The South Sydney Rabbitohs are pleased to announce their team to take on the Sydney Roosters in round one of the 2011 NRL Premiership next Friday 11 March at 7:30pm at the Sydney Football Stadium. Rabbitohs Head Coach John Lang has named an 18-man squad for the season opener against last season’s Grand Finalists. Michael Crocker and Jason Clark are unavailable for selection due to injury. The NRL fixture will kick off at 7:30pm.
1. Wesser, Rhys 2. Merritt, Nathan 3. Farrell, Dylan 4. Inglis, Greg 5. Talanoa, Fetuli 6. Sutton, John 7. Sandow, Chris 8. Stuart, Luke 9. Luke, Issac 10. Asotasi, Roy (c) 11. Burgess, Sam 12. Taylor, Dave 13. Lowe, Ben 14. Geddes, Scott 15. Ross, Ben 16. Pettybourne, Eddy 17. McPherson, Shannan 18. Tyrrell, Dave Coach – John Lang
The South Sydney Rabbitohs under 20s outfit to play the Roosters at 5:15pm The Rabbitohs Toyota Cup team is -
1. Roberts, James 2. Sisifa, David 3. Jaeger, Reece 4. Vale, Kieran 5. Mecham, Liam 6. French, Kurt 7. Dowie, Shawn 8. Burgess, George 9. Koroisau, Apisai 10. Hull, Alex 11. Ha'angana, Adrian (c) 12. Jarrett, Brett 13. England, Scott 14. Haddick, Luke 15. Toleafoa, Joe 16. Matthews, Blake 17. Valentino, Jonathan 18. Place, Matt Coach - Scott Murray
The NSW Cup team has a bye this weekend after Shellharbour Marlins pulled out of the NSW Cup.
The SG Ball and Harold Matthews Cups play Round 4 this weekend, with South Sydney taking on the Manly at Redfern Oval this Saturday March 12. The Harold Matthews Cup game will begin at 10:00am with the SG Ball Cup clash starting at 11:30am. The SG Ball U18 team is:
1. Phillips, Tyrone 2. Delprado, James 3. Hall, Ryan 4. Kavapalu, Nathan 5. Caldwell, Curtley 6. Walker, Dylan 7. Hazard, Christian 8. Coltman, Matt 9. McInnes, Cameron 10. Woulf, Arnold (c) 11. Pollard, Luke 12. O'Brien, Aaron 13. Walsh, Zach 14. Tupou, Levi 15. Horvath, Norbert 16. Garlick, Jackson 17. Croad, Bradley 18. O'Brien, Jack 19. So'aolo, Jacob 20. Taefu, Max 21. Siolo, Patrice 22. Brown, Chad 23. Gray, Aaron Coach – Luke Curry
The Harold Matthews U16 team is:
1. Johnston, Alex (c) 2. Aldous, Lucas 3. Momiroski, Paul 4. Moreton, Charles 5. Natoli, Ethan 6. Allende, Danny 7. O'Sullivan, Jake 8. Whitelaw, Cheyne 9. Sorge, Alex 10. Dooner, Luke 11. Fonua-Blake, Addin 12. Saena, Karl 13. Doyle, Dylan 14. Meehan, Willis 15. Kennedy, Keiran 16. Davis, Aiden 17. Gullu, Adam 18. Addo, Josh 19. McGlinn, Jack 20. Garay, Jasper 21. Hurley, Blake 22. Jackson, Matt Coach - Chris O'Connell