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St George Illawarra Dragons vs South Sydney Rabbitohs: NRL live scores, blog, highlights

6th April, 2018
Kick-off: 7.50pm (AEDT)
Venue: Jubilee Oval
TV: Channel Nine (FTA), Fox League
Betting: Dragons $1.35, Rabbitohs $3.30
Overall record: Played 28, Dragons 16 wins, Rabbitohs 12 wins.
Last meeting: Rabbitohs won 26-24 at the SCG in Round 22 last year.
Referees: Gavin Badger, Peter Gough
Sideline officials: Rohan Best, Belinda Sleeman
Video referees: Steve Chiddy, Luke Patten

Dragons
1 Matthew Dufty, 2 Nene Macdonald, 3 Euan Aitken, 4 Tim Lafai, 5 Jason Nightingale, 6 Gareth Widdop (c), 7 Ben Hunt, 8 James Graham, 9 Cameron McInnes, 10 Paul Vaughan, 11 Tyson Frizell, 12 Tariq Sims, 13 Jack De Belin, 14 Luciano Leilua, 15 Kurt Mann, 16 Leeson Ah Mau, 17 Hame Sele

Reserves: 18 Jeremy Latimore, 19 Zachary Lomax, 20 Jacob Host, 21 Blake Lawrie

Rabbitohs
1 Alex Johnston, 2 Dane Gagai, 3 Greg Inglis (c), 4 Hymel Hunt, 5 Robert Jennings, 6 Cody Walker, 7 Adam Reynolds, 8 Thomas Burgess, 9 Damien Cook, 16 George Burgess, 11 John Sutton, 12 Angus Crichton, 13 Cameron Murray, 14 Adam Doueihi, 15 Mark Nicholls, 17 Tevita Tatola, 19 Jason Clark

Reserves: 18 Robbie Farah, 20 Braidon Burns, 21 Kyle Turner
The Dragons could be the real deal. (Photo by Mark Nolan/Getty Images)
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Will the table-topping St George Illawarra Dragons continue to silence their sceptics or will the South Sydney Rabbitohs overcome the loss of Sam Burgess? Join The Roar for live scores and a blog of the match, starting at 7:50pm AEST.

While many were expecting Paul McGregor’s men to figure in this year’s finals race, very few were anticipating such an impressive start to their 2018 campaign.

Their undefeated start to the year bears resemblance to their early success last season. The Red V won six of their first seven games to storm into premiership contention only to win six of their remaining 17 fixtures.

This year, however, the Dragons appear to have an extra edge with new halves pairing Gareth Widdop and Ben Hunt currently forming the most formidable partnership in the competition.

Their outside backs have also been strong with the St George Illawarra backline combining for the second most run metres in the competition with 2475.

South Sydney search for their third-straight win on Friday night yet will have to do so without Sam Burgess. The inspirational forward was controversially suspended for two weeks for a raised elbow on Bulldogs centre Josh Morris.

His absence, however, is offset by the return of halfback Adam Renyolds with rookie Adam Doueihi reverting back to the bench. Meanwhile, Dane Gagai has been named on the wing for Friday night’s clash with Hymel Hunt shifting to his spot in the centres.

The Rabbitohs may have got out of jail against Canterbury off the back of two late tries yet coach Anthony Seibold would have been disappointed with his side’s 13 errors.

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South Sydney will have to improve their ball handling if they are to overcome a firing Dragons outfit.

Prediction
The Dragons’ winning streak will have to come to an end sometime but they do not look like slowing down anytime soon and certainly not against an unconvincing Rabbitohs side.

Dragons by 14.

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