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The South Sydney Rabbitohs will be looking to return to the winners list when they host the Canberra Raiders at Barlow Park in Cairns to close out Round 8 of the NRL. Join The Roar for live scores from 4:00pm (AEST).
It was a wet and windy loss for the Rabbitohs against the Sharks in Round 7, making it two defeats on the trot for the 2014 premiers after they fell at home against the Cowboys in Round 6.
The Rabbitohs will go into this match unchanged from last week, so the question is simply whether a trip north will help a side, that is struggling to account for injuries, gel and reignite the early season form that had many pegging them as the benchmark in 2015.
The bookies are quite confident the Rabbitohs will bounce back, however we see this match as destined to be closer than $1.20 to $4.00 odds might indicate.
In their Round 20 meeting last season, the Rabbitohs cruised to a 16-point victory – however the Rabbitohs’ lineup today is missing some key cogs that performed strongly in that meeting.
In particular, without Adam Reynolds in the team, a repeat of this performance is difficult to imagine.
The Raiders enter this round in 14th on the ladder, but will take some heart from their win against the Wests Tigers last start.
Following the loss of Dane Tilse (who is heading overseas to play with Hull KR), the Raiders have been forced to make some changes to the front row, moving Shaun Fensom to lock.
Mark Nicholls has also been included on the bench, replacing Luke Bateman.
Join The Roar for live scores of the Rabbitohs vs Raiders from 4:00pm (AEST).
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