South Sydney Rabbitohs 13–12 St George Illawarra — Semi-Final, 2018 NRL Finals Series
15 Sep 2018 · ANZ Stadium, Sydney, NSW · Attendance: 48,188
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
Semi-Final, 2018 NRL finals series: South Sydney Rabbitohs 13–12 St George Illawarra, at ANZ Stadium, Sydney, NSW on 15 Sep 2018.
Sourcing caveat: The conversion/penalty-goal split and minutes for both kickers were not broken out in sources found — team totals shown reconcile exactly with the final score, but the 3 field goals shown for Reynolds are a best-fit reconstruction of his goal tally (1 try + 3 goals + 3 field goals = 13). No official player-of-the-match award was found for this fixture.
Scorers
| South Sydney Rabbitohs | Tries: Reynolds Goals: Reynolds (3/3 goals) Drop goals: Reynolds; Reynolds; Reynolds |
| St George Illawarra | Tries: Hunt Goals: Lomax (4/4 goals) |
Team sheets
| South Sydney Rabbitohs | St George Illawarra | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alex Johnston | Fullback | Matthew Dufty | 1 |
| 2 | Campbell Graham | Wing | Nene Macdonald | 2 |
| 3 | Greg Inglis (c) | Centre | Zac Lomax | 3 |
| 4 | Dane Gagai | Centre | Tim Lafai | 4 |
| 5 | Robert Jennings | Wing | Jordan Pereira | 5 |
| 6 | Cody Walker | Five-Eighth | Kurt Mann | 6 |
| 7 | Adam Reynolds | Halfback | Ben Hunt | 7 |
| 8 | Thomas Burgess | Prop | James Graham | 8 |
| 9 | Damien Cook | Hooker | Cameron McInnes | 9 |
| 10 | George Burgess | Prop | Leeson Ah Mau | 10 |
| 11 | John Sutton | Second-Row | Tyson Frizell (c) | 11 |
| 12 | Angus Crichton | Second-Row | Tariq Sims | 12 |
| 13 | Sam Burgess | Lock | Jack de Belin | 13 |
| Substitutes | ||||
| 14 | Hymel Hunt | Jeremy Latimore | 14 | |
| 15 | Cameron Murray | Blake Lawrie | 16 | |
| 16 | Jason Clark | Luciano Leilua | 17 | |
| 17 | Dean Britt | Jai Field | 19 | |
| Anthony Seibold | Coach | Paul McGregor | ||
Match officials
| Referee | Ben Cummins |
Match report
In front of 48,188 fans at ANZ Stadium, South Sydney overcame an early deficit to edge St George Illawarra 13-12 in a bruising Finals Week 2 semi-final, advancing to a preliminary final against Melbourne. St George Illawarra led at the break behind Zac Lomax's boot, with Ben Hunt crossing for the Dragons' only try, but Adam Reynolds — who also scored South Sydney's lone try — steadied the Rabbitohs with metronomic goal-kicking and three field goals to snatch the win in a tense arm-wrestle. The match was also notable for an off-the-ball incident involving Sam Burgess and Dragons captain James Graham, which prompted a post-match Match Review Committee citation and became a major storyline of the finals series. The win kept alive South Sydney's first finals campaign since 2015 under first-year coach Anthony Seibold.