SCRUM SOUTHS - 30m from the Dragons line. Cook drops it cold in an absolute nowhere set by the Dragons.
Dragons run it on the last but Tass cleans up Cook and shuts it down.
Humphreys pots the field goal from almost 30 out that nobody was expecting
Humphreys converts from in front.
Game ON! Keppie on crash run, scores a soft try near the posts.
The last few minutes can only be described as a 'slow panic' by both sides.
Dragons shift left to Tuipulotu but the defence is more patient and bundles him into touch
Gray makes a half break and then tries to get a pass to the unmarked Bently-Hape, but its poor and goes into touch
Tass with a round-the-corner pass that hits the touchie right in the face.
PENALTY SOUTHS - Gray taken gently high on his own line. Souths start their set 20m from their own line
SCRUM DRAGONS - Myers just got put into space and looked a chance to score, but the play is called back for a forward pass.
Humphreys converts
Cody Walker barges over to score his 100th NRL try and more importantly, kept his side in the game
SCRUM SOUTHS - 20m from the Dragons line
Holmes from the left corner fails to convert
Gutherson sends Christian Tuipulotu in for a soft try in the left corner
Captains Challenge by the Dragons - Its a great success
PENALTY DRAGONS - Meanwhile as the ref is pointing to the spot Leilua pats referee Klein on the shoulder...
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
Holmes converts
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.
Humphreys turns the ball inside to Gray but the pass was forward
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!!!
Holmes has a crack from halfway, but comfortably misses the field goal
SCRUM DRAGONS
Suli taken into touch on halfway. Souths get the ball and from the tap, they throw a forward pass
SCRUM DRAGONS - 10m from their own line
PENALTY SOUTHS - Bentley-Hape going for a try in the corner and Sloan takes him into touch, but also high
Set Restart Souths - on halfway
SCRUM SOUTHS - 10m shy of halfway
Holmes from in front adds the extras.
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
Set restart Dragons - 10m from the Bunnies line
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
Suli makes a break and runs 30m before Gray brings him down
Holmes on the right sideline again, and misses again
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.
Humphreys converts from in front
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.
Arrow has been sent to have an HIA. Souths 15m from the Dragons line
PENALTY SOUTHS - Holmes collides/hits/something Arrow highish off the ball. Holmes is on report.
Holmes from the right sideline misses the conversion.
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.
Humphrey's converts from in front.
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
Set Restart Souths - camped on the Dragons line
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
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: