2025 NRL Pre-Season Challenge Round 2 & 42nd Charity Shield - Teams

South Sydney v St George-Illawarra

The South Sydney Rabbitohs are pleased to announce their squad for the 42nd Charity Shield match against the St George Illawarra Dragons to be played this Saturday 22 February at 3pm at Glen Willow Stadium in Mudgee. Rabbitohs Head Coach Wayne Bennett has named Latrell Mitchell at fullback and captain for his team’s final pre-season hit-out in the lead up to round one, with Jack Wighton, Keaon Koloamatangi, Tyrone Munro, Tallis Duncan, Jayden Sullivan and Jamie Humphreys all set to play their first games for the season in the South Sydney colours on Saturday. S.Mitchell, Murray, Graham, Tatola, Johnston, Walker, Aitken, Mellars, Burns, Lovett, Arrow and Schuster are out injured. Havili is out with concussion.

The South Sydney Rabbitohs team for Round 2 of the Pre-Season Challenge is:

Flbk -  1 - Mitchell, Latrell (c)  
Wing -  2 - Tass, Isaiah        
Cntr -  3 - Casey, Declan   
Cntr -  4 - Wighton, Jack
Wing -  5 - Munro, Tyrone     
5/8  -  6 - Sullivan, Jayden     
Half -  7 - Dodd, Lewis
Prop -  8 - Keppie, Sean 
Hook -  9 - Mamouzelos, Peter   
Prop - 10 - Moale, Davvy   
SRow - 11 - Koloamatangi, Keaon     
SRow - 12 - Duncan, Tallis   
Lock - 13 - Hubner, Lachlan 

Int  - 14 - Humphreys, Jamie       
Int  - 15 - Gray, Jye       
Int  - 16 - Fletcher, Thomas       
Int  - 17 - Le Blanc, Liam      
Int  - 18 - Ataata, Salesi     
Int  - 19 - Ward, Ashton  
Int  - 20 - Myers, Fletcher   
Int  - 21 - Biondi-Odo, Bailey 
Int  - 22 - Webley, Luke

Coach - Bennett, Wayne

The NSW Cup team will play a three-way trial against the North Sydney Bears and St George Illawarra Dragons on Sunday 23 February at 3:30pm at Erskineville Oval.

The Jersey Flegg Cup team will play a three-way trial against the St George Illawarra Dragons and Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles on Saturday 22 February at 3pm at Collegians Sporting Complex in Figtree. The U21's team the games is :-


Flbk -  1 - Towns, Dane 
Wing -  2 - Grazini, Sam        
Cntr -  3 - Wright, Daniel   
Cntr -  4 - Sprague, Billy 
Wing -  5 - Waqa, Daniel    
5/8  -  6 - Hawkins, Brent    
Half -  7 - Quinn, Nicholas
Prop -  8 - Watson, Zane  
Hook -  9 - Frame, Riley   
Prop - 10 - Hallie, Jason   
SRow - 11 - Alhazim, Joshua    
SRow - 12 - Wolfe, Jayden    
Lock - 13 - Ibrahim, Mikael 

Int  - 14 - Ayache, Yehya      
Int  - 15 - Gallo, Nathaniel      
Int  - 16 - Lolohea, Sione       
Int  - 17 - Tausala, Palu      
Int  - 18 - Fonoti, Alex     
Int  - 19 - Taylor, Sam  
Int  - 20 - Smith, Bailey   
Int  - 21 - Featherstone, Tanna
Int  - 22 - McHenry, Jack  
Int  - 23 - Lourigan, Wyatt
Int  - 24 - Felsch, Tavis
Int  - 25 - Tornatore, Kristian
Int  - 26 - Stariha, Liam
Int  - 27 - Utiaro, Nanatiku

Coach - Kenna, Scott

The SG Ball Cup under 19s men’s team will play the Eels at 3:30pm on Saturday 22 February at Eric Tweedale Stadium, Merrylands. The Harold Matthews Cup under 17s boys’ team will enjoy the bye in round four. The Tarsha Gale Cup under 19s women’s team will play on Saturday at 12pm against the Illawarra Steelers at Redfern Oval, with the Lisa Fiaola Cup 17s girls’ team set to play Illawarra at 10:30am.

The U19 SG Ball squad for the game is :-

Flbk -  1 - Kuscu, Yasin
Wing -  2 - Fong, Jacob
Cntr -  3 - Tovio, Lance
Cntr -  3 - Jennings, Dayne
Wing -  5 - Poynton, Charlie
5/8  -  6 - Alavarez, Taj
Half -  7 - Nosa, Mark
Prop -  8 - Fui, Maddox
Hook -  9 - Hill, Cody
Prop - 10 - Allen, Riley 
SRow - 11 - Moses, Lochlin 
LSRw - 12 - Matthews, Kaearangi
Lock - 13 - Rooke, Harrison

Int  - 14 - Berryman, Tylan
Int  - 15 - Keung, Elijah
Int  - 16 - Vaotu'ua, Devonte
Int  - 17 - Lua, Daniel
Int  - 18 - Sisifa, Simon

Coach - Hogan, Nathan

The Womens U19s Tarsha Gale Cup squad for the game is :-

Flbk -  1 - Lavendar, Ava 
Wing -  2 - Faasoa, Lereit       
Cntr -  3 - Ritchie, Abbie  
Cntr -  4 - Chappell, April          
Wing -  5 - Williams, Pheonix     
5/8  -  6 - Nickson, Taylor    
Half -  7 - McGregor, Kiara   
Prop -  8 - Logan, Mequynne      
Hook -  9 - Zapantis, Josephine    
Prop - 10 - Tukino, Niah-Telesia    
SRow - 11 - Hamlin, Ella-Grace      
SRow - 12 - Butler, Emily     
Lock - 13 - Manu, Keilani 

Int  - 14 - Schoultz, Mackenzie 
Int  - 15 - Kini-Samuelu, Sonaiva
Int  - 16 - Tupola, Lusia      
Int  - 17 - Jarrett, Olivia    
Int  - 18 - Winters, Melisha     
Int  - 19 - Walsh, Makayla
Int  - 20 - Haines, Shaylee

Coach - Costello, Brad

The Womens U17s Lisa Fiola Cup squad for the game is :-

Flbk -  1 - Donovan, Taya   
Wing -  2 - Duggan, Billy        
Cntr -  3 - Taulaga, Larei   
Cntr -  4 - Talanoa, Markaylah        
Wing -  5 - Fakhr, Sarah     
5/8  -  6 - Ward, Miharna     
Half -  7 - Roper, Remy   
Prop -  8 - Elliott, Mia     
Hook -  9 - Talanoa, Markaylah    
Prop - 10 - Elekana, Marleya     
SRow - 11 - McGuiness, Aliyah     
SRow - 12 - Nairn, Claudia    
Lock - 13 - Stockman, Maddie-Jean 

Int  - 14 - Hodges, Freya 
Int  - 15 - Clarke, Madison       
Int  - 16 - Taei, Anna
Int  - 17 - Te Rito, Ariana     
Int  - 18 - Brien, Payden

Coach - Alaia, Vai

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