Full Time
80:00
3:00pm Sat March 15, 2025
Round 2 - WIN Stadium, Wollongong / Dharawal - Crowd: 16111
79min

SCRUM SOUTHS - 30m from the Dragons line. Cook drops it cold in an absolute nowhere set by the Dragons.

77min

Dragons run it on the last but Tass cleans up Cook and shuts it down.

74min

Field Goal: Rabbitohs
Kicked by Jamie Humphreys.

Humphreys pots the field goal from almost 30 out that nobody was expecting

Rabbitohs lead Dragons 24 - 25 Rabbitohs
72min

Conversion: Rabbitohs
Kicked by Jamie Humphreys.

Humphreys converts from in front.

Tied up at Dragons 24 - 24 Rabbitohs
71min

Try: Rabbitohs
Scored by Sean Keppie. Kick to come.

Game ON! Keppie on crash run, scores a soft try near the posts.

Dragons lead Dragons 24 - 22 Rabbitohs
68min

The last few minutes can only be described as a 'slow panic' by both sides.

64min

Dragons shift left to Tuipulotu but the defence is more patient and bundles him into touch

63min

Gray makes a half break and then tries to get a pass to the unmarked Bently-Hape, but its poor and goes into touch

62min

Tass with a round-the-corner pass that hits the touchie right in the face.

60min

PENALTY SOUTHS - Gray taken gently high on his own line. Souths start their set 20m from their own line

58min

SCRUM DRAGONS - Myers just got put into space and looked a chance to score, but the play is called back for a forward pass.

55min

Conversion: Rabbitohs
Kicked by Jamie Humphreys.

Humphreys converts

Dragons lead Dragons 24 - 18 Rabbitohs
55min

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

Cody Walker barges over to score his 100th NRL try and more importantly, kept his side in the game

Dragons lead Dragons 24 - 16 Rabbitohs
53min

SCRUM SOUTHS - 20m from the Dragons line

53min

Conversion: Dragons
Attempted by Valentine Holmes.

Holmes from the left corner fails to convert

Dragons lead Dragons 24 - 12 Rabbitohs
52min

Try: Dragons
Scored by Christian Tuipulotu. Kick to come.

Gutherson sends Christian Tuipulotu in for a soft try in the left corner

Dragons lead Dragons 24 - 12 Rabbitohs
51min

Captains Challenge by the Dragons - Its a great success

50min

PENALTY DRAGONS - Meanwhile as the ref is pointing to the spot Leilua pats referee Klein on the shoulder...

48min

Play stopped after Arrow cops another knock to his head. He went for the tackle around the hips, but as the ball carrier spun round, Arrow's head collided with the hip of his team mate. He's going off for an HIA

47min

Conversion: Dragons
Kicked by Valentine Holmes.

Holmes converts

Dragons lead Dragons 20 - 12 Rabbitohs
45min

Try: Dragons
Scored by Kyle Flanagan. Kick to come.

Gutherson wrapped around and put Christian Tuipulotu into space and the big winger raced 35 metres before getting a great ball inside to Flanagan, who steps inside the defender to improve the position, scoring near the posts.

Dragons lead Dragons 18 - 12 Rabbitohs
44min

Humphreys turns the ball inside to Gray but the pass was forward

40min

Dragons kick off in this stifling heat, but that hasn't stopped the ground staff from having flame pyro go off as well. MOAR HEEEEET!!!

39min

2 Point Field Goal: Dragons
Attempted by Valentine Holmes.

Holmes has a crack from halfway, but comfortably misses the field goal

Dragons lead Dragons 14 - 12 Rabbitohs
39min

SCRUM DRAGONS

39min

Suli taken into touch on halfway. Souths get the ball and from the tap, they throw a forward pass

38min

SCRUM DRAGONS - 10m from their own line

37min

PENALTY SOUTHS - Bentley-Hape going for a try in the corner and Sloan takes him into touch, but also high

36min

Set Restart Souths - on halfway

36min

SCRUM SOUTHS - 10m shy of halfway

33min

Conversion: Dragons
Kicked by Valentine Holmes.

Holmes from in front adds the extras.

Dragons lead Dragons 14 - 12 Rabbitohs
33min

Try: Dragons
Scored by Kyle Flanagan. Kick to come.

