The South Sydney Rabbitohs are pleased to announce their team to take on the Gold Coast Titans in round eight of the 2009 NRL Premiership this Saturday 2 May at Skilled Park. Rabbitohs Head Coach Jason Taylor has named the same 19-man line up as he did before last week’s victory over the Cronulla Sharks. Rabbitohs winger Nathan Merritt is celebrating his 100th NRL game in Rabbitohs colours this weekend. Merritt has scored 63 tries and kicked 34 goals for South Sydney for a total of 320 points in his 99 games to date. The NRL match is scheduled for a 3pm kick off with the Toyota Cup due to commence at 12:45pm. The referees for the first grade fixture are Ashley Klein and Chris James. The Rabbitohs NRL side is:
1. Capewell, Luke 2. Merritt, Nathan 3. Best, Colin 4. Champion, Beau 5. Talanoa, Fetuli 6. Sutton, John 7. Sandow, Chris 8. Stuart, Luke 9. Luke, Issac 10. Asotasi, Roy (c) 11. Kidwell, David 12. Fa'alogo, David 13. Wing, Craig 14. Simpson, Jamie 15. Pettybourne, Eddy 16. Lowe, Jamian 17. Geddes, Scott 19. McPherson, Shannan 20. Lowe, Ben Coach – Jason Taylor
The Rabbitohs Toyota Cup side is:
1. Mansour, Joshua 2. Pettybourne, Kennedy 3. Vaivai, Junior 4. Farrell, Dylan 5. Morgan, Kane 6. Mundine, Matt 7. Webster, Malcolm 8. Nansen, Jacob 9. Joseph, John 10. Lupi, Brad 11. Molan, Brock 12. Takairangi, Brad 13. Clark, Jason (c) 14. Peats, Nathan 15. Harmer, Brock 16. Shearer, Jake 17. Starling, Josh 19. Judd, Blake 20. Bennett, Tim Coach – Daniel Irvine
The North Sydney Bears will take on the Auckland Vulcans at North Sydney on Saturday 2 May at 1pm. The Bears side is:
1. Wara, Samu 2. McQueen, Chris 3. Apps, Deon 4. Baird, Bladen 5. Robinson, Reece 6. Hunt, Justin 7. Hogan, Jarryd 8. Trembath, Chris 9. Falloon, Beau 10. Crossman, Garret 11. Greenfield, Michael 12. Tyrrell, David 13. Dalton, Sean (c) 14. Sayegh, Daniel 15. Kaifoto, John 16. Blaker, Brett 17. Johnston, Curtis 18. Hunt, Matt 19. Ngaro, Vince Coach - Wayne Lambkin