Full Time
80:00
4:05pm Sun October 4, 2020
Finals Week 1 - Accor Stadium, Sydney Olympic Park / Wanngal - Crowd: 17212
80min

Conversion: Knights
Kicked by Aidan Guerra.

Aidan Guerra gets the shot at goal in his last game, albeit from the sideline, but he nails it!

Rabbitohs lead Rabbitohs 46 - 20 Knights
80min

Try: Knights
Scored by Hymel Hunt. Kick to come.

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

Rabbitohs lead Rabbitohs 46 - 18 Knights
79min

Graham attempted an intercept but drops the pass. Knights get it back and a new set of six

77min

Conversion: Rabbitohs
Kicked by Dane Gagai.

Gagai now with the kicking duties and he nails this one

Rabbitohs lead Rabbitohs 46 - 14 Knights
76min

Try: Rabbitohs
Scored by Damien Cook. Kick to come.

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.

Rabbitohs lead Rabbitohs 44 - 14 Knights
73min

Conversion: Rabbitohs
Kicked by Adam Reynolds.

Reynolds from right in front, adds the extras and brings up 100 points for the Bunnies in their last 154 minutes of play

Rabbitohs lead Rabbitohs 40 - 14 Knights
73min

Try: Rabbitohs
Scored by Tevita Tatola. Kick to come.

Cook fires a quick flat ball to Tatola who basically took 3 steps to crash over and score under the posts.

Rabbitohs lead Rabbitohs 38 - 14 Knights
71min

Conversion: Rabbitohs
Kicked by Adam Reynolds.

Reynolds from the left sideline slots the extras

Rabbitohs lead Rabbitohs 34 - 14 Knights
71min

Try: Rabbitohs
Scored by Alex Johnston. Kick to come.

Souths againb go left and this time Allan with a lovely catch and pass to Johnston, who dives over i the corner to score.

Rabbitohs lead Rabbitohs 32 - 14 Knights
69min

PENALTY RABBITOHS - 18m from the Knights line.

66min

SCRUM RABBITOHS - Lee pinged for walking off the mark. Souths scrum 12m from the Bunnies line.

65min

Mann makes a break, runs 30m and is eventually wrapped up just inside Souths half by Walker

64min

SCRUM KNIGHTS - Walker kicks to the sideline and finds touch 8m from the Knights line

62min

Conversion: Rabbitohs
Kicked by Adam Reynolds.

Reynolds converts from in front.

Rabbitohs lead Rabbitohs 28 - 14 Knights
61min

Try: Rabbitohs
Scored by Tevita Tatola. Kick to come.

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.

Rabbitohs lead Rabbitohs 26 - 14 Knights
61min

Off to the bunker

60min

SCRUM RABBITOHS - Ponga drops a bomb. Souths with a full set 10m from the Knights line.

60min

Play stopped as Mann gets a finger attended to, looks like it might be dislocated.

53min

SCRUM KNIGHTS - Play stopped as Cooks gets treated for a leg injury. He looks fine and is playing on.

52min

Tuala drops a pass from Ponga and another opportunity goes begging with the Knights in good field position

51min

Sironen cleared. Play resumes

51min

Knights with what looks to be an accidental crusher on Sironen. Play stopped as the Rabbitohs back rower gets assessed

48min

Penalty Goal: Rabbitohs
Kicked by Adam Reynolds.

Reynolds nails the penalty goal

Rabbitohs lead Rabbitohs 22 - 14 Knights
47min

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.

45min

Mann drops a simple pass now. Souths pick up the ball 23m from the Knights line.

44min

Knights now working it out of their own 10m

43min

Edrick Lee fumbling with some loose balls after an awkward collision.

42min

SCRUM RABBITOHS - Barnett with a bad fumble in good field position.

40min

Souths get us back underway

39min

SCRUM KNIGHTS - Pearce with a towering bomb and Allan misjudges it and drops it, 15m from the Bunnies line.

37min

Conversion: Rabbitohs
Kicked by Adam Reynolds.

