2024 Rabbitohs Round 18 - Vs Eels

[callmack1]

Moving into another week and this time, we move into Round 18. Hope the boys had a good, well deserved and much needed bye week, and are ready to go for this one. I know I certainly am!!

We take on the Eels this week and CommBank in a bit of an intriguing game. Parra are still a weird one for me. They're on the bottom of the ladder, and not playing the best Footy to be honest, but I still see them as a dangerous side. You look at their team on paper, and it's so much better than their ladder position suggests, it's kind of crazy. So, I'd still say we need to be wary this week. They'll be back at home and my God, they'll be desperate.

For us, we gotta win this one and keep that roll going, keep the momentum going. It's one we are capable of winning and it's the type of game we now should be winning. I really hope our lads are as switched on for this one as they have been in recent games. Will be good to have Cam and Trell back, and this is reportedly Jai's last game of the Season too, so I hope we want it really bad for him.

Goi get it lads, can't wait for Thursday!!

 

[speedster]

Will need Trell to do the big booming kicks to counter Moses' kicking game, along with Wighton. That has been a real game changer for us in recent weeks. Playing it down the other end and not getting anywhere near as gassed. If we can get the jump on them early with good field position and put some scoreboard pressure on them, they tend to drop off. They really tried their rings off against Newcastle and still missed out. They may suffer a let down following that effort.

Big question for us is who wears the 13? I'd like to see Keaon wear the 8 with Keppie to the bench.

 

[callmack1]

The South Sydney Rabbitohs Official Homepage

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Good shots from training today! No clues as to what the side will be or if we'll see anything different from the coloured shirts as they seem to be a bit muddled.

Keaon Koloamatangi Media Round 18, 2024 – South Sydney Rabbitohs

Keaon talks to the media about his transition from the edge to the middle and shares his thoughts on the upcoming game against the Eels.

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Thomas Burgess Media Round 18, 2024 – South Sydney Rabbitohs

Tommy B addresses the press ahead of our Thursday night showdown with the Parramatta Eels.

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Richard Kennar Media Round 18, 2024 – South Sydney Rabbitohs

Kennar discusses our four-game winning streak and the growing confidence in the locker room as we approach Thursday night's match.

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[Steenson123]

Moving into another week and this time, we move into Round 18. Hope the boys had a good, well deserved and much needed bye week, and are ready to go for this one. I know I certainly am!!

We take on the Eels this week and CommBank in a bit of an intriguing game. Parra are still a weird one for me. They're on the bottom of the ladder, and not playing the best Footy to be honest, but I still see them as a dangerous side. You look at their team on paper, and it's so much better than their ladder position suggests, it's kind of crazy. So, I'd still say we need to be wary this week. They'll be back at home and my God, they'll be desperate.

For us, we gotta win this one and keep that roll going, keep the momentum going. It's one we are capable of winning and it's the type of game we now should be winning. I really hope our lads are as switched on for this one as they have been in recent games. Will be good to have Cam and Trell back, and this is reportedly Jai's last game of the Season too, so I hope we want it really bad for him.

Goi get it lads, can't wait for Thursday!!

Parramatta are leaderless, both on and off the field. Barrett is unlikely to ever be a successful Head Coach - he already has had three attempts and each time he has failed - and club management is clueless. Barrett seems to have little to no charisma or leadership ability. The fact that they missed on Burt has really hit them hard. The players themselves have demanded a decision be made but instead managment have nerely procrastinated and delayed.
Conversely, we now have genuine leadership and an incoming Legend Coach. These inverse factors have made all the difference in the form between both clubs.

 

[callmack1]

Rabbitohs NRL squad for Round 18 against Eels this Thursday – South Sydney Rabbitohs

The South Sydney Rabbitohs are pleased to announce their squad for round 18 of the 2024 NRL Premiership against the Parramatta Eels to be played this Thursday 4 July at 7:50pm at CommBank Stadium.

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Team list Tuesday babyyyyy!!!

Good to have it back after a week off! And it's a very settled line up for Round 18 against Parra which is nice. We haven't been able to say that much this Season. Obviously Trell and Cam are back from Origin duty which will be massive for us. The only thing that has really changed from the current full-strength line up, or the line up against the Broncos weeks ago is Cam into the right edge and Cheeks moving to the bench.

I like that. I really hope the reports aren't true that Keaon is going to move back to an edge. Cam is one of the best 13's in the comp of course, but Keaon has been a revelation there lately, and a big reason for our rise. If it ain't broke, don't fix it, and I like the balance of the side if Cam played edge and provided his strike out there, whilst still allowing Keaon to do what he's been doing in the middle.

While I'm not against Keaon going back to the edge (as long as he plays with the same effort and intensity), I would prefer them to run out as named. Interesting situation.

Otherwise, the side remains as expected. Tough for Gray to miss out, but it is what it is right now.

Good side, capable of beating Parra if we play as we have been.

Bring on Thursday night!!

 

[callmack1]

Burgess dares to dream in Rabbitohs' Last Dance

Rabbitohs veteran Tom Burgess has revealed a Last Dance style atmosphere is driving the team's mid-season resurgence as they chase an unlikely finals berth.

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Why in-form Latrell is key to unlikely finals berth

'Best player in the competition'

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