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The South Sydney Rabbitohs have lost three of their past four matches and now take on a Manly Sea Eagles outfit shooting for seven straight victories. Join us for live scores and commentary from 7.30pm AEST.
Greg Inglis and John Sutton have both been named to face Manly tonight in a massive boost for the Rabbitohs.
Manly disposed of the Warriors 27-12 last week and are playing like a team that expects to be still competing for the premiership come October.
Big game players Brett and Glenn Stewart, Jamie Lyon, Daly Cherry-Evans, Keiran Foran, David Williams and Steve Matai are all firing at the right time of the season and will be difficult to stop for South Sydney tonight.
The Rabbitohs toiled hard against Melbourne last week but lacked the clinical edge in attack to trouble the Storm when they got in good field position.
If Inglis and Sutton do remain sidelined, it remains to be seen if Adam Reynolds, Luke Keary and Issac Luke can do enough in the key positions to secure the Rabbitohs an unlikely win tonight.
Prediction
If Inglis and Sutton are absent, the Rabbitohs just lack the x factor needed in attack to hurt a Manly defence that has been very solid this season.
That doesn’t mean that the Rabbitohs won’t be competitive. They do possess a great pack and will still make Manly work very hard for victory.
Against Melbourne, South Sydney managed to dominate large periods of the second half thanks to the strong work of a pack led admirably by representative stars Ben Te’o, the Burgess brothers and Chris McQueen.
While Manly love to play a physical game, South Sydney certainly possess enough muscle upfront to win the arm wrestle against the Sea Eagles.
Manly’s backline however holds a significant advantage on form over the Rabbitohs and it is in this area where the match should be decided.
The Sea Eagles backline is wonderfully in tune at the moment, with the Stewart brothers, Williams, Lyon, Cherry-Evans, Matai, Foran and Taufua all playing very well.
The result of tonight’s contest will largely hinge on whether or not Inglis and Sutton take the field for the Rabbitohs.
A full strength South Sydney line-up has already shown that they can beat the very best this competition has to offer, as evidenced by the Rabbitohs terrific 20-12 victory over Manly at Brookvale Oval back in round 7.
In short, South Sydney are every chance of stopping Manly right in their tracks, but only if Inglis and Sutton are present on the paddock.
Rabbitohs by four.