The South Sydney Rabbitohs are pleased to announce their teams to take on the North Queensland Cowboys in round 24 of the 2011 NRL Premiership this Friday 19 August at 7:35pm at ANZ Stadium. Rabbitohs Head Coach John Lang has named the same side that defeated the Canberra Raiders in Canberra in round 23. Rabbitohs Hooker Issac Luke will be playing his 100th NRL game this Friday night, all of which have been representing South Sydney since his debut against the Melbourne Storm in round 12, 2007. The Rabbitohs will also be paying tribute to one of the Clubs modern day legends in Luke Stuart at this game. Luke has played 242 NRL games in a career spanning back to his debut in 1998 for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks. Stuart has played 190 NRL games for the South Sydney Rabbitohs since joining the Club for its reinstatement season in 2002. Luke has chosen to retire from Rugby League at the end of this season and will move into the building trade with his own company Stuart Built. The Rabbitohs and ANZ Stadium are giving all NRL Club Ticketed Members and North Sydney Bears Members the opportunity to farewell one of the most under-rated players of the modern era by offering them free entry to this final Rabbitohs home game for the 2011 season. Ticketed Members from other NRL Clubs and Bears Members need to show their Membership card at gates B or K of ANZ Stadium on Friday night, with general admission seating available for free in aisles 115-126 or 135-145. The NRL fixture kicks off at 7:35pm with the Toyota Cup fixture scheduled to commence at 5:20pm. The Rabbitohs team is -
1. Merritt, Nathan 2. Farrell, Dylan 3. Corrigan, Shaune 4. Inglis, Greg 5. McQueen, Chris 6. Sutton, John 7. Sandow, Chris 8. Ross, Ben 9. Luke, Issac 10. McPherson, Shannan 11. Pettybourne, Eddy 12. Taylor, Dave 13. Crocker, Michael (c) 14. Burgess, Luke 15. Tyrrell, Dave 16. Clark, Jason 17. Peats, Nathan Coach – John Lang
The Rabbitohs Toyota Cup team is -
1. Roberts, James 2. Loleiso, Paul 3. Vale, Kieran 4. Lee Hang, Jack Jaeger, Reece 5. Sisifa, David 6. Koroisau, Apisai 7. French, Kurt Place, Matt 8. Vaingalo, Keliti 9. Brennan, Darryl 10. Jarrett, Brett 11. Turner, Kyle 12. Ha'angana, Adrian (c) 13. Matthews, Blake 14. Bryant, Hamish 15. Artemi, Andrew 16. Dowie, Shaun 18. Woulf, Arnold Coach - Scott Murray
The NSW Cup team play their Round 23 match against Cronulla-Sutherland Storm at North Sydney Oval on Saturday Aug 20 3:00pm The Bears team is -
1. Mansour, Josh 2. Johnston, Curtis 3. Nichols, Greg 4. Leslie, Bennett 5. Talanoa, Fetuli 6. Mundine, Matt 7. Webster, Malcolm 8. Burgess, George 9. Falloon, Beau 10. Ranieri, Alex 11. Apps, Deon (c) 12. Molan, Brock 13. Judd, Blake 14. Areaiiti, Neccrom 15. Shearer, Jake 16. Retzlaff, Herman 17. Florimo, Jay 19. McKinnon, Brendan 20. Webster, Dean Coach - Wayne Lambkin