Match Discussion: Round 9 vs South Sydney @ Suncorp Stadium, Milton / Yuggera-Turrbal

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NRL 2025 - Round 9
South Sydney Rabbitohs v Newcastle Knights
Suncorp Stadium, Milton / Yuggera-Turrbal

Saturday 3 May 2025
NRL kickoff 3:00pm.
Live on Fox, Kayo, Nine, 9Now

1. Jye Gray 2. Bayleigh Bentley-Hape 3. Euan Aitken 4. Campbell Graham 5. Isaiah Tass 6. Jack Wighton 7. Jayden Sullivan 8. Sean Keppie 9. Peter Mamouzelos 10. Tevita Tatola 11. Keaon Koloamatangi 12. Tallis Duncan 13. Jai Arrow
14. Liam Le Blanc 15. Lachlan Hubner 16. Davvy Moale 17. Fletcher Myers
18. Thomas Fletcher 19. Lewis Dodd 20. Joshua Schuster 21. Salesi Ataata 22. Nazareth Taua

Out: Latrell Mitchell (fullback), Siliva Havili (bench), Lewis Dodd (to reserve)
In: Liam Le Blanc (bench), Lachlan Hubner (bench), Fletcher Myers (bench)
Changes: Jack Wighton (centre to five-eighth), Jye Gray (five-eighth to fullback), Euan Aitken (second row to centre), Tallis Duncan (bench to second row)

1. Kalyn Ponga 2. James Schiller 3. Dane Gagai 4. Bradman Best 5. Greg Marzhew 6. Fletcher Sharpe 7. Jack Cogger 8. Jacob Saifiti 9. Phoenix Crossland 10. Leo Thompson 11. Dylan Lucas 12. Kai Pearce-Paul 13. Tyson Frizell
14. Jayden Brailey 15. Mathew Croker 16. Adam Elliott 17. Brodie Jones
18. Thomas Cant 19. Tyson Gamble 20. Kyle McCarthy 21. Matthew Arthur 22. Tyrone Thompson

Out: Thomas Cant, Tyrone Thompson (to reserve)
In: Jacob Saifiti (front row), Adam Elliott (bench)
Changes: Tyson Frizell (front row to lock), Jayden Brailey (hooker to bench), Mat Croker (lock to bench), Phoenix Crossland (bench to hooker)

Referee: Liam Kennedy
Sideline Officials: Jon Stone, TBC
Video Referee: Ashley Klein

HEAD TO HEAD - 1988 - 2024​

	TOTAL	SOUTH SYDNEY	NEWCASTLE	DRAWN
ALL MATCHES	48	19	29	0
SUNCORP	0	0	0	0

LAST FIVE MEETINGS​

YEAR	ROUND	RESULT	VENUE	CROWD
2020	Qualifying Final	SOUTH SYDNEY 46-20	ANZ	17212
2021	Round 14	SOUTH SYDNEY 24-10	ANZ	12156
2022	Round 17	SOUTH SYDNEY 40-28	McD. Jones	18621
2023	Round 25	NEWCASTLE 29-10	McD. Jones	29018
2024	Round 25	NEWCASTLE 36-16	Accor	9659

BIGGEST WINS​

YEAR	ROUND	RESULT	VENUE	CROWD
1999	Round 23	NEWCASTLE 60-0	Marathon	21820
2015	Round 20	SOUTH SYDNEY 52-6	ANZ	14603

NEXT FOUR MATCHES​

	Round 10	Round 11	Round 12	Round 13
SOUTH SYDNEY	BRISBANE (H)	WESTS TIGERS (A)	(BYE)	WARRIORS (H)
NEWCASTLE	GOLD COAST (H)	PARRAMATTA (H)	PENRITH (A)	ST GEO ILLA (A)

LAST THREE MATCHES​

	Round 6		Round 7		Round 8
SOUTH SYDNEY	NORTH QLD	L 16-24	CANTERBURY	L 0-32	MELBOURNE	L 16-24
NEWCASTLE	WESTS TIGERS	L 4-20	CRONULLA	L 14-34	WARRIORS	L 12-26

STATE OF PLAY: 2025 SEASON​

	POSITION	PLAYED	BYES	W-L-D	FOR	AGAINST
SOUTH SYDNEY	11th	8	0	4-4-0	133	177
NEWCASTLE	15th	7	1	2-5-0	72	146

 

[Old dog]

Please Hastings to 7, Gamble to 6, Sharpe to wing, Schiller to Cup.
If injuries allow, JSaf and Elliott back, Frizell and Croker to bench, Cant and Tyrone to Cup.
Yes like a broken record, over and over with no change, Ho hum another loss

 

[Yosh]

Please Hastings to 7, Gamble to 6, Sharpe to wing, Schiller to Cup.
If injuries allow, JSaf and Elliott back, Frizell and Croker to bench, Cant and Tyrone to Cup.
Yes like a broken record, over and over with no change, Ho hum another loss

Hastings is going to stink up the place even further. Dire times if Hastings is the savior.

