Full Time
79:00
7:55pm Fri September 12, 2014
Finals Week 1 - Sydney Football Stadium (1988-2018), Moore Park / Gadigal - Crowd: 25733
79

SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION MANLY-WARRINGAH SEA EAGLES
Conversion attempt by Jamie Lyon successful.

Jamie Lyon converts from out wide

South Sydney Rabbitohs 40-24

78

TRY MANLY-WARRINGAH SEA EAGLES
Scored by Cheyse Blair. Kick to come.

Cheyse Blair gets the green light and another late try to Manly

South Sydney Rabbitohs 40-22

77

SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION MANLY-WARRINGAH SEA EAGLES
Conversion attempt by Jamie Lyon successful.

Jamie Lyon converts the try to put some respectability in the score

South Sydney Rabbitohs 40-18

77

TRY MANLY-WARRINGAH SEA EAGLES
Scored by Tom Symonds. Kick to come.

A good play from the Sea Eagles and another kick error lets them score again late in this one

South Sydney Rabbitohs 40-16

71

SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION MANLY-WARRINGAH SEA EAGLES
Conversion attempt by Jamie Lyon successful.

Jamie Lyon has no problems converting the try from the sideline

South Sydney Rabbitohs 40-12

69

TRY MANLY-WARRINGAH SEA EAGLES
Scored by Jamie Lyon. Kick to come.

Jamie Lyon gets the green lights after the contest from the kick was all good

South Sydney Rabbitohs 40-10

68

More pressure on the Souths line (first time tonight) after Inglis loses a kick

South Sydney Rabbitohs 40-6

66

SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION MANLY-WARRINGAH SEA EAGLES
Conversion attempt by Jamie Lyon successful.

Jamie Lyon slots the conversion to close the gap to 34

South Sydney Rabbitohs 40-6

66

TRY MANLY-WARRINGAH SEA EAGLES
Scored by Brett Stewart. Kick to come.

Brett Stewart breaks the duck egg for the Sea Eagles despite the appearance of a forward pass

South Sydney Rabbitohs 40-4

56

SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION SOUTH SYDNEY RABBITOHS
Conversion attempt by Adam Reynolds successful.

Conversion is good

South Sydney Rabbitohs 40-0

56

SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION SOUTH SYDNEY RABBITOHS
Conversion attempt by Adam Reynolds successful.

Adam Reynolds slots the conversion from close range

South Sydney Rabbitohs 38-0

55

TRY SOUTH SYDNEY RABBITOHS
Scored by Alex Johnston. Kick to come.

Alex Johnston gets into some free space yet again and he scores his second of the night

South Sydney Rabbitohs 36-0

52

TRY SOUTH SYDNEY RABBITOHS
Scored by Dylan Walker. Kick to come.

Dylan Walker bursts through some weak defence and he scores for the Rabbitohs

South Sydney Rabbitohs 32-0

48

Adam Reynolds sends a ball that goes higher than Sydney Tower, almost comes off for the Bunnies but can't be caught and Sea Eagles work it away from their own 10m

South Sydney Rabbitohs 28-0

42

SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION SOUTH SYDNEY RABBITOHS
Conversion attempt by Adam Reynolds successful.

Adam Reynolds slots his own conversion yet again

South Sydney Rabbitohs 28-0

42

TRY SOUTH SYDNEY RABBITOHS
Scored by Adam Reynolds. Kick to come.

Despite some doubts on the grounding the Video Referees give it the clean lights and Adam Reynolds gets a double

South Sydney Rabbitohs 26-0

40

And thats all she wrote for the first half - Souths take a dominant 22-0 lead over the Manly Sea Eagles

South Sydney Rabbitohs 22-0

38

UNFORCED ERROR SOUTH SYDNEY RABBITOHS
Kyle Turner makes an unforced error.

Kyle Turner loses the ball after being hit in the back by his own teammate Sam Burgess

South Sydney Rabbitohs 22-0

37

UNSUCCESSFUL CONVERSION SOUTH SYDNEY RABBITOHS
Conversion attempt by Adam Reynolds unsuccessful.

Adam Reynolds strikes the conversion well but not quite well enough and it comes off the upright and bounces away

South Sydney Rabbitohs 22-0

36

TRY SOUTH SYDNEY RABBITOHS
Scored by Alex Johnston. Kick to come.

