Good Friday’s NRL 2018 Round 4 match is between South Sydney Rabbitohs and Canterbury Bulldogs. The opening kick is set to commence at 16:10 local time with the game to be played at ANZ Stadium. The home team South Sydney Rabbitohs are the favourites for the match. View our preview and teams for the game between South Sydney Rabbitohs and Canterbury Bulldogs.
When: 16:10 | Friday 30/03/2018
Where: ANZ Stadium
Preview:
Providing the weather is good I expect to see some real entertaining football with both teams having some real strike particularly out wide but the combinations between Dane Gagai, Cody Walker and Greg Inglis will be too much to handle.
Odds:
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Tip: South Sydney Rabbitohs at $1.75
Value Tip: First Try Scorer: Alex Johnston at $13.00
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Teams:
South Sydney Rabbitohs:
1 Alex Johnston, 2 Richie Kennar, 3 Greg Inglis (c), 4 Dane Gagai, 5 Robert Jennings, 6 Cody Walker, 7 Adam Doueihi, 8 Thomas Burgess, 9 Damien Cook, 10 Sam Burgess, 11 John Sutton, 12 Angus Crichton, 13 Cameron Murray
Interchange: 14 Hymel Hunt, 15 Mark Nicholls, 16 George Burgess, 17 Tevita Tatol
Reserves: 18 Robbie Farah, 19 Jason Clark, 20 Braidon Burns, 21 Kyle Turner.
Canterbury Bulldogs:
1 Moses Mbye, 2 Brett Morris, 3 Josh Morris, 4 Will Hopoate, 5 Marcelo Montoya, 6 Jeremy Marshall-King, 7 Kieran Foran, 8 Aaron Woods, 9 Michael Lichaa, 10 David Klemmer, 11 Joshua Jackson (c), 12 Raymond Faitala-Mariner, 13 Aiden Tolman
Interchange: 14 Adam Elliott, 15 Danny Fualalo, 16 Francis Tualalo, 17 Fa’amanu Brown
Reserves: 19 Renouf Toomaga, 20 Kerrod Holland, 21 Asipeli Fine, 23 John Olive.
NRL News:
Adam Doueihi has delivered South Sydney coach Anthony Seibold one hell of a selection headache.
With first-choice halfback Adam Reynolds back from a knee injury as early as their round five NRL clash with St George Illawarra in a little under a fortnight, Seibold has a quandary on his hands about what to do with his rookie No.7.
In just his second first grade game, Doueihi was instrumental in the Bunnies’ first win of the year – a 34-6 upset of Manly at ANZ Stadium on Saturday night.
By Seibold’s own admission, he will have a hard time omitting Doueihi after he pulled the strings in their boilover against the Sea Eagles.
Seibold said Doueihi, who exploded onto the scene playing for Lebanon in the World Cup, had demonstrated his utility value and shaped as a potential No.14.
“If you look at the World Cup, he played left centre for Lebanon and did a really good job,” Seibold said.
“It’s not as if he was playing mugs – he played against Australia and England, played against Tonga as well. He had some really good experiences there.
“He’s a pretty big kid for a half. I imagine he can play multiple conditions, he’s a good guy to have in our group.”
For the first three weeks Seibold has preferred a four-forward bench rotation, leaving out Robbie Farah, but Doueihi’s emergence could cause a re-think.
And if he keeps on improving, there’s no reason he can’t start putting pressure on Reynolds and Cody Walker.
Five-eighth Walker was full of praise for Doueihi and welcomed the competition of having a third half vying for a starting spot.
“I think everyone saw what he could do in the World Cup,” Walker said.
“He’s a very level-headed kid, he’s pretty confident so nothing really fazes him. He’s had a good pre-season. As we’ve seen tonight, he really controlled the game.”
Asked if he was surprised by the manner in which Doueihi had hit the ground running, Walker said: “We knew he was a great prospect, he was with us in the pre-season last year.
“He just knew he had to bide his time and he’s done that he’s shown what a great talent he is.”
