Sydney Football Stadium Mk2 (Allianz Stadium)
Fri Sep 4, 8:05pm [Foxtel/Kayo/Ch9]
Johnston scores his 30th try of the season
Late Changes
Le Blanc and Mamouzelos were trimmed 24 hours before the game. Penitani dropped off the bench. Ron Coote rang the Liberty Bell.
WIN 50-20
With South Sydney celebrating old boys day, thousands marched from Fox Studios to the Alliaz Stadium, as the club announced it was back home to stay. South Sydney ran out convincing winners in a 10 try romp against the Roosters 50 points to 20.
The game opened with emotional scenes as the sellout crowd stood as one to celebrtae Jai Arrows career and his 100th Rabbitohs first grade game. It was SOuth Sydney who opened the scoring when Sullivan combined to first put Fifita into a gap, before Sullivan attacked from dummy half close to the line before Fifita used his strength to score from dummy half. Mitchell failed to convert. A early dropped ball by Gray gave the Roosters field position, but a great cover tackle by Gray saved a try. A penalty for a late hit on Murray and South Sydney were on the Roosters line, and it was Sullivan who took on the line and scored. Mitchell converts. Another penalty this time for a high shot on Murray and South Sydney went back to back when a backline sweep saw Mitchell send Johnston over in the corner. Equalling his 30 tries in a season record for the Rabbitohs again. A controversial 40-20 call saw the Roosters in good field position, and they scored off a well worked backline play. A heated exchange by Koalamatangi and Leniu saw him throw the ball away and continue to argue giving away a penalty. Some scrappy play by the yound Roosters team, and South Sydney were on the attack again, and Graham stepped inside the sliding defence to score. Mitchell converts. South Sydney go into the break leading 20 to 4.
The second half opened in a steady manner. But Elliott went off after have gash on the back of the head. South Sydney were the first to score off quick backline plays that saw Aitken pickup a loose ball and score. Mitchell failes to convert. The Roosters hit back when they got dumbers in a long range attack down the right and scored. THe Roosters went back to back when the found South Sydney ruck defence missing. An error saw South Sydney back on the attack, and Cody Walker took on the line and scored. Mitchell converts. A kick in behind the line saw Elliott infringed and awarded a penalty try. Mitchell converts, as South Sydney jump out to a commanding 36 to 14 lead. South Sydney were in again, when Humphreys attack on the blind side and short kick in behind the line saw Graham his second score in the corner. Coach Wayne Bennett decided to rest Cody Walker and capatain Cameron Murray for the last 15 minutes. A one on one strip by Mitchell setup a break by Johnston. From the following tackle Mitchell scored in the corner. A melee after the try saw Hubner and a Salle Va'a sent to the sin bin for the finl 7 minutes of the game. Mitchell fails to convert. A big hit by Micthell forces the error. Soon after Brandon Smith forces his way over near the posts. Mitchell converts. The Roosters scored a late consolation try from a uncontested bomb. Mitchell missed a final second field goal attempt. South Sydney running out convincing winners 50 to 20 and bring home the Ron Coote Cup, and securing a home semi-final.
