22nd Jul 2026
Horrid Start again
In scenes that resembled our start to the Canberra game in Perth, the Rabbitohs got off to another horrid start, letting in 5 tries before half time. This is the fourth time we have let the opposition dominate us in the first half, and our worst of the season thus far. Once the team was able to regroup at half time and get the emotio of last week out of their system, they came home strong in the second half, as they scored some classy tries, but the damage had been done. The teams now needs to regroup after the reality check from the eotional rollercoaster that is 2026. We still need 4 more wins to make the finals. Now to play a a out of form Storm team at home at Homebush, also desperate to remain in the finals race in a critical 4 point turnaround game.
Murray and Duncan injuries
After a tough origin period and a big game back, Murray has finally sercum to the injury. He will be better for a break. Duncan is another who will miss this weeks game with a niggly hamstring injury. It now next man up, again.
Graham-Taufa double
Moala Graham-Taufa continues to improve as each game passes. This week he scored a double running nicely off passes from Glover. He has shifted to right centre and is looking better. His strong running is adding much needed attack options.
Lenoy-Sam double
Lenoy-Sam had a wow of a game at left centre this week. His powerful running and pace broke the line, setting up tries and scoring himself on two occassions. He looks like a strong prospect.
Yaranauma double
Louisa Yaranamua continues to be a dominate figure in our team. He power and quick thinking continues to set or score tries. On the weekend from dummy half she saw two opportunities and scored. She is a big reason why we sit as co-leaders.
Rabbitohs 2026 Injury Crisis
Injuries continue to impeed our ability in 2026. This week we have 16 players on sideline from injury and 2 from suspension. It is almost impossible to field teams with basically a team in the rehab squad across the three grades. This year the club has decided to increase our fringe player pool which has helped significantly with both lower grades in the Top 5. Load management, warm up and warm down and having too many long term injury players on the books continues to be the issue, compounded with the fatigue the new 6 gain rules bring in.
Round 20 - Stat Attack
Statistically it was average game. Completions dropped to 76% from 83% last week. Errors dropped to 12 from 10 last week. We gave away 4 penalties and 1 6-again calls from 9 last week. Souths Effective 1st tackle improved to a good level of 26.8m from 37.4m last week. Our missed tackles dropped to a average level of 31 from 47 last week. Opposition offloads improved to 8 from 18 last week.
Looking at our left side defence - Johnston-Duncan-Walker-Aitken (3-3-3-3) improved to 12 from 16 last week. On the right side Graham-Wighton-Ward-Fifita (2-1-3-2) improved to 8 from 13 last week. Ruck defence Tatola/Hubner-BSmith/Humphreys-Koloamatangi/Radel-Murray/BSmith (4-4-0-2) improved to 10 from 18 missed tackles last week.
Our go forward improved to 1824m from 1670m last week. With our props go forward dropped to a average level of 425m compared to 444m last week. Koloamatangi, Murray, Smith and Radel made 10+m per run. Koloamatangi, Tatola, Aitken, Murray, Fifita, Dufty, Graham, Duncan, Wighton and Johnston made 100+m in the match. Dufty made 200+m for the match. Defensively Aitken was our best in the tackling raking up 44 tackles. Koloamatangi and Radel didn't miss a tackle.
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Rd18 Penrith WSS L 14-36 Rd19 Newcastle StAu W 26-24 Rd20 Canberra Bruc L 24-34
Rd18 BYE Rd19 Gold Coast MRSt W 22-18 Rd20 Syd Rstrs SFS2 L 6-14
2024 Rd08 MRSt L 20-54 25,149 T.Smith 2024 Rd23 StAu L 16-28 8,973 T.Smith 2025 Rd08 MRSt L 16-24 26,010 P.Gough 2025 Rd16 StAu L 24-25 10,093 P.Gough 2026 Rd08 MRSt W 48-6 25,694 A.Gee
First Grade Pe 6A SB OR SO
2024 Rd06 Cronulla StAu L 22-34 12,207 Referee 6-2 5-2 - 1 - :
2025 Rd02 St Geo-Ill Woll W 25-24 16,111 Referee 4-3 5-1 - - - :
2025 Rd04 Penrith StAu W 28-18 10,029 Referee 6-2 2-6 1 - - :
M W D L : PeW PeD PeL PeF PeA : 6AW 6AD 6AL 6AF 6AA : SB OR SO
v Melbourne 5 2 - 3 40% : 1 2 2 25 24 51% : - 1 - 4 4 50% : 1 - -
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