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Blackbunny
16-03-10, 04:02 PM
Pettybourne and Best out, Lowe and Vai Vai into starting 13, Tyrrell on bench.
Rabbitohs Teams for Round Two 2010 Against Titans
16 Mar 2010
The South Sydney Rabbitohs are pleased to announce their team to take on the Gold Coast Titans in round two this Friday 19 March at ANZ Stadium.
Rabbitohs Head Coach John Lang has been forced to make changes to his team line up from round one because of injury. Ben Lowe comes into the starting line up at lock, pushing Sam Burgess into the second row for the injured Eddy Pettybourne, who suffered a broken jaw last Sunday against the Roosters. Pettybourne is expected to be sidelined for two months. Dave Tyrrell will come on to the interchange bench. Junior Vaivai will come into the centres to replace Colin Best who has a rib injury which will keep him out of this Friday’s match.
The NRL game will kick off at 8:35pm with the Toyota Cup match scheduled to commence at 6:20pm. Gates will open at 6:15pm.
The referees for the NRL fixture will be Ashley Klein and Tony De Las Heras.
The Rabbitohs’ NRL team is:
1) Rhys Wesser
2) Nathan Merritt
3) Junior Vaivai
4) Beau Champion
5) Fetuli Talanoa
6) John Sutton
7) Chris Sandow
8) Luke Stuart
9) Issac Luke
10) Roy Asotasi (c)
11) Sam Burgess
12) David Taylor
13) Ben Lowe
Interchange:
14) Scott Geddes
15) Shannan McPherson
16) Dave Tyrrell
17) Jason Clark
Coach – John Lang
The Rabbitohs’ Toyota Cup team is:
1) Josh Mansour
2) Tim Bennett
3) Brendan Barnes
4) Dylan Farrell
5) Kennedy Pettyborne
6) Matt Mundine
7) Adam Reynolds
8) Jacob Nansen
9) Nathan Peats (c)
10) Jake Shearer
11) Hayden O’Donnell
12) Joseph So’oalo
13) Blake Judd
Interchange:
14) Francis Laulu
15) Jack Tulemau
17) Brendan McKinnon
18) Shaun Dowie
20) Scott England
Coach – David Kidwell
Roberto
16-03-10, 04:22 PM
Two injuries and we start to look very vulnerable. Minichello, Laffranchi and Harrison are going to run that back row of ours around till they run out of gas.
Gold Coast Titans side for Rd 2:
1. Preston Campbell, 2. Kevin Gordon, 3. Mat Rogers, 4. Joseph Tomane, 5. David Mead, 6. Greg Bird, 7. Scott Prince, 8. Luke Bailey, 9. Nathan Friend, 10. Brad Meyers, 11. Anthony Laffranchi, 12. Mark Minichiello, 13. Ashley Harrison.
Interchange: 14. Matthew White, 15. Sam Tagataese, 16. Bodene Thompson, 17. Riley Brown, 18. Will Matthews. (1 to be omitted).
If you ignore last weeks game, our side stacks up OK against theirs. Our weakness lies in our backline defence and Vai Vai coming in for Best only makes that problem worse.
I would have Simpson in for Talanoa. Fetuli just doesn't cut it in defence for mine and is a major liability regardless of his try scoring ability. Watch the Titans target him.
South Sydney King
16-03-10, 05:34 PM
The Titans have a small, but very quick side. John Cartwright being the smart coach he is, will no doubt employ the same tactics that Brian Smith did against our immobile forwards. That is unless Lang has an ace up his sleeve :wall1:
Predictable team, maybe Lang had more input into selections when JT was coach then we thought as this is very much a JT team.
Simpson sure has done something wrong as he showed a lot more than Talanoa last season and still he is in Reggies, Merritt should be fullback etc
Predictable team, maybe Lang had more input into selections when JT was coach then we thought as this is very much a JT team.
Simpson sure has done something wrong as he showed a lot more than Talanoa last season and still he is in Reggies, Merritt should be fullback etc
:confused: said that Simmo will be shaking hands with the reggies coach again 2 wks agree simmo should have made it if not at centre someone in the 17 he is better than Clark and Stumbles
Simpson is injured with a hammy strain. He is expected to be out for one week only.
