Live: Souths have miracle try ruled out as Knights near elimination final win

ABC News (AU) · collected 2026-09-11 · by Simon Smale
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Summary

The South Sydney Rabbitohs are facing an elimination final against the Newcastle Knights at the Sydney Football Stadium. A second-half try by the Rabbitohs has been ruled out, and they have also lost players Cody Walker and Alex Johnston to injury. The Knights are nearing a win, with Dom Young scoring a try in the 66th minute, putting them one step closer to victory.
Written by the local model on 2026-09-11, using this article's own text rather than the other coverage of the same event (that is the story summary below).

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62
claim-shaped sentences
Uncertain
3%
2 of 62 hedged
Leaning
not political
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Publisher trust
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Outlets on this story
2
Sports
Narrative spread
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Story summary

The South Sydney Rabbitohs were leading in their elimination final match against the Newcastle Knights at the Sydney Football Stadium when disaster struck. Two of their key players, Cody Walker and Alex Johnston, went down with injuries, leaving the team weakened. Just as it seemed like the Rabbitohs were in trouble, they had a chance to score a miracle try, but it was ruled out by the referee, dealing them a major blow. The Knights are now on the brink of winning the game and advancing to the next round. With just over five minutes left to play, the Rabbitohs had one final opportunity to score, but Latrell Mitchell's conversion attempt was unsuccessful, leaving the difference at 10 points with the Knights leading 20-10.

Written for “NRL Finals Update” on 2026-09-12, grounded in this article and the 1 other(s) covering the same event.
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“Article A describes a single game where Panthers win with a score of 38-10, while Article B mentions this exact game as one of several matches listed in a schedule summary.”

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ABC News (AU) · 305 article(s) · 1 correction(s) detected
Running correction rate · 1 correction(s)
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Who wrote this

Simon Smale
4 article(s) here · 1 carrying a prediction
🔮 Cooper Cronk is suggesting that the slower than normal service from Gray may have played a role in that though, as well as fatigue.
🔮 Penrith's victory ensures the Panthers will host the Roosters at Western Sydney Stadium on Sunday in the first week of the finals.
🔮 But in completing the win, Souths have themselves earned a home finals spot, and will face Newcastle at either the Olympic Stadium or Sydney Football Stadium next week.
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Topics

Dolphins Knights Newcastle Rabbitohs Souths

Subjects

Souths ORG · 13× Knights ORG · 7× Newcastle GPE · 7× Dom Young PERSON · 6× Alex Johnston PERSON · 3× Ponga PERSON · 3× Dolphins ORG · 2× Rabbitohs ORG · 2× Roosters ORG · 2× Warriors ORG · 2×

Narrative

Thu, 3 Sept, 7:50 pm, Final score, Bulldogs 20, Broncos 34 Fri, 4 Sept, 6:00 pm, Final score, Titans 20, Dolphins 24 Fri, 4 Sept, 8:00 pm, Final score, Rabbitohs 50, Roosters 20 Sat, 5 Sept, 3:00 pm, Final score, Warriors 31, Sea Eagles 30 Sat, 5 Sept, 5:30 pm, Final score, Cowboys 30, Raiders 50 Sat, 5 Sept, 7:35 pm, Final score, Sharks 20, Storm 24 Sun, 6 Sept, 2:00 pm, Final score, Dragons 24, Eels 22 Sun, 6 Sept, 4:05 pm, Final score, Panthers 38, Wests Tigers 10 Fri, 11 Sept, 7:50 pm, Live score, Rabbitohs 10, Knights 20 Sat, 12 Sept, 4:05 pm, Game not started, Warriors versus Dolphins Sat, 12 Sept, 7:50 pm, Game not started, Sharks versus Cowboys Sun, 13 Sept, 4:05 pm, Game not started, Panthers versus Roosters live NRL finals live updates:
framing: assertive · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-09-11
🔮 Cooper Cronk is suggesting that the slower than normal service from Gray may have played a role in that though, as well as fatigue.

Claims (62 extracted, 2 hedged)