5 min 4-0 Fifita try Mitchell miss
13 min 10-0 Sullivan try Mitchell goal
15 min 14-4 Johnston try Mitchell miss
21 min 14-4
32 min 20-4 Graham try Mitchell goal
HT 20-4
47 min 24-4 Aitken try Mitchell miss
50 min 24-10
53 min 24-14
56 min 30-14 Walker try Mitchell goal
61 min 36-14 Elliott penalty try Mitchell goal
65 min 40-14 Graham try Mitchell miss
71 min 44-14 Mitchell try Mitchell miss
76 min 50-14 B.Smith try Mitchell goal
78 min 50-20
Graham 2, Fifita, Sullivan, Johnston, Aitken, Walker, Elliott, Mitchell, B.Smith tries
Mitchell 5 from 10 goals
Weather Clear (17C)
Ground Good
Crowd 41,513 (Sold Out)
Referee Adam Gee
Touch Judges Phil Henderson / Ziggy Przeklasa-Adamski
Video Ashley Klein
Scrums 7-3 (1H 3-0 )
Penalities 7-2 (1H 5-2 )
6-Again 5-3 (1H 5-2 )
72 min Hubner, Lachlan 10SB Starting Melee
Final Line Up -
Min Tac Pe 6A MT LA LB Rn DR m Er OL K TA T G/A FG 2FG
Flbk - 1 - Gray, Jye 80 4 - - 1 - - 16 - 127 1 1 1 - - - - -
LWng - 2 - Johnston, Alex 80 3 - - 1 - 3 16 2 220 1 - 1 - 1 - - -
LCnt - 3 - Mitchell, Latrell 80 9 1 - - 3 1 15 1 110 2 2 2 1 1 5/10 - -
RCnt - 4 - Wighton, Jack 80 6 - - 1 1 - 13 - 109 - 1 - 1 - - - -
RWng - 5 - Graham, Campbell 80 4 - - 3 - 1 8 - 68 - - - - 2 - - -
5/8 - 23 = Arrow, Jai 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - (c) [0-1]
Half - 7 - Sullivan, Jayden 80 19 - 1 3 1 1 18 1 110 - - 3 - 1 - - -
Prop - 8 - Tatola, Junior 48 21 - - - - - 17 - 151 1 - - - - - - - [0-26,58-80]
Hook - 9 - Smith, Brandon 68 20 1 - 1 - 1 9 8 78 1 - 1 - 1 - - - [0-54,67-80]
Prop - 10 - Koloamatangi, Keaon 50 16 - 1 3 - - 15 - 132 - - - - - - - - [0-26,56-80]
LSRw - 12 - Elliott, Adam 67 28 - 1 2 - - 18 - 142 1 - - - 1 - - - [0-44,57-80] HIA
RSRw - 11 - Fifita, David 56 16 - - 1 - 2 15 1 111 - 2 - - 1 - - - [0-56]
Lock - 13 - Murray, Cameron 66 30 - - - 1 1 21 - 177 - 1 - 1 - - - - (c) [0-66]
Int - 6 - Walker, Cody 67 10 - - 3 1 1 8 - 52 - - 7 2 1 - - - [1-67]
Int - 15 - Hubner, Lachlan 28 11 - - - - - 9 - 66 - - - - - - - - [44-72] 10SB
Int - 16 - Keppie, Sean 45 16 - - 1 - - 11 - 97 1 - - - - - - - [26-57,66-80]
Int - 17 - Humphreys, Jamie 26 6 - - 3 1 - 5 2 39 - - 4 2 - - - - [54-80]
Int - 18 - Aitken, Euan 32 14 - - - - 1 12 1 94 - - - - 1 - - - [26-58] (shoulder)
Int - 14 - Dufty, Matt (DNP)
Int - 19 - Siegwalt, Lattrell (DNP)
233 2 3 23 8 12 1890 8 7 19 7 10 5/10 - -
Completion Rate - 40/47 85%
Opposition Offloads - 6
Effective 1st Tackles
0 min 20m KO \\\\\
1 min 57m ///// Sullivan kick COF 24m \\\ ES Err ES-CC SS P(BSmith) \\\\\
5 min 0m // 6A ///// 6A / TRY-R
7 min 11m ///// Walker kick COF \\\\\
8 min 88m SS Err(Gray) \ \\\\
11 min 0m ES Err //// P ///// Walker kick CIG
