8th Jul 2026
Poor Second Half
After a strong first half, the team had another poor period in the second half when they let in unanswered 24 points. It is something you cannot do against any Top 4 teams. We need to improve our defensive structures with our fringe first grade players. We currently side on the edge of 8 with a lot of work to do and a growing injury toll. We still need 5 more wins to make the finals. Now to play Newcastle who have moved into the Top 4.
Koloamatangi big metres
Keaon Kolomatangi continue to play big minutes, even though he continue to play with a heavily strapped knee. He is playing big minutes at prop, and running near 200m regularly in game. He still has a opportunity for glory in 2026, before he departs next season.
Mazzone triple
Another week and another try feast to Jordi Mazzone on the left wing. From eyes up footy when he darted over from dummy half, to two tries when he finished off tries on the end of a backline move using his speed to score. He has now scored 14 tries and can't be far off a call into first grade.
Taj Alvarez triple and Rooke double
It took a few weeks for Taj Alvarez to step up into U21s, but this weekend was the Alvarez show where he score a hattrick of tries. From backup play, taking intercepts and his speed off the mark and anticpation is great to see. Not to be out done, Harrison Rooke has moved into second row and is working well in defence and attack, scoring two tries. Team is on fire as they push for a top 5 spot.
Womens winning streak ends
After a great start to the season, our womens team unbeaten run came to halt on the weekend, when they had a heavily loss. The girls will regroup need to learn as a group when they play the better teams, going forward.
Jai's July Arrows
The month of July continues to be an emotional time for rugby league, with all teams now supporting the move to celebrate scoring a try in July by "shooting a arrow" post try celebration. Its been great to see everyone embrace the idea. We are seeing other sports also joining in too, as everyone offers their support to his battle with this disease.
Round 18 - Stat Attack
Statistically it was poor game. Completions improved to 77% from 76% last week. Errors dropped to 13 from 12 last week. We gave away 4 penalties and 3 6-again calls from 10 last week. Souths Effective 1st tackle dropped to a poor level of 38.7m from 28.5m last week. Our missed tackles dropped to a horrid level of 44 from 24 last week. Opposition offloads dropped to 14 from 12 last week.
Looking at our left side defence - Kosi-Siegwalt-Walker-Duncan (1-6-2-4) dropped to 13 from 5 last week. On the right side Jennings-Wighton-Ward-Fifita/Koloamatangi (1-6-6-3) dropped to 16 from 6 last week. Ruck defence Tatola/LeBlanc-BSmith/Humphreys-Koloamatangi/Aitken-Hubner/Aitken/BSmith (4-2-2-3) improved to 11 from 12 missed tackles last week.
Our go forward dropped to 1615m from 1850m last week. With our props go forward improved to a poor level of 366M compared to 349m last week. Smith and J.Gray made 10+m per run. Koloamatangi, Duncan, Aitken, J.Gray, Wighton, Siegwalt, Kosi, and Jennings made 100+m in the match. Defensively Koloamatangi was our best in the tackling raking up 50 tackles. Humphreys didn't miss a tackle.
Rd16 BYE Rd17 Parramatta WSS W 32-12 Rd18 Penrith WSS L 14-36
Rd16 St Geo-Ill NISC W 22-20 Rd17 Wests-Tig NISC W 12-6 Rd18 Dolphins NSIC W 13-12
2024 Rd25 StAu L 16-36 9,659 C.Butler 2025 Rd09 LngS L 4-30 50,638 L.Kennedy 2026 Rd09 NISC L 38-42 23,413 L.Kennedy
First Grade Pe 6A SB OR SO
2025 Rd07 Canterbury StAu L 0-32 65,305 Referee 6-10 2-4 1 3 - :
2026 Rd12 Nth Qld NQSt L 18-30 18,888 Referee 6-2 4-3 - - - :
2026 Rd15 Brisbane StAu W 48-6 12,784 Referee 3-2 3-1 - - - :
M W D L : PeW PeD PeL PeF PeA : 6AW 6AD 6AL 6AF 6AA : SB OR SO
v Newcastle 3 - - 3 0% : 2 1 - 24 15 62% : 1 - 1 5 6 45% : 3 3 -
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