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Until Friday night I wouldn’t have thought Souths were true title contenders. But the way they ambushed the competition leaders, maybe we won’t be labelling them as chokers once again come finals time.
To Manly’s credit, they hung in there, but you just never got the sense they were going to walk away with a win.
Souths’ line speed was intense and they maintained that intensity throughout the whole game.
I kept waiting for Souths to take their foot off the pedal but it never happened.
Manly really struggled to make big metres. Anthony Watmough was the only Manly player who was able to break 100 running metres.
In attack Souths ran right through the middle of Manly. The Sea Eagles struggled to be dominant in defence due to quick play the balls. Issac Luke also had a field day at hooker, catching out lazy markers numerous times.
The Rabbitohs suffocated Manly with their defence and didn’t allow them to get in to the game.
It will be hard for Souths to keep up the intensity week-in, week-out during the finals but if they do they will be true premiership contenders. Without it, they’ll be the chokers we have seen in the last few seasons.
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