George Burgess scored his fifth try of the season in Souths' 25-18 win against the Knights. Source: Getty Images
- SOUTH SYDNEY 25 bt NEWCASTLE 18 at ANZ Stadium.
GEORGE Burgess carried the South Sydney Rabbitohs to a 25-18 win against Newcastle Knights with another of his trademark barnstorming tries.
MATCH CENTRE: RABBITOHS v KNIGHTS
SOUTH SYDNEY 25 (G Burgess B Champion J Sutton D Walker tries A Reynolds 4 goals A Reynolds field goal) bt NEWCASTLE 18 (J Mantellato A McKinnon J McManus tries J Mantellato 3 goals) at ANZ Stadium. Referee: Gavin Badger, Alan Shortall. Crowd: 13,225.
Source: The Daily Telegraph
Re-live the action in the rolling coverage below...
9.20pm - Reynolds field goal seals it
ADAM Reynolds has booted a monster field goal from 45m out to give the Rabbits a 25-18 win with just a couple minutes left to sealing the win.
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9.09pm - Knights hit back immediately
JAMES McManus dives over in the corner as the Knights hit back straight away.
Josh Mantellato puts through another beautiful conversion and Newcastle are within six.
Both Mantellato and Souths' Adam Reynolds have converted every shot at goal tonight.
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9.07pm - Bunnies' lead out to 24-12
DYLAN Walker has scored untouched on the left wing after a surprisingly good cut-out ball from Ben Lowe.
Adam Reynolds added the extras from the sideline, making it 24-12 to Souths with 15 minutes to play.
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9pm - Luke on report for shoulder charge, Champion injured
SOUTHS hooker Isaac Luke has been placed on report for a shoulder charge, but there doesn't look to be too much in it.
Beau Champion, meanwhile, has left the field with a lower leg injury after an awkward collision with the Knights' Tyrone Roberts.
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8.50pm - Georgie boy does it again
GEORGE Burgess has scored a barnstorming try to give the Rabbitohs an 18-12 lead after 54 minutes.
The big fella fended off two Knights on his way to the line, bringing a huge smile to the face of his suspended brother Sam who was watching on from the sidelines.
It's George's fifth try of the year - and probably his best.
George Burgess barges over for his fifth try of the year for the Rabbitohs. Source: FOX SPORTS
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8.20pm - Souths-Knights 12-all at halftime
IT'S all square at the break. Josh Mantellato has been the story so far, scoring on debut and also producing a wonderful conversion from the sideline, which you can see below.
Full stats, SuperCoach points and more at MATCH CENTRE.
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8.11pm - McKinnon stretchered off with ankle injury
KNIGHTS second rower Alex McKinnon, already with a bloodied face from an earlier head clash, has been stretchered from the field with a potentially serious ankle injury.
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8.06pm - Game on as Souths level it up
ANOTHER overlooked potential Blue Nathan Merritt has followed up with a wonderful pass for Beau Champion to score on the end of a worked play to the left.
Adam Reynolds converts.
12-all.
Cracking game so far, especially considering the missing stars.
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8.03pm - Sutton sends a message to Laurie
RABBITOHS No. 6 John Sutton, overlooked for Origin I, has sent Blues coach Laurie Daley a message with a strong run and spin to power over next to the posts and pull the Bunnies back to 12-6 13 minutes out from halftime.
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7.52pm - Mantellato scores on debut - and bends it like Becks
JOSH Mantellato has scored on debut, running onto a beautiful Kevin Naiqama ball to cross on the right wing.
But the real highlight was his conversion. Mantellato started it wide right from the sideline, and curled it in a mile.
12-0 Knights.
Josh Mantellato bends it like Beckham - or maybe JT - for the Knights. Source: FOX SPORTS
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7.48pm - Suspect pass leads to Souths' first try
ALEX McKinnon has crossed on the back of a Kevin Naiqama pass that looked to be forward to open the scoring for the Knights in the 13th minute.
Josh Mantellato has added the extras on debut. He bends his kicks like JT.
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6.45pm - Lima into Bunnies backrow
JEFF Lima takes the suspended Sam Burgess' spot in the backrow.
Josh Starling and Luke Keary come onto the bench, with Justin Hunt dropping out of the 17.
RABBITOHS: Nathan Merritt, Andrew Everingham, Beau Champion, Dylan Walker, Bryson Goodwin, John Sutton, Adam Reynolds, Dave Tyrrell, Issac Luke, Roy Asotasi, Ben Lowe, Jeff Lima, Nathan Peats.
Interchange: Jason Clark, George Burgess, Josh Starling, Luke Keary
6.30pm - Mantellato to make Knights debut
JOSH Mantellato makes his NRL debut for the Knights on the right wing in number 18 for the injured Akuila Uate.
Utility Matt Hilder joins the bench in 19 for Adam Clydsdale, who was forced to withdraw due to illness.
KNIGHTS: Darius Boyd, James McManus, Dane Gagai, Joey Leilua, Josh Mantellato, Jarrod Mullen (c), Tyrone Roberts, Kade Snowden, Travis Waddell, Willie Mason, Robbie Rochow, Alex McKinnon, David Fa’alogo. Interchange: Neville Costigan, Adam Cuthbertson, Korbin Sims, Matt Hilder.
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5.30pm - Welcome to Saturday night NRL
The Bunnies, minus superstar fullback Greg Inglis due to Origin duty, are looking to bounce back from a surprise 14-12 loss to Cronulla last Monday night.
Who knows which Knights team will show up tonight.
In the past three weeks they've been hammered 44-14 by Canberra (Rd 9), spanked the Bulldogs 44-8 (Rd 10) and then been humbled 28-12 by the lowly Warriors (Rd 11).
We'll have the full team lists about an hour before the 7.30pm AEST kick-off and rolling coverage of all the big moments throughout the match.
For up to the minute scores, commentary and more throughout the game visit the LIVE MATCH CENTRE.
And to whet the appetite for the only game of NRL this Saturday night, check out Laurie Daley's preview video above.
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