2023 40th Charity Shield - NRL Pre-Season Challenge Round 2 Teams

South Sydney v St George-Illawarra

The South Sydney Rabbitohs are pleased to announce their squad for the 40th Charity Shield match against the St George Illawarra Dragons to be played this Saturday 18 February at 4:20pm AEDST at Glen Willow Stadium in Mudgee. Rabbitohs Head Coach Jason Demetriou has named a 26-man squad for the 40th Charity Shield as the Rabbitohs aim to win back the title after going down to the Dragons in 2022. H.Sele, Havili, Knight, Cartwright, D.Hawkins and Peoples are out injured. Te Hau and Milne is out suspended.

Souths Cares is the Rabbitohs’ chosen charity for this game, an organisation that operates programs for disadvantaged, marginalized and Indigenous youth and their families in the South Sydney district, around the State and throughout the Country in the areas of education, training, health and employment.

The South Sydney Rabbitohs team for the Charity Shield Pre-Season Challenge is:

Flbk -  1 - Mitchell, Latrell   
Wing -  2 - Johnston, Alex   
Cntr -  3 - Tass, Isaiah   
Cntr -  4 - Graham, Campbell    
Wing -  5 - Thompson, Izaac    
5/8  -  6 - Walker, Cody     
Half -  7 - Ilias, Lachlan   
Prop -  8 - Tatola, Junior   
Hook -  9 - Cook, Damien    
Prop - 10 - Burgess, Thomas    
SRow - 11 - Koloamatangi, Keaon   
SRow - 12 - Arrow, Jai    
Lock - 13 - Murray, Cameron (c)   

Int  - 14 - Taaffe, Blake    
Int  - 15 - Mamouzelos, Peter    
Int  - 16 - Host, Jacob   
Int  - 17 - Mitchell, Shaquai  
Int  - 18 - Karapani, Josiah    
Int  - 19 - Kalo Kalo, Terrell   
Int  - 20 - Lovett, Ben  
Int  - 21 - Moale, Davvy 
Int  - 22 - Fletcher, Thomas 
Int  - 23 - Kennar, Richie 
Int  - 24 - Chee Kam, Michael
Int  - 25 - Gagai, Jacob
Int  - 26 - Teaupa, Dion

Coach - Demetriou, Jason

The Rabbitohs will also play the Dragons in a NSW Cup trial match on Saturday 18 February at 2:05pm at Glen Willow Stadium in Mudgee. Rabbitohs NSW Cup Coach Joe O’Callaghan has named 22 players in the squad for the match which will serve as a curtain raiser to the Charity Shield main game. The Rabbitohs’ NSW Cup squad for Saturday’s trial match against the Dragons is:


Flbk -  1 - Kalo Kalo, Terrell   
Wing -  2 - Te Hau, Leon   
Cntr -  3 - Skelton, Leonard    
Cntr -  4 - Gagai, Jacob    
Wing -  5 - Carr, Thomas (c)   
5/8  -  6 - Gardiner, Shannon    
Half -  7 - Subloo, Jarrett   
Prop -  8 - Patterson, Hugo  
Hook -  9 - Mamouzelos, Peter   
Prop - 10 - Gray, Brock   
SRow - 11 - Chee Kam, Michael   
SRow - 12 - O'Neill, Ethan    
Lock - 13 - Duncan, Tallis  

Int  - 14 - Makelin, Zac   
Int  - 15 - Bentley-Hope, Bayleigh
Int  - 16 - Gordon, Yileen   
Int  - 17 - Chan-Foon, Maila   
Int  - 18 - Hodge, Tyson    
Int  - 19 - Giles, Thomas  
Int  - 20 - Chapman, Chase 
Int  - 21 - Hardman, D'Arcy 
Int  - 22 - Lovett, Kurt

Coach - O'Callaghan, Joe

The Rabbitohs Jersey Flegg Cup under 21s men’s team will play a trial match against the St George Illawarra Dragons on Sunday 19 February at 1pm at Mascot Oval.


Flbk -  1 - Kaho, Carson   
Wing -  2 - Saldanha, Jude   
Cntr -  3 - Tweedie, Cruise    
Cntr -  4 - Patolo, Terence   
Wing -  5 - Leugaimafa, Deijion   
5/8  -  6 - Chester, Mitchell    
Half -  7 - Nohra, Joseph   
Prop -  8 - Grossemy, Louis  
Hook -  9 - Cook, Romano   
Prop - 10 - Abou-Arrage, William   
SRow - 11 - Wilkins, Zayn   
SRow - 12 - Kokkinos, James    
Lock - 13 - Rahme, Jaxson  

Int  - 14 - Donnelly, Archie
Int  - 15 - Bray, Keahlan
Int  - 16 - Vaka, Charles
Int  - 17 - Griffiths, Trent
Int  - 18 - Laui, Etuate
Int  - 19 - Yeo, Joseph
Int  - 20 - Hawe-De Thierry, Dranza
Int  - 21 - DiBartolo, Emmanuel
Int  - 22 - Paki, Lachoneus

