Aidan Guerra gets the shot at goal in his last game, albeit from the sideline, but he nails it!
Knights go left on the last as the siren sounds and Hunt bounces off a tackle, spins and falls over the line for a try
Graham attempted an intercept but drops the pass. Knights get it back and a new set of six
Gagai now with the kicking duties and he nails this one
Cook with a traditional beach sprinters try. Pearce dropped the ball cold and looked at it. Murray picked it up and passed to Cook who ran 80 metres to score.
Reynolds from right in front, adds the extras and brings up 100 points for the Bunnies in their last 154 minutes of play
Cook fires a quick flat ball to Tatola who basically took 3 steps to crash over and score under the posts.
Reynolds from the left sideline slots the extras
Souths againb go left and this time Allan with a lovely catch and pass to Johnston, who dives over i the corner to score.
PENALTY RABBITOHS - 18m from the Knights line.
SCRUM RABBITOHS - Lee pinged for walking off the mark. Souths scrum 12m from the Bunnies line.
Mann makes a break, runs 30m and is eventually wrapped up just inside Souths half by Walker
SCRUM KNIGHTS - Walker kicks to the sideline and finds touch 8m from the Knights line
Reynolds converts from in front.
Tatola takes a crash ball into the middle and is held back short of the line, but he somehow got his arm free and plated the ball for a try despite not being able to see if he was planting the ball in the right place. Amazing.
Off to the bunker
SCRUM RABBITOHS - Ponga drops a bomb. Souths with a full set 10m from the Knights line.
Play stopped as Mann gets a finger attended to, looks like it might be dislocated.
SCRUM KNIGHTS - Play stopped as Cooks gets treated for a leg injury. He looks fine and is playing on.
Tuala drops a pass from Ponga and another opportunity goes begging with the Knights in good field position
Sironen cleared. Play resumes
Knights with what looks to be an accidental crusher on Sironen. Play stopped as the Rabbitohs back rower gets assessed
Reynolds nails the penalty goal
PENALTY RABBITOHS - Well that was a mess. Johnston ran for the corner, flung a ball in field which Gagai caught, then ran infield. From the next play Souths got a set restart and then Cody Walker, 3m from the Knights line, fumbled the ball. In the end, Newcastle were pinged for a marker offside.
Mann drops a simple pass now. Souths pick up the ball 23m from the Knights line.
Knights now working it out of their own 10m
Edrick Lee fumbling with some loose balls after an awkward collision.
SCRUM RABBITOHS - Barnett with a bad fumble in good field position.
Souths get us back underway
SCRUM KNIGHTS - Pearce with a towering bomb and Allan misjudges it and drops it, 15m from the Bunnies line.
Reynolds from in front, makes no mistake
Cook with his trademark beach-sprinting dart from dummy half behind the markers before drawing Ponga and then getting a ball to Murray who strolled over to score under the posts
Ponga grubbers into the Bunnies ingoal, but he's kicked it dead. Bunnies with a 7 tackle set
Graham has successfully recited the Magna Carta in 3 different languages and has been cleared to continue playing.
Mann grubbered for his winger, but Alex Johnston knocks it dead in-goal. Rabbitohs drop out. Play stopped as Campbell Graham gets assessed after a head knock
Set restart Knights
Lee takes a spectacular running catch after a long high kick from Pearce downfield. As Lee fell backwards, he passed back for his support, but the pass went to a Bunnies player, 10m from the Souths line.
Set restart Knights
Pearce grubbers early and Allan cleans up easily. Odd play that no one was ready for.
Challenge successful again for the Knights. KNIGHTS SCRUM
Campbell attempts an intercept. Ref rules 6 again for Knights and then calls a penalty against Knights for being offside. Knights now challenging
SCRUM KNIGHTS - They get a full set inside the Bunnies 35m
Daniel Saifiti getting some attention for his knee. He's playing on
Reynolds hooks his conversion again from the left side
Souths send the ball left to Walker, who draws Tuala, before passing to Alex Johnston who dives and scores in the corner
PENALTY RABBITOHS - Knights give away a penalty off the back of the scrum. Bunnies now inside the Knights 30m
SCRUM RABBITOHS - Rabbitohs drop out bounced awkwardly and went into touch, 10m shy of halfway
From the restart, Walker fumbles the ball and it goes dead in goal. Rabbitohs drop out
Reynolds converts from the right of the posts
Brilliant teamwork by the Bunnies halves. Reynolds gets the ball on the left and throws a blind short ball to Walker running around behind Reynolds, takes the pass and strolls through a huge gap that was so big, you could've built another Sydney sports stadium in.
SCRUM RABBITOHS - Reynolds bombs on the last and Ponga mistimes his leap and loses the ball over the sideline, 10m from the Knights line.
Reynolds from wide on the left, and he hooks it a touch too much.
Souths run it on the last, sending the ball to the left edge where Allan receives the balkl, slips out of a weak low tackle attempt by Tuala and he scores a soft try.
SCRUM RABBITOHS - Knights with a bad pass and Souths are off the hook. Scrum sets 23m from the Souths line
Reynolds kick is charged down by the legs of Fitzgibbon, who then cleans the ball up, 30m from the Souths line
Ponga from almost in front, adds another 2
PENALTY KNIGHTS - Knights opt to take the shot at 2.
SCRUM KNIGHTS - They'll get a full set inside the Bunnies half
Everyone is coming together for a cuddle.
Ponga from the other sideline, swings the ball beautifully between the sticks
The Knights are in again! The Knights spread the ball to the left where Fitzgibbon breaks through a tackle before linking with Best who outruns the cover defender to score out wide.
Ponga nails the sideline conversion
Knights on the third tackle send the ball to the left where Hymel Hunt gets outside his man and dives over to score in the corner
Successful challenge. SCRUM KNIGHTS
PENALTY RABBITOHS - Knights penalised for an attempted illegal strip. Knights with a refs challenge.
Knights get us underway in this elimination final
Referees & scorers:
Referee: Ben Cummins
Touch Judges: Chris Sutton, Belinda Sharpe
Video Referee: Jared Maxwell
SOUTH SYDNEY RABBITOHS (46)
Tries: Corey Allan, Cody Walker, Alex Johnston (2), Cameron Murray, Tevita Tatola (2), Damien Cook
Field Goals:
Conversions: Adam Reynolds (5/7), Dane Gagai (1/1)
Penalty Goals: Adam Reynolds (1/1)
NEWCASTLE KNIGHTS (20)
Tries: Hymel Hunt (2), Bradman Best
Field Goals:
Conversions: Kalyn Ponga (2/2), Aidan Guerra (1/1)
Penalty Goals: Kalyn Ponga (1/1)