Melbourne Storm 24 defeated South Sydney Rabbitohs 6
National Rugby League - Finals Week 1 - Saturday September 8, 2012 5:45pm
Venue: AAMI Park, Melbourne
Crowd: 19,750
Halftime: Melbourne Storm 18 South Sydney Rabbitohs 0
Leagueunlimited.com players of the match: 3 Points - Gareth Widdop 2 Points - Billy Slater (1 Try) 1 Point - Sisa Waqa (1 Try)
Melbourne Storm (24) Tries: Ryan Hoffman, Billy Slater, Sisa Waqa, Mahe Fonua Conversions: Cameron Smith (3/4) Penalty Goals: Cameron Smith (1/1)
South Sydney Rabbitohs (6) Tries: Eddy Pettybourne Conversions: Adam Reynolds (1/1)
'Storm outclass South Sydney' North Queensland Cowboys 33 defeated Brisbane Broncos 16
National Rugby League - Finals Week 1 - Saturday September 8, 2012 7:45pm
Venue: Dairy Farmers Stadium
Crowd: 21,307
Halftime: North Queensland Cowboys 18 Brisbane Broncos 0
Leagueunlimited.com players of the match: 3 Points - Matt Bowen (1 Try, 1 Field Goal) 2 Points - James Tamou 1 Point - Petero Civoniceva
North Queensland Cowboys (33) Tries: Brent Tate, Matt Bowen, Michael Morgan (3) Field Goals: Matt Bowen (1/1) Conversions: Johnathan Thurston (4/5) Penalty Goals: Johnathan Thurston (2/2)
Brisbane Broncos (16) Tries: Sam Thaiday, Dale Copley, Corey Norman Conversions: Peter Wallace (2/3)
LEAGUEUNLIMITED.COM PLAYER OF THE YEAR LEADERBOARD (includes votes from all NRL fixtures, the ANZAC Test, City v Country and State of Origin games)
Twenty-nine Points Johnathan Thurston (Cowboys/Australia/Queensland) Twenty-eight Points Cooper
Cronk (Storm/Queensland), Adam
Reynolds (Rabbitohs), Billy Slater (Storm/Queensland) Twenty-seven Points -
Twenty-six Points Matt Bowen (Cowboys), Jarrod Mullen (Knights) Twenty-five Points Shaun
Johnson (Warriors/New Zealand) Twenty-four Points Ben Barba (Bulldogs) Twenty-three Points Benji Marshall (Tigers) Twenty-two Points Scott Prince (Titans) Twenty-one Points - Twenty Points Paul Gallen (Sharks), Greg Inglis (Rabbitohs/Queensland),Josh Reynolds (Bulldogs) Nineteen Points Cameron
Smith (Storm/Australia) Eighteen Points - Seventeen Points Jarryd Hayne (Eels/New South Wales),Josh McCrone (Raiders),Brett Stewart (Sea Eagles), Peter Wallace (Broncos) Sixteen Points Todd
Carney (Sharks/Country/New South Wales), James Maloney (Warriors), Jamie Soward (Dragons) Fifteen Points - Fourteen Points Luke
Bailey (Titans), Luke Walsh (Panthers) Thirteen Points Daly
Cherry-Evans (Sea Eagles), Issac Luke (Rabbitohs) Twelve Points Lachlan Coote (Country/Panthers), Robbie Farah (Tigers/New South Wales),Ben Hannant (Broncos) Eleven Points Danny Buderus (Knights), Krisnan Inu (Bulldogs), David Taylor (Rabbitohs)
Ten Points Kieran Foran (Sea Eagles),James Graham (Bulldogs), Jamie Lyon
(Sea Eagles), Mitchell Pearce (Roosters), Reece Robinson (Raiders), Chris Sandow (Eels) Nine Points Nathan Hindmarsh (Eels),Josh Morris (Bulldogs),Aidan Sezer (Titans), John Sutton (Rabbitohs), James Tamou (Cowboys), Brent Tate
(Cowboys/Queensland)
Eight Points Sam Burgess (Rabbitohs),Josh Dugan (Raiders), Andrew McCullough (Broncos),Jeff Robson (Sharks), Beau Ryan
(Tigers),Tony Williams (Sea Eagles) Seven Points Jarrod Croker (Raiders),Anthony Minichiello (Roosters), Brett
Morris (Dragons),Nate Myles (Titans/Queensland), Jason Nightingale (Dragons),Jared Waerea-Hargreaves
(Roosters), Gareth Widdop (Storm) Six Points Greg Bird (Titans), Bryce Gibbs (Sharks), Alex Glenn (Broncos), Justin Hodges (Broncos), Michael Jennings (Panthers), Sam Kasiano (Bulldogs), Luke
Lewis (Panthers),Kane Linnett
