The South Sydney Rabbitohs are pleased to announce their squads for round 19 of the 2017 NRL Premiership against the North Queensland Cowboys with the NRL fixture to be played at Barlow Park in Cairns this Sunday 16 July with kick off scheduled for 4pm. Robert Jennings returns to the Rabbitohs line up following a successful comeback from injury last week with the North Sydney Bears. The South Sydney Rabbitohs have shown their continued support of the people of Cairns and the surrounding areas; with the support of Tourism and Events Queensland, Cairns Regional Council, Tourism Tropical North Queensland and the Cairns Rugby League; by electing to host an NRL Telstra Premiership home game in Cairns for the fifth consecutive year. In what was an electric atmosphere at last year’s NRL event in Cairns; which attracted a sell-out crowd of almost 15,000 supporters; Rabbitohs fans, Cowboys fans and sports fans from around the Cairns region, Tropical North Queensland and interstate descended upon Barlow Park and similar support for the NRL competition fixture is expected again in 2017. The curtain raiser to the NRL fixture is the Outback Cup Grand Final, a battle between Queensland Outback (western Queensland and north-west New South Wales) and Northern Queensland United (Palm Island, the Cape and Indigenous communities, North Peninsula and the Torres Strait Islands) which will kick off at 1:45pm. Gates will open at Barlow Park at 1:40pm. The Rabbitohs vs Cowboys under 20s fixture will be played at the Simply Energy High Performance Centre at Redfern Oval on Saturday 15 July at 1pm Inglis, Hymel Hunt, Talakai, Tracey, Goolagong, Morgan, Josh Cook are unavialble due to injury.
The South Sydney Rabbitohs team is:
Flbk - 1 - Walker, Cody Wing - 2 - Johnston, Alex Cntr - 3 - Jennings, Robert Cntr - 4 - Goodwin, Bryson Wing - 5 - Gray, Aaron 5/8 - 6 - Sutton, John Half - 7 - Reynolds, Adam Prop - 8 - Burgess, Tom Hook - 9 - Farah, Robbie Prop - 10 - Tyrrell, Dave SRow - 11 - Fuimaono, Tyrell SRow - 12 - Crichton, Angus Lock - 13 - Burgess, Sam (c) Int - 14 - Cook, Damien Int - 15 - Clark, Jason Int - 16 - Musgrove, Zane Int - 17 - Burgess, George Int - 18 - Cherrington, Anthony Int - 19 - Turner, Kyle Int - 20 - Gosiewski, Jack Int - 22 - Murray, Cam Head Coach – Maguire, Michael
The South Sydney U20's team is -
Flbk - 1 - Cordtz, Beau Wing - 2 - Reweti, Jalen Cntr - 3 - O’Connor, Dylan Cntr - 4 - Hiroti, Mawene Wing - 5 - Taukamo, Tyrone 5/8 - 6 - Leddy, Harry Half - 7 - Hawkins, Dean Prop - 8 - Saunders, Josh Hook - 9 - Manowski, Blake Prop - 10 - Ili, Kalani (c) SRow - 11 - Koloamatangi, Keaon SRow - 12 - Ta'avale, Lucky Lock - 13 - Hamlin, Gabe Int - 14 - Butler, Tarquinn Int - 15 - Johnstone, Sam Int - 16 - Mailata, Jordan Int - 17 - Fuimaono, Henry-Siriah Int - 18 - Mougios, Nic Int - 20 - Rodwell, Ky Int - 21 - Graham, Campbell Int - 22 - Hippi, Theo Coach - Carr, Ryan
The North Sydney Bears are playing their Round 19 match against Mt Pritchard at North Sydney Oval, kickoff on Sun Jul 16 3:00pm. The team for the game is :-
Flbk - 1 - Levido, Eli Wing - 2 - Tasi, Tautalatasi Cntr - 3 - Burns, Braidon Cntr - 4 - Murphy, Ed Wing - 5 - Miski, Abbas 5/8 - 6 - Doueihi, Adam Half - 7 - Kelly, Luke Prop - 8 - Mauala, Fred Jnr Hook - 9 - Dietz, Brad (c) Prop - 10 - Britt, Dean SRow - 11 - Murray, Cam SRow - 12 - Gosiewski, Jack Lock - 13 - Whitelaw, Cheyne Int - 14 - Rogers, Piki Int - 15 - Williams, Clayton Int - 16 - Greinke, Brett Int - 17 - Freebairm, Tom Coach - Gardiner, Ben