Coach - O'Connell, Chris

The South Sydney Rabbitohs’ women’s and junior representative teams will head to Camden this weekend for round three matches in their respective competitions against the Wests Tigers and Western Suburbs Magpies. Four games of Rugby League will feature at Kirkham Oval across two fields on Saturday 18 February with the Tarsha Gale Cup under 19s women’s game against the Wests Tigers kicking off at 9:30am, the Harold Matthews under 17s boys game against the Magpies at 10am, the NSW Women’s premiership match against the Tigers at 11am, and the SG Ball Cup under 19s men’s game against Western Suburbs at 11:30am. The U19 SG Ball squad for the game is :-

Flbk -  1 - Towns, Dane  
Wing -  2 - Mellars, Haizyn   
Cntr -  3 - Wright, Daniel    
Cntr -  4 - Williams, Drew   
Wing -  5 - Scholes, Bailey   
5/8  -  6 - Murray, Leroy   
Half -  7 - Hawkins, Brent
Prop -  8 - Sele, Setefano 
Hook -  9 - Herring, TJ (c)
Prop - 10 - Lole-Ngarima, Jahream
SRow - 11 - Aarons, Liam   
SRow - 12 - Casey, Ryan  
Lock - 13 - Le Blanc, Liam   

Int  - 14 - Lababidi, Alan    
Int  - 15 - Risati, Lennox   
Int  - 16 - Pritchard, Peteru    
Int  - 17 - Mezzomo, Logan   
Int  - 18 - Veiru, Jacob 
Int  - 19 - Juras, Oliver

Coach - Sutton, John

The U17s Harold Matthews Cup team play Western Suburbs Their squad for the game is :-

Flbk -  1 - Bilich, Braethan (c)
Wing -  2 - Kuscu, Yasin     
Cntr -  3 - Tovio, Lancelot
Cntr -  4 - Poynton, Charlie    
Wing -  5 - Mann, Charlie  
5/8  -  6 - Berryman, Tylan  
Half -  7 - Humphries, Matthew  
Prop -  8 - Toevai, Kynan    
Hook -  9 - Le Maitre, Marshall   
Prop - 10 - Mahon, Tanner 
SRow - 11 - Mersal, Quinn   
SRow - 12 - Berryman-Duff, Tamoko    
Lock - 13 - Lua, Fetaiaki (c)

Int  - 14 - Tombs, Ethan    
Int  - 15 - Moses, Lochlin      
Int  - 16 - Pasikala, Christian   
Int  - 17 - Romanos, Jospeh 
Int  - 18 - Saracoglu, Salih
Int  - 19 - Bell, Zane
Int  - 20 - Fong, Jacob 

Coach - Deller, Luke

The Womens NSWRL team will play against Wests-Tigers Their squad for the game is :-

Flbk -  1 - Tagaloa, Mollie   
Wing -  2 - Knapp, Paige   
Cntr -  3 - Raikadroka, Patricia (c)   
Cntr -  4 - Eli, Makayla   
Wing -  5 - Barber, Tamsin    
5/8  -  6 - Duff, Pihuka    
Half -  7 - Filipo, Sian
Prop -  8 - Longford, Mardi  
Hook -  9 - Paekau, Capri     
Prop - 10 - Kilisimasi, Seneti   
SRow - 11 - Paki, Aaliyah    
SRow - 12 - Simpson, Rachel  
Lock - 13 - Cassidy, Kahu   

Int  - 14 - Perugini, Nikki    
Int  - 15 - Butler, Charlette     
Int  - 16 - Maejiirs, Josephine   
Int  - 17 - Cook, Tia
Int  - 18 - Duckett, Tymekqwa
Int  - 19 - Rainima, Ema    
Int  - 20 - Cain Terrie-Ann  

Coach - Sultana, Shane

The Womens U19s Tarsha Gale Cup team to play Wests-Tigers Their squad for the game is :-

Flbk -  1 - Coote, Georgie  
Wing -  2 - Maxwell-Puohotaua, Manaia      
Cntr -  3 - Lyons, Shanelle  
Cntr -  4 - Luamanu-Winitana, Aneko        
Wing -  5 - Sagigi, Loti     
5/8  -  6 - Duckett, Lateia   
Half -  7 - Sa'anga, Siniva  
Prop -  8 - Tapuai, Cherellyn    
Hook -  9 - Muru-Hauraki, Le Ramaarie   
Prop - 10 - Widders, Yilara   
SRow - 11 - Stanton, Parker (c)
SRow - 12 - Fallon, Kate   
Lock - 13 - Maile, Luti

Int  - 14 - McJarrow, Tiara    
Int  - 15 - Dumas, Nyokah    
Int  - 16 - Gebadi, Jerusa    
Int  - 17 - Taufa, Bethany    
Int  - 18 - Toga, Grace    
Int  - 19 - Mafi, Taliah

