'15 | R21 | Sun 4pm | SOU 20-16 PEN | ANZ

[Timmah]

1. Greg Inglis 2. Alex Johnston 3. Dylan Walker 4. Bryson Goodwin 5. Joel Reddy
6. Luke Keary 7. Adam Reynolds
8. George Burgess 9. Issac Luke 10. Tim Grant 11. Glenn Stewart 12. John Sutton 13. Chris McQueen

Interchange: 14. Kyle Turner 15. Chris Grevsmuhl 16. David Tyrrell 17. Thomas Burgess

1. William Smith 2. Robert Jennings 3. Waqa Blake 4. Isaah Yeo 5. Josh Mansour
6. Isaac John 7. Jamie Soward
8. Nigel Plum 9. James Segeyaro 10. Regan Campbell-Gillard 11. Lewis Brown 12. Sika Manu 13. Elijah Taylor

Interchange: 14. Apisai Koroisau 15. Jeremy Latimore 16. Tyrone Peachey 17. Bryce Cartwright

Referees: Jared Maxwell, Matt Cecchin
Sideline Officials: Adam Reid, Nick Beashel
Video Referees: Bernard Sutton, Luke Patten


Holden Cup Under 20's R21
SUN 1:45PM | Rabbitohs v Panthers @ ANZ Stadium

VB NSW Cup R21
SAT 10:40AM | Canterbury v North Sydney (SOU) @ Leichhardt Oval
SAT 3:00PM | Illawarra (SGI) v Penrith @ WIN Stadium​

 

[PenrithPanther45]

My head says Souths by at least 20. Wallace gone for the season might at least help but Whare is a big loss.

 

[pantherz9103]

It would be a good effort to go down by just 20

 

[mxlegend99]

Unless we get Mansour or DWZ back we will be missing our entire backline aswell as our halfback. 6 of our 7 players injured.

We might aswell forfeit the remainder of the season and stop depleting our NSW Cup and U20s sides.

 

[PenrithPanther45]

Unless we get Mansour or DWZ back we will be missing our entire backline aswell as our halfback. 6 of our 7 players injured.

We might aswell forfeit the remainder of the season and stop depleting our NSW Cup and U20s sides.

That's a great point actually I don't think our nsw cup team will end up winning but we can't be selfish and screw our NYC team

 

[lafai]

Bunnies by 37

 

[Rhyno]

Souths by 50

 

[Rabbits20]

Unless we get Mansour or DWZ back we will be missing our entire backline aswell as our halfback. 6 of our 7 players injured.

We might aswell forfeit the remainder of the season and stop depleting our NSW Cup and U20s sides.

I believe that Mansour and Simmons are coming back in.

I assume Api will play halfback????

 

[Rabbits20]

These games aren't always that straight forward.

Penrith can throw the ball about as they have nothing to lose.

I don't think it will be a flogging, Penrith will go ok despite their injuries.

Souths by about 14.

 

[mxlegend99]

These games aren't always that straight forward.

Penrith can throw the ball about as they have nothing to lose.

I don't think it will be a flogging, Penrith will go ok despite their injuries.

Souths by about 14.

Souths will win 50+ if the Panthers have a reserve grade backline. Any decent half will spot gaps galore and have a field day with try and linebreak assists on most sets.

 

[BranVan3000]

I still haven't watched the loss to Panthers a few weeks ago. Hard to predict which way this will swing

 

[ACTPanthers]

As bad as it sounds, I have zero confidence we'll even be able to compete in this game

Bunnies by 20 as a minimum

 

[Clifferd]

Didn't these two teams literally play each other like less than 4 weeks ago? doesn't make sense

Souths by 40

 

[Galeforce]

Panthers with players changes are still playing for their season and should be a good test for Souths mental strength.
If Souths play like they did against Knights i.e. second half game plan.

i.e. minimal mistakes , doing the handwork in the middle and using their backs smartly then they could win big. Souths second half was more impressive than the first half from a game plan point of view. The first half the backs were superb and everything clicked. The second half was a bit more dour , Souths showing patience and grinding out a strong second half 16-0 half.

