Full Time
80:00
5:30pm Sat April 9, 2022
Round 5 - Accor Stadium, Sydney Olympic Park / Wanngal - Crowd: 11332
80min

FULL TIME - Bunnies too good 24-12.

80min

Conversion: Dragons
Kicked by Jack Bird.

Bird slots it.

Rabbitohs lead Rabbitohs 24 - 12 Dragons
79min

Try: Dragons
Scored by Jaydn Su'A. Kick to come.

The Rabbitohs make a mess of the kick-off and the Dragons get it back and Su'A then charges over against his former team. Great ball from Talatau Amone.

Rabbitohs lead Rabbitohs 24 - 10 Dragons
79min

Conversion: Rabbitohs
Kicked by Blake Taaffe.

24-6 now.

Rabbitohs lead Rabbitohs 24 - 6 Dragons
78min

Try: Rabbitohs
Scored by Taane Milne. Kick to come.

Ilias with a perfect ball for Milne who runs the perfect line to score!

Rabbitohs lead Rabbitohs 22 - 6 Dragons
75min

Moses Suli now puts down a pass from Talatau Amone.

74min

Dragons get it off the short dropout.

74min

Lachlan Ilias forces a dropout - he's been brilliant tonight.

73min

Dragons can't get it 10 metres off the restart. Penalty Souths.

72min

Penalty Goal: Rabbitohs
Kicked by Blake Taaffe.

Off the post and in!

Rabbitohs lead Rabbitohs 18 - 6 Dragons
70min

Lachlan Ilias with a chip ahead for Blake Taaffe who is streaming through. The Dragons clean it up but Mikaele Ravalawa drops it and Jack Bird picks it up in an offside position. Taaffe will shoot for two.

69min

And repeat. Jaydn Su'A now drops the ball inside the South Sydney half. Someone save me.

68min

There were go... another error. This one from Taane Milne. A brief flash of Cody Walker's best to put Milne away but the Rabbitohs five-eighth has been very quiet tonight.

67min

And add another error... might just ctrl+c that phrase because it looks like it will come in handy here. Damien Cook still most likely to open this up again.

66min

And another error, this one from South Sydney, who have shown glimpses but still not been near their best either.

66min

Rabbitohs 30 out.

66min

Challenge unsuccessful.

66min

Now Moses Suli with an error in the play-the-ball. He immediately demands it is challenged and will get his wish.

66min

Sloppy play here with Ben Hunt and Cody Walker both dropping the ball. Souths the far better team tonight but not showing it on the scoreboard.

62min

Cameron Murray cruises under the posts but it is called back for an obstruction, with Tevita Tatola ruled to have denied Talatau Amone a fair chance at making a tackle.

62min

Damien Cook jumps out of dummy-half and threatens again before a six-again is ruled.

61min

Ben Hunt short to Tariq Sims who drops it in the tackle of Lachlan Ilias and Campbell Graham.

59min

A bit of luck for the Dragons but you make your own luck. Jack Bird keeps the ball alive on the 30-metre mark after the last-tackle play breaks down, Moses Suli kicks ahead. It goes off a Rabbitoh's legs and into another Bunnies player's hands in an offside position. Dragons ball 10 out.

56min

The Dragons spill it and the Bunnies go right back on the attack but Cameron Murray drops the ball.

54min

Conversion: Rabbitohs
Kicked by Blake Taaffe.

Bunnies up 16-6 now.

Rabbitohs lead Rabbitohs 16 - 6 Dragons
53min

And Lachlan Ilias was in there too - through the hands, with no hiccups - just perfectly executed.

52min

Try: Rabbitohs
Scored by Campbell Graham. Kick to come.

That was slick! The Bunnies go right - Cameron Murray to Keaon Koloamatangi to Blake Taaffe to Campbell Graham - beautiful stuff.

Rabbitohs lead Rabbitohs 14 - 6 Dragons
50min

Zac Lomax with an error near the Dragons 20 and the Rabbitohs get a chance to hit right back.

48min

Conversion: Dragons
Kicked by Zac Lomax.

10-6 now.

Rabbitohs lead Rabbitohs 10 - 6 Dragons
46min

Try: Dragons
Scored by Moses Mbye. Kick to come.

Ben Hunt passed to no-one as the play broke down mid-set but the Dragons recover and now get on the board as Moses Mbye dummies, beats Keaon Koloamatangi and scores.

Rabbitohs lead Rabbitohs 10 - 4 Dragons
45min

Ben Hunt with a clever kick and he forces a dropout.

44min

Tariq Sims drops the ball in a tackle of Campbell Graham but makes up for it to help drag Josh Mansour into touch a few players later.

42min

A bit of razzle dazzle on the last from the Dragons with a miracle ball from Mathew Feagai putting Jack Bird down the sideline before the five-eighth kicked back inside. Feagai has had no problems making metres and is making quite the statement in keeping his spot over Cody Ramsey on the wing.

41min

We are back underway for the second half nonetheless.

40min

UPDATE - Fox League's James Hooper reporting that Latrell Mitchell complained about the state of the ground when coming off with a hamstring issue. Accor Stadium hosted a concern last week and a quarter of the turf has been laid down again for today's game.

39min

HALF TIME - That will be it at the break. Outside of that Lomax break, the Dragons have barely fired a shot in attack and looked quite disorganised. The Rabbitohs have also looked a bit clunky at times but most threatening when Damien Cook has been running the ball out of dummy-half. Some more good signs from halfback Lachlan Ilias too when he ran the ball.