Reynolds from in front, makes no mistake

Rabbitohs lead Rabbitohs 20 - 14 Knights
37min

Try: Rabbitohs
Scored by Cameron Murray. Kick to come.

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

Rabbitohs lead Rabbitohs 18 - 14 Knights
35min

Ponga grubbers into the Bunnies ingoal, but he's kicked it dead. Bunnies with a 7 tackle set

34min

Graham has successfully recited the Magna Carta in 3 different languages and has been cleared to continue playing.

33min

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

32min

Set restart Knights

31min

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.

30min

Set restart Knights

27min

Pearce grubbers early and Allan cleans up easily. Odd play that no one was ready for.

27min

Challenge successful again for the Knights. KNIGHTS SCRUM

26min

Campbell attempts an intercept. Ref rules 6 again for Knights and then calls a penalty against Knights for being offside. Knights now challenging

25min

SCRUM KNIGHTS - They get a full set inside the Bunnies 35m

25min

Daniel Saifiti getting some attention for his knee. He's playing on

24min

Conversion: Rabbitohs
Attempted by Adam Reynolds.

Reynolds hooks his conversion again from the left side

Tied up at Rabbitohs 14 - 14 Knights
23min

Try: Rabbitohs
Scored by Alex Johnston. Kick to come.

Souths send the ball left to Walker, who draws Tuala, before passing to Alex Johnston who dives and scores in the corner

Tied up at Rabbitohs 14 - 14 Knights
21min

PENALTY RABBITOHS - Knights give away a penalty off the back of the scrum. Bunnies now inside the Knights 30m

21min

SCRUM RABBITOHS - Rabbitohs drop out bounced awkwardly and went into touch, 10m shy of halfway

20min

From the restart, Walker fumbles the ball and it goes dead in goal. Rabbitohs drop out

20min

Conversion: Rabbitohs
Kicked by Adam Reynolds.

Reynolds converts from the right of the posts

Knights lead Rabbitohs 10 - 14 Knights
19min

Try: Rabbitohs
Scored by Cody Walker. Kick to come.

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.

Knights lead Rabbitohs 8 - 14 Knights
18min

SCRUM RABBITOHS - Reynolds bombs on the last and Ponga mistimes his leap and loses the ball over the sideline, 10m from the Knights line.

17min

Conversion: Rabbitohs
Attempted by Adam Reynolds.

Reynolds from wide on the left, and he hooks it a touch too much.

Knights lead Rabbitohs 4 - 14 Knights
16min

Try: Rabbitohs
Scored by Corey Allan. Kick to come.

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.

Knights lead Rabbitohs 4 - 14 Knights
15min

SCRUM RABBITOHS - Knights with a bad pass and Souths are off the hook. Scrum sets 23m from the Souths line

13min

Reynolds kick is charged down by the legs of Fitzgibbon, who then cleans the ball up, 30m from the Souths line

12min

Penalty Goal: Knights
Kicked by Kalyn Ponga.

Ponga from almost in front, adds another 2

Knights lead Rabbitohs 0 - 14 Knights
11min

PENALTY KNIGHTS - Knights opt to take the shot at 2.

10min

SCRUM KNIGHTS - They'll get a full set inside the Bunnies half

9min

Everyone is coming together for a cuddle.

6min

Conversion: Knights
Kicked by Kalyn Ponga.

Ponga from the other sideline, swings the ball beautifully between the sticks

Knights lead Rabbitohs 0 - 12 Knights
6min

Try: Knights
Scored by Bradman Best. Kick to come.

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.

Knights lead Rabbitohs 0 - 10 Knights
3min

Conversion: Knights
Kicked by Kalyn Ponga.

Ponga nails the sideline conversion

Knights lead Rabbitohs 0 - 6 Knights
3min

Try: Knights
Scored by Hymel Hunt. Kick to come.

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

Knights lead Rabbitohs 0 - 4 Knights
2min

Successful challenge. SCRUM KNIGHTS

1min

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)