13th May 2026
Rabbitohs bounce back
South Sydney bounced back with style on the weekend. It was one of best defensive efforts in years as kept the Sharks scoreless for 70 minutes. In a game where we had lost both of our starting centres and 3 players playing first grade for South Sydney for the first time, it was great to see the team step up. Our left edge continues to dominate scoring 4 tries. It was our biggest win over the Sharks at Homebush in front our biggest crowd against the Sharks at Homebush. Still 8 more wins to make the finals. Now off to Magic Round in Bris-Vegas to play a in form Dolphins in a our home game?
Johnston 100 tries at single venue
In a high scoring encounter it was our left edge who scored all of our 7 tries. Johnston scored another career double, his 60th time he has scored 2 or more tries in a game, and his 11th for the season and 221st for his career. Again on the end of slick backline play. Johnston became the first person to score a try in each game for 8 rounds of football ever. While Cody Walker also scored a double, his 17th time he has scored 2 or more tries in a game. He has now surpassed Harold Horder to move into 5th on the all time South Sydney premiership try scoring list, just 1 behind Ian Moir.
Siegwalt debut
Lattrell Siegwalt replaced his name sake this week in the centres and held his own like a veteran. Siegwalt is a later bloomer making his debut at 25, after a few failed attempts at playing NRL over the years intially with Canterbury and St George-Illawarra in the juniors and then Redcliffe and Brisbane in the seniors. Initially a fullback or 5/8, he found a home at left centre where he could use his skills and running game. Looking forward to how his career progresses. He has even applied to play for France in this year Rugby League World Cup.
Lenoy-Sam double
This week we saw a experiment in U21s with Lenoy-Sam start at fullback in the first half before he reverted to left centre in the second half. While a bit rusty at times in defence, Lenoy-Sam did look good in attack chimming into backline moves and scoring a try. He made it a double in the second half this time from strong running. He is work in progress as his career develops.
AJ The record breaker
What else can Alex Johnston achieve? On the weekend he set a new milestone as the first player in NSWRL/ARL/NRL history to score 100 tries at a single venue(Stadium Australia), he is well clear of his next rival. He did it in style by scoring another hattrick of tries. It was his 17th hattrick of tries, another NSWRL/ARL/NRL record. 2 new records in the same game. He is not only a South Sydney legend but also one of the NRL greatest players. With many more tries to come. He will leave a lasting legacy for geneations to come. All hail AJ the great.
Round 10 - Stat Attack
Statistically it was a very good game. Completions improved to 88% from 73% last week. Errors improved to 6 from 13 last week. We gave away 3 penalties and 6 6-again calls from 8 last week. Souths Effective 1st tackle improveded to a good level of 25.2m from 30.2m last week. Our best all season. Our missed tackles dropped to a poor level of 35 from 30 last week. Opposition offloads dropped to 12 from 10 last week.
Looking at our left side defence - Johnston-Siegwalt-Walker-Duncan/Murray (1-2-3-2) dropped to 8 from 7 again last week. On the right side Kosi/Graham-Graham/Duncan-Ward-Aitken (2-1-2-3) improved to 8 from 9 last week. Ruck defence Koloamatangi/Hubner-Garlick/Elliott-Keppie/Tatola-Murray/Hubner (7-3-3-3) dropped to 16 from 13 missed tackles last week.
Our go forward improved to 1700m from 1416m last week. With our props go forward improved to a poor level of 368m compared to 307m last week. Elliott, Johnston and Dufty made 10+m per run. Tatola, Aitken, Hubner, Duncan, Gray, Johnston and Graham made 100+m in the match. Gray made 200+m in the match. Defensively Aitken was our best in the tackling raking up 40 tackles. Graham and Elliott one didn't miss a tackle.
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Rd08 Melbourne MRSt W 48-6 Rd09 Newcastle NISC L 38-42 Rd10 Cronulla StAu W 36-12
Rd08 Warriors Well L 18-20 Rd09 Melbourne LngS W 28-10 Rd10 Canterbury LngS W 44-12
2024 Rd19 Redc L 28-36 10,023 G.Sutton 2025 Rd01 WSS W 16-14 6,738 A.Gee 2025 Rd17 LngS L 28-50 22,041 T.Smith 2026 Rd01 LngS W 40-30 20,114 P.Gough
First Grade Pe 6A SB OR SO
2025 Rd27 Syd Rstrs SFS2 L 6-36 41,604 Referee 3-7 3-3 1 2 - :
2026 Rd02 Syd Rstrs SFS2 L 18-26 41,424 Referee 5-7 4-4 - 1 - :
2026 Rd08 Melbourne MRSt W 48-6 25,694 Referee 2-8 5-5 - - - :
M W D L : PeW PeD PeL PeF PeA : 6AW 6AD 6AL 6AF 6AA : SB OR SO
v Dolphins 1 1 - - 100% : - 1 - 5 5 50% : - - 1 1 2 33% : - 1 -
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