2025 NRL Premiership Round 8 - Teams

South Sydney vMelbourne

The South Sydney Rabbitohs are pleased to announce their squad for ANZAC Round eight against the Melbourne Storm to be played this ANZAC Day, Friday 25 April, at 8:10pm at AAMI Park. Rabbitohs Head Coach Wayne Bennett has shuffled the team’s backline with Latrell Mitchell named at fullback, Bayleigh Bentley-Hape named on the wing and Campbell Graham moving to centre. Jayden Sullivan returns from suspension at half back with Cody Walker returning to five-eighth. Euan Aitken has been named in the second row, Jai Arrow shifts to lock, and Jye Gray moves to the interchange bench. Hubner, Johnston, Humphreys, Ravalawa, S.Mitchell, Murray, Munro, Myers, Burns, McCarthy, Lovett, Host, Fakaosi, Waqa, Sprague, Heslin and Keung are out injured.

The players will be wearing the Rabbitohs’ 2025 ANZAC Round Jersey in Friday’s game. This year’s design honours the Royal Australian Navy’s Mine Warfare and Clearance Diving Group — a unit known for its intense preparation, precision, and resilience under pressure. It also marks the fourth year of a strong and evolving partnership between the Rabbitohs and the Royal Australian Navy — a relationship grounded in shared values like discipline, leadership, and service to something greater than self.

The South Sydney Rabbitohs team for Round 8 of the NRL Premiership is:

Flbk -  1 - Mitchell, Latrell   
Wing -  2 - Bentley-Hape, Bayleigh            
Cntr -  3 - Wighton, Jack       
Cntr -  4 - Graham, Campbell 
Wing -  5 - Tass, Isaiah       
5/8  -  6 - Walker, Cody (c)  
Half -  7 - Sulivan, Jayden 
Prop -  8 - Keppie, Sean 
Hook -  9 - Mamouzelos, Peter   
Prop - 10 - Tatola, Junior    
SRow - 11 - Koloamatangi, Keaon     
SRow - 12 - Aitken, Euan     
Lock - 13 - Arrow, Jai   

Int  - 14 - Gray, Jye      
Int  - 15 - Havili, Siliva       
Int  - 16 - Moale, Davvy          
Int  - 17 - Duncan, Tallis       
Int  - 18 - Le Blanc, Liam       
Int  - 19 - Dodd, Lewis      
Int  - 20 - Fletcher, Thomas      
Int  - 21 - Ataata, Salesi     
Int  - 22 - Casey, Declan  

Coach - Bennett, Wayne

In round eight of the NSW Cup open men’s and Jersey Flegg Cup under 21s men’s competitions, the Rabbitohs will play the Parramatta Eels on Saturday 26 April at Redfern Oval at 2pm and 12pm respectively. The NSW Cup team is :-

Flbk -  1 - Kaho, Carson    
Wing -  2 - Lehmann, Max              
Cntr -  3 - Casey, Declan      
Cntr -  4 - O'Kane, Henry 
Wing -  5 - Skelton, Leonard        
5/8  -  6 - Schuster, Josh        
Half -  7 - Dodd, Lewis  
Prop -  8 - Ataata, Salesi      
Hook -  9 - Gray, Ryan     
Prop - 10 - Mihinui, Devante      
SRow - 11 - Pitovao, Javvier       
SRow - 12 - Fletcher, Thomas        
Lock - 13 - Le Blanc, Liam     

Int  - 14 - French, Matthew  
Int  - 15 - Toevai, Tosesami    
Int  - 16 - Ward, Ashton  
Int  - 17 - Miller, Kaylen    
Int  - 18 - Williams, Bear
Int  - 19 - Plath, Jordan 

Coach - Collins, Wayne

The U21's team the games is :-


Flbk -  1 - Towns, Dane   
Wing -  2 - Wright, Daniel            
Cntr -  3 - Geary, Ben    
Cntr -  4 - Rugless, Zane  
Wing -  5 - Mellars, Haizyn      
5/8  -  6 - Hawkins, Brent        
Half -  7 - Quinn, Nicholas (c)  
Prop -  8 - Taua, Nazareth    
Hook -  9 - Frame, Riley     
Prop - 10 - Lolohea, Joshua       
SRow - 11 - Alhazim, Joshua
SRow - 12 - Fonoti, Alex
Lock - 13 - Ayache, Yehya 

Int  - 14 - Taylor, Sam       
Int  - 15 - Hallie, Jason          
Int  - 16 - Felsch, Tavis           
Int  - 17 - Wolfe, Jayden 
Int  - 18 - Gallo, Nathaniel         
Int  - 19 - Smith, Bailey       

Coach - Kenna, Scott

The South Sydney Rabbitohs’ SG Ball Cup and Harold Matthews Cup teams will play at the spiritual home of the Rabbitohs, Redfern Oval, in Grand Final-qualifying Preliminary Finals this Sunday. The Rabbitohs’ Harold Matthews Cup under 17s boys’ team will play the Warriors at 11am on Sunday 27 April at Redfern Oval for a berth in the Grand Final next weekend, whilst the SG Ball Cup under 19s men’s team will play the Parramatta Eels straight afterwards at 1:00pm.

The U19 SG Ball squad for the game is :-

Flbk -  1 - Poynton, Charlie
Wing -  2 - Fong, Jacob
Cntr -  3 - Tovio, Lance  
Cntr -  4 - Jennings, Dayne  
Wing -  5 - Ballard, Josh  
5/8  -  6 - Alavarez, Taj
Half -  7 - Humphries, Matthew   
Prop -  8 - Fui, Maddox
Hook -  9 - Hill, Cody
Prop - 10 - Lua, Daniel   
SRow - 11 - Samuel, Caelis  
LSRw - 12 - Matthews, Kaearangi
Lock - 13 - Rooke, Harrison  

Int  - 14 - Berryman, Tylan
Int  - 15 - Allen, Riley 
Int  - 16 - Moses, Lochlin   
Int  - 17 - Slate, Tylah   

Coach - Hogan, Nathan

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

Flbk -  1 - Fletham, Darcy
Wing -  2 - Taukafa, Dennishely   
Cntr -  3 - McGoon, Clayton 
Cntr -  4 - Aufai-Farani, Taj   
Wing -  5 - Warren, Hudson     
5/8  -  6 - Tarau, Payton
Half -  7 - Bateup, Charlie     
Prop -  8 - Lokeni, Jahzelle   
Hook -  9 - Hill, Zane
Prop - 10 - Mailangi, Anthony
SRow - 11 - Guillonta, Diezel  
SRow - 12 - Naufahu, Soane 
Lock - 13 - Anitelea-Tsioussis, Keone (c)

Int  - 14 - Rooke, Jayden
Int  - 15 - Pung, Asher    
Int  - 16 - Kaberry, Benjamin   
Int  - 17 - Lester, Ziggy  
Int  - 18 - Bourne, Riley

Coach - O'Brien, Kell

NRL Premiership Round 8 - Match Report

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