2nd Sep 2026
Finals Berth Secured
It was great opening 30 minutes that saw South Sydney jump out to a 28 point lead off some great attacking football, which saw Fifita score what could be argued as one of the greatest ever second rowers tries. But once again as we have done in many games in 2026 we allowed the opposition back into the game with a run of unanswered points. Before we regathered out composure in the last 15 minutes. The win saw us return to finals football for the first time in 4 years. Now for a final season hitout in a emotional day out at our new home against the visiting Roosters.
Murray and Duncan double
In one of the most dominate displays by a interchange player, Murray scored two tries, and set up two more. He was unstopable in the first 30 minutes and set the platform for the team in a great captains knock. Not to be out done Duncan followed it up late in the game with his own double.
Mazzone triple and Kosi double as reserves bow out
Mazzone was on the end of another string of tries. His first swooping on a loose ball to score, while the next two were cutout balls to score, for another hattrick. He fiinshed the season as the reserve grade top try scorer with 23 tries. While Mazzone dominated the right side, Kosi bagged a double on the left wing. But reserve grade finish the season just outside of the Top 5 in 8th spot a big improvement on 2025, when you take into consideration the volume of injuries we had in 2026. Bentley-Hape finished the season as the equal top point scorer in reserve grade with Mazzone with 92 points.
U21s final penalty shoot out
After a draw in the first encounter, it was another tight contest in the U21 playoff for 5th on the weekend. But after the Tigers equalised in the last 10 minutes. It became litteraly a penalty shoot out for the last two minutes. South Sydney getting a long range penalty, to take the lead. Then the Tigers getting a close range attempt to level the scores. Then a final penalty to win the game, but Humphries was not able to land the long range kick. But in a game where South Sydney needed to win, a draw was not enough to make the finals as they bow out in 6th place. Lenoy-Sam finished the season as the top try scorer with 13 tries, while Charlie Poynton finihsed the year as the top point scorer with 72 points. While Taj Alvarez finished the year scoring 24 tries across U19s and U21s.
Women finish in 2nd
It was real team effort by the womens team, as South Sydney continue their finals charge. We have moved into second place with another strong performance. McGregor put in another domaint performance with the boot and setting up tries. Now for the finals.
Arrow emotional scenes
There were emotional scenes up in the Gold Coast as Jai Arrow returned to the field for his 99th appearance for the Rabbitohs, as the NRL gave Jai a opportunity to say goodbye to his former clu the Gold Coast. A Rabbitohs ground round record at Ribin turned up to farewell Jai. After entering the field of play and the referee signaling time on and then time off under the speacial Arrow rules. Cameron Murray waited on the sideline with a special Arrow interchange card, and Jai waved Murray off saying he wanted to stay on. It was a special moment many won't forget, including Bennett helping Jai put his socks on.
Round 26 - Stat Attack
Statistically it was good game. Completions improved to 85% from 77% last week. Errors improved to 7 from 10 last week week. We gave away 4 penalties and 5 6-again calls from 7 last week. Souths Effective 1st tackle improved to a good level of 29.1m from 36.2m last week. Our missed tackles dropped to a horrid level of 48 from 32 last week. Opposition offloads dropped to 14 from 9 last week.
Looking at our left side defence - Johnston-Duncan-Walker-Aitken (2-4-8-2) dropped to 16 from 9 last week. On the right side Graham-Wighton-Sullivan-Fifita/Duncan (2-4-5-8) dropped to 19 from 6 last week. Ruck defence Tatola/Hubner-BSmith/Humphreys-Koloamatangi/Keppie-Murray (1-7-2-3) improved to 13 from 19 missed tackles last week.
Our go forward improved to 1905m from 1438m last week. With our props go forward improved to a average level of 435m compared to 306m last week. Fifita, B.Smith, Graham and Mitchell made 10+m per run. Koloamatangi, Murray, Fifita, Tatola, Aitken, Dufty, Graham, Duncan, Johnston and Wighton made 100+m in the match. Dufty and Koloamatangi made 200+m for the game. Defensively Murray was our best in the tackling raking up 42 tackles. Hubner, Keppie, Humphreys and Dufty didn't miss a tackle.
Rd24 Canterbury StAu W 22-6 Rd25 Warriors StAu L 26-45 Rd26 Gold Coast Robi W 42-22
Rd24 Penrith WSS W 12-6 Rd25 Wests-Tig SFS2 L 24-25 Rd26 Dolphins SFS2 L 12-26
2024 Rd03 SFS2 L 6-48 37,594 A.Klein 2024 Rd27 StAu L 28-36 19,674 G.Atkins 2025 Rd05 StAu W 20-14 22,114 A.Gee 2025 Rd27 SFS2 L 6-36 41,604 A.Gee 2026 Rd02 SFS2 L 18-26 41,424 A.Gee
First Grade Pe 6A SB OR SO
2026 Rd11 Dolphins LngS L 10-32 48,673 Referee 4-5 9-5 - 2 - :
2026 Rd14 Manly Brok L 14-28 15,451 Referee 5-10 4-5 - 2 - :
2026 Rd18 Penrith WSS L 14-36 15,163 Referee 4-4 6-3 1 2 - :
M W D L : PeW PeD PeL PeF PeA : 6AW 6AD 6AL 6AF 6AA : SB OR SO
v Syd Rstrs 7 2 - 5 29% : 3 - 4 42 46 48% : 2 2 - 17 8 68% : 1 3 -
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