36min

Conversion: Rabbitohs
Kicked by Blake Taaffe.

Taaffe makes it 10-0.

Rabbitohs lead Rabbitohs 10 - 0 Dragons
35min

Try: Rabbitohs
Scored by Keaon Koloamatangi. Kick to come.

Damien Cook and Lachlan Ilias with some slicing runs and the momentum ends with Keaon Koloamatangi forcing his way over!

Rabbitohs lead Rabbitohs 8 - 0 Dragons
33min

Just not doing things quick enough in attack there. Andrew McCullough had a chance off a quick Jaydn Su'A play-the-ball but was a bit too slow to pounce. Moses Mbye then fired a ball to Mathew Feagai on the wing after Josh Mansour came in but Souths scramble well. Nothing comes of the set and then the Dragons concede a penalty.

32min

Mathew Feagai then breaks away down the left edge before being taken down by Josh Mansour. Two-straight set restarts and the Dragons have a big chance to level the scores here, 10 out.

32min

Right on cue - Damien Cook weaves in and out of a few tackles and the Bunnies are 10 out but an ordinary kick from Cody Walker on the last relieves pressure on the Dragons.

30min

Really scrappy affair as it stands. Cody Walker and Lachlan Ilias relatively quiet with Damien Cook and Cameron Murray bringing the spark through the middle. The Dragons are also hardly threatening, although they have found a few half-chances on the edges.

28min

The Dragons haven't really threatened in this game but to their credit, they have tightened up the defence through the middle and still only trail 4-0.

26min

Nothing much in that set from the Dragons. They go left to Mathew Feagai on the last who puts a short grubber through but it is too short and the Bunnies have it. They needed a repeat set there to try build some pressure.

24min

Dragons finding a few chances but lacking execution. A big chance here for the Rabbitohs to extend their lead with a penalty blown but they can't find touch! Relief for the away side here at Accor Stadium.

20min

UDPATE - Latrell Mitchell out for the game with a hamstring issue.

18min

An update on Latrell Mitchell - it is a hamstring problem according to Fox League's James Hooper.

17min

Zac Lomax makes a break down the right edge and all they have to do is draw and pass but the Dragons centre decides to throw a no-looker and the ball goes to ground with Jack Bird in support.

17min

Lachlan Ilias with the deft kick and Campbell Graham pounces - we are checking for a try here. Just an issue with the grounding. And it is not a try.

14min

Drama for the Rabbitohs as Latrell Mitchell is forced from the field with an injury.

12min

And they have done just that - Jack Bird forcing the dropout.

11min

Campbell Graham penalised for a strip and the Dragons have a chance to hit back or at least camp themselves down the South Sydney end with a repeat set. They are 40 out.

10min

The Rabbitohs finding big metres through the middle and are 10 out now - Lachlan Ilias down the right side, he could have dug into the line a bit more to open up space as the play ends a bit too sideways and the Dragons slide across to shut it down and survive.

7min

Conversion: Rabbitohs
Attempted by Latrell Mitchell.

A shocker off the boot and it sprays wide.

Rabbitohs lead Rabbitohs 4 - 0 Dragons
5min

Try: Rabbitohs
Scored by Latrell Mitchell. Kick to come.

Damien Cook again! He goes through the middle after a Jai Arrow offload and races away, then goes to the right and Campbell Graham extends the arm to link with Latrell Mitchell who scores in the corner!

Rabbitohs lead Rabbitohs 4 - 0 Dragons
4min

Ben Hunt to the air in an attacking kick and Zac Lomax jumps for it but knocks it forward.

3min

A relieving penalty though sees the Dragons gifted a chance to get out of their own end. They find touch over their own 30.

3min

Cameron Murray with a strong run, quick play-the-ball and Damien Cook jumps out of dummy-half with the first real opportunity of the game. The Dragons shut him down and now are trapped inside their own 20 after the final tackle kick.

2min

An early fumble from Latrell Mitchell on the kick from Andrew McCullough but it went backwards. Bunnies inside their 20 working it out.

2min

A very standard opening to this one, with the Bunnies sending a long kick on the last and making the Dragons work it out of their end. Jaydn Su'A with a few solid runs early against this former side.

1min

A clearing kick on the last from Ben Hunt and the Rabbits start their first set of the night on their 20. Rain already starting to fall.

1min

We are underway here at ANZ Stadium. Dragons with first use of the ball.

Kick-off shortly.

The Rabbitohs are not without their own problems, although young halfback Lachlan Ilias showed glimpses of his potential last week against Penrith.

No changes for either side, although it will be interesting to see how Moses Mbye and Jack Bird perform given Dragons coach Anthony Griffin caused a stir by bringing both in for young guns Talatau Amone and Tyrell Sloan. Amone is still on the bench though and could have a chance to press his claims for a recall into the starting side.

Good evening and welcome to League Unlimited's live coverage of tonight's game between the Rabbitohs and Dragons.

Referees & scorers:

Referee: Ben Cummins

Touch Judges: Jon Stone, Darian Furner

Video Referee: Chris Butler

SOUTH SYDNEY RABBITOHS (24)
Tries: Latrell Mitchell, Keaon Koloamatangi, Campbell Graham, Taane Milne
Conversions: Latrell Mitchell (0/1), Blake Taaffe (3/3)
Penalty Goals: Blake Taaffe (1/1)

ST GEORGE ILLAWARRA DRAGONS (12)
Tries: Moses Mbye, Jaydn Su'A
Conversions: Zac Lomax (1/1), Jack Bird (1/1)