St George Illawarra Dragons vs South Sydney Rabbitohs live scores – 2014 NRL Round 5

Saturday has three NRL matches with the third game for Round 5 is between St George Illawarra Dragons and South Sydney Rabbitohs with the opening kick to commence at 7:30pm AEDT. The game is to be played at Sydney Cricket Ground with the favourite for the match being South Sydney Rabbitohs. View our NRL live scores, odds and results for the game between St George Illawarra Dragons and South Sydney Rabbitohs.

WHERE AND WHEN: Sydney Cricket Ground, 7:30pm AEDT Apr 5

 

Odds Comparison:

St George Illawarra Dragons 2.20 2.27 2.25 2.27 2.20 2.25
South Sydney Rabbitohs 1.70 1.65 1.67 1.65 1.70 1.65

All odds are subject to change. Odds listed are correct at the time of the latest update.

Teams:

St George Illawarra Dragons:St. George Illawarra Dragons logo.svg
Josh Dugan, Brett Morris, Dylan Farrell, Gerard Beale, Jason Nightingale, Gareth Widdop, Michael Witt, Tyson Frizell, Mitch Rein, Dan Hunt, Leeson Ah Mau, Ben Creagh, Trent Merrin. Interchange: Jack de Belin, Kyle Stanley, Joel Thompson, Michael Cooper, Adam Quinlan, Jack Stockwell, Bronson Harrison

 

 

South Sydney Rabbitohs:South Sydney Rabbitohs logo.png
Greg Inglis, Nathan Merritt, Dylan Walker, Joel Reddy, Bryson Goodwin, John Sutton, Adam Reynolds, David Tyrrell, Apisai Koroisau, George Burgess, Chris McQueen, Ben Te’o, Sam Burgess. Interchange: Joe Picker, Kyle Turner, Jason Clark, Luke Burgess, Alex Johnston, Cameron McInnes

News:

St George Illawarra centre Dylan Farrell admits he owes everything to former club South Sydney but will put sentiment to one side when he runs out against the Rabbitohs at the SCG on Saturday.

Farrell was one of several new signings made by the Dragons this season and although yet to score for his new club, he’s been an impressive performer in their strong start to the campaign.

The 22-year-old joined Souths when he was 16 and played alongside Adam Reynolds in the halves for the club’s under-20s side.

He made a stunning NRL debut in 2010, scoring a hat-trick of tries against the Wests Tigers to seal a come-from-behind 34-30 golden point victory.

But despite that auspicious start to his career, injury and form saw him drift in and out of the side last year and he was dropped by coach Michael Maguire when it was announced he’d signed for the Dragons.

Farell diplomatically plays down the timing of his axing and said he has nothing but respect for his former coach.

“My final year wasn’t the best,” Farrell told AAP.

“But there was no dramas with Madge (Maguire), my form wasn’t great and I was dropped. Obviously it was disappointing, but coaches have to make tough decisions.

“But I loved my time with Souths and all my coaches I played under have helped me develop into the player I am now. For that I will always be grateful.”

Farell admits it was a tough decision to leave Souths but the lure of playing for the Dragons was too hard to resist for someone who grew up in Nowra on the NSW South Coast.

“It was the chance to come home and be closer to my family,” he said.

“I played all my grand finals as a kid at WIN Stadium and the place holds a lot of special memories.

“The Dragons are a club on the rise and the chance to be part of a team that’s building for the future is something that was too good to turn down.”

Farrell admits it will be strange coming up against so many close friends but said the satisfaction of inflicting a fourth successive win over the Rabbitohs would be huge.

“Guys like Reyno (Reynolds), Nathan Merritt and John Sutton are good mates and I do still keep in touch with a lot of the boys,” he said.

“They’ve had a few bad results, but they are still a great team. It would be huge for us if we can beat them.”

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