5th August 2026
Back to Earth
After a good win over last week, this week was a realtest against a Top 4 team, and the team struggled. Our forwards who are needed to set the platform were out played, and they struggled again dow at Shark Park, recording only 2 wins in 15 years The team will need to regroup and assess what it means to play the 2026 top teams. We still need 3 more wins to make the finals. Now off to the SFS to play a home game in the Indigenous Round against the Eels.
Elliott Returns
After what everone thought was going to be a season ending injury Elliott made a return to the paddock after 10 weeks. He is a true professional and will be a welcome addition to the pack.
Keung Gets a Chance
Elijah Keung made his reserve grade debut on the weekend, after getting a late call up. While the stint was short he will be a important member of the squad next year. He then backed up the following day in U21s.
Samuel opportunity
Calelis Samuel is a junior second rower who is getting his chance late in the season in U21s. He has grown and is now looking more like a prop. He scored a good try on the weekend running off Taj Alvarez. His powerful running is a feature of his game. Looking forward to seeing him progress.
Growth opportunity in Asia
With so much focus on the Pacific Islands, rugby league to nuture the sport in Asia. We have growth in the Phillipines and Thailand, but a lot more work is needed in Japan and India. Singapore looks like another opportunity. It will take time, and regular exposure is important. India is a vast untapped market, and exhibition games show there is potential. Japan continue to show ability. Only way is up.
Round 22 - Stat Attack
Statistically it was very poor game. Completions dropped to 74% from 86% last week. Errors dropped to 11 from 9 last week. We gave away 6 penalties and 4 6-again calls from 7 last week. Souths Effective 1st tackle dropped to a horrid level of 45.1m from 24.4m last week. Our missed tackles dropped to a disasterous level of 51 from 45 last week. Opposition offloads dropped to 17 from 11 last week.
Looking at our left side defence - Johnston-Siegwalt-Walker-Elliott/Kolomatangi (0-5-7-8) dropped to 20 from 16 last week. On the right side Graham-Wighton/Gray-Ward-Koloamatangi/WIghton (1-2-3-3) improved to 10 from 11 last week. Ruck defence Tatola/Koloamantangi-BSmith/Humphreys-Radel/Keppie-Hubner/LeBlanc (3-6-6-6) dropped to 21 from 18 missed tackles last week.
Our go forward dropped to 1460m from 1637m last week. With our props go forward dropped to a horrid level of 300m compared to 334m last week. Dufty and Graham made 10+m per run. Tatola, Dufty, Graham, Siegwalt amd Gray made 100+m in the match. Dufty made 200+m for the match. Defensively Hubner was our best in the tackling raking up 36 tackles. Gray and Johnston didn't miss a tackle.
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Rd20 Canberra Bruc L 24-34 Rd21 Melbourne StAu W 28-26 Rd22 Cronulla Ende L 16-32
Rd20 BYE Rd21 Penrith WSS L 18-24 Rd22 Wests-Tig WSS W 16-13
2024 Rd12 StAu W 42-26 15,202 C.Butler 2024 Rd18 WSS W 32-16 13,941 L.Kennedy 2025 Rd24 SFS2 W 20-16 21,395 G.Sutton 2026 Rd17 WSS W 32-12 14,365 G.Sutton
First Grade Pe 6A SB OR SO
2025 Rd18 Manly Brok L 12-30 17,298 Referee 6-7 2-1 - 1 - :
2026 Rd03 Wests-Tig Gosf W 20-16 19,940 Referee 5-7 3-5 - 1 - :
2026 Rd20 Canberra Bruc L 24-34 19,659 Referee 3-4 5-1 - - - :
M W D L : PeW PeD PeL PeF PeA : 6AW 6AD 6AL 6AF 6AA : SB OR SO
v Parramatta never
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