A beautiful set play from the Rabbitohs that was all but done last time, is this time finished by Alex Johnston

South Sydney Rabbitohs 22-0

32

Jamie Lyon and Anthony Watmough ON REPORT for a dangerous throw

South Sydney Rabbitohs 18-0

29

UNFORCED ERROR SOUTH SYDNEY RABBITOHS
Kirisome Auva'a makes an unforced error.

Kirisome Auva'a loses the ball whilst on the ground in a strong tackle from the Manly defence

South Sydney Rabbitohs 18-0

27

SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION SOUTH SYDNEY RABBITOHS
Conversion attempt by Adam Reynolds successful.

Adam Reynolds from the sideline hits it absolutely perfectly and extends the Rabbitohs lead

South Sydney Rabbitohs 18-0

26

TRY SOUTH SYDNEY RABBITOHS
Scored by Lote Tuqiri. Kick to come.

A pinpoint accurate kick from Adam Reynolds sees Lote Tuqiri fly high and outjump Jorge Taufua to score a try

South Sydney Rabbitohs 16-0

25

Again Adam Reynolds goes high towards Jorge Taufua but doesn't work this time with Taufua taking the catch

South Sydney Rabbitohs 12-0

23

UNFORCED ERROR SOUTH SYDNEY RABBITOHS
Alex Johnston makes an unforced error.

Alex Johnston with no pressure loses the ball trying a one-handed grounding

South Sydney Rabbitohs 12-0

20

SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION SOUTH SYDNEY RABBITOHS
Conversion attempt by Adam Reynolds successful.

Adam Reynolds has no problems from next to the posts and converts the Keary try

South Sydney Rabbitohs 12-0

18

TRY SOUTH SYDNEY RABBITOHS
Scored by Luke Keary. Kick to come.

Some absolute magic from Dylan Walker initially to send the Rabbitohs on their way and then the ball ends up with Adam Reynolds who puts the grubber through and Luke Keary finishes it off

South Sydney Rabbitohs 10-0

11

SUCCESSFUL CONVERSION SOUTH SYDNEY RABBITOHS
Conversion attempt by Adam Reynolds successful.

Adam Reynolds converts his own try

South Sydney Rabbitohs 6-0

10

TRY SOUTH SYDNEY RABBITOHS
Scored by Adam Reynolds. Kick to come.

Adam Reynolds gets the green lights and opens the scoring for the Rabbitohs

South Sydney Rabbitohs 4-0

10

For the second time tonight, we are off to the Colonel checking onside and contest for a possible Adam Reynolds TRY

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5

PENALTY MANLY: Shayne Hayne penalises Souths for being too long in the tackle

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4

Time out with Jayden Hodges down with a neck injury

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4

Souths go right to the Manly line but the Sea Eagles hold off the Rabbitohs

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PENALTY SOUTHS: Shayne Hayne penalises Manly for too much wrestle and being in the tackle too long

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Shayne Hayne calls time on and the Sea Eagles have first possession of the ball

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Seems like yesterday that we saw the NRL season kick off but here we are in the first week of the finals and the opening match for 2014 being the Sea Eagles and Souths, both sides come into this one off the back of a loss and will be looking to make amends and jump straight to the preliminary finals

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TEAM CHANGES: South Sydney are 1-17, Goodwin, Lowe and Picker all not required by Michael Maguire

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TEAM CHANGES: Manly have had to make 1 player change, James Hasson is OUT, Cheyse Blair comes onto the bench, one positional change as well, Jason King will start in jersey 17 with Brenton Lawrence dropping to the bench

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Referees & scorers:

Referee: Shayne Hayne, Gavin Badger

Touch Judges: Russell Turner, Dave Munro

Video Referee: Bernard Sutton, Luke Patten

MANLY-WARRINGAH SEA EAGLES (24)
Tries: Brett Stewart, Jamie Lyon, Tom Symonds, Cheyse Blair
Field Goals:
Conversions: Jamie Lyon (4/4)
Penalty Goals:

SOUTH SYDNEY RABBITOHS (40)
Tries: Adam Reynolds (2), Luke Keary, Lote Tuqiri, Alex Johnston (2), Dylan Walker
Field Goals:
Conversions: Adam Reynolds (6/7)
Penalty Goals: