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NRL / Round 9

Sun 3 May · 2:00pm · McDonald Jones Stadium · Crowd 23,413 Full time · HT 28-10
Knights 42
vs
Rabbitohs 38
Our tip Rabbitohs Coin flip 53% ✕ Missed

Knights edge it late

The Knights edged the Rabbitohs 42–38 at McDonald Jones Stadium in front of 23,413 in Round 9. They led 28–10 at half-time and held on. The win snapped a 3-game losing streak.

Greg Marzhew scored 3 tries and Trey Mooney scored 2 tries and Dylan Lucas scored 2 tries and Alex Johnston scored 2 tries and Cody Walker scored 2 tries. Latrell Mitchell (Rabbitohs) was the standout in a losing side with 81 fantasy points, 164 run metres, 7 tackle breaks and 1 try. The Knights won the metres battle 1,492 to 1,416 and made fewer errors (12 to 13).

Our Final Tip had the Rabbitohs at 53% (a coin flip) and got it wrong. The bookies had the other side as favourites, so this one was an upset.

Form before this game · most recent first
Knights LLLWW
Rabbitohs WWLWW

Game flow

Knights · above Rabbitohs · below
Score 42-38 Line breaks 9·5 Errors 12·13 Penalties 6·6 Six-agains 1·1 0'10'20'30'HT50'60'70'80' 6-0 5' Try + goal 12-0 9' Try + goal 18-0 20' Try + goal 22-0 23' Try 22-6 26' Try + goal 28-6 29' Try + goal 28-10 31' Try 28-16 42' Try + goal 30-16 47' Pen goal 30-22 54' Try + goal 30-26 57' Try 36-26 62' Try + goal 36-32 65' Try + goal 36-38 70' Try + goal 42-38 73' Try + goal
Show scoring as a table
MinTeamPlayerEventScore
5'KnightsTrey Mooney Try4–0
6'KnightsKalyn Ponga Conversion6–0
9'KnightsDylan Lucas Try10–0
11'KnightsKalyn Ponga Conversion12–0
20'KnightsGreg Marzhew Try16–0
22'KnightsKalyn Ponga Conversion18–0
23'KnightsGreg Marzhew Try22–0
26'RabbitohsSean Keppie Try22–4
28'RabbitohsLatrell Mitchell Conversion22–6
29'KnightsDylan Lucas Try26–6
31'KnightsKalyn Ponga Conversion28–6
31'RabbitohsAlex Johnston Try28–10
42'RabbitohsCody Walker Try28–14
44'RabbitohsLatrell Mitchell Conversion28–16
47'KnightsKalyn Ponga Penalty goal30–16
54'RabbitohsTallis Duncan Try30–20
55'RabbitohsLatrell Mitchell Conversion30–22
57'RabbitohsAlex Johnston Try30–26
62'KnightsGreg Marzhew Try34–26
63'KnightsKalyn Ponga Conversion36–26
65'RabbitohsCody Walker Try36–30
66'RabbitohsLatrell Mitchell Conversion36–32
70'RabbitohsLatrell Mitchell Try36–36
72'RabbitohsLatrell Mitchell Conversion36–38
73'KnightsTrey Mooney Try40–38
75'KnightsKalyn Ponga Conversion42–38

Team stats

Better on the day
KnightsRabbitohs
52% Possession 48%
67% Completion rate 73%
1,492 Run metres 1,416
393 Post-contact metres 416
9 Line breaks 5
30 Tackle breaks 21
10 Offloads 8
405 Kick metres 398
90.4% Effective tackle % 87.0%
21 Missed tackles 30
12 Errors 13
6 Penalties conceded 6
DisciplinePenalties + six-agains
NEWSOU
Offside inside 10m
Late Tackle
Six-again (ruck)
Dangerous Tackle
Escorts
Marker Not Square
Offside General
Other
Shoulder Charge
Total 7 7

Positional battles

Combined numbers per position group · more fantasy points takes the battle

Fullbacks

NEW 65-40
Ponga Dufty
204 Run metres 222
19 Kick return metres 35
7 Tackle breaks 2
1 Line breaks 0

Halves

NEW 104-51
Sharpe, Brown Walker, Humphreys
2 Try assists 1
2 Line-break assists 0
222 Kick metres 213
2 Errors 3

Hookers

NEW 34-11
Crossland Garlick
39 Tackles 17
18 Run metres 0
88 Passes 13
2 Errors 1

Middles

NEW 131-116
Saifiti, Mooney, Croker Tatola, Keppie, Murray
317 Run metres 233
97 Post-contact metres 88
79 Tackles 93
6 Missed tackles 8

Back row

NEW 76-71
Lucas, McEwen Koloamatangi, Duncan
168 Run metres 223
1 Tackle breaks 3
50 Tackles 46
3 Missed tackles 3

Outside backs

SOU 181-162
Young, Gagai, Best, Marzhew Johnston, Mitchell, Wighton, Graham
517 Run metres 415
4 Line breaks 4
3 Tries 3
5 Errors 5

Best performers

Fantasy points
SOU Latrell Mitchell 81
NEW Trey Mooney 80
NEW Greg Marzhew 67
NEW Kalyn Ponga 65
NEW Dylan Brown 65
NEW Dylan Lucas 61
SOU Alex Johnston 59
NEW Bradman Best 57
Show performers as a table
PlayerTeamFantasyRun m Tackle breaksLine breaksTries Try assistsTackles
Latrell MitchellRabbitohs81 1647 11 29
Trey MooneyKnights80 1455 22 032
Greg MarzhewKnights67 1934 33 01
Kalyn PongaKnights65 2047 10 13
Dylan BrownKnights65 1042 00 121
Dylan LucasKnights61 1000 12 035
Alex JohnstonRabbitohs59 1082 32 24
Bradman BestKnights57 1432 10 311

Head-to-head

Last 5 before this one · Knights 3 - 2 Rabbitohs
2025 R9Rabbitohs home NEW 30 4 SOU Knights by 26
2024 R25Rabbitohs home NEW 36 16 SOU Knights by 20
2023 R25Knights home NEW 29 10 SOU Knights by 19
2022 R17Knights home NEW 28 40 SOU Rabbitohs by 12
2021 R14Rabbitohs home NEW 10 24 SOU Rabbitohs by 14

How we tipped it

Chance each model gave the Knights · right of 50% = tipped the winner

← Tipped the loser Tipped the winner → Season Final Tip 40/70 (57%) Bookies 38/70 (54%) Hot Scoring 40/70 (57%) Ladder 36/70 (51%) Power Rating 41/70 (59%) Quality Form 43/70 (61%) Recent Form 42/70 (60%) Scoring 41/70 (59%) Stat Blend 40/70 (57%) 0%25%50%75%100%

Generated automatically from nrl.com match data and our own models · 2026-09-25 05:16:52 UTC