Taaffe slots another conversion.
Tigers swing the ball left and Paulo intercepts a Hastings pass and runs 80 metres to score.
Leilua with a lovely offload to Laurie who shoots through a gap and is brought down 2m shy of the line.
SCRUM TIGERS - From the scrum, Souths go left but they too throw a forward pass
SCRUM RABBITOHS - Tuilagi tries to offload but the ball goes forward.
Set restart Tigers - Milne touches the pass by Brooks and Garner cleans up, 10m from his own line.
Walker kicks on the first tackle off the scrum but Laurie gets back to clean up
SCRUM SOUTHS - Brooks with a strip but the ball goes forward off Musgrove.
Taaffe converts
Walker runs through the middle close to the Tigers line, fights off the defence in the Tigers ingoal to eventually score.
PENALTY SOUTHS - Ofahengaue with an illegal strip.
Taaffe converts from in front.
A rushed grubber towards the posts by Ilias ricochets off a Tigers defender. Leilua tries to pick the ball up on the run and misses it completely. Walker cleans up with no one around and scores under the posts.
SCRUM SOUTHS - Simpkin with a forward pass from dummy half.
Nikorima from the left sideline fails to convert again
Souths go left to Graham who stands and turns in a tackle before offloading to the unmarked Johnston who catches and scores untouched.
Paulo tries to catch the Brooks kick despite it going out on the full. It was almost a turnover to the Tigers. Tigers challenged and failed.
Brooks under pressure and kicks it out on the full.
Souths middle forwards making big metres upfield now.
Simpkin at dummy half, at the Souths line and he .... drops it. Odd play.
PENALTY TIGERS - 5m from the Bunnies line
Brooks kicks a low driving kick attempting a 40/20. Nikorima collects it, but slips and puts his foot into touch. Tigers with a full set inside the Bunnies 20m
Nikorima from the left sideline hooks the kick
Graham dives over from dummy half to score in the left corner.
SET RESTART SOUTHS - Late in the set and 25m from the Tigers line
Nikorima from the left sideline nails the conversion
Souths send the ball out to the left side to Johnston who has more than enough space to make a beeline for the corner and he scores.
Paulo gets a legal strip on Naden
Nikorima grubbers at the line and it comes off Hastings foot and goes into touch. Ref ruled Hastings played at it. Tigers challenge and win the challenge. Hand over instead.
Cook grubbers into the Tigers ingoal and Laurie bats it dead. Tigers drop out.
Brooks with a rushed pass that goes behind his outside men and Paulo cleans up
SET RESTART TIGERS
SCRUM TIGERS - Brooks bombs and Nikorima drops it cold, 10m from his own line.
Back underway
Brooks from the left sideline nails the conversion
Laurie on the left side this time fires a beautiful cutout pass to the unmarked Maumalo and he fires down the sideline to score in the corner
Nikorima trapped in his own ingoal after a good kick by Laurie. Souths drop out.
Nikorima converts from in front.
Havili gets a crash ball, burrows down low and punches through the defensive line and scores under the posts
SET RESTART SOUTHS
Ilias almost gets across the line but Naden keeps him out
SCRUM RABBITOHS - Ref rules that the Bunnies defender has illegally knocked the ball out. Souths challenge and win.
From the scrum the Bunnies go right and Walker puts Paulo through a gap but he is put on his back as he slides over the line and is held up.
SCRUM SOUTHS - 10m from the Tigers line
Nikorima converts
Souths run the same play that resulted in an intercept try to the Tigers earlier, this time Johnston gets the ball, steps inside Kepaoa and scores comfortably.
Good kick by Souths forces Laurie to take the ball dead in goal. Tighers drop out
Laurie dummies and then breaks through but is ankle trapped
aaaaaand the Bunnies turn it over
SET RESTART SOUTHS - 20m from the Tigers line
Brooks kicks long and it goes out on the full.
Brooks to take a shot at goal and nails it
PENALTY TIGERS - Cook with his hands around the ball and the ball comes loose.
PENALTY TIGERS - Souths defence offside. Tigers find touch 10m inside the Bunnies half
Poor set by the Tigers, making 30 metres, but Brooks with a brilliant kick fixes everything, as it pulls up in the Bunnies ingoal
Brooks from the left sideline hooks it
Hastings kicks across to the left side where Naden bats it back to Laurie who then sends it out to Maumalo who steps inside the cover defender and scores
Naden making a small break on the left side
Brooks on the right of the posts, converts
Souths on the attack, but the Tigers rush up on the right side, forcing Ilias to throw a hurried pass which Kepaoa intercepts cleanly and races 90m to score
Another Grubber which brooks gets back to once again, however Brooks has to take the ball dead this time. Tigers drop out.
Cook Grubbers into the Tigers ingoal, but Brooks cleans up and manages to get into the field of play
SET RESTART SOUTHS - inside the Tigers 20m
To'a hobbling back into the line
Souths get us underway
Referees & scorers:
Referee: Chris Sutton
Touch Judges: Matt Noyen, Nick Beashel
Video Referee: Adam Gee
SOUTH SYDNEY RABBITOHS (44)
Tries: Alex Johnston (3), Siliva Havili, Campbell Graham, Cody Walker (2), Jaxson Paulo
Conversions: Kodi Nikorima (3/5), Blake Taaffe (3/3)
WESTS TIGERS (18)
Tries: Asu Kepaoa, Ken Maumalo (2)
Conversions: Luke Brooks (2/3)
Penalty Goals: Luke Brooks (1/1)