Match Discussion: Round 25 vs South Sydney @ Accor Stadium, Sydney Olympic Park / Wanngal

[League Unlimited News]

NRL 2024 - Round 25
South Sydney Rabbitohs v Newcastle Knights
Accor Stadium, Sydney Olympic Park / Wanngal (TICKETS)

Saturday 24 August 2024
NRL kickoff 7:35pm
Broadcast live on Nine, 9Now, Fox, Kayo

To be announced

To be announced

Referee: To be advised
Sideline Officials: To be advised
Video Referee: To be advised

HEAD TO HEAD - 1988 - 2023​

	TOTAL	SOUTH SYDNEY	NEWCASTLE	DRAWN
ALL MATCHES	47	19	28	0
ACCOR	8	6	2	0

LAST FIVE MEETINGS​

YEAR	ROUND	RESULT	VENUE	CROWD
2020	Round 10	NEWCASTLE 20-18	Bankwest	4249
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

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 26	Round 27
SOUTH SYDNEY	PENRITH (A)	SYDNEY (H)
NEWCASTLE	GOLD COAST (H)	DOLPHINS (H)

LAST THREE MATCHES​

	Round 22		Round 23		Round 24
SOUTH SYDNEY	CRONULLA	L 6-20	MELBOURNE	L 16-28	WESTS TIGERS	L 16-18
NEWCASTLE	PENRITH	L 14-22	WESTS TIGERS	W 34-18	CRONULLA	L 18-19

STATE OF PLAY: 2024 SEASON​

	POSITION	PLAYED	BYES	W-L-D	FOR	AGAINST
SOUTH SYDNEY	15th	21	3	7-14-0	438	576
NEWCASTLE	11th	21	3	9-12-0	384	474

 

[Haffa]

Knights 13+

 

[Yosh]

We should be winning this easy. It's such a pity we shot ourselves in the foot against the Sharks.

 

[mozza91]

In Sydney and going to this. Hope we can get the win.

 

[Old dog]

I just hope some common sense prevails with selection.
Changes:- Firstly don’t risk Best or Lucas and stick with McCarthy, Gamble injured, Pryce in, If not Hastings then Cogger to 7, give him a free rein, Drop Thompson bring in Su’a, Crosslands to 9, swap KPP to right, Jones B to left and Frizell to middle bench. Bench, Brailey, Croker, Frizell and Rahme/Hetherington 17/18
Out: Best, Lucas, Gamble, Cogger or Hastings, Thompson, rested or Cup

 

[perverse]

We'll probably go out and play alright now that the pressure is off. Would love to see Pryce back in. I think if he's any chance of providing us with something down the track then he needs as many reps as possible.

 

[Old dog]

We'll probably go out and play alright now that the pressure is off. Would love to see Pryce back in. I think if he's any chance of providing us with something down the track then he needs as many reps as possible.

Now is the time, Gamble broken hand apparently so it’s Pryce for rest of 2024

 

[Woody90]

Now is the time, Gamble broken hand apparently so it’s Pryce for rest of 2024

Id definitely go with Pryce but unfortunately even with the season done I can see AOB going with Cogger and Crossland in the halves (I think we’ve seen the last of Hastings).

Pretty depressing that there’s still 3 games left of this season and we still have no idea who will be in the halves for 2025.

 

[Old dog]

Our spine has been a mess all season. Injury to Gamble means another change for mine obviously it is Ponga at 1
Pryce at 6, Hastings or Cogger at 7 or Cup and Crosslands at 9, Brailey at 14.

 

[Zoidberg]

I think we will have pretty much the same 17 except…
Pryce in for Gamble
If Lucas or Best back them to centre, if both Lucas to bench.
We still have the feintest hope of finals if results go our way and O’brien will not change much.

 

[ryan.a87]

Even we scrape into 8th spot…..we would play bulldogs week one

Don’t stand a chance against them