The South Sydney Rabbitohs are pleased to announce their teams to take on the Brisbane Broncos in Close the Gap round, round 23, to be played at ANZ Stadium on Thursday 14 August, with the NRL kick off scheduled for 7:45pm. Head Coach Michael Maguire has named Thomas Burgess to start in the front row, replacing the suspended George Burgess, with Luke Burgess, Joe Picker and Bryson Goodwin named on an extended interchange bench. Rabbitohs forward Ben Te’o will play his 150th NRL game against his former Club on Thursday night. Team mate Ben Lowe will play his 100th NRL game on Thursday, all of which have been in the red and green of South Sydney. The Holden Cup under 20s match between the Rabbitohs and the Broncos will be played on Saturday 16 August at 2pm at Redfern Oval. Champion, Reddy, A.Gray and McInnes were unavialble due to injury. C.Johnston and G.Burgess were unavailable due to suspension.

The Rabbitohs’ team is:

 1. Greg Inglis (c)
 2. Alex Johnston
 3. Dylan Walker
 4. Kirisome Auva'a
 5. Lote Tuqiri
 6. Luke Keary
 7. Adam Reynolds
 8. Tom Burgess
 9. Issac Luke
10. Dave Tyrrell
11. Kyle Turner
12. Ben Te'o
13. Sam Burgess

14. Jason Clark 
15. Ben Lowe
16. Chris McQueen
17. Luke Burgess
18. Joe Picker
19. Bryson Goodwin

Coach – Michael Maguire

The South Sydney Rabbitohs U20 Holden Cup side will play the Brisbane at Redfern Oval on Saturday August 16 starting at 2:00pm The South Sydney Rabbitohs Holden Cup team is

 1. Devon Makoare-Boyce 
 2. Tom Hughes
 3. Tevita Cottrell
 4. John Olive
 5. Sam Manuleleua
 6. Jordie Hughes
 7. Brad Wall
 8. PJ Los'e
 9. Aaron Booth
10. Brock Gray
11. Tulsa Saumamao
12. Jack Gosiewski
13. Cheyne Whitelaw

14. Ofa Felila
15. Wallace Tangiiti
16. Eden Syme
17. Zane Musgrove
 
Coach - Ben Gardiner

The North Sydney Bears NSW Cup squad will play their Round 24 clash against Mt Pritchard at Bruce Stadium on Saturday Aug 16 12:30pm. The NSW Cup team is

 1. Kane Morgan
 2. Mark O'Dare
 3. Joe Uluibau
 4. Jesse Roberts 
 5. Nick Hedley
 6. Kurt Aldridge
 7. Blake Nichols
 8. Nathaniel Neale
 9. Matt Hyland (c)
10. Brad Lupi
11. Jackson Williams
12. Chris Grevsmuhl
13. Duncan Low

14. Tarek El Masri
15. Steve Tavita
16. Josh Toole
17. Wes Mourad
18. Daniel Vasek

Coach - Wayne Lamkin