Round 21 - Rabbitohs vs Storm

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IMO full strength is not accurate unil Sam Kasiano and Brandon Smith are available for selection.
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Fox sports should pay you for knowing that.
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Yes, that is basically half of what the NRL Tonight team on the Sports News do.
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Even our own team website is doing the "full strength" bs my god.


This is insulting - https://twitter.com/storm/status/1024177338064367617
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Agree it can’t be full strength without Brandon Smith and Sam Kasiano
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1. Billy Slater
2. Suliasi Vunivalu
3. Will Chambers
4. Curtis Scott
5. Josh Addo-Carr
6. Cameron Munster
7. Jahrome Hughes
8. Jesse Bromwich
9. Cameron Smith ©
10. Nelson Asofa Solomona
11. Felise Kaufusi
12. Ryan Hoffman
13. Dale Finucane

14. Joe Stimson
15. Tim Glasby
16. Christian Welch
17. Kenny Bromwich

18. Justin Olam
19. Tui Kamikamica
20. Albert Vete
21. Cheyse Blair
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Same 21 as last week with the exception of Olam in for Croft.

Disappointed that Brandon Smith still won’t be there. Thought he was only out for two weeks?
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yourhero wrote:Same 21 as last week with the exception of Olam in for Croft.

Disappointed that Brandon Smith still won’t be there. Thought he was only out for two weeks?


Very tough to get into the team atm, unless you’re Hoffy.
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yourhero wrote:Disappointed that Brandon Smith still won’t be there. Thought he was only out for two weeks?
They did say 2-3 weeks. Really no need to rush him back if he’s not 100%.

I think we will be 1-17 this week. Can’t see Blair on the bench again. Vete or Tui should be the ones to come in if there are changes
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Rabbitohs lineup - unchanged as expected.

1. Alex Johnston
2. Campbell Graham
3. Hymel Hunt
4. Dane Gagai
5. Robert Jennings
6. Cody Walker
7. Adam Reynolds
8. Thomas Burgess
9. Damien Cook
10. George Burgess
11. John Sutton
12. Angus Crichton
13. Sam Burgess (c)

14. Adam Doueihi
15. Cameron Murray
16. Jason Clark
17. Junior Tatola

18. Billy Brittain
19. Kyle Turner
20. Dean Britt
21. Braidon Burns
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Wow Souths full strength.
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Who decides what exactly is "full strength"? Sammy K and, sadly for me, The Hoff don't represent "full strength".
Can Suli help himself and actually stay out (not rush in), gawd I hope so.
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Billy Brittain? Wow, good on him.
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Availability of the top 30 represents ‘full strength’. Who the coach picks from there is up to him. Obviously fans will have different opinions. But the availability of all players on the roster represents full strength.
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Rabbitohs mock Melbourne Storm’s passion in latest Book of Feuds

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Cocky South Sydney seem intent on poking competition leaders Melbourne ahead of their top-of-the-table clash on Friday night, mocking the Storm’s passion as ‘bought not built’ and accusing the premiers of treating superstar Greg Inglis poorly.

In the latest addition to their season-long Book of Feuds video showcase, the Rabbitohs detail their 20-year rivalry with Melbourne, saying the Victorian club was ‘set-up by Super League supremoes in 1997 and flushed with News Limited cash’.

“Since our first match (against Storm) in May 1998, it’s been an unfair fight,” the Rabbitohs declared.

“For everything they were given, they weren’t given passion.

“That’s built, not bought.

“So every victory against Melbourne is a special one.”

Souths were kicked out of the competition in 1999 while Melbourne, according to the Bunnies, prospered ‘despite having no juniors’.

Souths eventually returned to the NRL in 2002, struggling in the early years of their re-birth before emerging as a genuine force on the back of signing Storm star Inglis ahead of the 2011 season.

Then CEO Shane Richardson marks the moment Souths nabbed - Christmas Eve 2010 – ‘as the night we won our 21st century’.

But Richo recalled GI being dark at the Storm for cutting him in the wake of the club’s salary cap dramas.

"Greg is all about family and couldn't really believe Melbourne had let him go. He was pretty stunned and disappointed by that," Richardson explained.

"He was very melancholy about it when he first came to us and it took him a while to settle in.

“He's gone from strength to strength (since then) and he's a great asset to the club.

"He's become a leader through actions and attitude. He puts his heart and soul into Souths.

"He wears that badge with pride.”

The winner of Friday night’s encounter at ANZ Stadium will inherit top spot on the table with four rounds remaining.
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