The South Sydney Rabbitohs are pleased to announce their teams to take on the St George Illawarra Dragons on Saturday 5 April at the Sydney Cricket Ground in a feature match of the NRL’s Men of League Heritage Round, with the NRL kick off scheduled for 7:30pm. Rabbitohs Head Coach Michael Maguire has named captain John Sutton at five-eighth in his 212th NRL match, a game which will see him become South Sydney’s most-capped first grade player of all time, surpassing Bob McCarthy’s record of 211 first grade games in the cardinal and myrtle jersey. Dylan Walker will shift to the centres with Bryson Goodwin moving out to the wing. Dave Tyrrell will start at prop this week with Sam Burgess shifting to lock, with Ben Te’o coming back into the starting line up in the second row. Coach Maguire has named two possible debutants, Alex Johnston and Cameron McInnes, on his six-man bench. This will be the first game of Rugby League played at the recently revamped Sydney Cricket Ground, giving Members and supporters of both the Rabbitohs and Dragons the first experience of Rugby League at the new-look stadium. Keary, Tom Burgess, Luke were unavialble due to injury. The Rabbitohs’ team is:
1. Greg Inglis 2. Nathan Merritt 3. Dylan Walker 4. Joel Reddy 5. Bryson Goodwin 6. John Sutton (c) 7. Adam Reynolds 8. George Burgess 9. Apisai Koroisau 10. Dave Tyreell 11. Ben Te'o 12. Chris McQueen 13. Sam Burgess 14. Joe Picker 15. Kyle Turner 16. Jason Clark 17. Luke Burgess 18. Alex Johnston 19. Cameron McInnes Coach – Michael Maguire
The South Sydney Rabbitohs U20 Holden Cup side will play St George-Illawarra starting at 5:15pm The South Sydney Rabbitohs Holden Cup team is
1. Devon Makoare-Boyce 2. Sam Manuleleua 3. Tim Davidson 4. Tom Hughes 5. Sam Young 6. Irae Simone 7. Wallace Tangiiti 8. Treyvon Leulai 9. Eden Syme 10. Joe Gardiner 11. Tulsa Saumamao 12. Jack Gosiewski 13. Cheyne Whitelaw 14. Bronson Garlick 15. Hayden Preece 16. Taylam Halls 17. PJ Los'e 18. Josh Khoury Coach - Ben Gardiner
The North Sydney Bears NSW Cup squad will play their Round 5 clash against Illawarra at WIN Stadium on Sat Apr 4 3:00pm The NSW Cup team is
1. Chris Centrone 2. Lote Tuqiri 3. Kirisome Auva'a 4. Aaron Gray 5. Curtis Johnston 6. Beau Champion 7. Jordan Worboys 8. Nathaniel Neale 9. Blake South 10. Neccrom Areaiiti 11. Matt Hyland (c) 12. Chris Grevsmuhl 13. Ben Lowe 14. Brad Lupi 15. Duncan Low 16. Jackson Williams 17. Kurt Aldridge 18. Jesse Roberts 19. Josh Toole Coach - Wayne Lamkin
The South Sydney Rabbitohs SG Ball U18 to play in Round 8 against St George at Kogarah Jubilee Oval at 12:00pm
1. Keeden Kelly 2. Galu Leota-Fuimaono 3. Josh Ellison 4. Haimona Hiroti 5. Johnathan Tufuga 6. Jaiden Brown 7. Liam Coleman (c) 8. Brock Gray 9. John Neil 10. Zane Musgrove 11. Tevita Cottrell 12. Siosifa Talakai 13. Nat Butcher 14. Sukamanu Raki 15. Tristan Alvarado 16. Tom Perrin 17. Fraser Graham 18. Josh Potts 19. Harry Barsdell 20. Jake Gallagher 21. Jade Anderson 22. Nathan Miller Coach - Arthur Kitinas
The South Sydney Rabbitohs Harold Mathews U16 to play in Round 8 against St George at Kogarah Jubilee Oval at 10:30am
1. Rangi Boyce 2. Reece MacIntosh 3. Kean Kolomatangi 4. Marwene Hiroti 5. Johnny Mitsias 6. Dean Hawkins 7. Kurtis Preece 8. Emre Guler 9. Blake Manowski 10. Henry-Siriah Fuimaono 11. Keenan Ngamotu 12. Jed Bouris 13. Cameron Murray (c) 14. Tyler Brown 15. Joey Hawa 16. Bobby Nader 17. Reece Townsend 18. Moana Matakaiongo 19. Kham Smith 20. Jackson Collins 21. Thomas McGurgan Coach - Willie Peters