Anzac Day – Team List Tuesday
By Steve Mavin for Bunnies TV.
On Anzac Day this year the South Sydney Rabbitohs will travel down to Melbourne to take on the Storm. There can be no comparison between an NRL game and the hell that our heroic diggers bravely faced in Gallipoli. Souths can however, expect to face tremendous oppostion and a Victorian team that boasts attacking forces that can inflict multiple points upon us.
The Storm are led by their generals Cameron Munster, Jahrome Hughes and Harry Grant. They are then guarded by Nelson Asofa-Solomona and can roll out strike weapons Ryan Papenhuzen and Xavier Coates to name a few. The task faced by the depleted Bunnies is undeniably monumental.
Jai Arrow returns from injury. Damien Cook and Jacob Gagai have been recalled into the 17. Jye Gray will play make his 2nd career appearance at fullback.
Official Team Announcement
The Rabbitohs are certainly pleased to announce their squad for ANZAC Round eight of the 2024 NRL Premiership against the Melbourne Storm to be played this ANZAC Day, Thursday 25 April, at 7:50pm at AAMI Park.
Rabbitohs Head Coach Jason Demetriou has named Jacob Gagai on the wing to replace the injured Tyrone Munro. Shaquai Mitchell has also been named to start in the front row to replace the injured Junior Tatola. Damien Cook returns to the hooker role with Peter Mamouzelos and Jai Arrow joining the interchange bench.
Anzac Jersey
The Rabbitohs will wear a significantly Navy-themed jersey in the 2024 ANZAC Round, marking the third year of an ongoing partnership with the Royal Australian Navy. The jersey underscores our enduring commitment to the values we share with the Royal Australian Navy, including mateship, high performance, commitment to the team while achieving success.
The 2024 ANZAC Jersey proudly mirrors the Navy’s ‘sailor suits’ ceremonial uniform, similar to those worn by Royal Australian Navy personnel in the Second World War. Today, customary ‘sailor suits’ are reserved chiefly for ceremonial occasions, however, on those occasions when they are worn, they serve to remind Australians of the longevity of their Navy, its traditions and its consistent contribution to our nation’s maritime and economic security over more than 100 years.
Additionally, $5 from every Rabbitohs ANZAC jersey sold through the Rabbitohs will be donated to Keeping Watch, a perpetual charitable fund that provides assistance to serving members of the Royal Australian Navy and their families who are in financial need. To learn more about Keeping Watch, please click here. This ANZAC Round, the South Sydney Rabbitohs also acknowledge the men and women who proudly serve in the Royal Australian Navy.
The South Sydney Rabbitohs’ squad for the ANZAC Round eight clash with the Storm is:
- Jye Gray
- Jacob Gagai
- Jack Wighton
- Isaiah Tass
- Taane Milne
- Cody Walker
- Dean Hawkins
- Shaquai Mitchell
- Damien Cook
- Thomas Burgess
- Keaon Koloamatangi
- Jacob Host
- Cameron Murray (c)
Interchange:
- Peter Mamouzelos
- Siliva Havili
- Davvy Moale
- Jai Arrow
- Michael Chee Kam
- Izaac Tu’itupou Thompson
- Tallis Duncan
- Sean Keppie
- Dion Teaupa
Coach – Jason Demetriou
Anzac Day
Anzac Day, 25th of April, is one of Australia’s most important national occasions. It marks the anniversary of the first major military action in 1915 fought by Australian and New Zealand forces during the First World War. ANZAC stands for Australian and New Zealand Army Corps. The soldiers in those forces quickly became known as Anzacs, and the pride they subsequently took in that name endures to this day.
Ode of Remembrance
They shall grow not old,
as we that are left grow old;
Age shall not weary them,
nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun
and in the morning
We will remember them.
NSW Cup
In round 8 at 2:30pm on Sunday 28th of April the 3rd placed Rabbitohs travel up the M1 Freeway to take on a Newcastle Knights team that sit 10th on the ladder. The venue is the Newcastle Permanent Centre of Excellence. The match will be live streamed on NSWRLTV.
Bayleigh Bentley-Hape will wear the number 1 jersey and Jude Saldanha comes onto the wing.
The NSW Cup team to play the Knights is:
1- Bayleigh Bentley-Hape
2- Jude Saldanha
3- Izaac Tu’itupou Thompson
4- Leonard Skelton
5- Braidon Burns
6- Dion Teaupa
7- Jarrett Subloo
8- Sean Keppie
9- Ryan Gray
10- Brock Gray (c)
11- Adam Christensen
12- Chase Chapman
13- Tallis Duncan
Interchange:
14- Marco Moretti
15- Tristan Alvarado
16- Kaylen Miller
17- Yileen Gordon
18- Maila Chanfoon
19- Bear Williams
Coach – Joe O’Callaghan
Jersey Flegg Cup
In round 7 on Saturday at Erskineville Oval the Rabbitohs defeated the Kaiviti Silktails 22-14 to therefore claim the inaugural Manoa Thompson Bowl.
In an unquestionably tight contest the lead changed hands several times. The Bunnies defence in the 2nd half was indeed the key to their victory. Among Souths best performers were forwards Toby Sullivan, Louis Grossemy and also Mikael Ibrahim. Centre Carson Kaho tormented the Fijians whenever he touched the footy.
In round 8 our 9th placed Jersey Flegg Cup boys also travel up to Newcastle Permanent Centre of Excellence. They play on Sunday 28th April at 1:00pm before the NSW Cup game.
Liam Le Blanc and Jason Hallie are indeed back. Billy Spraque then comes onto the bench.
The Jersey Flegg Cup team to play Newcastle is:
1- Dane Towns
2- Jeremaiah Tamepo
3- Aaron Macey
4- Carson Kaho
5- Hayden Molkentein
6- Matthew Humphries
7- Brent Hawkins
8- Liam Le Blanc
9- Aiden Doolan
10- Toby Sullivan
11- Joshua Alhazim
12- Jarvis Leafa
13- Louis Grossemy
Interchange:
14- TJ Herring
16- Mikael Ibrahim
17- Billy Sprague
18- Jason Hallie
Coach – Chris O’Connell
Lest We Forget…
Anzac Day – Team List Tuesday.
A huge performance needed by the Rabbits, the Storm are not unbeatable.
Lest We Forget