Round 9
South Sydney Rabbitohs 10 l. Canberra Raiders 16

2007 NRL Telstra Premiership Index [Table] [Draw] [Player Stats] [Club Headlines]

Location: Aus_NZ > National > First Grade Competition: NRL Telstra Premiership

Raiders scrape home over Bunnies
Sun May 13, 2007
Source: www.raiders.com.au

The CFMEU Canberra Raiders have come from behind to snatch an unlikely 16-10 victory over the South Sydney Rabbitohs, in a scrappy affair at Telstra Stadium tonight.

Trailing 10-6 with just over 10 minutes to play, the Raiders crossed for two late tries through Todd Carney and Adrian Purtell, then hung on grimly as Souths squandered a couple of real chances to send the game into golden point extra time.

A solid start from the Raiders was not enough to see them grab an early advantage, and when mistakes started to creep into their game Souths pounced through a Shannon Hegarty try to go to a 6-0 lead, which they held until halftime.

The Raiders looked anthing but competitive as their handling error woes continued in the early stages of the second half, but a superb try out of the blue to winger David Milne locked the scores at 6-all with 30 minutes to play.

Two penalty goals saw Souths re-gain the lead, before Neville Costigan linked up with Carney to see the Raiders stick their noses in front. Purtell then touched down with 3 minutes on the clock after Bronx Goodwin capped a fine NRL debut by leaping high over the Souths defence and knocking a bomb into the centre's waiting arms.

Canberra Raiders 16 (David Milne, Todd Carney, Adrian Purtell tries; Todd Carney 2 goals) d. South Sydney Rabbitohs 10 (Shannon Hegarty try; Joe Williams 3 goals) at Telstra Stadium

Referee: Gavin Badger

Report source: www.raiders.com.au


Souths team for Raiders clash
Tue May 8, 2007
Source: www.souths.com.au

The South Sydney Rabbitohs are pleased to announce their side to take on the Canberra Raiders in round nine of the NRL Telstra Premiership this Saturday, 12 May at 7:30pm at Telstra Stadium.

The Rabbitohs have named an unchanged starting line up, with Joe Galuvao being added to the bench for the injured John Sutton (shoulder). Scott Geddes has been named as 18th man.

Rabbitohs centre Shannon Hegarty will play his 150th NRL game on Saturday night.

The referee for this fixture is Gavin Badger. The sideline officials are Jason Walsh and Darren Lang.

The video referee is Steve Nash.

The Rabbitohs NRL side is:

1. David Peachey
2. Nathan Merritt
3. Nigel Vagana
4. Shannon Hegarty
5. Reece Simmonds
6. Jeremy Smith
7. Joe Williams
8. Peter Cusack (c)
9. Daniel Irvine
10. Roy Asotasi (c)
11. Luke Stuart
12. David Fa'alogo
13. Dean Widders

Interchange:
14. Shane Rigon
15. Joe Galuvao
16. Manase Manuokafoa
17. Jaiman Lowe
18. Scott Geddes

Coach - Jason Taylor

News sent by: www.souths.com.au

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