Coach - Jackson, Dale

NRL Round 2 Pre-Season Challenge & Juniors Round 3 - Match Report

Ref - SSFC [Viewed 14 Feb 2023] / FN-1

Weekend - Feb 25

The South Sydney Rabbitohs’ women’s and junior representative teams will make their way to Kurri Kurri in the Hunter Valley this weekend for round four games against the Newcastle Knights. Kurri Kurri Sportsground will host four games on Saturday 25 February with the Harold Matthews under 17s boys game kicking off at 11:30am, the SG Ball Cup under 19s men’s game at 1pm, the Tarsha Gale Cup under 19s women’s game commencing at 2:30pm, and the NSW Women’s premiership match following at 4:10pm. The U19 SG Ball squad for the game is :-

Flbk -  1 - Towns, Dane  
Wing -  2 - Mellars, Haizyn   
Cntr -  3 - Wright, Daniel    
Cntr -  4 - Williams, Drew   
Wing -  5 - Laing, Max    
5/8  -  6 - Lababidi, Alan    
Half -  7 - Hawkins, Brent
Prop -  8 - Sele, Setefano 
Hook -  9 - Herring, TJ (c)
Prop - 10 - Lole-Ngarima, Jahream
SRow - 11 - Casey, Ryan    
SRow - 12 - Fletcher, Thomas  
Lock - 13 - Le Blanc, Liam   

Int  - 14 - Meredith, Bailey    
Int  - 15 - Matakaiongo, Daniel    
Int  - 16 - Pritchard, Peteru    
Int  - 17 - Veiru, Jacob    
Int  - 18 - Lemmich, Thomas 
Int  - 19 - Risati, Lennox 

Coach - Sutton, John

The U17s Harold Matthews Cup team play Newcastle Their squad for the game is :-

Flbk -  1 - Berryman, Tylan 
Wing -  2 - Kuscu, Yasin     
Cntr -  3 - Sosaiete, Philip 
Cntr -  4 - Poynton, Charlie    
Wing -  5 - Mann, Charlie  
5/8  -  6 - Tombs, Ethan  
Half -  7 - Humphries, Matthew  
Prop -  8 - Toevai, Kynan    
Hook -  9 - Bell, Zane    
Prop - 10 - Mahon, Tanner 
SRow - 11 - Tovio, Lancelot    
SRow - 12 - Lua, Fetaiaki (c)     
Lock - 13 - Le Maitre, Marshall

Int  - 14 - Bilich, Braethan    
Int  - 15 - Moses, Lochlin      
Int  - 16 - Romanos, Jospeh    
Int  - 17 - Berryman-Duff, Tamoko 
Int  - 18 - Pasikala, Christian 
Int  - 19 - Dowling, Levi
Int  - 20 - Saracoglu, Salih  

Coach - Deller, Luke

The Womens NSWRL team will play against Newcastle Their squad for the game is :-

Flbk -  1 - Tagaloa, Mollie   
Wing -  2 - Cain Terrie-Ann    
Cntr -  3 - Raikadroka, Patricia (c)   
Cntr -  4 - Eli, Makayla   
Wing -  5 - Barber, Tamsin    
5/8  -  6 - Duff, Pihuka    
Half -  7 - Filipo, Sian
Prop -  8 - Kilisimasi, Seneti   
Hook -  9 - Paekau, Capri     
Prop - 10 - Butler, Charlette   
SRow - 11 - Cook, Tia     
SRow - 12 - Maejiirs, Josephine   
Lock - 13 - Simpson, Rachel    

Int  - 14 - Collins, Jenaye     
Int  - 15 - Cassidy, Kahu     
Int  - 16 - Rainima, Ema   
Int  - 22 - Longford, Mardi
Int  - 23 - Perugini, Nikki 
Int  - 19 - Duckett, Tymekqwa    
Int  - 20 - Backhouse, Nicole  

Coach - Sultana, Shane

The Womens U19s Tarsha Gale Cup team to play Newcastle Their squad for the game is :-

Flbk -  1 - Coote, Georgie  
Wing -  2 - Bolatagici, Tairah       
Cntr -  3 - Lyons, Shanelle  
Cntr -  4 - Luamanu-Winitana, Aneko        
Wing -  5 - Sagigi, Loti     
5/8  -  6 - Duckett, Lateia   
Half -  7 - Sa'anga, Siniva  
Prop -  8 - Dumas, Nyokah     
Hook -  9 - Muru-Hauraki, Te Ramaarie   
Prop - 10 - Widders, Yilara   
SRow - 11 - Tapuai, Cherellyn 
SRow - 12 - Fallon, Kate (c)
Lock - 13 - Maile, Luti

Int  - 14 - McJarrow, Tiara    
Int  - 15 - Toga, Grace    
Int  - 16 - Mundine, Shyla     
Int  - 17 - Taufa, Bethany    
Int  - 18 - Rasaku, Mere    
Int  - 19 - Stone, Bree 
Int  - 20 - Maxwell-Puohotaua, Manaia

Coach - Jackson, Dale

Juniors Round 4 - Match Report

Ref - SSFC [Viewed 21 Feb 2023] / FN-1


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