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South Sydney Rabbitohs
16
Match Complete
Parramatta Eels
36
| 76 |  | M. Moses | ||
| 75 |  | W. Penisini | ||
| 73 | | M. Moses | ||
| 71 | | D. Brown | ||
| 58 | | M. Moses | ||
| 57 | | B. Simonsson | ||
| 54 | | M. Moses | ||
| 52 | | B. Cartwright | ||
| L. Mitchell | | 48 | ||
| C. Graham | | 47 | ||
| L. Mitchell | | 38 | ||
| A. Johnston | | 36 | ||
| 28 | | M. Moses | ||
| 26 | | B. Simonsson | ||
| A. Johnston | | 7 | ||
| 3 | | M. Moses | ||
| 2 | | S. Russell |
| 3 | Tries | 6 | ||
| 2 | Conversions | 6 | ||
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 | ||
| 0 | Field Goals | 0 |
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Round 12 of the NRL premiership continues this evening as the South Sydney Rabbitohs host the Parramatta Eels at Allianz Stadium in Sydney. Join The Roar for live scores and commentary from 8pm (AEST).
The Rabbitohs are quite something right now. It’s not just that they’re top of the table with six wins in a row, including victories over the Panthers, Broncos and Storm, and firming as premiership heavyweights. Nor is it just the sustained success of the past five years and the sense that the club is evolving through careful deliberation and planning, including some unpopular non-retention decisions.
Souths seem, at times, to be very gradually deconstructing rugby league. Much is made of their ability to do damage from set pieces – scrums, tap-restarts and so on – but it’s more than that. It’s that any one of three or four versions of the Rabbitohs could hop out from behind the veil of the restart.
They can match the humming, relentless defensive pressure of the Panthers. They can do the controlled chaos of the Sharks at their best or the Roosters of past seasons, all moving, whirring parts and unpredictability. They can do the middle forward-led fire and brimstone of the Raiders or previous versions of the Eels. They can shift tempos like the Storm and Broncos if they need to.
And barring a sudden identity crisis, the Rabbitohs will win easily tonight against an Eels team who’ve managed to deconstruct themselves into a very ordinary rugby league team, currently sitting 14th, four points out of the top eight and coming off back-to-back defeats to the Titans and Raiders.
There is at least some good news for Parramatta, with half Mitchell Moses back from concussion, but there’s also bad news with key back rower Shaun Lane now out for up to six weeks with a hamstring injury.
Souths have lost bench forward Jed Cartwright to concussion, with Daniel Suluka-Fifita taking his place, but are otherwise unchanged from last week.
Prediction
Form, style, tactical flexibility and coherence, strength in key positions, the gambling odds, the general vibe – it all favours Souths.
Rabbitohs by 20.
Venue: Allianz Stadium, Sydney
Kick-off: 8pm (AEST)
TV: Fox League, Nine
Stream: Kayo Sports, 9Now
Odds: Rabbitohs $1.36; Eels $3.20 – odds via PlayUp
Teams
Rabbitohs
1. Latrell Mitchell 2. Alex Johnston 3. Isaiah Tass 4. Campbell Graham 5. Taane Milne 6. Cody Walker 7. Lachlan Ilias 8. Tevita Tatola 9. Damien Cook 10. Hame Sele 11. Michael Chee Kam 12. Jacob Host 13. Cameron Murray (c)
Interchange/Reserves: 14. Blake Taaffe 15. Jai Arrow 16. Liam Knight 17. Daniel Suluka-Fifita 18. Ben Lovett 19. Richard Kennar 20. Peter Mamouzelos 21. Shaq Mitchell 22. Dean Hawkins
Eels
1. Clint Gutherson (c) 2. Maika Sivo 3. Viliami Penisini 4. Bailey Simonsson 5. Sean Russell 6. Dylan Brown 7. Mitchell Moses 8. Wiremu Greig 9. Josh Hodgson 10. Junior Paulo 11. Bryce Cartwright 12. Andrew Davey 13. J’maine Hopgood
Interchange/Reserves: 14. Ofahiki Ogden 15. Brendan Hands 16. Ryan Matterson 17. Makahesi Makatoa 18. Jakob Arthur 19. Haze Dunster 20. Ky Rodwell 21. Daejarn Asi 22. Luca Moretti
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