The South Sydney Rabbitohs are pleased to announce their team to take on the Gold Coast Titans in round two this Friday 19 March at ANZ Stadium. Rabbitohs Head Coach John Lang has been forced to make changes to his team line up from round one because of injury. Ben Lowe comes into the starting line up at lock, pushing Sam Burgess into the second row for the injured Eddy Pettybourne, who suffered a broken jaw last Sunday against the Roosters. Pettybourne is expected to be sidelined for two months. Dave Tyrrell will come on to the interchange bench. Junior Vaivai will come into the centres to replace Colin Best who has a rib injury which will keep him out of this Friday’s match. The NRL game will kick off at 8:35pm with the Toyota Cup match scheduled to commence at 6:20pm. Gates will open at 6:15pm. The referees for the NRL fixture will be Ashley Klein and Tony De Las Heras. The Rabbitoh's team is:
1. Rhys Wesser 2. Nathan Merritt 3. Junior Vaivai 4. Beau Champion 5. Fetuli Talanoa 6. John Sutton 7. Chris Sandow 8. Luke Stuart 9. Issac Luke 10. Roy Asotasi (c) 11. Sam Burgess 12. David Taylor 13. Ben Lowe 14. Scott Geddes 15. Shannan McPherson 16. Dave Tyrrell 17. Jason Clark Coach – John Lang
The South Sydney Rabbitohs have named the following squad to play the Gold Coast in a Toyota Cup match:
1. Josh Mansour 2. Tim Bennett 3. Brendan Barnes 4. Dylan Farrell 5. Kennedy Pettyborne 6. Matt Mundine 7. Adam Reynolds 8. Jacob Nansen 9. Nathan Peats (c) 10. Jake Shearer 11. Hayden O’Donnell 12. Joseph So’oalo 13. Blake Judd 14. Francis Laulu 15. Jack Tulemau 17. Brendan McKinnon 18. Shaun Dowie 19. Scott England Coach – David Kidwell
North Sydney Bears are playing a their Round 2 NSW Cup match against the Newtown at North Sydney Oval on Saturday Mar 20 3:00pm.
1. Luke Capewell 2. Mark Talanoa 3. Andre Itula 4. Curtis Johnston 5. Andy McLean 6. Eddie Paea (c) 7. Jarrod Hogan 8. Garret Crossman 9. Matt Hunt 10. JAmes Nightingale 11. Brock Molan 12. Zeb Tawha 13. Deon Apps 14. Sosia Fifita 15. Dean Webster 16. Tuki Jackson 17. Ryan Apps 18. Joe Williams Coach: Wayne Lambkin
The SG Ball and Harold Matthews Cups play Round 6 this weekend, with South Sydney taking on Manly at Redfern Oval this Saturday March 20. The Harold Matthews Cup game will begin at 9:30am with the SG Ball Cup clash starting at 11:00am. The SG Ball U18 team is:
1. Brad Kheirallah 2. Jordan Tongahai 3. Matt Evans 4. Kyle Turner 5. Paul Lolesio 6. John Paea 7. Tim Dengate 8. Andrew Artemi 9. Zach Ayad 10. Jack Ledbrook 11. Adrian Ha’angana (c) 12. Arnold Woulf 13. Blake Matthews 14. Bou Teaupa 15. Aaron O'Brien 16. Norbert Horvath 17. Ben Talakai 18. Jack O'Brien 19. Jesse Anderson 23. Jack Watson Coach – Luke Curry
The Harold Matthews U16 team is:
1. Tyrone Phillips (c) 2. Rabieh El-Zbaidieh 3. Matt Gordon 4. Matt Batemann 5. James Delprado 6. Dylan Walker 7. Lawrence Lucas 8. Jack Leger-Ryan 9. Cameron McInnes 10. George Lolo 11. Wesley Lolo 12. Patrice Siolo 13. Aaron Gray 14. Kingsley Dennison 15. Addin Fanua-Blake 16. Andrew Belluco 17. Jaidan Haidar 18. Lino Fenukitau 19. Sam Tawamacala 20. Alex Johnston Coach - Chris O'Connell