St George Illawarra made it two-from-two to start the year taking down South Sydney 30-18 at WIN Stadium on Saturday afternoon.
Ben Rumble stole the show notching a trio of tries as the Dragons found continued success down the right-hand corridor.
Match: Dragons v Rabbitohs
Round 2 -
home Team
Dragons
1st Position
away Team
Rabbitohs
7th Position
Venue: WIN Stadium, Wollongong
The Dragons were put under pressure early with South Sydney knocking on the door multiple times only to be denied by the Red V cover.
The hosts got on the board first through Rumble who was on the end of a right-side shift consisting of some astute Cody Ramsey and Hayden Buchanan playmaking.
The Red V found more success down the right edge moments later with halfback Jonah Glover slipping into space from 40 out and handing the ball off to a supporting Buchanan who zipped away untouched to score behind the posts and make it 10-0.
Buchanan found himself in the thick of it again soon after showcasing another nice set of hands to put Rumble over untouched in the right corner a quarter of the way into proceedings.
South Sydney managed a hit-back half-an-hour in through Carson Kaho who scooped up a Rabbitohs bomb to cross.
They nabbed another try prior to the break via Lewis Dodd to bring it back to 16-12 heading into the sheds.
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Knock-On Effect NSW Cup Highlights: Round 2 v Rabbitohs
Rumble’s superb afternoon continued with the athletic winger steaming through to reel in a spilt bomb and grab his third try of the afternoon as the Dragons lead grew back out to double figures.
South Sydney refused to go away with Kaho pouring through the jump on a deft grubber and bring his side back within a try.
Dylan Egan, who was not available for the side’s season opener as a result of being named replacement player for the NRL squad, managed to up his side’s buffer with a quarter of the clash to play surging through a hole off a sharp Lyhkan King-Togia ball to slam it down.
Sione Finau followed it up soon after cruising over in the northwestern corner off a pretty Nathan Lawson tip-on to make it a 12-point game which proved enough with Willie Talau’s men coming away with the competition points.
