The South Sydney Rabbitohs are pleased to announce their team to take on the St George Illawarra Dragons in the 26th Charity Shield this Saturday 28 February at ANZ Stadium. Rabbitohs Head Coach Jason Taylor has named his strongest available team for the 2009 Charity Shield. Captain Roy Asotasi will play his first game for the 2009 pre-season, as will winger Nathan Merritt. Taylor has named a 22-man squad for the feature pre-season event on the NRL calendar The NRL Charity Shield match kicks off at 8pm Saturday Feb 28 at Stadium Australia. The Rabbitohs NRL side is:
1. Wesser, Rhys 2. Merritt, Nathan 3. Best, Colin 4. Corrigan, Shaune 5. Talanoa, Fetuli 6. Sutton, John 7. Sandow, Chris 8. Stuart, Luke 9. Luke, Issac 10. Asotasi, Roy (c) 11. Kidwell, David 12. McPherson, Shannon 13. Fa'alogo, David 14. Falloon, Beau 15. Capewell, Luke 16. McQueen, Chris 17. Crossman, Garrett 18. Tyrell, Dave 19. Lowe, Ben 20. Lowe, Jamian 21. Pettybourne, Eddie 22. Simpson, Jamie Coach – Jason Taylor
The Rabbitohs NYC side is:
1. Webster, Malcolm 2. Morgan, Kane 3. Vaivai, Junior 4. Farrell, Dylan 5. Pitman, Cameron 20. Mundine, Matt 7. Reynolds, Adam 17. Nansen, Jacob 9. Joseph, John 10. Lupi, Brad 11. Hammett, Aaron 12. Takairangi, Brad 13. Clark, Jason (c) 8. Kaivelata, Sione 14. Judd, Blake 15. Manton, Brad 16. Peats, Nathan 18. Shearer, Jake 21. O'Donnell, Hayden 22. Bennett, Tim 23. Tulemau, Jack 25. Pettyborne, Kennedy Coach – Daniel Irvine
The Bears NSW Cup team play a trial verses the Bankstown City Bulls at The Crest at 6:00pm Sat Feb 28. The Bears NSW Cup side is:
1. Mansour, Josh 2. Robinson, Reece 3. Baird, Bladen 4. Apps, Deon 5. Johnston, Curtis 6. Hunt, Justin 17. Russell, Marc 8. Sayegh, Daniel 9. Hunt, Matt 10. Trembath, Chris 11. Ngaro, Vinnie 12. Blaker, Brett 13. Dalton, Sean 14. Hansen, Adam 15. Fifita, Sosaia 16. Lee, Brendan 17. Cooper, Terawhiti 18. Jasmin, Joel 19. Field, Martin 20. Rampling, Jack 21. Kassis, Nick 22. Pili, Dennis 23. Zrieka, Nashaat 24. Taouk, Mick 25. Devetak, Kurt 26. Parekura, Joseph 27. Toli, Sione 28. Stevens, Mitch 29. Kaifoto, John Coach – Wayne Lamkin
Rabbitohs Toyota Cup Coach Daniel Irvine has named his team to take on the Cronulla Sutherland Sharks in a trial match at Toyota Stadium on Saturday 21 February at 5pm. The Rabbitohs NYC side is:
1. Webster, Malcolm 2. Morgan, Kane 3. Vaivai, Junior 4. Farrell, Dylan 5. Pitman, Cameron 6. Mundine, Matt 7. Reynolds, Adam 8. Nansen, Jacob 9. Joseph, John 10. Lupi, Brad 11. Hammett, Aaron 12. Takairangi, Brad 13. Clark, Jason (c) 14. Judd, Blake 15. Shearer, Jake 16. Tulemau, Jack 17. Peats, Nathan 18. Bennett, Tim 19. Pettyborne, Kennedy 20. Kaivelata, Sione 21. O'Donnell, Hayden 22. Manton, Brad Coach – Daniel Irvine
The Bears NSW Cup team play a trial verses the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks at Toyota Stadium at 3:00pm Sat Feb 21. The Bears NSW Cup side is:
1. Mansour, Josh 2. Robinson, Reece 3. Baird, Bladen 4. Apps, Deon 5. Johnston, Curtis 6. Hunt, Justin 17. Russell, Marc 8. Sayegh, Daniel 9. Hunt, Matt 10. Trembath, Chris 11. Ngaro, Vinnie 12. Blaker, Brett 13. Dalton, Sean 14. Hansen, Adam 15. Fifita, Sosaia 16. Lee , Brendan 17. Cooper, Terawhiti 18. Jasmin, Joel 19. Field, Martin 20. Rampling, Jack 21. Kassis, Nick 22. Pili, Dennis 23. Zrieka, Nashaat 24. Taouk, Mick 25. Devetak, Kurt 26. Parekura, Joseph 27. Toli, Sione 28. Stevens, Mitch 29. Kaifoto, John Coach – Wayne Lamkin