A shallow chip by Ilias was caught by Stewart who offloads off the deck, the ball comes off a Souths defender and rolls into the Bunnies ingoal where Flanagan falls on it for a try

Tied up at Dragons 12 - 12 Rabbitohs
32min

Set restart Dragons - 10m from the Bunnies line

31min

PENALTY DRAGONS - Tuipulotu going for a try in the corner and is tackled over the sideline a metre shy, but the tackle was over the shoulder and deemed high

30min

Suli makes a break and runs 30m before Gray brings him down

25min

Conversion: Dragons
Attempted by Valentine Holmes.

Holmes on the right sideline again, and misses again

Rabbitohs lead Dragons 8 - 12 Rabbitohs
23min

Try: Dragons
Scored by Tyrell Sloan. Kick to come.

Dragons string together a bunch of passes on their right side, Gutherson gets a good ball out to Suli and he unselfishly dishes it to Sloan and puts his winger in for his second try.

Rabbitohs lead Dragons 8 - 12 Rabbitohs
21min

Conversion: Rabbitohs
Kicked by Jamie Humphreys.

Humphreys converts from in front

Rabbitohs lead Dragons 4 - 12 Rabbitohs
21min

Try: Rabbitohs
Scored by Peter Mamouzelos. Kick to come.

Mamouzelos at dummy half, a metre from the Dragons line, goes himself and dives through what appeared to be a Gutherson hologram, and scores a soft try.

Rabbitohs lead Dragons 4 - 10 Rabbitohs
21min

Arrow has been sent to have an HIA. Souths 15m from the Dragons line

20min

PENALTY SOUTHS - Holmes collides/hits/something Arrow highish off the ball. Holmes is on report.

13min

Conversion: Dragons
Attempted by Valentine Holmes.

Holmes from the right sideline misses the conversion.

Rabbitohs lead Dragons 4 - 6 Rabbitohs
12min

Try: Dragons
Scored by Tyrell Sloan. Kick to come.

Some second phase play after De Belin somehow gets a ball away as he's falling in a tackle. The Souths defence stopped moving. Gutherson got the ball and threw a nice cut-out pass to Sloan, who raced around the defence and scored in the corner.

Rabbitohs lead Dragons 4 - 6 Rabbitohs
10min

Conversion: Rabbitohs
Kicked by Jamie Humphreys.

Humphrey's converts from in front.

Rabbitohs lead Dragons 0 - 6 Rabbitohs
8min

Try: Rabbitohs
Scored by Jye Gray. Kick to come.

On the last Gray grubbers for his outside man, but a Dragons defender partially blocks it. Gray attempts to clean up but fails to do so because of the interference from Ilias. Bunker awards a Penalty try

Rabbitohs lead Dragons 0 - 4 Rabbitohs
7min

Set Restart Souths - camped on the Dragons line

6min

Well that was a mess. Mamouzelos 10m from the Dragons line on the last, grubbered for himself, the ball evaded Cook in the Dragons ingoal and then everyone fell over and the ball got fumbled every which way and went dead. Dragons drop out, its short and the Rabbitohs take possession

4min

Dragons game plan so far - go wide too much, put in a long high kick to Gray, who is able to take it before the Dragons defence get a chance to get close. Bunnies game plan - bash it up the middle.

Bunnies kick off - And the abysmal Andrew graphics for this match have also been completed. Bet you can't all wait til halftime now

Strap yourselves in for a Dad-joke double header as Andrew straps in for the next 2 matches.

Referees & scorers:

Referee: Ashley Klein

Touch Judges: Drew Oultram, Kieren Irons

Video Referee: Kasey Badger

ST GEORGE ILLAWARRA DRAGONS (24)
Tries: Tyrell Sloan (2), Kyle Flanagan (2), Christian Tuipulotu
Field Goals:
Two Point Field Goals:
Conversions: Valentine Holmes (2/5)
Penalty Goals:

SOUTH SYDNEY RABBITOHS (25)
Tries: Jye Gray, Peter Mamouzelos, Cody Walker, Sean Keppie
Field Goals: Jamie Humphreys (1/1)
Two Point Field Goals:
Conversions: Jamie Humphreys (4/4)
Penalty Goals: