Sydney Roosters vs South Sydney Rabbitohs preview – NRL 2013 Round 1

The NRL 2013 season will kick off tonight with the opening match of the season between the Sydney Roosters and South Sydney Rabbitohs. The South Sydney Rabbitohs will start the match as favourites. We take a look at the information for the match.

Round: Round 1, Thursday 8.05pm AEDT
Stadium: Allianz Stadium

Odds:

Sydney Roosters $2.28 vs South Sydney Rabbitohs $1.65 at Sportsbet Australia

Sydney Roosters $2.30 vs South Sydney Rabbitohs $1.63 at Luxbet Australia

Broadcast: Watch the match from your smartphone via the NRL Live 2013 app (iphone or android). Channel 9 – Live 8pm AEDT; Fox Sports 1 – Delayed 10pm.

Preview:

Picking clear winners at this time of year tends to be more good luck than good calculation – particularly when one side has undergone such significant change.

There is no doubt that the Roosters have recruited superbly for 2013 and we expect them to give the competition a shake; however, will it take some time for them to come together as a unit?

South Sydney are fielding a near-identical side to the one that reached Week 3 of the finals last year and their impressive key-position quartet of Greg Inglis, John Sutton, Adam Reynolds and Issac Luke remains intact, so we’re leaning towards victory for the red and green to open the season. Souths by four points.

Teams:

SYDNEY ROOSTERS:

Greg Inglis, Nathan Merritt, Dylan Farrell, Beau Champion, Andrew Everingham, John Sutton, Adam Reynolds, Sam Burgess, Issac Luke, Roy Asotasi, Chris McQueen, Ben Te’o, Ben Lowe
Interchange: Nathan Peats, Michael Crocker, Jeff Lima, George Burgess, David Tyrrell, Jason Clark, Bryson Goodwin (three to be omitted)

SOUTH SYDNEY RABBITOHS:

Anthony Minichiello, Daniel Tupou, Michael Jennings, Shaun Kenny-Dowall, Roger Tuivasa-Scheck, James Maloney, Mitchell Pearce, Jared Waerea-Hargreaves, Jake Friend, Sam Moa, Aidan Guerra, Mitchell Aubusson, Frank-Paul Nuuausala Interchange: Daniel Mortimer, Martin Kennedy, Sonny Bill Williams, Luke O’Donnell, Boyd Cordner, Michael Oldfield, Tinirau Arona (three to be omitted)

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