash the finish it deserved. The Rabbitohs have their mojo back and the win may well be the one that gives them the momentum coach Wayne Bennett was seeking into the finals series.
17 min 2-0 Reynolds goal
23 min 8-0 Gagai try Reynolds goal
33 min 8-6
HT 8-6
49 min 8-8
59 min 10-8 Reynolds goal
60 min 16-8 Walker try Reynolds goal
63 min 22-8 Cook try Reynolds goal
66 min 22-14
76 min 22-20
Gagai, Walker, Cook tries
Reynolds 5 from 5 goals
Crowd 33,225
Referee B.Cummins/H.Perenera
Scrums 8-5 (1H 4-4 )
Penalities 5-4 (1H 3-2 )
13 min Roberts, James 10SB Using Forearm to the head
48 min Su'A, Jaydn 10SB Using Forearm to the head
Final Line Up -
Min Tac Pe MT LB Rn DR m Er OL K TA T G/A FG
Flbk - 1 - Doueihi, Adam 80 3 - 2 - 16 - 142 2 2 - - - - -
LWng - 5 - Graham, Campbell 80 9 - 2 - 12 1 96 2 - - - - - -
LCnt - 2 - Gagai, Dane 80 18 - 2 1 11 3 83 1 - - 1 1 - -
RCnt - 3 - Roberts, James 70 15 1 4 2 8 1 165 1 1 - - - - - [0-13,23-80]
RWng - 19 - Allan, Corey 80 4 - 2 - 8 - 51 - - - - - - -
5/8 - 6 - Walker, Cody 80 17 - 4 1 7 - 58 - - 4 1 1 - - (c)
Half - 7 - Reynolds, Adam 80 26 - 8 1 5 - 28 1 - 6 1 - 5/5 -
Prop - 17 - Tatola, Junior 37 24 1 2 - 8 - 61 1 - - - - - - [0-22,65-80]
Hook - 9 - Cook, Damien 80 50 - 4 - 13 11 131 1 4 - - 1 - -
Prop - 10 - Knight, Liam 50 27 - 2 - 15 - 150 - 3 - - - - - [0-30,54-74]
SRow - 11 - Sutton, John 80 26 - 1 - 17 2 170 - 4 1 - - - -
SRow - 12 - Su'A, Jaydn 55 20 1 3 - 6 - 49 - 2 - - - - - [0-48,58-65]
Lock - 13 - Murray, Cameron 64 34 1 4 - 11 - 93 2 1 - - - - - [0-35,51-80]
Int - 14 - Nicholls, Mark 38 25 - 2 - 11 - 112 1 - - - - - - [22-54,74-80]
Int - 16 - Britt, Dean 24 19 - 3 - 7 - 57 - - - - - - - [30-54]
Int - 18 - Amone, Tom 26 10 - - - 4 - 54 1 - - - - - - [35-51]
Int - 20 - Sironen, Bayley 20 13 - 2 - 3 - 19 - - - - - - - [60-80]
340 4 47 5 1527 13 17 11 3 3 5/5 -
Completion Rate - 23 / 34 68%
Opposition Offloads - 10
Effective 1st Tackles
0 min 19m KO
1 min 38m Walker kick DIG
4 min 64m Walker kick SCR 17m / SS P(Tatola)
8 min 18m BB Err SCR / Reynolds kick COF
11 min 12m P / SS Err(Cook)
12 min 88m SS Err(Doueihi) SCR 94m / (BB NO TRY) SS P-10SB(Roberts)
17 min 0m BB Err SCR / BB 6TG / P GOAL
18 min 1m Sutton kick
20 min 90m SS Err(Graham) SCR
22 min 68m DO
23 min 0m BB Err SCR / TRY
26 min 0m Reynolds kick COF CIG
28 min 11m SS Err(Roberts) SCR
31 min 1m P / Reynolds kick
32 min 18m SS ChDn(Nicholls) / (BB TRY)
34 min 15m KO
36 min 64m SS Err(Amone) / (BB NO TRY)
39 min 41m BB Err SCR / Reynolds kick COF
half time
40 min 9m Walker kick
42 min 65m SS Err(Doueihi)
45 min 21m BB Err SCR / P / SS Err(Reynolds) SCR
47 min 100m DO 68m / SS P-10SB(SuA) (BB GOAL)
50 min 17m KO
52 min 22m Walker kick COF / (BB NO TRY)
55 min 86m SS Err(Graham) 53m / SS 6TG(Murray)
59 min 0m BB Err SCR / BB 6TG / P GOAL
60 min 0m Reynolds kick TRY
63 min 0m TRY
65 min 99m Sh-KO SS Err(Murray) / SS P(Sironen) / (BB TRY)
67 min 17m KO
71 min 5m BB Err SCR / BB 6TG SCR / ChOv
73 min 8m Reynolds kick
75 min 100m SS Err(Tatola) 34m / SS 6TG(Nichols) (BB TRY)
76 min 14m KO
78 min 97m SS Err(Gagai)
Average effective 1st tackle location
- 37.4m - for the whole match
- 32.2m - 1st half
- 43.7m - 2nd half
Other First Grade Matches
12-6 WSS Canterbury b Parramatta
24-10 Town Nth Qld b Penrith