(Cowboys), Josh McGuire (Broncos),Aaron
Woods
(Tigers) Five Points Wade Graham (Sharks),Konrad
Hurrell (Warriors),Steve Matai (Sea Eagles),Trent Merrin (Dragons),Nathan Merritt (Rabbitohs), Josh Papalii
(Raiders), Corey Parker (Broncos), Glenn Stewart (Sea Eagles), Jason Taumalolo (Cowboys), Aiden Tolman (Bulldogs) Four Points Colin Best (Sharks), Darius Boyd (Knights),Jason Bukuya (Sharks),Sandor Earl (Raiders), Andew Fifita (Sharks),Ryan Hinchcliffe (Storm),Josh Hoffman (Broncos), Shaun Kenny-Dowall (Roosters), Kevin Kingston (Panthers), Brent Kite (Sea Eagles), Kevin Locke
(Warriors),Todd Lowrie (Storm),David Mead (Titans),Kevin Naiqama (Knights), Corey Norman (Broncos),Timana Tahu (Knights), Akuila Uate (Knights), Sisa Waqa (Storm) Three Points Blake Austin (Panthers), Travis Burns (Panthers), Terry Campese (Raiders), Will Chambers (Storm), Petero Civoniceva
(Broncos), Ben Creagh (Dragons), Michael
Ennis (Bulldogs), Shaun Fenson (Raiders), Nathan Fien (Dragons),Liam Fulton (Tigers), Tim Grant (Panthers), Trent Hodkinson (Bulldogs),Ryan
Hoffman (Storm),Chris Houstan (Knights), Dan Hunt (Dragons), Justin Hunt (Rabbitohs),Martin Kennedy (Roosters), Edrick Lee (Raiders), Jacob Lillyman (Warriors), Reni Maitua (Eels),Willie Mason (Knights),Steve Michaels (Titans), Tim Moltzen (Tigers),Daniel Mortimer (Roosters),Dane Nielsen (Storm), Frank-Paul Nuuausala (Roosters), Matt Prior (Dragons), Frank Pritchard
(Bulldogs), Ben Roberts (Eels), Tyrone Roberts (Knights), Joel Romelo (Bulldogs), Beau Scott (Dragons), James Segeyaro (Cowboys), David Shillington (Raiders), Ashton Sims (Cowboys), Matt Srama (Titans),Brad Takairangi (Roosters),Brad
Tighe (Panthers),Dane Tilse (Raiders), Chad Townsend (Sharks), Daniel Tupou (Roosters),Sam Williams (Raiders), Antonio Winterstein (Cowboys), William Zillman (Titans) Two Points Braith
Anasta (Roosters),
Shaun Berrigan (Raiders), Gavin Cooper (Cowboys), Isaac de Gois (Sharks), Tyson Frizell (Sharks), Michael Gordon (Panthers), Ben Henry (Warriors), Ben Horndy (Dragons),Simon Mannering (Warriors), Ben Matulino (Warriors), Sam McKendry (Panthers),
Michael Morgan (Cowboys), Ryan Morgan (Eels), Bryan Norrie (Storm), Anthony Quinn (Storm), Matt Scott (Cowboys), Tariq Sims (City), Ken Sio (Eels), Kade
Snowden (Knights),David Stagg (Bulldogs),Nathan Stapleton (Sharks), Jorge Taufua (Sea Eagles), Roger Tuivasa-Sheck (Roosters), Etu Uaisele
(Panthers), Daniel Vidot (Dragons), Dean Whare (Sea Eagles), Jack
Wighton (Raiders), Jonathan Wright (Bulldogs), Matthew Wright (Sharks), Dean Young (Dragons)
One Point Leeson Ah Mau (Dragons), Adam
Blair (Tigers), Jamie
Buhrer (Sea Eagles), Luke Burt (Eels), Justin Carney (Roosters), Boyd Cordner (Roosters),
Michael Crocker (Rabbitohs), Greg Eastwood (Bulldogs), Gareth Ellis (Tigers), Blake Ferguson (Raiders), Jake Friend (Roosters),
Matt Gillett (Broncos), Aiden Guerra (Roosters), Dane Halatau
(Bulldogs), Josh Jackson (Bulldogs), Luke Kelly (Eels), Jason King (Sea Eagles), Marika Koroibete (Tigers), Brenton Lawrence
(Titans), Joseph
Leilua (Roosters),
Feleti Mateo (Warriors),
Alex McKinnon (Knights), Fui Fui Moi Moi (Eels), Jake Mullaney (Tigers), Ben
Murdoch-Masila (Tigers), Justin O'Neill (Storm),
Nathan Peats (Rabbitohs), Sam Perrett (Bulldogs), Jordan Rankin
(Titans), Ben Ross (Sharks), Curtis Sironen
(Tigers), Jeremy Smith (Sharks), Kyle Stanley
(Dragons), Joel Thompson (Raiders), Ray
Thompson (Cowboys), Manu Vatuvei (Warriors), Anthony Watmough (Sea Eagles), David Williams (Sea Eagles)