The South Sydney Rabbitohs are pleased to announce their team to take on the Sydney Roosters in round one of 2012 Telstra Premiership being played this Monday 5 March at 7pm at ANZ Stadium. Rabbitohs Head Coach Michael Maguire has named a 19-man squad for the first leg of the Ron Coote Cup in 2012. The Rabbitohs welcome back centre Greg Inglis, winger Nathan Merritt, and interchange players Scott Geddes and Chris McQueen for round one from the team selected to play in the Charity Shield a fortnight ago. Gates open at ANZ Stadium at 4:40pm with the Toyota Cup match kicking off at 4:45pm, and the NRL game scheduled for a 7pm kick off. The Rabbitohs are aiming for a record NRL Monday Night Football crowd at this traditional clash with their arch rivals, the Roosters. The current record stands at 30,120 and the Club is encouraging all Members and supporters to come to ANZ Stadium on Monday night to get behind the team live at the game. The Rabbitohs’ Round 1 team is:

1. Dylan Farrell
2. Matt King
3. Shaune Corrigan
4. Greg Inglis
5. Nathan Merritt
6. John Sutton
7. Adam Reynolds
8. Sam Burgess
9. Nathan Peats
10. Roy Asotasi
11. Eddy Pettybourne
12. Dave Taylor
13. Michael Crocker (c)

14. Dave Tyrrell
15. Chris McQueen
16. Scott Geddes
17. Jason Clark
18. Neccrom Areaiiti
19. Fetuli Talanoa

Coach – Michael Maguire

The South Sydney Rabbitohs Toyota Cup trial team is

1. Kurt French
2. David Sisifa
3. Nick Hedley
4. Siosaia Tanginoa
5. Jordan Tongahai
6. Jordan Heyer
7. Luke Keary
8. George Burgess
9. Apisai Koroisau
10. Brett Jarrett
11. Blake Matthews
12. Adrian Ha'angana
13. Andrew Artemi

Interchange:

14. Jackson Garlick
15. Hamish Bryant
16. Jesse Roberts
17. Joe Toleafoa
19. Jason Havea

Coach - Ben Gardiner

The North Sydney Bears will take on the Balmain Ryde-Eastwood Tigers at Concord Oval on Saturday 3 March at 3pm in round one of the NSW Cup competition. Eight players from the Rabbitohs squad will feature in the Bears' line up this week The NSW Cup squad is

1. Kieran Vale
2. Andrew Everingham
3. Bennett Leslie (c)
4. Blake Judd
5. Curtis Johnston
6. Justin Hunt
7. Ryan Carr
8. Lance Sua Poe
9. Brendan McKinnon
10. Josh Starling
11. Brock Molan
12. Joey Matapuku 
13. Ben Lowe

14. Greg Nichols
15. Matt Hyland
16. Elias Sukkar
17. Chris Hyde
18. Jack Hawkins
19. Todd Wilson

Coach - Wayne Lambkin

The SG Ball and Harold Matthews Cups play Round 4 this weekend, with South Sydney taking on the Sydney Roosters at Erskensville Oval this Saturday Mar 3. 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. Alex Johnston
2. James Delprado
3. Dylan Walker (c)
4. Karl Saena
5. Josh Addo-Carr
6. Danny Allende
7. Christian Hazard
8. Solomona Laulu
9. Cameron McInnes (c)
10. George Lolo
11. Zac Walsh
12. Wes Lolo
13. Cheyne Whitelaw

14. Luke Dooner
15. Aiden Davis
16. Alex Sorge
17. Harrison Rorke
18. Sam Gerry-Burgess
19. Thomas Hughes
20. Charlton Brown

Coach – Luke Curry

The Harold Matthews U16 team is:

1. Jaiden Brown
2. Tom Perrin
3. Siosifa Talakai
4. Shane Nolan
5. Tristan Fernandez
6. Paul Momirovski
7. Liam Coleman
8. Gabriel Hamlin
9. Grant Garvey
10. Brock Gray
11. Nat Butcher
12. Kiearan Kennedy
13. Josh Potts

14. Nathan Miller
15. Salim Kheirallah
16. Jack Hawkins
17. Joshua Ellison
18. Thomas Johnson
19. Nicholas Makas
20. Reimis Smith
21. Adem Kumburlu
22. Tevita Cotrell
23. Joseph Mitrevski

Coach - Chris O'Connell