Thu, 3 Sept, 7:50 pm, Final score, Bulldogs 20, Broncos 34 Fri, 4 Sept, 6:00 pm, Final score, Titans 20, Dolphins 24 Fri, 4 Sept, 8:00 pm, Final score, Rabbitohs 50, Roosters 20 Sat, 5 Sept, 3:00 pm, Final score, Warriors 31, Sea Eagles 30 Sat, 5 Sept, 5:30 pm, Final score, Cowboys 30, Raiders 50 Sat, 5 Sept, 7:35 pm, Final score, Sharks 20, Storm 24 Sun, 6 Sept, 2:00 pm, Final score, Dragons 24, Eels 22 Sun, 6 Sept, 4:05 pm, Final score, Panthers 38, Wests Tigers 10 Fri, 11 Sept, 7:50 pm, Live score, Rabbitohs 10, Knights 20 Sat, 12 Sept, 4:05 pm, Game not started, Warriors versus Dolphins Sat, 12 Sept, 7:50 pm, Game not started, Sharks versus Cowboys Sun, 13 Sept, 4:05 pm, Game not started, Panthers versus Roosters live NRL finals live updates: asserted
Game → start → Roosters
South Sydney loses both Cody Walker and Alex Johnston to injury and have a second-half try ruled out, as Newcastle nears an elimination-final triumph. asserted
Newcastle → lose → triumph
Souths vs Knights New: Filters Choose what information you see below by using filters 74' Newcastle knocks on Kalyn Ponga leaps high and claims a high kick acrobatically. uncertain
Ponga → choose → kick
Then Greg Marzhew drops it cold the next play. asserted
Marzhew → drop → it
Needless to say, Souths need to score right now, 73' Souths challenge Dom Young kicks ahead to himself off a kick by Ponga and then the Knights tackle the Souths defender in goal for a drop out. Souths challenge though. asserted
Souths → say → drop
The Bunker and Ashley Klein are having an argument about whether Dom Young has run himself back onside. asserted
Young → have → himself
My word, it's like an NRL rules convention - something nobody wants to attend on a Friday night. asserted
nobody → want → night
72' Mitchell whacks his own player Latrell, having done very, very little in this game, flies in on Dom Young as he is wrapped up by two of his teammates. asserted
he → whack → teammates
And as a result he wallops Humphreys in the head. asserted
he → wallop → head
Crossland has knocked the ball on after a brilliant break up the middle. asserted
Crossland → knock → middle
Harrison Graham does so well to burst up field. asserted
Graham → do → field
Crossland thinks he was tackled before the ball. asserted
he → think → ball
I don't think he was. asserted
he → think → ?
And the Bunker agrees. asserted
Bunker → agree → ?
That's the Knights' challenge gone and Souths have the scrum inside their own 20. 68' Souths challenge an offside call Souths have kicked short from the kick off. Was there an offside? asserted
Souths → go → kick
The ball hit Wighton on the shoulder - oh no, it's off the arm so this is a knock on. asserted
this → hit → arm
It is a successful challenge for the offside but the knock on overruled it so it's Knights ball. asserted
it → overrule → it
66' NEWCASTLE TAKE A STEP CLOSER! asserted
NEWCASTLE → take → CLOSER
DOM YOUNG DIVES OVER IN THE CORNER! asserted
YOUNG → dive → CORNER
The Knights stretch the ball to the right. asserted
Knights → stretch → right
They stretch to the left. asserted
They → stretch → left
They stretch again to the right. asserted
They → stretch → right
And Young leaps over and scores in the corner after standing him up. asserted
Young → leap → him
BUT HANG ON! HAS DOM YOUNG PUT HIS BOOT ON THE LINE? My WORD that's close! asserted
that → hang → LINE
No, there is grass between boot and line and that should be a try! asserted
that → be → boot
The kick is missed but the Knights are very close now, you'd think. asserted
you → miss → ?
Key Event 64' Alex Johnston is off He has not recovered from that injury and there's another backline reshuffle for Souths. asserted
He → recover → Souths
Ponga, to Gagai, past Mitchell to Dom Young, who shrugged off Alex Johnston and then the Englishman was away! asserted
Englishman → shrug → Johnston
He passes inside to McEwen, who is clipped by Sullivan and falls. asserted
who → pass → Sullivan
But tellingly he wasn't held and he got up and flew over the line. asserted
he → hold → line
61' Newcastle challenge successfully It's a penalty to Souths for offside after a bomb came out of a leaping melee. Keaon Koloamatangi, David Fifita and Kalyn Ponga all leaped. asserted
Koloamatangi → come → melee
It's been judged to have come off Ponga. asserted
It → judge → Ponga
But it came off Keaon Koloamatangi first. asserted
it → come → Koloamatangi
He was played in down the left after a good pick up by Mitchell from a rubbish pass. But as he started to get up to speed he stopped and clutched at his leg, which is strapped a bit. 60 asserted
which → play → leg
There is a grubber played through there for Crossland to reach out and dot down but he just can't get there! asserted
he → be → ?
He takes the ball through the Souths line inside his own 30 and races up field to the Souths 30, shrugging off Matt Dufty until he managed to get support! asserted
he → take → support
Key Event 57' Souths have miracle try disallowed! asserted
try → have → ?
Mitchell finally does something worthy of his talent. asserted
Mitchell → do → talent
He completes a lovely wrap around move on the left edge with Johnston, the ball finding its way to Johnson and it was slapped out of his hands, McEwan slapping at the ball. asserted
McEwan → complete → ball
It is then kicked on for Sullivan, who gets there. asserted
who → kick → Sullivan
…and 22 more, not listed.
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