42-16 Ende Cronulla b Warriors
46-4 Camp Wests-Tig b Newcastle
34-12 Koga Syd Rstrs b St Geo-Ill
24-8 MRSt Melbourne b Gold Coast
18-14 Bruc Manly b Canberra
W D L B Diff PT
MELBOURNE 18 - 4 1 +293 38
SYD RSTRS 16 - 6 1 +254 34
CANBERRA 14 - 8 1 +149 30
MANLY 14 - 8 1 +96 30
SOUTHS 14 - 8 1 +77 30
PARRAMATTA 13 - 9 1 +45 28
CRONULLA 11 - 11 1 +34 24
BRISBANE 10 1 11 1 -42 23
Wests-Tig 10 - 12 1 -22 22
Penrith 10 - 12 1 -89 22
Newcastle 9 - 13 1 -27 20
Canterbury 9 - 13 1 -160 20
Warriors 8 1 13 1 -120 19
Nth Qld 8 - 14 1 -117 18
St Geo-Ill 7 - 15 1 -128 16
Gold Coast 4 - 18 1 -239 10
Judiciary News
Rabbitohs centre James Roberts has been charged with a Grade 2 Dangerous Contact with the Head/Neck, which carries a charge or 300 base points. Roberts has since taken the early guilty plea for a 25% reduction resulting in a 225 points charge, or 2 games with 25 carryover points.
Rabbitohs second rower Jaydn Su'A has been charged with a Grade 1 Contray Conduct, which carries a charge of $1500 fine. He also has one non-similar offence in the last 2 years and incurrs a 20% loading bring his charge up to $1850 fine. Su'A has taken the early guilty plea for a 25% reduction resulting in a final $1388 fine.
Reserve Grade - Canterbury NSW Premiership Round 22
v Newcastle, Maitland Sports Ground, Sun Aug 25 1:30pm
WIN 32-4
Late Changes - Allan, Amone, Dillon, O'Brien and Sironen are out Higgins starts fullback, O'Connor on the wing, Gray and Hills at prop, Lowe at second row, Peoples at lock, Gordon, Aiden Manowski, Butler and Jurd on the bench. The South Sydney Rabbitohs Canterbury Cup side have gotten one hand on the Minor Premiership after a convincing 32-4 victory over the Newcastle Knights. Winger Mawene Hiroti racked up 20 points in the victory, with two tries and six goals, with Ethan Lowe scoring a try in the dying minutes after his first Canterbury Cup appearance of the season. Continuing their trend of scoring the first try of the match, the Red and Green came out firing with Hiroti scoring his first try of the day in the eighth minute. With his first conversion of the afternoon, the Rabbitohs took an early six-point lead. In a back and forth contest, the Knights would continue to hold out the Rabbitohs’ attack, however Hiroti would continue his side’s lead with another four-pointer and conversion after a quarter of the match. This saw the Rabbitohs lead 12-nil after 23 minutes. A Yileen Gordon sinbin with five minutes left in the first half would see the Rabbitohs under pressure with just twelve men, but the Cardinal and Myrtle would hold on to maintain a 12-nil lead at the break. Ironically, it was immediately after the match returned to a thirteen-a-side contest when the Knights struck, with winger Kiah Cooper scoring and bringing his side into the contest. But less than ten minutes later, five-eighth Connor Tracey would continue his run of tries as he swooped to score and extend the side’s lead to eighteen after 55 minutes gone. Not to be outdone, Tracey’s halves partner Dean Hawkins nabbed himself a try with five minutes to go to seal the result, while Ethan Lowe also saw his name on the scoreboard with a try in the dying stages which saw the Rabbitohs mount a dominant victory.
