1st Jul 2026
Strong Win
It was a important follow up to win after the week off. The team started well and came home strong strong to record another win over Parramatta, winning our last 10 from 11. We scored tries on both sides of the field in a well balanced attack. A lot of work still to do to make the finals, but we are heading in the right direction. We still need 5 more wins to make the finals. Now off to play Penrith who are leading the competition at Parramatta.
Jennings Debut
Dyane Jennings got a surprise call up last game and sat on the bench, before playing his part in the New South Wales U19s. With Kosi limping off he was called up from the bench to make his NRL first grade debut, after only 3 games in U21s in 2026, after stepping up from U19s and bypassed reserve grade in our injury crisis. He handled himself well and brought a lot of speed and enthusiasm. Looking forward to a long career.
Mazzone double
Mazzone continue to find the try line. First from using his speed down the left sideline and then from his ability in the air. He has scored 11 tries for the season to date as he dominates our reserve grade try scorers.
Humphries returns
Captain Matthew Humphries returned to U1s this week and his skill with the ball and kicking game were very evident for all to see. He scored a try and setup another, and kicked 4 goals to boot. The U21s now sit 1 point out of the 5 as they continue their push to make the finals.
McGregor returns and dominates
McGregor return from her U19 interstate duties and help guide the team around the field, with her strong kicking game. She scored a try, setup another and kicked 4 goals. Our women's team is now 3 wins from 3 starts in a great start to the season The team sits in equal first but in 2nd on for and against.
New TV Deal
All the talk this week has been on the TV deal for 2028 and beyond. The ARLC has been working the negotiation table with different parties from the traditional free-to-air broadcasters, the pay-tv providers to the new streaming giants. It looks like we will see a significant increase in the broadcasting revenue and surpase our rival AFL for the first time as the code rebuilds after the damage from the Super League War. What will the new deal mean? A lot of this will come down to the detail and how the next NRL-RLPA CBA plays out, but jumps in the Salary Cap are on the cards, expansion of two teams and likely a third during the next deal. I found the interest from the big streaming groups and Stan of most interest as it all goes well for the broadcasting revenue in the future.
Round 17 - Stat Attack
Statistically it was good game. Completions dropped to 76% from 82% last week. Errors dropped to 12 from 10 last week. We gave away 4 penalties and 6 6-again calls from 3 last week. Souths Effective 1st tackle dropped to a good level of 28.5m from 21.6m last week. Our missed tackles dropped to a good level of 24 from 15 last week. Opposition offloads improved to 12 from 6 last week.
Looking at our left side defence - Johnston-Siegwalt-Walker/Sullivan-Aitken (1-2-2-0) dropped to 5 from 3 last week. On the right side Kosi/Jennings-Duncan-Ward-Fifita/Koloamatangi (1-0-2-3) dropped to 6 from 4 last week. Ruck defence Tatola/Hubner-BSmith/Humphreys-Koloamatangi-Murray/Humphreys (4-3-0-5) dropped to 12 from 7 missed tackles last week.
Our go forward dropped to 1850m from 1970m last week. With our props go forward dropped to a poor level of 349m compared to 261m last week. Murray, Duncan, Kosi, Humphreys and Sullivan made 10+m per run. Koloamatangi, Murray, Fifita, Aitken, Duncan, Siegwalt, Gray, Johnston and Kosi made 100+m in the match. Koloamatangi made 200+m for the match. Defensively Aitken was our best in the tackling raking up 38 tackles. Koloamatangi, Aitken, Duncan, Jennings and Sullivan didn't miss a tackle.
Rd15 Brisbane StAu W 48-6 Rd16 BYE Rd17 Parramatta WSS W 32-12
Rd15 BYE Rd16 Gold Coast Robi L 18-19 Rd17 Nth Qld NQSt L 12-26
2023 Rd02 Penr L 10-16 16,906 G.Atkins 2023 Rd08 StAu W 20-18 19,548 G.Sutton 2024 Rd09 StAu L 12-42 8,155 A.Gee 2024 Rd26 Penr L 12-34 20,176 P.Gough 2025 Rd04 StAu W 28-18 10,029 A.Klein 2025 Rd20 WSS L 10-30 11,836 G.Sutton
First Grade Pe 6A SB OR SO
2026 Rd08 Melbourne MRSt W 48-6 25,694 Referee 2-8 5-5 - - - :
2026 Rd11 Dolphins LngS L 10-32 48,673 Referee 4-5 9-5 - 2 - :
2026 Rd14 Manly Brok L 14-28 15,451 Referee 5-10 4-5 - 2 - :
M W D L : PeW PeD PeL PeF PeA : 6AW 6AD 6AL 6AF 6AA : SB OR SO
v Penrith 4 1 - 3 25% : - 1 3 24 31 44% : 2 - - 8 5 62% : 2 2 -
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