2025 R21 Sat - South Sydney v Cronulla @ polytec

[League Unlimited News]

NRL 2025 - Round 21
South Sydney Rabbitohs v Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
Polytec Stadium, Gosford / Darkinjung (TICKETS)

Saturday 26 July 2025
NRL kickoff 7:35pm
Live on Fox, Kayo

1. Jye Gray 2. Alex Johnston 3. Isaiah Tass 4. Tallis Duncan 5. Tyrone Munro 6. Jack Wighton 7. Lewis Dodd 8. Tevita Tatola 9. Siliva Havili 10. Sean Keppie 11. Euan Aitken 12. Jai Arrow 13. Lachlan Hubner 14. Liam Le Blanc 15. Jacob Host 16. Ryan Gray 17. Ashton Ward 18. Thomas Fletcher 19. Shaquai Mitchell 20. Salesi Ataata 21. Bayleigh Bentley-Hape 22. Ammaron Gudgeon

Out: Jamie Humphreys (halfback), Keaon Koloamatangi (front row), Peter Mamouzelos (bench)
In: Jye Gray (fullback), Ryan Gray (bench), Ashton Ward (bench)
Changes: Alex Johnston (fullback to wing), Isaiah Tass (wing to centre), Euan Aitken (centre to second row), Jacob Host (second row to bench), Sean Keppie (bench to front row), Lewis Dodd (bench to halfback)

1. William Kennedy 2. Sione Katoa 3. Jesse Ramien 4. Siosifa Talakai 5. Ronaldo Mulitalo 6. Braydon Trindall 7. Nicho Hynes 8. Addin Fonua-Blake 9. Blayke Brailey 10. Oregon Kaufusi 11. Billy Burns 12. Teig Wilton 13. Cameron McInnes 14. Daniel Atkinson 15. Jesse Colquhoun 16. Toby Rudolf 17. Braden Hamlin-Uele 18. Jayden Berrell 19. Chris Veaila 20. Hohepa Puru 21. Samuel Stonestreet 22. Niwhai Puru

Out: Briton Nikora (second row), Chris Vea'ila (centre to reserve)
In: Jesse Ramien (centre), Daniel Atkinson (bench)
Changes: Billy Burns (bench to second row)

Referee: Belinda Sharpe
Sideline Officials: Damian Brady, Michael Wise
Video Referee: Ashley Klein

HEAD TO HEAD - 1967 - 2025​

	TOTAL	SOUTH SYDNEY	CRONULLA	DRAWN
ALL MATCHES	97	43	51	3
POLYTEC	0	0	0	0

LAST FIVE MEETINGS​

YEAR	ROUND	RESULT	VENUE	CROWD
2023	Round 1	SOUTH SYDNEY 27-18	Pointsbet	12757
2023	Round 23	CRONULLA 26-16	Optus Stadium	45814
2024	Round 6	CRONULLA 34-22	Accor	12207
2024	Round 22	CRONULLA 20-6	Sharks	12763
2025	Round 3	CRONULLA 27-12	Sharks	14320

BIGGEST WINS​

YEAR	ROUND	RESULT	VENUE	CROWD
1969	Round 3	SOUTH SYDNEY 43-4	Redfern	7822
1994	Round 22	CRONULLA 42-0	Caltex	14012

NEXT FOUR MATCHES​

	Round 22	Round 23	Round 24	Round 25
SOUTH SYDNEY	BRISBANE (A)	GOLD COAST (A)	PARRAMATTA (H)	ST GEO ILLA (H)
CRONULLA	NORTH QLD (H)	ST GEO ILLA (A)	GOLD COAST (H)	(BYE)

LAST THREE MATCHES​

	Round 18		Round 19		Round 20
SOUTH SYDNEY	MANLY	L 12-30	BYE	-	PENRITH	L 10-30
CRONULLA	BYE	-	DOLPHINS	W 24-12	SYDNEY	W 31-18

STATE OF PLAY: 2025 SEASON​

	POSITION	PLAYED	BYES	W-L-D	FOR	AGAINST
SOUTH SYDNEY	16th	18	2	6-12-0	315	464
CRONULLA	8th	18	2	10-8-0	421	400

LOWER GRADES
South Sydney - NSW Cup (A) v Warriors, Go Media, Saturday 10:35am AEST
Cronulla - NSW Cup (Newtown, H) v St Geo Illa, Henson Park, Saturday 3pm
Jersey Flegg bye weekend

 

[yobbo84]

We have 18 available players from our squad of 35 (top 30 + devs). Should be interesting. A couple of debuts likely. Or A-graders. Or whatever.

Makes no difference. We'll battle hard for 20-25 mins and then Cronulla will run away with it. They love a downhill ski so it could be a big score.

 

[speedster]

Ve vill krush zem.

 

[This Year?]

