As one of the two remaining foundation clubs in Australian Rugby League, and with 20 Premierships under their belt, the South Sydney Rabbitohs are the most successful club in Australian Rugby League history. Recent times however have seen the Rabbitohs venture near the bottom of the NRL ladder with an exception being in 2007 when South Sydney made its first finals appearance since 1989.
South Sydney’s finals charge copped a debilitating double blow with star import Sam Burgess put on report as Canterbury registered a stunning 32-12 upset NRL win at ANZ Stadium on Friday night.
As Bulldogs fullback Luke Patten scored his 100th try in the top grade to cap a mixed night, the Rabbitohs left themselves with plenty [...] Read article
NRL preview panel for round 21 matches (all times AEST).
Friday
Canterbury Bulldogs v South Sydney Rabbitohs at ANZ Stadium, 7.35pm
Head to head: Bulldogs 72, Rabbitohs 63, drawn 4
Last clash: Rabbitohs 38-16 at ANZ Stadium (rd 4, 2010)
TAB Sportsbet: Bulldogs $2.30, Rabbitohs $1.60
FootyTab: Bulldogs +2.5
Souths appear to be back after a rough match of mostly narrow losses [...] Read article
South Sydney coach John Lang compared halfback Chris Sandow to former Manly legend Cliff Lyons after the energetic No.7 inspired the Rabbitohs to a crucial 38-28 NRL win over the Warriors at ANZ Stadium on Sunday.
Sandow’s enthusiasm, skill and pin-point goal-kicking was the catalyst for the Bunnies bridging a 10-point halftime deficit as the home [...] Read article
Just as the NRL finals picture was beginning to take shape, four of the top five sides lost at the weekend, leaving the playoff race as open as it’s ever been.
South Sydney and Manly won on Sunday and the Gold Coast on Friday to dismiss fears they were on the slide, while the top three [...] Read article
Attending the Souths Vs Saints game on Friday night, I had expected that there would be a quite big crowd, with the Dragons being number one and the Bunnies going into the weekend pushing for the top four.
However, I was very disappointed at the crowd of 22,000, given the facts mentioned and the highly=publicised [...] Read article
Prodigal son Mark Gasnier scored the match-winner as St George Illawarra powered home to a 16-13 NRL win over South Sydney at ANZ Stadium on Friday night.
Gasnier was criticised for his NRL comeback from French rugby against Penrith two weeks ago, but showed why the Dragons went to so much trouble to get him back, [...] Read article
Sydney Roosters five-eighth Todd Carney has led his side to a last-gasp 18-14 win over South Sydney in a bruising NRL derby at the Sydney Football Stadium.
Man of the match Carney scored the Roosters’ only first-half try, laid on the winner for Mitch Aubusson and booted three-from-three as the Roosters snatched victory in the 77th [...] Read article
We’re heading into the business end of the season, so it’s only fair the round review heats up as well.
Tigers v Titans. Campbelltown Stadium, Campbelltown. Friday 7.35pm
Much has been said about ‘Paul’ the psychic Octopus who has famously been picking FIFA World Cup winners, but most people don’t know that Paul’s first love is actually [...] Read article
I was thinking it was high time the clubs paid their fans. How did Souths repay their loyal fans after several marches on Town Hall, and countless money making fan days to get the club back into the NRL? Simple, they sold the club to a Kiwi actor.
Manly also got rid of the people’s [...] Read article
For the NRL to grow and ward off increased competition from AFL in heartland areas, there are only two options: either the NRL cuts weak teams or expands into areas that can subsidize the weak teams and grow the game.
I believe the days of forced mergers and culling are over.
No one wants that pain [...] Read article
Manly coach Des Hasler has urged the NRL to hurry up and make a decision about increasing the salary cap after watching Canterbury-bound Trent Hodkinson kick his side to a 26-25 victory over South Sydney on Saturday.
Hodkinson agreed to a three-year deal worth an estimated $280,000 a season with the Bulldogs this week, putting an [...] Read article
Two late field goals from Trent Hodkinson has sealed a 26-25 NRL win for a patched-up Manly over South Sydney in an absorbing clash at Brookvale Oval on Saturday.
Trailing 25-24 with three minutes remaining, the Canterbury-bound Hodkinson booted two field goals to give the Sea Eagles a first home win since round nine.
Chris Sandow’s field [...] Read article
The Sydney Roosters have proved four playmakers are better than one, bursting Parramatta’s bubble in a red-hot 48-12 thrashing of the Eels at Parramatta Stadium.
Halves Todd Carney and Mitchell Pearce, lock Braith Anasta and fullback Anthony Minichiello – who bagged two tries – ran riot as the Roosters scored eight tries to two and notched [...]
Wests Tigers survived a bombing barrage to consolidate fourth spot on the NRL ladder with a hard-earned 24-22 win over Cronulla at Leichhardt Oval on Saturday night.
Second rower Liam Fulton bagged a double as the Tigers outscored the Sharks five tries to four in a patchy performance against a spirited Cronulla side.
The Tigers sparkled only [...]
This years Four-Nations promises to be the best held in the Southern Hemisphere. Well, let’s put it out there and say ever.
With the double header and the new Eden Park, Papua New Guinea on the international scene to show their stuff against the best – also reminding the NRL that they are around for admission [...]
South Sydney’s finals charge copped a debilitating double blow with star import Sam Burgess put on report as Canterbury registered a stunning 32-12 upset NRL win at ANZ Stadium on Friday night.
As Bulldogs fullback Luke Patten scored his 100th try in the top grade to cap a mixed night, the Rabbitohs left themselves with plenty [...]
Penrith winger Michael Gordon delivered the inspiration his team has been seeking to get their NRL campaign back on track on Friday night.
Locked 16-all with North Queensland at a damp CUA Stadium, Gordon scored a sensational 55-metre solo effort to snap the Panthers’ losing streak and seal a dramatic 24-16 win.
The Panthers were made to [...]
At the start of the year I made a resolution not to blast referees this season. My resolution was made partly through a feeling that it was a tough job and having some no name blogger tapping away in fury did little to reach a productive solution of improved refereeing and two.
If the improvements that [...]
I’ve just seen the replay again of Matai’s supposed ‘high hit’ on Robbie Farah last Sunday, and need to vent. I was at the game right in front of the incident. Farah was rolling around on the ground pretending to be concussed in a performance that the Italian football team would have been proud of.
The [...]
NRL preview panel for round 21 matches (all times AEST).
Friday
Canterbury Bulldogs v South Sydney Rabbitohs at ANZ Stadium, 7.35pm
Head to head: Bulldogs 72, Rabbitohs 63, drawn 4
Last clash: Rabbitohs 38-16 at ANZ Stadium (rd 4, 2010)
TAB Sportsbet: Bulldogs $2.30, Rabbitohs $1.60
FootyTab: Bulldogs +2.5
Souths appear to be back after a rough match of mostly narrow losses [...]
Rugby league legend Benny Elias has been appointed to the board of A-League club Perth Glory.
Elias played 234 games for Balmain, 22 State of Origin games for New South Wales and 14 internationals for Australia and in 2005 was named one of the 25 greatest ever NSW players.
“Benny Elias brings a winning culture and attitude [...]
Parramatta believe they’ll be the more desperate side, the Sydney Roosters says it’s their “biggest test yet” – either way, it promises to be one of the NRL games of the year.
The league’s two form sides will clash in what is expected to be a sell-out at Parramatta Stadium and has been unusually scheduled as [...]
