Munster masterclass, Coates hat-trick piles more misery on Rabbitohs

A Cameron Munster masterclass has helped Melbourne monster South Sydney 54-20 successful their Anzac Day clash to proceed the Rabbitohs’ winless grounds successful Victoria and adhd to the unit connected embattled manager Jason Demetriou.

With Gold Coast toppling the Warriors earlier successful the day, the nonaccomplishment saw Souths tumble backmost to the bottommost of the NRL ladder.

Xavier Coates near AAMI Park successful the 34th infinitesimal with hamstring tightness, but combined with five-eighth Munster for 3 first-half tries for a match-winning 32-4 halftime lead.

Souths scored 3 tries successful 9 minutes successful the 2nd fractional to concisely marque is simply a contest, but it was excessively small excessively late.

Munster missed the archetypal 4 rounds with a groin contented but was backmost to his bamboozling best, utilizing some his pinpoint kicking and passing crippled to acceptable up the tries. He past crossed for 1 of his ain successful the 66th infinitesimal to snuff retired Souths’ precocious challenge.

Despite sitting 2nd connected the ladder heading into the match, Melbourne had lone led erstwhile astatine the 70-minute people successful 5 wins, relying connected immoderate precocious heroics. They had nary request for specified against their caller Anzac Day opponents, with the Rabbitohs replacing the Warriors successful the yearly fixture.

Cameron Munster won the Spirit of Anzac Medal for his masterclass against South Sydney.Credit: Getty

Souths were successful the lucifer until the 27th minute, lone trailing 10-4, but the Storm piled connected a further 5 tries earlier the half-time hooter and it was efficaciously crippled over.

The misery continued erstwhile fullback Ryan Papenhuyzen scooted implicit from dummy-half 4 minutes into the 2nd fractional for his 2nd try, but past the visitors were yet capable to stem the flow.

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Five-eighth Cody Walker and Jacob Gagai repeated a first-half effort, with the winger diving implicit for his 2nd try.

Souths took vantage of Tyran Wishart covering Coates connected the wing, with Taane Milne brushing him speech to people successful the 57th minute, earlier skipper Cameron Murray crossed 2 minutes aboriginal to adjacent the spread to 36-20.

But Munster’s effort turned the tide backmost Melbourne’s way, with Wishart and Joe Chan bringing the tally to 10 tries to agelong the Rabbitohs’ grounds southbound of the borderline to 19 successive losses.

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