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Moses leads Wests Tigers to convincing win over Souths

Mitchell Moses (AAP Image/Action Photographics, Grant Trouville)
Roar Guru
10th June, 2016
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The Wests Tigers have blown the Rabbitohs away with a convincing 16-point win in Sydney.

Mitchell Moses led the way in attack making two line breaks, one try assist and scoring a try himself.

They showed attacking prowess early on with Josh Addo-Carr going close to scoring in the sixth minute only to drop the ball on his way to the line.

Another bombed try came ten minutes later for the Tigers with Luke Brooks chipping inside for his halves partner Mitchell Moses.

Moses was found to knock the ball on in an attempt to gain possession with the decision being given the red light from the Bunker.

Moses soon put it behind him busting the line just a minute later to open the scores.

The joint venture then came back with guns blazing off the kick-off with Tim Simona rocketing away to score after Kevin Naiqama broke the line.

It wasn’t until the 32nd minute when the Rabbitohs got their first scoring opportunity with Alex Johnston touching down to put Souths on the board.

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The Wests Tigers got another try before the break with David Nofoaluma scoring after some classy handwork.

A strong attacking game saw Jason Taylor’s troops go into the break ahead by ten points.

It was going to be a long way back for the cardinal and myrtle however, they were the first to score in the second half with Alex Johnston crossing for his second in the 54th minute.

Just three minutes later the Wests Tigers replied through Chris Lawrence with Luke Brooks putting the vice-captain over the line.

Kevin Naiqama was next to score as the momentum shifted in favour of the joint venture. It came after Mitchell Moses and James Tedesco provided good hands for the Fijian international to weave his way through the line.

Then in the following set from the kick-off Robbie Farah put off-field dramas behind him to run 50 metres to score and extend the Tigers’ lead.

The Rabbitohs found some brilliance in attack in the 69th minute after Cody Walker broke the line, eventually spreading the ball to Adam Reynolds who provided a cut-out pass for Aaron Gray in which the winger struggled to catch resulting in a knock-on.

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They stayed in the match with Kirisome Auva’a scoring after Alex Johnston batted the ball back into play.

A similar play followed just two minutes later only for the ball to come forward off the hands of Johnston.

In the end Souths’ defensive line couldn’t contain the Tigers’ attack with the home side coming away with a 16-point victory.

Mitchell Moses and Luke Brooks stepped up for Wests with Kevin Naiqama providing plenty of spark in attack as well as James Tedesco.

Chris Lawrence continued to lead up front with Tim Grant equally impressive in a short display.

Cody Walker and Nathan Brown both stood out on the other side of the field with Alex Johnston also working hard.

Greg Inglis really struggled in defence while Adam Reynolds’ kicking game was off as both failed to steer Souths.

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The Wests Tigers now have the bye while the Rabbitohs will return to ANZ Stadium next Friday when they take on the Eels.

Final score:

Wests Tigers 30
South Sydney Rabbitohs 14

Possession: 55% – 45%
Completions: 33/39 (85%) – 23/30 (77%)
All Runs: 173 – 147
All Run Metres: 1627 – 1296
Line Breaks: 6 – 5
Offloads: 17 – 10

Tackles: 279 – 299
Missed Tackles: 25 – 43
Penalties: 5 – 9
Errors: 8 – 5

MVP Nominations

3 – Mitchell Moses
2 – Kevin Naiqama
1 – Nathan Brown

You can find Riley on Twitter @rileypettigrew

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