Seniors Pathways Teams Go Down to Knights
The South Sydney Rabbitohs NSW Cup team came within two points of their Novocastrian opponents whilst the Jersey Flegg Cup team couldn’t match it with the Knights in the second half, in round nine action at Redfern Oval on Sunday.
The South Sydney Rabbitohs’ NSW Cup open men’s team went down 26 points to 24 at Redfern Oval on Sunday afternoon.
The Rabbitohs led 16 points to ten at half time courtesy of first half tries to five-eighth Josh Schuster, winger Haizyn Mellars and halfback Ashton Ward.
They continued to lead in the second half, up 20 points to 14 at the 66 minute mark following a try to big prop forward Salesi Ataata, before the Knights scored two tries of their own to lead 26-20.
In the final minute of play, centre Leonard Skelton scored for the Rabbitohs, but the conversion attempt was waved away and South Sydney fell by two points.
Mellars, Schuster, Ward, fullback Ammaron Gudgeon, prop Toesami Toevai, hooker Ryan Gray, second rower Henry O’Kane and lock Matt French all deserve praise for their efforts throughout the 80 minutes.
The NSW Cup team will have a bye in round ten.
Newcastle Knights 26 defeated South Sydney Rabbitohs 24 (Josh Schuster, Haizyn Mellars, Ashton Ward, Salesi Ataata, Leonard Skelton tries; Ashton Ward 2 goals)
The South Sydney Rabbitohs Jersey Flegg Cup under 21s men’s team fell to the Newcastle Knights 42-6 at Redfern Oval on Sunday.
The Rabbitohs were right in the contest for the first 45 minutes of play, only trailing ten-points-to-six at half time. Fullback Dane Towns scored for the Rabbitohs in the 29th minute play with hooker Riley Frame converting the try.
However, six unanswered tries to the visitors over the final 34 minutes of the game sealed the win for the Novacastrians.
Towns, second rowers Josh Alhazim and Jayden Wolfe, prop Nazareth Taua and winger Jacob Fong were the Rabbitohs’ best players on the day. The Rabbitohs now move on to play the Kaiviti Silktails at Redfern Oval next Saturday at 1pm.
Newcastle Knights 42 defeated South Sydney Rabbitohs 6 (Dane Towns try; Riley Frame goal)