12 min 0m ES-ShDO-6A // TRY-R
15 min 0m ///// P // TRY-L
17 min 0m ///// Johnston kick CIG ES-CC(x)
20 min 92m ES-ShDO ///// Walker kick 4m \\\\\ ES-40-20 \\\ (ES TRY-L)
23 min 50m KO 13m \\\\\ SS-6A(Koloamatangi)
25 min 29m P / 6A / SS Err(Elliott) SS P(Mitchell) \\\\
28 min 10m ES Err P ///// Walker kick 10m
30 min 17m ES Err SCR //// P // SS Err(Mitchell) \\\
32 min 0m ES Err / ES-6TG SCR // TRY-R
34 min 60m ///// Mitchell kick COF 45m \\ SS-6A(Fifita) \\\
36 min 10m ES Err SCR ///// Mitchell kick \\\\
39 min 0m ///// 6A / 6A ///// BSmith kick CIG
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half time
41 min 15m ///// Sullivan kick \\\\\
42 min 13m ///// Walker kick COF \\\\\
44 min 21m ///// Sullivan kick COF \\\\\
47 min 0m /// Johnston kick P ///// ES-6TG TRY-L
49 min 30m ///// Walker kick COF \\\\ (ES TRY-R)
51 min 32m KO 10m \\\ SS-6TG(Mitchell) \ \ (ES TRY-R)
54 min 14m KO \\\\
56 min 0m ES Err SCR ///// TRY-L
59 min 15m //// P /// SS Err(Tatola) SCR \\\
61 min 0m ES Err SCR //// Walker kick PENALTY-TRY-L
64 min 6m ///// Humphreys kick COF \\\\\
65 min 0m ///// Humphreys kick TRY-R
68 min 68m //// SS Err(Johnston) SCR SS-CC(x) 46m \\\ SS-6A(Sullivan) \\\ (ES NO TRY-M)
70 min 40m ES Err SCR //// SS Err(BSmith) SCR
71 min 0m ES Err / TRY-L
73 min 12m ///// Humphreys kick \\\\\
75 min 18m ///// Humphreys kick \\
76 min 0m ES Err SCR /// TRY-M
78 min 62m //// SS Err(Keppie) \ \\\\\ (ES TRY-R)
79 min 15m KO
Mitchell kick NO FIELDGOAL DIG
Average effective 1st tackle location
- 21.6m - for the whole match
- 24.7m - 1st half
- 18.4m - 2nd half
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24-20 Robi Dolphins b Gold Coast [Foxtel/Kayo]
31-30 MtSm Warriors b Manly [Foxtel/Kayo]
50-30 NQSt Canberra b Nth Qld [Foxtel/Kayo]
24-20 Ende Melbourne b Cronulla [Foxtel/Kayo/Ch9]
24-22 Woll St Geo-Ill b Parramatta [Foxtel/Kayo] (trialled revised kickoff rule)
38-10 WSS Penrith b Wests-Tig [Foxtel/Kayo/Ch9]
BYE Newcastle
W D L B F A Diff Pt
PENRITH 18 - 6 3 683 347 +336 42
WARRIORS 18 - 6 3 728 418 +310 42
DOLPHINS 17 - 7 3 662 506 +156 40
SYD RSTRS 16 - 8 3 619 501 +118 38
CRONULLA 14 - 10 3 672 523 +149 34
SOUTHS 14 - 10 3 694 581 +113 34
NEWCASTLE 14 - 10 3 633 591 +42 34
NTH QLD 13 - 11 3 568 652 -84 32
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Manly 11 - 13 3 623 524 +99 28
Melbourne 11 - 13 3 594 576 +18 28
Canberra 11 - 13 3 581 626 -44 28
Canterbury 11 - 13 3 476 536 -60 28
Parramatta 9 - 15 3 497 678 -187 24
Brisbane 9 - 15 3 471 677 -206 24
Wests-Tig 8 - 16 3 445 699 -254 22
Gold Coast 6 - 18 3 477 663 -186 18
St Geo-Ill 5 - 19 3 392 717 -325 16
Judiciary News
No one has been charged by the match review committee.
