20th May 2026
No Rabbitohs Magic
South Sydney went into the game Mitchell and Gray under a big injury cloud and produced a sub majic performance The had a poor start and once again let in 24 points in 60 minutes before they started to play. Again we have one good game then one poor game. We need to improve our consistency. Backline injuries are starting to mount up which is a concern after a good start. Still 8 more wins to make the finals. Now off to Townsville to play a in form Cowboys for the first time in 6 years.
Arrow Tragic News
Mid week it what call only called tragic news, Jai Arrow finally announced his retirement. After struggling with a shoulder injury and extensive medical tests it was confirmed the injury was nerve related and was the devestating diagnosis of Motor Neurone Disease (MND). At 30 years old it was devisting news to Jai but also the whole SOuth Sydney family. All our hearts go out to him and his family in what will be a very tough period coming up.
Glover pinpoint goalkicking
Glover has been a steady influence over the reserve grade squad a South Sydney. His kicking game helped the team maintain fiedl position and his accurate goalkicking was a key factor in the win on the weekend. He has been steadily improving and a key member of the team now he looks to have recovered from his injuries.
Junior City Reps
A number of our juniors were called up into junior representative squads on the weekend. The boys played a U16 and 18 age only City v Country clashes with Ben Kaberry U18s, and Devida Hopoate and Josaiah Manuofetoa in U16s. In the girls it was U19s and U17s girls clash in a City Country format with Kiara McGregor in U19s and Cobi Ryan-Last in U17s. Congratulations to all.
Magic Round Pro and Cons
It was interesting watching the weekend of Magic Round. We are starting see a drop in on overall attendances with stands more empty than in the past for individual games. With the overall crowds 20% down the season round average. But in reverse the off field events and activities look to be just as strong as in the past. The Beetson Hotel owned by the NRL is having a roaring trade, as are many pubs around Claxton St. The event is a winner for the Queensland economy, but the majic seems to be wareing off.
Round 11 - Stat Attack
Statistically it was a very poor game. Completions dropped to 70% from 88% last week. Our worst all season. Errors dropped to 15 from 6 last week. We gave away 5 penalties and 5 6-again calls from 9 last week. Souths Effective 1st tackle dropped to a very poor level of 43.8m from 25.2m last week. Our missed tackles improved to a good level of 29 from 35 last week. Opposition offloads improved to 8 from 12 last week.
Looking at our left side defence - BentleyHape-Mitchell/Gray-Walker-Duncan (0-1-2-1) improved to 4 from 8 last week. On the right side Kosi-Graham-Ward-Aitken (4-2-3-2) dropped to 11 from 8 last week. Ruck defence Koloamatangi/Hubner-Garlick/Elliott-Keppie/Tatola-Murray (4-2-6-0) improved to 12 from 16 missed tackles last week.
Our go forward dropped to 1684m from 1700m last week. With our props go forward dropped to a very poor level of 349m compared to 368m last week. Duncan and Gray made 10+m per run. Duncan, Koloamatangi, Aitken, Murray, Graham, Bentley-Hape, Gray and Walker made 100+m in the match. Graham made 200+m in the match. Defensively Murray was our best in the tackling raking up 43 tackles. Murray, Tatola, Elliott, Bentley-Hape and Dufty one didn't miss a tackle.
Rd09 Newcastle NISC L 38-42 Rd10 Cronulla StAu W 36-12 Rd11 Dolphins LngS L 10-32
Rd09 Canterbury StAu W 28-12 Rd10 Parramatta NQSt L 30-33 (GP) Rd11 Syd Rstrs LngS W 18-12
2023 Rd17 StAu L 6-31 11,262 G.Sutton 2024 Rd11 LngS L 22-28 50,708 P.Gough 2025 Rd06 PrSt L 16-24 31,347 T.Smith
First Grade Pe 6A SB OR SO
2023 Rd25 Newcastle NISC L 10-29 29,018 Referee 7-7 0-2 1 2 - :
2024 Rd27 Syd Rstrs StAu L 28-36 19,674 Referee 7-9 1-4 - - - :
2025 Rd07 Canterbury StAu L 0-32 65,305 Referee 6-10 2-4 1 3 - :
M W D L : PeW PeD PeL PeF PeA : 6AW 6AD 6AL 6AF 6AA : SB OR SO
v Nth Qld 1 - - 1 0% : - - 1 7 8 47% : : - - -
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