2026 NRL Premiership Round 3 - Teams

South Sydney v Sydney Roosterss

The South Sydney Rabbitohs are pleased to announce their squad for their NRL Multicultural Round three match against the Tigers to be played this Saturday 21 March at 7:35pm at polytec Stadium in Gosford, the Club’s first home game of the 2026 season. Rabbitohs Head Coach Wayne Bennett has named Jamie Humphreys to return from suspension at halfback, with Jayden Sullivan shifting to the interchange bench. Tallis Duncan has been named to start in the second row with Euan Aitken named on the interchange bench. Tass, Arrow, Smith, Elliott, Ward, Kosi, Glover, Penitani, Kuscu and Taua are out injured. Munro is out suspended.

The South Sydney Rabbitohs team for Round 1 is:

Flbk -  1 - Grey, Jye  
Wing -  2 - Johnston, Alex        
Cntr -  3 - Mitchell, Latrell   
Cntr -  4 - Wighton, Jack 
Wing -  5 - Graham, Campbell 
5/8  -  6 - Walker Cody      
Half -  7 - Humphreys, Jamie 
Prop -  8 - Tatola, Junior   
Hook -  9 - Garlick, Bronson     
Prop - 10 - Koloamatangi, Keaon    
SRow - 11 - Fifita, David       
SRow - 12 - Duncan, Tallis  
Lock - 13 - Murray, Cameron (c) 

Int  - 14 - Mamouzelos, Peter 
Int  - 15 - Aitken, Euen      
Int  - 16 - Keppie, Sean         
Int  - 17 - Sullivan, Jayden      
Int  - 18 - Hubner, Lachlan        
Int  - 19 - Graham-Taufa, Moala    
Int  - 20 - Fletcher, Thomas    
Int  - 21 - Siegwalt, Latrell 
Int  - 22 - Le Blanc, Liam   

Coach - Bennett, Wayne

Three games of football will be played at polytec Stadium on Saturday with the Jersey Flegg Cup under 21s men’s clash between the Rabbitohs and Tigers kicking off at 3:25pm and the NSW Cup fixture between South Sydney and Western Suburbs set to start at 5:10pm, with the Sattler-Kelly Cup on the line again in 2026. The Sattler-Kelly Cup started in 2019 and is named after two legends of the South Sydney and Western Suburbs clubs, John Sattler and Noel Kelly. The winner is determined by the aggregate scores of the two regular season games played each year between the Rabbitohs and the Magpies. The Rabbitohs have won the Sattler-Kelly Cup four times with the Magpies having won it twice.

The Rabbitohs NSW Cup team the games is :-


Flbk -  1 - Dufty, Matt  
Wing -  2 - Mazzone, Jordi        
Cntr -  3 - Bentley-Hape, Bentley      
Cntr -  4 - Afualo, William
Wing -  5 - Kirk, Jay    
5/8  -  6 - Siegwalt, Latrell      
Half -  7 - Humphries, Matthew  
Prop -  8 - Ataata, Salesi 
Hook -  9 - Ayache, Yehya   
Prop - 10 - Radel, John    
SRow - 11 - Keir, Daniel (c)     
SRow - 12 - Fletcher, Thomas    
Lock - 13 - Le Blanc, Liam 

Int  - 14 - Waitere, Te Wahi 
Int  - 15 - Vito, Lajuan        
Int  - 16 - Fakaosi, Tayson       
Int  - 17 - Hansen, Siotana Filimoe-Ulie        
Int  - 18 - Pele, Franklin      
Int  - 19 - Williamson, Ben
Int  - 20 - Lawry, Oliver
Int  - 21 - Dickson, Logan

Coach - Collins, Wayne

The U21's team the games is :-


Flbk -  1 - Poynton, Charlie (c)  
Wing -  2 - Alvarez, Corbin        
Cntr -  3 - Wright, Daniel    
Cntr -  4 - Lenoy, Assariah 
Wing -  5 - Fong, Jacob       
5/8  -  6 - Feast, Jamayne       
Half -  7 - Berryman, Tylan 
Prop -  8 - Samuel, Caelis    
Hook -  9 - Smith, Hadley    
Prop - 10 - Keung, Elijah    
SRow - 11 - Lua, Daniel      
SRow - 12 - McCarthy, Max    
Lock - 13 - Rooke, Harrison  

Int  - 14 - Miller, Harvee   
Int  - 15 - Geary, Ben
Int  - 16 - Heslin, Mateus         
Int  - 17 - Vaotu'ua, Devonte       
Int  - 18 - Griffin, Samuel      
Int  - 19 - Skillington, Jaffahl 

Coach - Kenna, Scott

The junior representative teams will head to Collegians Sporting Complex in Wollongong on Saturday for matches against the St George Dragons. The SG Ball Cup under 19s men’s teams will play at 2:30pm, preceded by the Harold Matthews Cup under 17s boys’ game at 1pm.

