Rabbitohs stun Storm

Brad Watts was one of the stars for the Rabbitohs

Struggling South Sydney scored five second-half tries in a 41-14 upset win over Melbourne Storm on Sunday in Round 13 of Australia's National Rugby League competition.

The Rabbitohs trailed 20-14 before scoring three tries in 11 minutes in a second-half revival.

Owen Craigie kicked a drop goal and Andrew Hart capped a big match with a try in the last two minutes.

ROUND THIRTEEN

Friday:
Roosters 18-28 Bulldogs

Saturday:
Warriors 23-6 Sharks
Raiders 50-14 Eels
Cowboys 24-28 Panthers

Sunday:
South Sydney 41-14 Melbourne
Tigers 30-38 Sea Eagles

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In the late game on Sunday, Manly rallied from an 18-point deficit and scored two tries in the last eight minutes to hold out Wests Tigers 38-30 at Leichhardt Oval.

Canberra scored nine tries to pulverise Parramatta 50-14 on Saturday to take top spot in Australia's National Rugby League by two points.

The Raiders enjoyed a spectacular second half scoring spree after leading 16-4 at half-time.

It was Parramatta's worst defeat of the season and the 2001 grand finalists have now won just six out of their last 27 matches.

Jamaal Lolesi scored one of the Raiders' nine tries

The New Zealand Warriors bounced back from a rough patch to record a confidence-boosting 23-6 win against Cronulla at Auckland's Ericsson Stadium.

The 17-point victory was the Warriors' second win in their past six games and pushed them to fifth on the NRL ladder.

Penrith registered their eighth successive victory with a 28-24 extra time victory over the North Queensland Cowboys in Townsville thanks mainly to a Luke Lewis try with one minute left on the clock.

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That gave the Panthers a chance of winning a thrilling match and when the match went into extra time after standoff Preston Campbell had missed the conversion, second-rower Joe Galuvao secured the win with his second try of the match nine minutes into extra time.

On Friday, the Canterbury Bulldogs returned to the National Rugby League top eight with a 28-18 victory over the depleted Sydney Roosters.

Brad Fittler's error led to the Bulldogs' winning try

The lead switched four times throughout the match, but a 65-metre intercept try for stand-off Braith Anasta 15 minutes from time earned the Bulldogs the win.

Former Test skipper Brad Fittler threw the stray pass, but it was an unfortunate error for the skipper, who had been outstanding.

The Roosters were without their seven State of Origin representatives, yet almost managed to pull off the win.

Fittler scored one try, was over the try-line on another occasion and set up the Roosters' only other try in a fabulous display.

But the Bulldogs prevailed, ending a two-match losing streak which culminated in only one player from their line-up being chosen for the Origin opener in Brisbane next Wednesday.