2025 R20 Fri - Penrith v South Sydney @ CommBank

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NRL 2025 - Round 20
Penrith Panthers v South Sydney Rabbitohs
CommBank Stadium, Parramatta / Burramattagal (TICKETS)

Friday 18 July 2025
NRL kickoff 8pm
Live on Fox, Kayo, Nine, 9Now

1. Dylan Edwards 2. Thomas Jenkins 3. Paul Alamoti 4. Casey McLean 5. Brian To'o 6. Blaize Talagi 7. Brad Schneider 8. Moses Leota 9. Mitch Kenny 10. Lindsay Smith 11. Scott Sorensen 12. Luke Garner 13. Isaiah Papali'i 14. Daine Laurie 15. Liam Henry 16. Luron Patea 17. Matt Eisenhuth 18. Jack Cole 19. Luke Sommerton 20. Mavrik Geyer 21. Harrison Hassett 22. Preston Riki

Out: Izack Tago (centre), Isaah Yeo (lock), Nathan Cleary (bench)
In: Dylan Edwards (fullback), Brian To'o (wing), Scott Sorensen (second row)
Changes: Daine Laurie (fullback to bench), Paul Alamoti (wing to centre), Isaiah Papali'i (second row to lock)

1. Latrell Mitchell 2. Alex Johnston 3. Isaiah Tass 4. Tallis Duncan 5. Tyrone Munro 6. Jack Wighton 7. Jamie Humphreys 8. Tevita Tatola 9. Siliva Havili 10. Keaon Koloamatangi 11. Euan Aitken 12. Jacob Host 13. Jai Arrow 14. Peter Mamouzelos 15. Lachlan Hubner 16. Sean Keppie 17. Lewis Dodd 18. Liam Le Blanc 19. Thomas Fletcher 20. Ryan Gray 21. Shaquai Mitchell 22. Ammaron Gudgeon

Out: Campbell Graham (centre), Brandon Smith (hooker), Davvy Moale (bench), Liam Le Blanc (bench to reserve)
In: Latrell Mitchell (fullback), Euan Aitken (second row), Peter Mamouzelos (bench), Sean Keppie (bench), Lewis Dodd (bench)
Changes: Alex Johnston (fullback to wing), Isaiah Tass (wing to centre), Jai Arrow (second row to lock), Lachlan Hubner (lock to bench), Siliva Havili (bench to hooker), Ryan Gray (bench to reserve)

Referee: Gerard Sutton
Sideline Officials: Ziggy Przeklasa-Adamski, Kasey Badger
Video Referee: Chris Butler

HEAD TO HEAD - 1967 - 2025​

​	TOTAL​	PENRITH​	SOUTH SYDNEY​	DRAWN​
ALL MATCHES​	97​	47​	49​	1​
COMMBANK​	0​	0​	0​	0​

LAST FIVE MEETINGS​

YEAR​	ROUND​	RESULT​	VENUE​	CROWD​
2023​	Round 2​	PENRITH 16-10​	BlueBet​	16906​
2023​	Round 8​	SOUTH SYDNEY 20-18​	Accor​	19548​
2024​	Round 9​	PENRITH 42-12​	Accor​	8155​
2024​	Round 26​	PENRITH 34-12​	BlueBet​	20176​
2025​	Round 4​	SOUTH SYDNEY 28-18​	Accor​	10029​

BIGGEST WINS​

YEAR​	ROUND​	RESULT​	VENUE​	CROWD​
1980​	Round 7​	SOUTH SYDNEY 59-5​	Redfern​	4752​
2021​	Round 11​	PENRITH 56-12​	Apex Oval​	10824​

NEXT FOUR MATCHES​

​	Round 21​	Round 22​	Round 23​	Round 24​
PENRITH​	WESTS TIGERS (H)​	GOLD COAST (A)​	NEWCASTLE (A)​	MELBOURNE (H)​
SOUTH SYDNEY​	CRONULLA (H)​	BRISBANE (A)​	GOLD COAST (A)​	PARRAMATTA (H)​

