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Bryson Goodwin of the Rabbitohs runs with the ball to score a try. Source: Michael Dodge / Getty Images
THEY are four points clear at the top of the NRL table and on Sunday South Sydney again showed exactly why they are the most dominant force in this year's title race with a bruising come-from-behind victory over the Warriors.
| 5 Tries 2 | |
|---|---|
| Andrew Everingham 6' | Simon Mannering 27' |
| John Sutton 48' | Konrad Hurrell 35' |
| Bryson Goodwin 67' | |
| Bryson Goodwin 75' | |
| Chris McQueen 80' | |
| 5 Conversions2 | |
| Adam Reynolds 8' | Shaun Johnson 29' |
| Adam Reynolds 50' | Shaun Johnson 37' |
| Adam Reynolds 69' | |
| Adam Reynolds 76' | |
| Adam Reynolds 80' | |
| 0 Field Goals1 | |
| Shaun Johnson 40' | |
In one of the games of the season, the Bunnies came charging back from 13-6 down at halftime to run away with a 30-13 win that would have made coach Michael Maguire extremely proud.
It was their fifth straight win and as always the big names were wonderful.
John Sutton, Adam Reynolds and Greg Inglis were tremendous while up front Sam Burgess, Issac Luke and Chris McQueen had blinders as the Rabbitohs juggernaut put an end to the Warriors' run.
The New Zealanders were courageous in defeat but in the end it was one of the Rabbitohs' working class heroes who inspired the comeback victory with Bryson Goodwin crossing twice in the second half before McQueen put the exclamation point on the win with a try in the final minute.
Played in front of a full house in Perth, two of the biggest and most skilful sides in the NRL treated the locals to an end-to-end spectacular in the first half that was as brutal as it was brilliant.
The Warriors went to the break ahead 13-6 but the entertainment value from both teams was the perfect advertisement for rugby league in the AFL-dominated state.
The kick Reynolds came up with for the opening try bordered on freakish after a pass from dummy-half landed at his toes. Somehow Reynolds still managed to come up with an inch-perfect chip without even getting a hand to the ball as Andrew Everingham pounced.
That set the bar, and it went up and up and up from there.
Sam Burgess's bulldozing charge lay the platform for the first try - and when George Burgess hit the park Nathan Friend felt every bit of his frustration in the Englishman's return from a two-week disciplinary suspension.
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Inglis's work at fullback was wonderful as it always is but maybe for the first time this season GI's incredible athleticism was upstaged by the magic of Shaun Johnson.
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Johnson again showed blistering speed to chase down a flying Dylan Walker before the gifted halfback laid on a try for Simon Mannering with a deft pass that deceived the Rabbitohs' usually solid defence.
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Ben Matulino rocked Ben Lowe with one of the biggest hits of the year and then Konrad Hurrell showed his awesome power to put the Warriors on top.
Hurrell was denied one try in the 32nd minute after a desperate tackle from McQueen but minutes later the barnstorming centre powered past McQueen, Goodwin and then Inglis for his side's second try.
In the countdown to halftime Johnson potted a field goal to put the Warriors ahead 13-6.
Sam Burgess landed on report for a shot on Kevin Locke in the 41st minute - but when Locke failed to defuse a bomb in the 47th minute the Rabbitohs came charging on the back of repeat sets.
George Burgess was narrowly denied before Luke was held up over the tryline.
But another pin-point last-tackle kick from Reynolds ended in a try to Sutton after McQueen tapped the ball away from Hurrell for Sutton to clean up and bring the margin back to one point at 13-12.
Reynolds copped a big knock while attempting a tackle on Ngani Laumape that again highlighted that the halfback is as tough as he is talented.
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