 

[rabbitohs95]

Hopefully the boys learned from the loss out in Penrith a month ago. Boy that was embarrassing.

Luckily for us we have GI back, Reynolds has found some form and Penrith have half their team out.

Question for Panthers fans, do you have any forwards out?

 

[Rabbits20]

Souths will win 50+ if the Panthers have a reserve grade backline. Any decent half will spot gaps galore and have a field day with try and linebreak assists on most sets.

Mansour and Simmons are most likely back.

Also Zelezniak is expected to return.

So that's 3 first graders in your backline.

 

[rabbitohs95]

Panthers fielding a strong af team dunno what all the negativity is about.

 

[alien]

i expected souths to be favourites in the betting for this game, but i didn't expect as low as $1.16, and penrith as high as $5.25. penrith actually beat souths not long ago

 

[mxlegend99]

Panthers fielding a strong af team dunno what all the negativity is about.

In what world is this a strong team?

1 Will SMITH
2 Robert JENNINGS
3 Waqa BLAKE
4 Isaah YEO
5 Josh MANSOUR
6 Isaac JOHN
7 Jamie SOWARD
8 Sam McKENDRY
9 James SEGEYARO
10 Reagan CAMPBELL-GILLARD
11 Lewis BROWN
12 Sika MANU
13 Elijah TAYLOR ©
INTERCHANGE
14 Api KOROISAU
15 Jeremy LATIMORE
16 Tyrone PEACHEY
17 Bryce CARTWRIGHT

Assuming Mansour plays and isn't a withdrawal like most of our other players tend to be in the first game they are named back from injury, he's the only player in our full strength backline and he has barely played any football since his first injury earlier in the year. But it's a big boost having lost the only first grade back we had last week.

Will Smith is not a fullback. He was horrible against the Raiders. He's a reserve grade half playing out of position.
Robert Jennings and Waqa Blake just aren't quiet first grade quality yet. Both defensive liabilities and prone to silly errors.
Isaah Yeo goes well, but he's not a centre.
Isaac John is horrible. He was dropped earlier in the year to trial other halves. Unfortunately we don't have any other options this time.
Sika Manu has been pretty much non existent in most of his games this year.
Our bench gives away a lot of size carrying a tiny second rower in Tyrone Peachey and a hooker in Api Korisau while only having one front rower.

Basically it looks like we have picked the team that doesn't breach the second tier salary cap.

Hence using a halfback at fullback instead of picking Keiran Moss, and running with a small bench instead of bringing in Ben Murdoch Masila or Leilani Latu. Also probably why no one has been accountable after terrible performances. I think Sika Manu is the only player in our pack to get dropped and it's only when we are near full strength. He's clearly on the outer with us.

 

[Galeforce]

In what world is this a strong team?



Assuming Mansour plays and isn't a withdrawal like most of our other players tend to be in the first game they are named back from injury, he's the only player in our full strength backline and he has barely played any football since his first injury earlier in the year. But it's a big boost having lost the only first grade back we had last week.

Will Smith is not a fullback. He was horrible against the Raiders. He's a reserve grade half playing out of position.
Robert Jennings and Waqa Blake just aren't quiet first grade quality yet. Both defensive liabilities and prone to silly errors.
Isaah Yeo goes well, but he's not a centre.
Isaac John is horrible. He was dropped earlier in the year to trial other halves. Unfortunately we don't have any other options this time.
Sika Manu has been pretty much non existent in most of his games this year.
Our bench gives away a lot of size carrying a tiny second rower in Tyrone Peachey and a hooker in Api Korisau while only having one front rower.

Basically it looks like we have picked the team that doesn't breach the second tier salary cap.

Hence using a halfback at fullback instead of picking Keiran Moss, and running with a small bench instead of bringing in Ben Murdoch Masila or Leilani Latu. Also probably why no one has been accountable after terrible performances. I think Sika Manu is the only player in our pack to get dropped and it's only when we are near full strength. He's clearly on the outer with us.

so you are saying that Panthers have a good chance?