Reserve Grade - NSW Premiership Preliminary Semi-Finals
BYE (1) Penrith 26-20 Koga (3v2) Newcastlle b Norths [BAR TV] * 24-18 Koga (4v5) Newtown b Warriors [BAR TV] *
NSWRL U21 Jersey Flegg - Preliminary Semi-Finals
BYE (1) St Geo-Ill 28-20 Koga (2v3) Penrith b Canterbury [BAR TV] 48-32 Koga (4v5) Cronulla b Wests-Tig [BAR TV]W-NSWRL Womens Premiership - Preliminary Semi-Finals
(2v3) v Penrith, Leichhardt Oval, Sat Sep 6 11:00am
WIN 32-16
Late Changes - Taumoepeau-Williams and Tierney are out. Church starts at centre, Wilson on the wing, Dimech at prop, Hopoate and Barrett on the bench. Laufale is the concussion sub. Koloamatangi dropped off the bench. South Sydney opened the scoring when Brown crashed over from close range. McGregor failed to convert. South Sydney were in again when a loose ball was picked up by McGregor and she used her strength to score under the posts. McGregor converts. South Sydney made it three in a row when Tupou-Witchman initialled juggled the ball before regathering and power her way over the line near the posts to score. McGregor converts. SOuth Sydney had jumped out to a commanding 16 nil lead after 25 minutes. A run of 3 late penalties in the half allowed the Penrith five-eight to find a gap in the Rabbitohs line and use her speed to score in the corner. Halftime South Sydney lead 16 to 4. Penrith knocked on from the kick, and from the ensuing scrum Veainu powered across the line to score for South Sydney. McGregor converts. Soon after South Sydney were in again when Penrith failed to field last tackle kick, gave south Sydney possession and Curtain sent Gordon over for a try. McGregor failed to convert. SOuth Sydney now jumping out to a 26 to 4 in the major preliminary semi-final. After made a break it was some great scrambling cover defence by Hopaote that saved a try. Penrith finally hit back when their dummy half caught the markers missing and scored under the posts. A biting allengation was then raised a Penrith girl after Yaranamua was held up. McGregor was then held up. But it was Penrith who worked their way up field and scored. reducing the margin to 10 with 7 minutes on the clock. But it was McGregor who sealed the game when she took on the line and scored under the posts. McGregor converts. Late in the game with Penrith on the attacke Curtain was sent to the sin bin for a professional foul. South winning the match 32 to 16 and progressing to the major semi-final.
3 min 4-0 Brown try McGregor miss
12 min 10-0 McGregor try McGregor goal
23 min 16-0 Tupou-Witchman try McGregor goal
34 min 16-4
HT 16-4
36 min 22-4 Veainu try McGregor goal
39 min 26-4 Gordon try McGregor miss
57 min 26-10
62 min 26-16
65 min 32-16 McGregor try McGregor goal
McGregor 2, Brown, Tupou-Witchman, Veainu, Gordon tries
McGregor 4 from 6 goals
Weather Sunny (21C)
Ground Fair
Referee Gage Miles
Touch Judges Bailey Warren / Jack Bird
In-Goal Touch Judges Ben Raymond / Caitlin Sherry
Scrums 8-3 (1H 4-2 )
Penalities 6-9 (1H 4-4 )
6-Again 0-0 (1H 0-0 )
69 min Curtain, Sophie 10SB Professional Foul
Final Line Up -