The U19 SG Ball squad for the game is :-

Flbk -  1 - Walters, Lachlan 
Wing -  2 - Lyons, Dwayne 
Cntr -  3 - Jennings, Dayne
Cntr -  4 - Tauaa, Dean
Wing -  5 - Ballard, Joshua 
5/8  -  6 - Alvarez, Taj  
Half -  7 - Fotu-Moala, Isaac  
Prop -  8 - Lavakeiaho, Phillip 
Hook -  9 - Hill, Cody (c)
Prop - 10 - Fui, Maddox
SRow - 11 - Leha, Will
LSRw - 12 - Aufai-Farani, Taj  
Lock - 13 - Cresswell, Caleb

Int  - 14 - Grey, Bailey 
Int  - 15 - Kite, George  
Int  - 16 - Sisifa, Simon
Int  - 17 - Moses, Lochlin
Int  - 18 - Mackay-Filihia, Lisiate
Int  - 19 - Davies, Jimmy  
Int  - 20 - Afualo, Maxwell
Int  - 21 - Kaberry, Ben
Int  - 22 - Payne, Kaole
Int  - 23 - McKenna, Tom


Coach - Hogan, Nathan

The U17s Harold Matthews Cup squad for the game is :-

Flbk -  1 - Dorahy, Harry
Wing -  2 - Wright, Benjamin
Cntr -  3 - Toefaeono, Dwayne
Cntr -  4 - Gullionta, Diezel
Wing -  5 - Hopoate, Devida 
5/8  -  6 - Bateup, Charlie 
Half -  7 - Tarau, Payton (c)
Prop -  8 - Suluvale-Liumaunu, Zavier  
Hook -  9 - Fotu-Moala, Tukia  
Prop - 10 - Manuofetoa, Josiah  
SRow - 11 - Samson, Taoko
SRow - 12 - Bishop, Jayden 
Lock - 13 - Mailangi, Anthony

Int  - 14 - Varol, Mehmet 
Int  - 15 - Muscat, Liam 
Int  - 16 - Herden, Thomas 
Int  - 17 - Searle, Isaac 
Int  - 22 - Burgess, Samuel   

Coach - O'Brien, Kell

The Tarsha Gale Cup under 19s women’s match will commence at 11:30am and the Lisa Fiaola Cup under 17s girls’ clash is scheduled for a 10am start.

The Womens U19s Tarsha Gale Cup squad for the game is :-

Flbk -  1 - Christian, Olivia   
Wing -  2 - Anderson, Lani       
Cntr -  3 - Manu, Keilani    
Cntr -  4 - Mason, Sahara        
Wing -  5 - Chappell, April       
5/8  -  6 - Brady-Heaslop, Dakotah    
Half -  7 - McGregor, Kiara (c)
Prop -  8 - Saito, Anita         
Hook -  9 - Talanoa, Markaylah     
Prop - 10 - Elekana, Marleya    
SRow - 11 - Faasoa, Lereit    
SRow - 12 - Lealaiauloto, Savannah     
Lock - 13 - Peraua, Samina  

Int  - 14 - Latta, Keely
Int  - 15 - Hall, Annelise     
Int  - 16 - Kini-Samuelu, Sonaiva       
Int  - 17 - Isreal, Sienna 
Int  - 18 - Rehutai, TeAira
Int  - 19 - Ben, Chantel       

Coach - Costello, Brad

The Womens U17s Lisa Fiola Cup squad for the game is :-

Flbk -  1 - Ryan-Last, Cobi   
Wing -  2 - Falepapalangi, Emmaline         
Cntr -  3 - Foley, Indiana   
Cntr -  4 - Ballard, Jazmine        
Wing -  5 - Gil, Amelia     
5/8  -  6 - McKee, Bronte     
Half -  7 - Trasler, Lauren     
Prop -  8 - Millward, Zsa Zsa       
Hook -  9 - Puhipuhi, Kyliah    
Prop - 10 - Horne, Taylor   
SRow - 11 - Maui, Olivia      
SRow - 12 - Ogle, Lexus    
Lock - 13 - Lester, Zahri (c) 

Int  - 14 - Reynolds, Erin   
Int  - 15 - Taulaga, Larei  
Int  - 16 - Alatasi, Mercy      
Int  - 17 - Lafleur, Jayda    
Int  - 18 - Parker, Ruby    

Coach - Alaia, Vai

Round 3 - Match Report

Ref - SSFC [Viewed 17 Mar 2026] / SSFC [Viewed 17 Mar 2026] / TFR v7n3 / BL v103n3 / HL v7n3 / FN-1


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