LAST THREE MATCHES​

​	Round 17​	​	Round 18​	​	Round 19​	​
PENRITH​	CANTERBURY​	W 8-6​	BYE​	-​	PARRAMATTA​	W 32-10​
SOUTH SYDNEY​	DOLPHINS​	L 28-50​	MANLY​	L 12-30​	BYE​	-​

STATE OF PLAY: 2025 SEASON​

	POSITION	PLAYED	BYES	W-L-D	FOR	AGAINST
PENRITH	6th	16	3	8-7-1	354	329
SOUTH SYDNEY	16th	17	2	6-11-0	305	434

LOWER GRADES
PENRITH	SOUTH SYDNEY
NSW Cup v Western Suburbs (WST), Lidcombe Oval, Saturday, 2:15pm Jersey Flegg v Wests Tigers, Lidcombe Oval, Saturday, 12:00pm	NSW Cup v St George Illawarra, Redfern Oval, Saturday, 2:00pm Jersey Flegg v St George Illawarra, Redfern Oval, Saturday, 11:45am

 

[Valheru]

The softest of soft draws continues for Penrith.

Souths are in a real hole with even Bennett copping some heat in the media. That means he will have them up for this but hard to see them winning.

 

[Fangs]

Its Tuesday and everyone is talking about Penrith.

How could you blame them? The most extraordinary club in the entire world has once again defied the odds and won 5 in a row. Remarkable, truly remarkable.

Souths left edge will test Penrith's right who will likely be missing Tago. Cleary still injured, uncertainty if Martin will play. A compromised right edge against Souths lethal left should see them score some points.

But there is a touch of destiny about Penrith. They'll win this by 2. Say 24-22.

 

[soc123_au]

The softest of soft draws continues for Penrith.

Souths are in a real hole with even Bennett copping some heat in the media. That means he will have them up for this but hard to see them winning.

Yep, it's very unfair. We haven't had to play a team better than us since 2019. We are almost in Sharks territory when it comes to soft draws. Ivan should be able to install the 3 speed crash box for this one, no syncros required.

 

[yobbo84]

We are the biggest one-man team I've ever seen.

It's so bloody ironic that this season, of all seasons, is the one where Latrell is fit, has looked the most involved, is cleaning up kicks, running back kick returns hard, putting up towering bombs, and still creating tries... while the rest of the team is injured or rubbish. We could have had another premiership at least if he has this had happened earlier. Alas.

I've got a feeling it might be 28-0 at half time again. But unlike last time, it won't be Souths ahead.

 

[Valheru]

Yep, it's very unfair. We haven't had to play a team better than us since 2019. We are almost in Sharks territory when it comes to soft draws. Ivan should be able to install the 3 speed crash box for this one, no syncros required.

No need to get all uppity

A 14 week period of the below is user friendly wouldn't you agree?

Cowboys
Bye
Knights (Origin)
Eels
Wests
Bye (Origin)
Warriors
Dogs
Bye (Origin)
Eels
Souths
Wests
Titans
Knights

 

[yobbo84]

No need to get all uppity

A 14 week period of the below is user friendly wouldn't you agree?

Cowboys
Bye
Knights (Origin)
Eels
Wests
Bye (Origin)
Warriors
Dogs
Bye (Origin)
Eels
Souths
Wests
Titans
Knights

This season the whole draw has been weird.

Souths have literally won more games against the current top 8 than the Bulldogs have:
- Souths have defeated Brisbane, Penrith and the Roosters
- Bulldogs have defeated the Raiders and the Roosters

This week is our 11th game vs a team in the current top 8, while the Storm play only their 5th game vs a team currently in the top 8.

We can argue about salary caps, on field rules, injuries, etc - I sure have - but it matters not while the draw is the most unbalanced part of our game by a lengthy margin.

