S3, R1: Naughty North vs. Sexy South (vBookie)

Second Half

Morgan Burridge on for Samuel Yates. Torres moves to Flanker.
Jake Luffman on for Luke Pilgrim. Direct swap.

 

42:30

Benny Read is tackled by Sam Verigotta for the Norths and a ruck forms. The ruck is contested and the Norths players pile in. I think he got a little isolated there, and they've turned the ball over here.

The next phase to be played from 14 metres on the Souths side of the halfway line.

Jake Luffman with the ball on the run here. He's already gained 7 metres. It looks like he's going to be tackled by Andrew James but he manages to offload to Eddie Morris in time.

The next phase to be played from 21 metres on the Souths side of the halfway line.

Eddie Morris with the ball on the run here. He's already gained 5 metres. He palms off Mike Martyn and offloads to Callum Laing.

The next phase to be played from 26 metres on the Souths side of the halfway line.

Callum Laing with the ball on the run here. He smashes through the line, gaining 9 metres and passes off a short inside ball to Bobby Blunder

The next phase to be played from 35 metres on the Souths side of the halfway line.

Bobby Blunder to Orr

The next phase to be played from 39 metres on the Souths side of the halfway line.

Paddy Orr with the ball on the run here. He jinks around Matthew Scoble. Too much flair for the Souths back to cope with and unselfishly offloads to Ames.

The next phase to be played from 43 metres on the Souths side of the halfway line.

Orr had done all the hard work, and Ames is the man to profit as he slides into the corner under pressure from Hutchinson.

TRY TO Norths
Conversion attempt for the Norths. Kick to be taken by Ed Ames. Nah, that's sailed wide of the posts.

Norths 22 - 21 Souths

 

Fucking tackle you shunts. Benny has been so frustrating. Won some great turnovers on defense, but he's given the ball away in some pretty poor places.

 

44:30

Same thing happens again as the Norths backs run the ball from the halfway line and the Souths fail to lay a hand on them. McDougal starts the ball rolling as he charges through the defensive line and pushes away a very flat pass to Callum Laing who gains further territory under pressure. Laing then spreads it to the backs and Ames fires a cut-out pass to Logan who links up with Blunder who slides into the same corner.

Ames successfully converts

Norths 29 - 21 Souths

 

54:45

A great breakaway from Ben Herd is unceremoniously ended by Marcuss Deane only 10m from the Norths line. The Souths forwards pile in and line up for the pick and go. The first drive from Tom Delonge is superb and is brought down 2m short of the line. A quick dart from Dave Eggman looks like he may have been held up, but the ref lets play continue and it eventually comes out. Cribb looks to be lining up his backs, but instead passes short to Denton who drives over the line.

This has to go to the TMO, but he's seen enough to award the try!

Scoble converts

This is turning into a nailbiter!!

Norths 29 - 28 Souths

 

60: 00

Aaron Hunt comes on for Bobby 'The Cradlesnatcher' Cribb
Ben Manera comes on for Michael Chung
Steve Cambridge on for Paddy Orr
Kyle Tait on for Damien Taylor; James to wing.