The South Sydney Rabbitohs are pleased to announce their NRL team to take on the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in the second Preliminary Final of the 2012 Telstra Premiership being played this Saturday 22 September at 7:45pm at ANZ Stadium. Rabbitohs Head Coach Michael Maguire has made one change to the side that defeated the Canberra Raiders in last Saturday’s semi final, welcoming Nathan Merritt back on the wing. Merritt will play his 200th career NRL game this Saturday night in the Grand Final qualifier. Merritt made his debut in round nine of the 2002 season for the Rabbitohs against the Warriors in New Zealand and has gone on to score 627 points in first grade including 137 tries, 39 goals and one field goal. The Rabbitohs’ team is:

1. Greg Inglis
2. Nathan Merritt
3. Chris McQueen
4. Dylan Farrell
5. Andrew Everingham
6. John Sutton
7. Adam Reynolds
8. Luke Burgess
9. Nathan Peats
10. Roy Asotasi
11. Sam Burgess
12. David Daylor
13. Michael Crocker (c)

14. Nathan Peats
15. Dave Tyrrell
16. Eddy Pettybourne
17. Ben Lowe
18. Justin Hunt
19. Jason Clark

Coach – Michael Maguire