The South Sydney Rabbitohs are pleased to announce their teams to take on the St George Illawarra Dragons in the 31st Charity Shield at WIN Stadium on Saturday 22 February, with the NRL fixture scheduled for a 5pm kick off. Rabbitohs Head Coach Michael Maguire has named his strongest starting line up with all of the Club’s World Cup players named to take on the Dragons. Coach Maguire has named an extended 11-man bench for the final pre-season hit out of 2014, before taking on the Sydney Roosters in round one of the Telstra Premiership. The Charity Shield NRL fixture will start at 5pm, with the under 20s match starting at 2:45pm and the NSW Cup trial match between the North Sydney Bears and Illawarra Cutters commencing at 12:45pm. Gates at WIN Stadium will open at 12:30pm Luke Keary was unavialble due to injury. The Rabbitohs’ team is:
1. Greg Inglis 2. Nathan Merritt 3. Beau Champion 4. Bryson Goodwin 5. Lote Tuqiri 6. Dylan Walker 6. Adam Reynolds 8. George Burgess 9. Issac Luke 10. Sam Burgess 11. Ben Te'o 12. Chris McQueen 13. John Sutton (c) 14. Apisi Koroisau 15. Dave Tyreell 16. Tom Burgess 17. Luke Burgess 18. Ben Lowe 19. Joe Picker 20. Joel Reddy 21. Kyle Turner 22. Alex Johnston 23. Krisome Auva'a 24. Nathanial Neale Coach – Michael Maguire
The South Sydney Rabbitohs U20 Holden Cup side will play the St Georeg-Illawarra starting at 2:45pm The South Sydney Rabbitohs Holden Cup team is
1. Alex Johnston 2. Sam Young 3. Aaron Gray 4. Tom Hughes 5. Ofa Felila 6. Irae Simone 7. Wallace Tangiiti 8. PJ Los’e 9. Cameron McInnes 10. Jack Gosiewski 11. Tulsa Saumamao 12. Eden Syme 13. Cheyne Whitelaw 14. Aaron Booth 15. Taylam Halls 16. Clayton Williams 17. Lincoln Kavanagh 18. Joe Gardiner 19. Devon Makoare Boyce 20. Chad Porter 23. Treyvon Leuluai Coach - Ben Gardiner
The North Sydney Bears NSW Cup squad will play a Trial match against Illawarra Cutters also at WIN Stadium at Sat Feb 22 12:45pm The NSW Cup squad is
1. Sean Deaves 2. Curtis Johnston 3. Brayden Williame 4. Kirisome Auva'a 5. Michael Bani 6. Matt Evans 7. Jordan Worboys 8. Neccrom Areaiiti 9. Blake South 10. Brad Lupi 11. Jesse Roberts 12. Matt Hyland 13. Nathaniel Neale 14. Ronny Alovili 16. Duncan Low 17. Daniel Vasek 18. Josh O'Toole 19. Tui Paiova 1. Kane Morgan 12. Jackson Williams 23. Daniel Haywood 17. Jackson Garlick 9. Kurt Aldridge 4. Joe Uluibau 4. Nick Hedley 5. Kolinio Nalasekata 8. Joel Tubbs 10. Francis Laulu 13. Tarek El Masri Coach - Wayne Lamkin
The South Sydney Rabbitohs SG Ball U18 to play in Round 2 against West Sydney Academy at Redfern Oval at 12:00pm
1. Tom Perrin 2. Galu Leota-Fuimaono 3. Keeden Kelly 4. Tevita Cottrell 5. Johnathan Tufuga 6. Jake Gallagher 7. Liam Coleman (c) 8. Brock Gray 9. John Neil 10. Zane Musgrove 11. Tristan Alvarado 12. Nathan Miller 13. Nat Butcher 14. Harry Barsdell 15. Sukamanu Raki 16. Siosifa Talakai 17. Josh Potts 18. Fraser Graham 19. Jade Anderson 20. Josh Ellison 21. Haimona Hiroti 22. Reimis Smith 23. Brandon Atalifo Coach - Arthur Kitinas
The South Sydney Rabbitohs Harold Mathews U16 to play in Round 2 against West Sydney Academy at Redfern Oval at 10:30am
1. Dylan O'Connor (c) 2. Reece MacIntosh 3. Reece Townsend 4. Marwene Hiroti 5. Khan Smith 6. Rangi Boyce 7. Kurtis Preece 8. Emre Guller 9. Blake Manowski 10. Keenan Ngamotu 11. Cameron Murray 12. Keon Kolomatangi 13. Jed Bouris 14. Henry Fuimaono 15. Tyler Brown 16. Dean Hawkins 17. Johnny Mitsias 18. Bobby Nader 19. Moana Matakaiongo 20. Joey Hawa 21. Jackson Collins 22. Thomas McGurgan Coach - Willie Peters
Weekend Mar 1
The South Sydney Rabbitohs SG Ball U18 to play in Round 3 against Melbourne at Erskenville Oval at 2:00pm
1. Tom Perrin 2. Jahmarley Leota-Fuimaono 3. Siosifa Talakai 4. Tevita Cottrell 5. Johnathan Tufuga 6. Jade Anderson 7. Liam Coleman (c) 8. Brock Gray 9. John Neil 10. Zane Musgrove 11. Tristan Alvarado 12. Josh Potts 13. Nat Butcher 14. Sukamanu Raki 15. Jake Gallagher 16. Harry Barsdell 17. Keeden Kelly 18. Fraser Graham 19. Nathan Miller 20. Josh Ellison 21. Haimona Hiroti 22. Reimis Smith 23. Brandon Atalifo 24. Jaiden Brown Coach - Arthur Kitinas
The South Sydney Rabbitohs Harold Mathews U16 to play in Round 3 against Melbourne at Erskenville Oval at 12:30pm
1. Dylan O'Connor 2. Reece MacIntosh 3. Reece Townsend 4. Moana Matakaiongo 5. Marwene Hiroti 6. Rangi Boyce 7. Kurtis Preece 8. Emre Guller 9. Blake Manowski 10. Henry-Siriah Fuimaono 11. Cameron Murray (c) 12. Keenan Ngamotu 13. Jed Bouris 14. Tyler Brown 15. Joey Hawa 16. Kham Smith 17. Thomas McGurgan 18. Bobby Nader 19. Moana Matakaiongo 20. Dean Hawkins 21. Jackson Collins 22. Johnny Mitsias Coach - Willie Peters