Simpson is injured with a hammy strain. He is expected to be out for one week only.
Thanks Jas, couldn't see why else Simpson wouldn't have replaced Talanoa.
Great one round in and we already have Ross, Crocker, Best, Pettybourne and Simpson. Which means we are down to 20 out of our top 25 available. Not a great idea to recruit players like Crocker and Ross who are old and carrying major injuries , a few other injuries and you are struggling virtually before the season starts. Let alone having players like Crossman, Mc Queen, Corrigan and Capewell in the squad.
I'm going to be critical of John Sutton here. It seems to me he's form or lack of it seems to be going un-noticed and escaping criticism. Watching him last week did nothing to impress me and convinced me that he is nowhere near the SOO 5/8 that most keep bragging about.
He's lacking the ability to show direction, takes the wrong option when we're in the oppositions 20 and is soft in defence. As far as I'm concerned the team revolves around Sutton. He has to fire the side up and get the attacking raids going.
Playing a "blinder" one game out of four is simply not good enough. I can give him the benefit of the doubt by saying he's still getting over a neck injury but if that's the case he should be recovering off the field or with the Bears.....Get your act together Sutto, the team needs you.
The Perp
17-03-10, 08:02 AM
The problem for Sutton is his lack of consistency. He needs everything to go his way, with his forwards well on top, before he shows his wares. John has head problems.
But he was so terrible last Sunday that I wonder whether he has fully recovered from his neck injury.
The problem for Sutton is his lack of consistency. He needs everything to go his way, with his forwards well on top, before he shows his wares. John has head problems.
But he was so terrible last Sunday that I wonder whether he has fully recovered from his neck injury.
He's definitely lacking consistency Perp and I think the reason for that is his lack of confidence due to that horrific sternum injury he sustained back in '06 ( I think ) and mentally he has never recovered from it.
The Perp
17-03-10, 08:28 AM
If that's the case, John, then Sutton hasn't the mentality of a warrior.
SteveD123
17-03-10, 09:11 AM
When I think Warrior I think Lurch and Satts.........we have had a few 'Pretenders to the Crown' since then !!
Simpson is injured with a hammy strain. He is expected to be out for one week only.
Jas why was Rocky pulled from the bears line up last week is he injured or did he root someone's missus?
Thanks Jas, couldn't see why else Simpson wouldn't have replaced Talanoa.
Great one round in and we already have Ross, Crocker, Best, Pettybourne and Simpson. Which means we are down to 20 out of our top 25 available. Not a great idea to recruit players like Crocker and Ross who are old and carrying major injuries , a few other injuries and you are struggling virtually before the season starts. Let alone having players like Crossman, Mc Queen, Corrigan and Capewell in the squad.
add Corrigan and McQueen on the sidelines for extended injuries. Ed Paea is getting closer to a recall
South Sydney King
17-03-10, 11:22 AM
Had a look at the TAB odds for this match this morning....
Souths $1.75
Gold Coast $2.05 (1.5 start) :twoconfused:
Does Munsie know something we don't??
Hustler
17-03-10, 11:53 AM
Had a look at the TAB odds for this match this morning....
Souths $1.75
Gold Coast $2.05 (1.5 start) :twoconfused:
Does Munsie know something we don't??
Get on! You couldn't possibly back Souths at that quote.
DIEHARD
17-03-10, 12:23 PM
Get on! You couldn't possibly back Souths at that quote.
you could always put your money on the Titans, that is pretty good value given Souths form.
Cjmonkey
17-03-10, 06:51 PM
yes, but how often do we win the games we shouldn't and loose the games we should win?
Jas why was Rocky pulled from the bears line up last week is he injured or did he root someone's missus?
Not sure on that one Stewie. Apparently he has trained this week so I can't see what the problem is. Maybe he did root someone's missus. Good luck to him. May be the only first grade action he sees for a while!:winking:
Not sure on that one Stewie. Apparently he has trained this week so I can't see what the problem is. Maybe he did root someone's missus. Good luck to him. May be the only first grade action he sees for a while!:winking:
my information is he will take a needle to get through the game such is the toll the injury savaged season. Such is the case that Joe Williams has been signed up on match payments and will be making his comeback via the bench with the bears.
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