8 min 6-0 Hiroti try Hiroti goal
21 min 12-0 Hiroti try Hiroti goal
HT 12-0
47 min 12-4
55 min 18-4 Tracey try Hiroti goal
71 min 20-4 Hiroti goal
75 min 26-4 Hawkins try Hiroti goal
78 min 32-4 Lowe try Hiroti goal
Hiroti 2, Tracey, Hawkins, Lowe tries
Hiroti 6 from 6 goals
Scrums 8-7 (1H 5-3 )
Penalties 5-8 (1H 2-7 )
35 min Gordon, Yileen 10SB Professional Foul
Final Line Up -
Min Tac Pe MT LB Rn DR m Er OL K TA T G/A FG
Flbk - 2 - Higgins, Leigh 80 7 - - - 21 1 224 1 - - - - - -
LWng - 5 - Paulo, Jaxson 80 5 1 - 2 9 2 143 - - - - - - -
LCnt - 4 - Dodd, Levi 80 10 1 1 - 9 - 94 - 2 - 1 - - -
RCnt - 3 - Hiroti, Mawene 80 19 - 5 2 10 - 151 2 - - - 2 6/6 -
RWng - 16 - O'Connor, Dylan 80 - - 2 1 11 - 129 1 - - - - - -
5/8 - 6 - Tracey, Connor 80 12 - 2 1 11 - 90 1 - 9 - 1 - -
Half - 7 - Hawkins, Dean 80 23 - 6 - 13 - 112 - - 5 2 1 - -
Prop - 14 - Gray, Brock 41 21 1 1 - 7 - 81 - - - - - - - [0-26,61-76]
Hook - 9 - Brittain, Billy 80 37 3 2 - 9 5 55 - - 1 - - - - (c)
Prop - 15 - Hills, Lyndon 58 29 1 2 - 10 - 124 - 1 - - - - - [0-31,53-80]
SRow - 13 - Lowe, Ethan 80 27 - 5 1 16 - 156 1 - - - 1 - -
SRow - 12 - Johns, Jack 61 20 - 2 - 8 - 79 1 - - - - - - [0-61]
Lock - 11 - Peoples, Trent 64 30 - 5 - 10 1 115 1 1 - - - - - [0-45,61-80]
Int - 18 - Gordon, Yileen 25 16 1 1 - 3 - 40 - - - - - - - [26-35,45-61]
Int - 19 - Manowski, Blake 24 6 - 2 - 3 - 27 - - - - - - - [45-65,76-80]
Int - 20 - Butler, Tarquinn 15 3 - 1 - 4 - 46 - - 1 1 - - - [65-80]
Int - 21 - Jurd, Matthew 18 10 - 1 - 3 - 28 1 - - - - - - [31-53]
275 8 38 7 1700 9 4 16 4 5 6/6 -
Completion Rate - 24 / 32 75%
Opposition Offloads - 10
Other Reserve Grade Matches
42-14 Hens Newtown b Wests
28-20 Ring Wntwrthvll b Canterbury
28-0 Koga St George b Warriors
42-24 NSO Norths b Penrith
30-26 Bruc Mt Prtchrd b Blacktown
W D L B Diff PT
SOUTHS 14 - 7 1 +90 30
ST GEO-ILL 12 3 6 1 +165 29
CANTERBURY 12 1 8 1 +3 27
NORTHS 12 - 9 1 +44 26
PENRITH 12 - 9 1 +28 26
MT PRITCHARD 11 1 9 1 +90 25
NEWTOWN 10 1 10 1 -12 23
WENTWORTHVILLE 10 - 11 1 -1 22
Warriors 8 2 11 1 -39 20
Wests 7 3 11 1 -51 19
Newcastle 7 - 14 1 -146 16
Blacktown 5 1 15 1 -163 13
U20 NSW Jersey Flegg Cup - Round 19
v Newcastle, 12:00pm
LOSS 32-36
Late Changes - Cook and Manowski are out. Zaurini starts fullback, Tautaiolefua at centre, Mamouzelos hooker, Taumoepenu prop, Frasca and Stowers on the bench. The South Sydney Rabbitohs Jersey Flegg side have fallen just short against the Newcastle Knights in a 36-32 thriller in Newcastle on Sunday. With both sides scoring six tries each, a James Tautaiolefua double wasn’t enough for the Rabbitohs as they came close to securing victory after a last-ditch flurry of tries. The match began hard and fast, with both sides striking within the first four minutes. The Knights would score soon after, but a try to Marc Zaurrini would see the sides level 10-all at the break. It was a fast and frantic second 35 however, with Blake Taaffe putting the Rabbitohs in front with a try of his own, before the Knights struck back immediately. Two more tries to the Knights would see the scores blow out to 30-16 with less than 20 left on the clock, before Tautaiolefua’s first try sparked a short-lived comeback with Tevita Taumoepenu also scoring to narrow the deficit. Their opponents would seal the match with a decisive try just minutes from fulltime, but the young fullback would earn his double with just over a minute and a half remaining, but the Red and Green were unable to snatch a late victory.