 

[Old dog]

He is our best 7 but team and winning are not a consideration, just let him play

 

[mozza91]

Hastings is definitely a better option than Cogger. I’m happy if they give Sharpe/Gamble another crack though. We need to persevere with Sharpe in the halves.

 

[speedster]

Please Hastings to 7, Gamble to 6, Sharpe to wing, Schiller to Cup.

I think this too because as good as Sharpe is on his feet, him not being a genuine ball player means Ponga is playing a hybrid part 5/8 and part fullback which stinks worse than Hastings social skills (allegedly). Having 2 legit halves would allow Ponga to go back and play proper fullback again.

The only issue I have is that I support Souths so I really think this should only happen after this game.

 

[speedster]

That aside, Souths will struggle to cobble a side together yet again this week and I wouldn't be surprised if we play Newcastle back into form. On the other hand, Newcastle could well play us back into form too.

Chances are, neither side will show much in the way of form and it will be the battle of who is less shit house the way it's shaping up.

I'm tipping Newcastle just - to be more shit house than Souths that is.

 

[Gravy]

Hey guys, does anyone know what section the Knights supporters bay is this weekend at Suncorp?

 

[The Axe of Druss]

Please Hastings to 7, Gamble to 6, Sharpe to wing, Schiller to Cup.
If injuries allow, JSaf and Elliott back, Frizell and Croker to bench, Cant and Tyrone to Cup.
Yes like a broken record, over and over with no change, Ho hum another loss

Time to go over the rainbow bridge fella

 

[Old dog]

Time to go over the rainbow bridge fella

Prefer the Yellow Brick Road tks

 

[Woody90]

Time to go over the rainbow bridge fella

Charming

 

[Haffa]

Hey guys, does anyone know what section the Knights supporters bay is this weekend at Suncorp?

Members will on the roof like last season, I decided against that route this year. Knights supporters bay for Saturday is 312.

 

[The Axe of Druss]

Charming

Lighten up princess

 

[ryan.a87]

Please please please let Gamble come in for Cogger

we are only missing Hetherington

there is literally no excuses

 

[Apey]

That team is a lot better.

Souths by 10

 

[League Unlimited News]

1. Kalyn Ponga 2. James Schiller 3. Dane Gagai 4. Bradman Best 5. Greg Marzhew 6. Fletcher Sharpe 7. Jack Cogger 8. Jacob Saifiti 9. Phoenix Crossland 10. Leo Thompson 11. Dylan Lucas 12. Kai Pearce-Paul 13. Tyson Frizell

14. Jayden Brailey 15. Mathew Croker 16. Adam Elliott 17. Brodie Jones

18. Thomas Cant 19. Tyson Gamble 20. Kyle McCarthy 21. Matthew Arthur 22. Tyrone Thompson


Out: Thomas Cant, Tyrone Thompson (to reserve)

In: Jacob Saifiti (front row), Adam Elliott (bench)

Changes: Tyson Frizell (front row to lock), Jayden Brailey (hooker to bench), Mat Croker (lock to bench), Phoenix Crossland (bench to hooker)

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[Woody90]

We can officially say the seasons over once we lose this one. We have some middles back and Souths’ team is awful. No more excuses.

 

[perverse]

God I hope we turn it around this week... I just can't handle a whole year of this shit. Jacob and Elliott back are huge huge ins. Gamble listed but not in the top 17 is depressing, hopefully a late inclusion rather than AOB shooting himself (and all the fans) in the dick needlessly some more.

I'd really like Matt Arthur to take some strides forward because our hooker rotation sucks ass too, and no-one is really talking about it because we've been so bad in other areas. It'd be cool to have someone in there that contributes more to the team than just a bit of line speed.

 

[Old dog]

The problem with Arthur is does he have long minutes in top grade, if selected at 14 and our 9 is seriously injured in first 10-15mins can he play the 65 or so at a high level or are we better with Crossland and Brailey for 2025.
Is Arthur here beyond 2027 or just gaining experience to be top 9 at WA Bears in 2028

 

[SamSepi0l]

Gamble to 7 immediately plz.