Min Tac Pe 6A MT LA LB Rn DR m Er OL K TA T G/A FG 2FG
Flbk - 1 - Shipton, Shaye 70 6 1 - 1 - - 15 - 141 1 1 - - - - - -
LWng - 2 - Nielsen, Claudia 70 8 - - - - - 10 1 72 - - - - - - - -
LCnt - 4 - Veainu, Lanulangi 45 3 2 - 4 - 1 9 - 94 1 - - - 1 - - - [0-45] OR (hamstring)
RCnt - 3 - Church, Kesha 70 7 - - 2 - - 7 - 64 - - - - - - - -
RWng - 5 - Wilson, Madison 70 9 - - 3 - - 8 - 59 - 1 - - - - - -
5/8 - 7 - McGregor, Kiara 70 13 - - 1 - 2 5 - 54 - - 6 - 2 4/6 - -
Half - 6 - Yaranamua, Luisa 70 8 - - 1 1 - 5 - 23 - - 6 1 - - - -
Prop - 8 - Dimech, Liaina 29 9 1 - 2 - - 9 - 78 - 1 - - - - - - [0-16,43-56]
Hook - 9 - Curtain, Sophie 69 34 1 - 5 2 - 4 1 45 2 - - 2 - - - - [0-69] 10SB
Prop - 10 - Mailangi, Loretta 23 6 - - - - - 6 - 54 - - - - - - - - [0-16,63-70]
LSRw - 11 - Brown, Claudia 67 13 - - 1 - 1 11 - 119 2 - - - 1 - - - [0-67]
RSRw - 12 - Gordon, Kyla 70 21 2 - 6 - 1 7 - 51 - - - - 1 - - -
Lock - 13 - Tupou-Witchman, J 62 28 - - - - 1 11 - 136 - - - - 1 - - - (c) [0-48,56-70] (Jazmon)
Int - 19 - Muller, Rory 15 10 1 - 1 - - 2 1 14 - - - - - - - - [48-63]
Int - 17 - Hopoate, Tupou 25 4 - - 3 - - 3 - 23 1 - - - - - - - [45-70]
Int - 15 - Barrett, Charlize 54 25 1 - 2 - - 8 - 74 1 - - - - - - - [16-70]
Int - 16 - Namoce, Aliti 30 17 - - - - - 10 - 93 1 1 - - - - - - [16-43,67-70]
Conc - 18 - Laufale, Hana (DNP)
221 9 - 32 3 6 1200 9 4 12 3 6 4/6 - -
Completion Rate - 26/33 78%
Opposition Offloads - 5
Effective 1st Tackles
1 min 67m // SS Err(Mailangi) SCR
3 min 0m Pe Err SCR / P ///// McGregor kick Pe-6TG /// TRY-L
6 min 15m ///// Yaranamua kick COF \\\\\
8 min 65m /// SS Err(Veainu) SCR \\\\\
10 min 4m ///// McGregor kick \\\\\
12 min 0m ///// P /// TRY-M
15 min 24m ///// McGregor kick COF \
17 min 21m Pe Err / / SS Err(Barrett) \ \\\\
18 min 47m Pe Err SCR // SS Err(Brown) SCR \\\\\
20 min 61m DO \\\\\\
23 min 0m /// P /// P / TRY-M
26 min 20m ///// Yaranamua kick COF \\\\\
28 min 93m ///// Yaranamua kick COF 49m \\ SS P(Wilson) \\\
31 min 93m Pe Err SCR ///// McGregor kick COF 5m \\ SS P(Veainu) 40m \\\ SS P(Barrett) 88m \\ SS P-OR(Veainu) \\\\\ (Pe TRY-L)
half time
35 min 10m KO
36 min 0m Pe Err SCR TRY-R
38 min 16m ///// McGregor kick
40 min 0m Pe Err SCR // TRY-R
42 min 5m ///// Yaranamua kick \\\\\
45 min 70m // P // SS Err(SCurtain) SCR 28m \\\\\ SS-6TG(Hopoate)
47 min 17m Pe Err ///// Yaranamua kick COF \\\\\ (Pe NO TRY)
49 min 38m Pe Err ///// McGregor kick DIG \
50 min 39m Pe Err SCR / SS Err(Brown) \ 28m \ SS P(Dimech) \\\\\
53 min 20m ///// Yaranamua kick
55 min 85m Pe Err ////// ChOv 10m \\ SS P(Muller) 38m \\\ SS-6TG(Hopoate) \\ (Pe TRY-M)
59 min 29m KO \\\\\
61 min 15m ///// P ////// ChOv \\\\\ (Pe TRY-M)
63 min 15m KO \\\\\\
65 min 0m /// TRY-M
68 min 98m /// SS Err(Namoce) 62m \\\\ SS P(Gordon) 99m \ SS P-10SB(SCurtain) \\
min Pe Err SCR /
Average effective 1st tackle location
- 33.0m - for the whole match
- 36.4m - 1st half
- 29.5m - 2nd half
Other NSWRL Womens Premiership Matches
BYE (1) Newcastle
30-20 Leic (4v5) Mt Prtchrd b C Coast [BAR TV]
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