 

[soc123_au]

No need to get all uppity

A 14 week period of the below is user friendly wouldn't you agree?

Cowboys
Bye
Knights (Origin)
Eels
Wests
Bye (Origin)
Warriors
Dogs
Bye (Origin)
Eels
Souths
Wests
Titans
Knights

The first 3 weeks of that would beg to differ based on results. But yeah, it reads as a pretty cushy run. You could pick a similar block for most sides though.

2 top 4 sides in there, and we know the result of those.

 

[Black Panther]

No need to get all uppity

A 14 week period of the below is user friendly wouldn't you agree?

Cowboys
Bye
Knights (Origin)
Eels
Wests
Bye (Origin)
Warriors
Dogs
Bye (Origin)
Eels
Souths
Wests
Titans
Knights

No easy games anymore, any team can win on the day. I did notice however the next games after that you failed to mention. Typical Roosters supporter.

 

[Valheru]

The first 3 weeks of that would beg to differ based on results. But yeah, it reads as a pretty cushy run. You could pick a similar block for most sides though.

2 top 4 sides in there, and we know the result of those.

Absolutely but that wouldn't annoy Penrith fans

 

[Valheru]

No easy games anymore, any team can win on the day. I did notice however the next games after that you failed to mention. Typical Roosters supporter.

Of course not... I have a narrative to uphold

 

[Fangs]

Is Valheu the new Rhyno?

 

[soc123_au]

Is Valheu the new Rhyno?

Nah, Rhyno actually believes his own bullshit.

 

[ACTPanthers]

Of course not... I have a narrative to uphold

Love the honesty - Respect level increased (not that you care what I think, and rightfully so)

 

[yobbo84]

3-4 years ago, the Panthers had to play their stars busted, needled up with broken bones (literally), just to beat us.

Now, they can happily rest Cleary and Yeo.

What a fall from grace.

 

[ColdWetPanther]

No need to get all uppity

A 14 week period of the below is user friendly wouldn't you agree?

Cowboys
Bye
Knights (Origin)
Eels
Wests
Bye (Origin)
Warriors
Dogs
Bye (Origin)
Eels
Souths
Wests
Titans
Knights

A few teams in that list that have beaten us more than once this decade…

 

[mxlegend99]

3-4 years ago, the Panthers had to play their stars busted, needled up with broken bones (literally), just to beat us.

Now, they can happily rest Cleary and Yeo.

What a fall from grace.

IMO Ivan is taking a huge gamble resting Yeo and Cleary. Especially ontop of Tago and Martin being out. We could almost certainly get the 2 points if we took our best available 17 in and treated Souths as if they are a threat. We aren’t exactly safely in the 8 to be gambling with our roster.

We got pumped by Souths once already this year because we didn’t respect them. We should not assume the 2 points is ours this time.

 

[soc123_au]

3-4 years ago, the Panthers had to play their stars busted, needled up with broken bones (literally), just to beat us.

Now, they can happily rest Cleary and Yeo.

What a fall from grace.

Only when Latrell was out of the team. If he was playing it was just target him and job done.

 

[Fangs]

IMO Ivan is taking a huge gamble resting Yeo and Cleary. Especially ontop of Tago and Martin being out. We could almost certainly get the 2 points if we took our best available 17 in and treated Souths as if they are a threat. We aren’t exactly safely in the 8 to be gambling with our roster.

We got pumped by Souths once already this year because we didn’t respect them. We should not assume the 2 points is ours this time.

100% agree.

Its almost an entirely new edge outside of Jenkins. Its 71% tries scored on the left for Souths this year which is easily the highest in the comp. Edwards in is a plus because I think he is going to doing plenty of cover defence.

Souths is our hardest game left until we hit the top 4 teams (Storm, Raiders, Dogs). I would have preferred we played more of our best in this one and rested in other rounds.

 

[yobbo84]

Have you blokes seen our lineup lol