Will the ghosts of Gosford spook the Sharks?
Will Wayne make any pose other than a gen z stare whenever the cameras go to the coaches box?
Will the thread go longer than 8 pages?
Will there be a Nable promo longer than 15 seconds to get us all hyped?
If the Sharks lose will there be posts by more than 2 of their fans after the game?
How many times will Souths fans post about the number of players unavailable due to injury?

 

[speedster]

This will be close.

Close to a massacre.

 

[speedster]

Will the ghosts of Gosford spook the Sharks?
Will Wayne make any pose other than a gen z stare whenever the cameras go to the coaches box?
Will the thread go longer than 8 pages?
Will there be a Nable promo longer than 15 seconds to get us all hyped?
If the Sharks lose will there be posts by more than 2 of their fans after the game?
How many times will Souths fans post about the number of players unavailable due to injury?

Ghosts of Gosford? They're called smack heads and the Shire brethren will feel right at home.

 

[yobbo84]

How many times will Souths fans post about the number of players unavailable due to injury?

I feel both proud and insulted.

 

[soc123_au]

How many times will Souths fans post about the number of players unavailable due to injury?

They are like Vegans.

 

[speedster]

f**k it.

MSN

The numbers suggest something other than bad luck at work with Rabbitohs' injury toll anomaly​

AND

Winners and losers: Every NRL team’s draw ranked 1-17 as Wayne and Madge handed brutal task

‘Left me stunned’: Ricky fumes at Raiders run as Bunnies, Bennett cop it — Every side’s draw ranked

www.foxsports.com.au

Bring on the sledging.

 

[speedster]

Jamie Humphreys also out with concussion this week, so add another one.

Dodd must get his chance to start now.

 

[yobbo84]

It only took Humphreys, Walker, Sullivan, Mitchell and Gray to be injured to give Dodd a shot lol

 

[OVP]

Unwanted to one-club legend: Veteran extends in remarkable career twist as record looms

Unwanted to one-club legend: Veteran extends in remarkable career twist as record looms

www.foxsports.com.au

 

[mongoose]

Winners and losers: Every NRL team’s draw ranked 1-17 as Wayne and Madge handed brutal task

‘Left me stunned’: Ricky fumes at Raiders run as Bunnies, Bennett cop it — Every side’s draw ranked

www.foxsports.com.au

Bring on the sledging.

The Raiders have been given a boost in their bid to break their finals drought

what, our 1 year finals drought? well researched article....

Fox and the DT are probably making the bold prediction that the Raiders from Canberra could even possibly.... maybe make.......................... the TOP 4!!

 

[speedster]

what, our 1 year finals drought? well researched article....

Fox and the DT are probably making the bold prediction that the Raiders from Canberra could even possibly.... maybe make.......................... the TOP 4!!

1) I hazard a guess that what they should have said was premiership drought, or winning finals drought maybe? Gold standard journalism they are not.

2) That article was from the preseason. I sense from your post you may not have picked up on that. Frankly, leading the comp after being given what was rated in preseason as the 2nd worst draw makes the Raiders season to date an even greater feat.

Just my thoughts.

 

[speedster]

It only took Humphreys, Walker, Sullivan, Mitchell and Gray to be injured to give Dodd a shot lol

Gray is back baby! At fullback. Lets hope Dodd finally fires rather than just passes and kicks averagely or it might be him that ends up getting shot. I am yet to see any kind of spark or real game to him as yet but hope to be surprised by a better show of his talent in this game.

 

[Det.Wojciehowicz]

I'm just hoping we don't let the score blow out too much and AJ can get another try (2 would be even sweeter!)

 

[yobbo84]

Gray is back baby! At fullback. Lets hope Dodd finally fires rather than just passes and kicks averagely or it might be him that ends up getting shot. I am yet to see any kind of spark or real game to him as yet but hope to be surprised by a better show of his talent in this game.

Thank goodness he is or we legit couldn't have named a team.

I wouldn't be surprised if Wayne pulls last minute shenanigans and Ashton Ward starts at 7 with Dodd on the bench instead!

 

[This Year?]

I feel both proud and insulted.

Shitposting aside Souths injury toll has been insane.

 

[yobbo84]

Shitposting aside Souths injury toll has been insane.

Shitposting aside, I've seen nothing like it. There's been insane injury tolls before, but we've basically had at least 10 of our Top 30 unavailable every game this year.

Then you look at our recent recruits, who have been able to play most of the year uninjured - Dodd, Hubner, Wighton, Humphreys, etc.

Points to some rubbish S&C going on at the club

 

[speedster]

Thank goodness he is or we legit couldn't have named a team.

I wouldn't be surprised if Wayne pulls last minute shenanigans and Ashton Ward starts at 7 with Dodd on the bench instead!

Ward is there currently as a backup option in case Dodd misfires as I see it. He's a great little player and has shown much more attacking spark and nous in reggies. But little is the operative word - there's not much of him. I look at that bench up against a very big Sharks pack and feel we need another forward in there and might still but for now, in Wayne we trust.