The South Sydney Rabbitohs are pleased to announce their team to take on the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in round two of the 2011 NRL Premiership this Sunday 20 March at 2pm at ANZ Stadium. Rabbitohs Head Coach John Lang has named Eddy Pettybourne in the second row replacing Sam Burgess (shoulder). Dave Tyrrell will start at lock replacing Ben Lowe (broken foot) with Chris McQueen taking his position on the bench. Michael Crocker moves on to the interchange bench replacing Scott Geddes (ruptured Achilles tendon). The Rabbitohs are urging all of their Members and supporters to turn out at ANZ Stadium this Sunday afternoon to get behind the team and show their support. This is a Rabbitohs home game, however the Bulldogs also call ANZ Stadium home, and both Clubs will be reminding their Members that ‘THIS IS OUR HOUSE’! The Rabbitohs encourage all of their Members and supporters to bring the whole family to this NRL Family Fun Day in their red and green gear and get right behind the Rabbitohs. The NRL fixture will kick off at 2:00pm.
1. Wesser, Rhys 2. Merritt, Nathan 3. Farrell, Dylan 4. Inglis, Greg 5. Talanoa, Fetuli 6. Sutton, John 7. Sandow, Chris 8. Stuart, Luke 9. Luke, Issac 10. Asotasi, Roy (c) 11. Pettybourne, Eddy 12. Taylor, Dave 13. Tyrrell, Dave 14. Ross, Ben 15. McPherson, Shannan 16. Crocker, Michael 17. McQueen, Chris Coach – John Lang
The South Sydney Rabbitohs under 20s outfit to play at 11:45am The Rabbitohs Toyota Cup team is -
1. Roberts, James 2. Sisifa, David 3. Jaeger, Reece 4. Vale, Kieran 5. Mecham, Liam 6. Place, Matt 7. Dowie, Shawn 8. Haddick, Luke 9. Koroisau, Apisai 10. Hull, Alex 11. Ha'angana, Adrian (c) 12. Jarrett, Brett 13. England, Scott 14. Tuiavii, Jordon 15. Toleafoa, Joe 16. Matthews, Blake 17. Valentino, Jonathan 18. Turner, Kyle Coach - Scott Murray
The NSW Cup team open their NSW Cup campaign but taking on Canterbury at the Crest Stadium on Saturday 6pm The Bears team is -
1. Morgan, Kane 2. Johnston , Curtis 3. Vaivai, Taioalo Junior 4. Corrigan, Shaune 5. Mansour, Josh 6. Florimo, Jay 7. Webster, Malcolm 8. Burgess, George 9. Falloon, Beau 10. Areaiiti, Neccrom 11. Apps, Deon 12. So'oalo, Joseph 13. Peats, Nathan 14. Molan, Brock 15. Shearer, Jake 16. Webster, Dean 17. Matapuku, Joey 18. Leslie, Bennett 20. Kaifoto, John Coach - Wayne Lambkin
The SG Ball and Harold Matthews Cups play Round 5 this weekend, with South Sydney taking on the North Sydney at TG Milner Field this Sunday March 20. The Harold Matthews Cup game will begin at 10:30am with the SG Ball Cup clash starting at 12:00. The SG Ball U18 team is:
1. Phillips, Tyrone 2. Delprado, James 3. Hall, Ryan 4. Kavapalu, Nathan 5. Caldwell, Curtley 6. Walker, Dylan 7. Hazard, Christian 8. Coltman, Matt 9. McInnes, Cameron 10. Woulf, Arnold (c) 11. Pollard, Luke 12. O'Brien, Aaron 13. Walsh, Zach 14. Tupou, Levi 15. Horvath, Norbert 16. Garlick, Jackson 17. Croad, Bradley 18. O'Brien, Jack 19. So'aolo, Jacob 20. Taefu, Max 21. Siolo, Patrice 22. Brown, Chad 23. Gray, Aaron Coach – Luke Curry
The Harold Matthews U16 team is:
1. Johnston, Alex (c) 2. Moreton, Charles 3. Natoli, Ethan 4. Gullu, Adam 5. Addo, Josh 6. Allende, Danny 7. Momirovski, Paul 8. Whitelaw, Cheyne 9. Sorge, Alex 10. Dooner, Luke 11. Fonua-Blake, Addin 12. Saena, Karl 13. Doyle, Dylan 14. Meehan, Willis 15. Kennedy, Keiran 16. Davis, Aiden 17. McGlinn, Jack 18. Aldous, Lucas 19. O'Sullivan, Jack 20. Garay, Jasper 21. Hurley, Blake 22. Jackson, Matt Coach - Chris O'Connell