1 min 0-4
4 min 6-4 Dut try Taaffe goal
15 min 6-10
29 min 10-10 Zaurini try Taaffe miss
HT 10-10
37 min 10-12
39 min 16-12 Taaffe try Taaffe goal
42 min 16-18
48 min 16-24
52 min 16-30
57 min 20-30 Tautaiolefua try Taaffe miss
60 min 26-30 Taumoepenu try Taaffe goal
65 min 26-36
68 min 32-36 Tautaiolefua try Taaffe goal
Tautaiolefua 2, Dut, Zaurini, Taaffe, Taumoepenu tries
Taaffe 4 from 6 goals
Scrums 7-5 (1H 6-2 )
Penalties 9-5 (1H 6-2 )
Final Line Up -
Min Tac Pe MT LB Rn DR m Er OL K TA T G/A FG
Flbk - 21 - Zaurini, Marc 70 4 - 4 1 - - 65 - - 1 - 1 - -
LWng - 2 - Dut, Muong 70 4 - 2 1 - - 48 1 - - - 1 - -
LCnt - 1 - Tautaiolefua, James 70 5 - 3 - - - 119 1 2 1 1 2 - - (c)
RCnt - 3 - Mougios, Nic 70 1 - 3 - - - 35 1 - - - - - -
RWng - 4 - Allan, Kane 70 1 - 1 - - - 62 - - - - - - -
5/8 - 7 - Ilias, Lachlan 70 11 - 5 - - - 87 1 - 4 - - - -
Half - 6 - Taaffe, Blake 70 12 1 5 1 - - 146 2 1 3 1 1 4/6 -
Prop - 8 - Bain, Luke 44 19 - 2 - - - 84 - - - - - - - [0-44]
Hook - 14 - Mamouzelos, Peter 61 21 2 8 - - - 89 1 1 - - - - - [0-61]
Prop - 15 - Taumoepenu, Tevita 39 14 - - 1 - - 72 1 - - - 1 - - [0-16,44-67]
SRow - 11 - Angianga, Tallis 70 12 1 4 - - - 61 1 - 1 - - - -
SRow - 12 - French, Matt 70 22 - 4 - - - 73 - 1 - - - - -
Lock - 13 - Fepuleai, Joshua 51 14 - 2 - - - 107 - - - - - - - [0-25,54-70]
Int - 5 - Frasca, Jack 9 - - - - - - 35 - - - - - - - [61-70]
Int - 16 - Puru, Luke 35 7 - 3 - - - 65 - - - - - - - [16-25,54-70]
Int - 17 - Ranga-Iti, Iizayah 32 14 1 2 - - - 26 1 - - - - - - [25-54,67-70]
Int - 18 - Stowers, Augustine 29 13 - 2 - - - 15 - 1 - - - - - [25-54]
174 5 50 4 1195 10 6 10 2 6 4/6 -
Completion Rate - 22 / 32 69%
Opposition Offloads - 6
Other U20 Jersey Flegg Cup Matches
28-10 WSS Parramatta b Canterbury
24-16 Ende Cronulla b Syd Rstrs
28-8 Camp Wests-Tig b Victoria
42-22 Koga St Geo-Ill b Warriors
56-6 NSO Penrith b Norths
48-12 Bruc Canberra b Manly
W D L B Diff PT
CRONULLA 13 1 5 - +157 27
SYD RSTRS 13 1 5 - +143 27
PENRITH 11 2 6 - +208 24
NEWCASTLE 12 - 7 - +205 24
CANBERRA 11 2 6 - +198 24
SOUTHS 10 3 6 - +116 23
CANTERBURY 10 3 6 - +39 23
ST GEO-ILL 10 1 8 - +82 21
Wests-Tigers 10 1 8 - +50 21
Warriors 8 2 9 - +16 18
Parramatta 8 - 11 - -85 18
Victoria 3 3 13 - -343 9
Norths 2 1 16 - -339 5
Manly 2 - 17 - -487 4
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