The only game on Saturday for NRL Round 12 is between South Sydney Rabbitohs and Newcastle Knights. The opening bounce is set to commence at 7.30pm with the game to be played at ANZ Stadium. The favourite for the match is home team South Sydney Rabbitohs. View our preview and teams for the game between South Sydney Rabbitohs and Newcastle Knights.
ANZ Stadium
Saturday 7.30pm
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South Sydney Rabbitohs $1.42 vs Newcastle Knights $2.95 at Sportsbet Australia get a $500 FREE BET on this match
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| South Sydney Rabbitohs | 1.42 | 1.48 | 1.41 | 1.48 | 1.42 | 1.42 |
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2.95 | 2.72 | 3.00 | 2.72 | 2.95 | 2.88 |
Preview:
The Saturday night game sees first placed South Sydney take on fifth placed Newcastle Knights in what should be the match of the shortened round.
Souths are coming off a relative quick back-up and a loss, having been beaten by Cronulla 14-12 on Monday night.
It was only Souths second loss for the season and, with star play maker Greg Inglis in camp with the Queensland Origin side, either John Sutton or Adam Reynolds to be called up for NSW, and Sam Burgess out with suspension, it’ll be a good test to see how the Rabbitohs can back up.
Newcastle registered their best win of the season against Canterbury in Round 10 but couldn’t reproduce that effort when travelling to New Zealand last week to take on the Warriros.
Leading at half-time, the Knights could not hold off the Warriors late in the second half and the loss was further soured by the loss of fullback Darius Boyd with an ankle injury and during the week, the loss of Kurt Gidley who suffered a foot in jury in the game.
It continued an up-and-down month for the Knights who are proving hard for punters to get a handle on.
Souths have won three of the past four clashes between the two sides with three of these matches, totalling 38+ total match points.
With key players missing for each side, it’s a hard game to line up but think Souths have showed this year they can adapt to different situations during the game.
This will be a tough, close game.
Teams:
South Sydney Rabbitohs:
Nathan Merritt, Andrew Everingham, Beau Champion, Dylan Walker, Bryson Goodwin, John Sutton, Adam Reynolds, Dave Tyrrell, Issac Luke, Roy Asotasi, Ben Lowe, Sam Burgess, Nathan Peats. Interchange: Justin Hunt, Jason Clark, Jeff Lima, George Burgess
Newcastle Knights:
Kevin Naiqama, James McManus, Dane Gagai, Joey Leilua, Peter Mata’uti, Jarrod Mullen, Tyrone Roberts, Kade Snowden, Travis Waddell, Willie Mason, Robbie Rochow, Alex McKinnon, Jeremy Smith. Interchange: Adam Clydsdale, David Fa’alogo, Adam Cuthbertson, Korbin Sims
Knights’ Gidley ruled out for six weeks
Newcastle skipper Kurt Gidley will be sidelined for at least six weeks after doctors confirmed a ligament tear in the NRL player’s foot.
Gidley was on Monday ruled out of next week’s opening State of Origin game because of the injury, less than 24 hours after NSW coach Laurie Daley named him on the bench.
But the seriousness of the injury means he will now almost certainly miss game two in Brisbane on June 26.
“The ligament Kurt has injured affects the structural stability of his foot,” Knights’ physiotherapist Phil Coles said on Tuesday.
“He will need to be non-weight bearing for a number of weeks and that means we expect him to be out for at least six weeks.”
NSW late on Wednesday called in South Sydney’s John Sutton and Canterbury’s Josh Reynolds as possible replacements for the injured utility.