Rabbitohs edge it late
The Rabbitohs edged the Wests Tigers 20–16 at Polytec Stadium in front of 19,940 in Round 3. They came from behind, trailing 12–14 at the break.
Jye Gray (Rabbitohs) was the standout with 68 fantasy points, 142 run metres, 8 tackle breaks and 1 try.
Our Final Tip had the Rabbitohs at 62% (a Lean) and got it right.
Rabbitohs
LWLWW
Wests Tigers
WLLLW
Game flow
Rabbitohs · above
Wests Tigers · below
Show scoring as a table
| Min | Team | Player | Event | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3' | Rabbitohs | Jye Gray | Try | 4–0 |
| 5' | Rabbitohs | Latrell Mitchell | Conversion | 6–0 |
| 7' | Rabbitohs | Jack Wighton | Try | 10–0 |
| 8' | Rabbitohs | Latrell Mitchell | Conversion | 12–0 |
| 36' | Wests Tigers | Samuela Fainu | Try | 12–4 |
| 38' | Wests Tigers | Adam Doueihi | Conversion | 12–6 |
| 39' | Wests Tigers | Heamasi Makasini | Try | 12–10 |
| 39' | Wests Tigers | Adam Doueihi | Conversion | 12–12 |
| 39' | Wests Tigers | Adam Doueihi | Penalty goal | 12–14 |
| 51' | Rabbitohs | Latrell Mitchell | Try | 16–14 |
| 55' | Wests Tigers | Adam Doueihi | Penalty goal | 16–16 |
| 66' | Rabbitohs | Alex Johnston | Try | 20–16 |
Team stats
Better on the day
RabbitohsWests Tigers
46%
Possession
54%
75%
Completion rate
84%
1,539
Run metres
1,808
502
Post-contact metres
643
4
Line breaks
4
29
Tackle breaks
42
11
Offloads
14
671
Kick metres
416
83.5%
Effective tackle %
87.3%
42
Missed tackles
29
16
Errors
11
8
Penalties conceded
5
| SOU | WST | |
|---|---|---|
| Dangerous Tackle | ||
| Six-again (ruck) | ||
| Offside General | ||
| Offside inside 10m | ||
| Ball Strip | ||
| Crowding | ||
| Hand in the Ruck | ||
| Other | ||
| Total | 12 | 6 |
Positional battles
Combined numbers per position group · more fantasy points takes the battle
Fullbacks
SOU 68-31
Gray
Bula
142
Run metres
185
12
Kick return metres
52
8
Tackle breaks
2
1
Line breaks
0
Halves
WST 79-55
Walker, Humphreys
Luai, Doueihi
2
Try assists
2
0
Line-break assists
3
432
Kick metres
368
4
Errors
1
Hookers
WST 39-14
Garlick
Koroisau
13
Tackles
30
31
Run metres
71
32
Passes
98
1
Errors
0
Middles
WST 163-142
Tatola, Koloamatangi, Murray
May, Pole, Twal
391
Run metres
371
139
Post-contact metres
153
102
Tackles
100
8
Missed tackles
2
Back row
WST 118-90
Fifita, Duncan
Fainu, Pearce-Paul
216
Run metres
139
3
Tackle breaks
7
63
Tackles
66
7
Missed tackles
2
Outside backs
SOU 113-100
Johnston, Mitchell, Wighton
Turuva, Skelton, Makasini, Laulilii
379
Run metres
588
2
Line breaks
1
3
Tries
1
4
Errors
6
Best performers
SOU
Jye Gray
68
WST
Samuela Fainu
65
WST
Alex Twal
61
WST
Terrell May
61
SOU
Latrell Mitchell
56
WST
Kai Pearce-Paul
53
SOU
David Fifita
51
SOU
Cameron Murray
49
Show performers as a table
| Player | Team | Fantasy | Run m | Tackle breaks | Line breaks | Tries | Try assists | Tackles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jye Gray | Rabbitohs | 68 | 142 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| Samuela Fainu | Wests Tigers | 65 | 82 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 31 |
| Alex Twal | Wests Tigers | 61 | 150 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 |
| Terrell May | Wests Tigers | 61 | 121 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 |
| Latrell Mitchell | Rabbitohs | 56 | 141 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 13 |
| Kai Pearce-Paul | Wests Tigers | 53 | 57 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 |
| David Fifita | Rabbitohs | 51 | 135 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 |
| Cameron Murray | Rabbitohs | 49 | 89 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 |
Head-to-head
2025 R11Wests Tigers home
SOU
22
12
WST
Rabbitohs by 10
2024 R24Wests Tigers home
SOU
16
18
WST
Wests Tigers by 2
2024 R20Rabbitohs home
SOU
42
28
WST
Rabbitohs by 14
2023 R22Wests Tigers home
SOU
32
18
WST
Rabbitohs by 14
2023 R11Rabbitohs home
SOU
20
0
WST
Rabbitohs by 20
How we tipped it
Chance each model gave the Rabbitohs · right of 50% = tipped the winner
Generated automatically from nrl.com match data and our own models · 2026-09-25 05:16:04 UTC