The South Sydney Rabbitohs are pleased to announce their NYC and NRL teams to take on the North Queensland Cowboys in round eight of 2012 Telstra Premiership being played this Saturday 28 April at 7.35pm at ANZ Stadium. Rabbitohs Head Coach Michael Maguire welcomes back Nathan Merritt into his 19-man rejuvenated squad for the Rabbitohs after a stellar performance by Inglis, Taylor, King and Luke during the representative weekend. Josh Starling is also included on the extended bench The Rabbitohs will be going for their 1000th win this weekend. Roy Asotasi, Luke Burgess, Sam Burgess, Kurt French, and James Roberts were unavailable due to injury. George Burgess was unavailable due to suspension. The Rabbitohs’ Round 7 team is:

1. Greg Inglis
2. Andrew Everingham
3. Matt King
4. Dylan Farrell
5. Chris McQueen
6. John Sutton
7. Adam Reynolds
8. Scott Geddes
9. Issac Luke
10. Dave Tyrrell
11. Eddy Pettybourne
12. David Taylor
13. Michael Crocker

14. Jason Clark
15. Ben Lowe
15. Neccrom Areaiiti
16. Josh Starling
19. Shaune Corrigan
20. Nathan Merritt

Coach – Michael Maguire

The Toyota Cup match between the Rabbitohs and Nth Queensland will be played at 5:15pm. The South Sydney Rabbitohs Toyota Cup team is

1. Jordan Heyer
2. David Sisifa
3. Jordan Tongahai 
4. Siosaia Tanginoa
5. Nick Hedley
6. Blake Matthews
7. Luke Keary (c)
8. Andrew Artemi
9. Apisai Koroisau
10. Hamish Bryant
11. Brad Croad
12. Adrian Ha'angana
13. Jesse Roberts

Interchange:

14. Brett Jarrett
15. Arnold Woulf
16. Joe Toleafoa
17. Matt Place

Coach - Ben Gardiner

The North Sydney Bears will take on the Cronulla at Henson Park on Saturday April 28 at 1:00pm in Round 9 of the NSW Cup competition. The NSW Cup team is

1. Kieran Vale
2. Jack Hawkins
3. Bennett Leslie (c)
4. Fetuli Talanoa
5. Curtis Johnston
6. Justin Hunt
7. Ryan Carr
8. George Burgess
9. Nathan Peats
10. Joey Matapuku
11. Brock Molan
12. Adrian Ha'angana
13. Blake Judd

14. Greg Nichols
15. Matt Hyland
16. Chris Hyde
17. Todd Wilson
18. Brendan McKinnon

Coach - Wayne Lambkin

The SG Ball play their 2v3 Preliminary Final this weekend, with South Sydney taking on the Balmain at St Mary's Stadium this Saturday April 28 at 10:15am The SG Ball U18 team is:

1. Alex Johnston
2. Sam Gerry-Burgess
3. Aaron Gray
4. Tyrone Phillips
5. James Delprado
6. Dylan Walker (c)
7. Christian Hazard
8. Solomona Laulu
9. Cameron McInnes (c)
10. George Lolo
11. Wes Lolo
12. Luke Dooner
13. Cheyne Whitelaw

14. Alex Sorge
15. Danny Allende
16. Karl Saena
17. Zac Walsh
18. Aidan Davis
19. Harrison Rorke
20. Thomas Hughes
21. Josh Addo-Carr
22. Charlton Brown

Coach – Luke Curry