Round 16 kicks off with competition front runners South Sydney, hosting Canberra Raiders.
South Sydney has won seven of their last eight and enjoy playing at ANZ Stadium where they have a season record of 5-1, the loss coming to Melbourne back in Round 6.
They have registered more points than any other team thus far this season and only once in the past two months have they failed to reach 20 points in a game.
After accounting for Parramatta easily last week, the Rabbitohs should welcome back Inglis, Merritt and McQueen from Origin duty.
After two very good wins at home over Brisbane and Penrith, the Raiders last week reconfirmed with a surprise loss over West Tigers that they struggle to produce the goods on the road.
In fact their record this year reads 1-7 and combined with the fact that they have lost their last three games to Souths by margins of 29, 18 and 22 points and they’ll struggle to better Souths in this game.
Each of the last three games have resulted in total match points of 54 points or greater and with both sides capable of moving the ball, weather permitting another high-scoring encounter could be on the cards.
Odds Comparison by NRL odds:
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| South Sydney Rabbitohs | 1.20 | 1.18 | 1.22 | 1.18 | 1.20 | 1.21 |
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Canberra Raiders
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4.50 | 4.85 | 4.45 | 4.85 | 4.50 | 4.50 |
Teams:
South Sydney Rabbitohs:
Greg Inglis, Nathan Merritt, Bryson Goodwin, Dylan Walker, Andrew Everingham, John Sutton, Adam Reynolds, Dave Tyrrell, Issac Luke, Roy Asotasi, Chris McQueen, Ben Te’o, Sam Burgess.
Interchange: Nathan Peats, Ben Lowe, Jeff Lima, Tom Burgess, Dylan Farrell, Justin Hunt, Luke Keary, Josh Starling
Canberra Raiders:
Reece Robinson, Sandor Earl, Jarrod Croker, Jack Wighton, Sami Sauiluma, Terry Campese, Josh McCrone, David Shillington, Glen Buttriss, Dane Tilse, Josh Papalii, Joel Thompson, Shaun Fensom.
Interchange: Anthony Milford, Joel Edwards, Sam Mataora, Paul Vaughan, Jarrad Kennedy
