The South Sydney Rabbitohs are pleased to announce their teams to take on the North Queensland Cowboys in round 24 to be played at ANZ Stadium on Saturday 23 August, with the NRL kick off scheduled for 7:30pm. Back rower Kyle Turner will return to the side to replace the suspended Ben Te’o. Saturday’s match is the Rabbitohs’ final home game of the regular season, dubbed Members Appreciation Round. To celebrate the involvement of the Rabbitohs’ 30,000-plus Members in 2014, match day and Membership partner CTI Australia is handing out Sam Burgess face masks to the first 10,000 patrons through the gates on Saturday night. There will also be a special pre-match Members-only function at ANZ Stadium, and Nova 969’s Fitzy and Wippa will be reviving the giant thong which featured at the 2000 Sydney Olympics closing ceremony which took place at ANZ Stadium! The Holden Cup under 20s match between the Rabbitohs and the Cowboys will kick off at 5:15pm with gates opening at 5:10pm. 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. Luke Burgess 9. Issac Luke 10. Dave Tyrrell 11. Kyle Turner 12. Chris McQueen 13. Sam Burgess 14. Jason Clark 15. Ben Lowe 16. Joe Picker 17. Tom Burgess 18. Bryson Goodwin 19. Chris Grevsmuhl Coach – Michael Maguire
The South Sydney Rabbitohs U20 Holden Cup side will play the Nth Qld starting at 5:15pm 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. Zane Musgrove 9. Aaron Booth 10. Brock Gray 11. Tulsa Saumamao 12. Jack Gosiewski 13. Cheyne Whitelaw 14. Elliott Gorman 15. Ofa Felila 16. Clayton Williams 17. Eden Syme 18. Wallace Tangiiti Coach - Ben Gardiner
The North Sydney Bears NSW Cup squad will play their Round 25 clash against Cronulla-Sutherland at North Sydney Oval on Saturday Aug 23 3:00pm. 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. Wes Mourad 13. Duncan Low 14. Tarek El Masri 15. Steve Tavita 16. John Kite 17. Josh Toole Coach - Wayne Lamkin