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Welcome to super Saturday
Good afternoon readers, and welcome to the first of our super saturday sport blogs.
Billie Eder here to steer you through all the action tonight, across the NRL, Super Rugby, and maybe even a little something else in between.
Here’s a quick run down with what we’re dealing with tonight.
- 5:30pm – Dragons v Bulldogs at Netstrata Jubilee Stadium (Adrian Proszenko on the ground)
- 7:35pm – Waratahs v Force at Allianz Stadium (Iain Payten on the ground)
- 7:35pm – Sea Eagles v Cowboys at 4 Pines Park (Christian Nicolussi on the ground)
We’ll bring you live updates from all those matches, and keep an eye out for our match reports later in the night. Enjoy
Dragons v Bulldogs team lists
No changes for Shane Flanagan’s team, who line up 1-17 as named on Tuesday.
DRAGONS
1. Clint Gutherson (c), 2. Mathew Feagai, 3. Moses Suli, 4. Valentine Holmes, 5. Christian Tuipulotu, 6. Kyle Flanagan, 7. Lachlan Ilias, 8. Toby Couchman, 9. Damien Cook, 10. Emre Guler, 11. Luciano Leilua, 12. Jaydn Su’A, 13. Jack De Belin, 14. Jacob Liddle, 15. Ryan Couchman, 16. Raymond Faitala-Mariner, 17. Hamish Stewart
Clint Gutherson will play his first NRL match for the Dragons tonight.Credit: Getty Images
Bulldogs coach Cameron Ciraldo has shifted his forward pack around tonight. Here’s how they line up.
BULLDOGS
1. Connor Tracey, 2. Blake Wilson, 3. Bronson Xerri, 4. Stephen Crichton (c), 5. Marcelo Montoya, 6. Matt Burton, 7. Toby Sexton, 8. Max King, 9. Reed Mahoney, 21. Daniel Suluka-Fifita, 11. Viliame Kikau, 12. Jacob Preston, 17. Jaemon Salmon, 13. Kurt Mann, 14. Bailey Hayward, 15. Sitili Tupouniua, 16. Harry Hayes
Rabbitohs win dampened by injury, suspension
By Robert Dillon
The Rabbitohs might have gotten the win last night, but it isn’t all smooth sailing for South Sydney, who are staring down the barrel of another backline shortage with Jack Wighton facing a ban for his high tackle on Kulikefu Finefeuiaki.
The possible suspension for Wighton, is compounded by an injury to luckless winger Tyrone Munro, who injured his collarbone in Friday night’s victory.
Rabbitohs centre Jack Wighton.Credit: Getty Images
Wighton’s ban will leave the Rabbitohs without their two left-edge starters from Friday night’s win, as Munro also braces for more time on the sidelines.
The Rabbitohs are already severely depleted in the backline, with Latrell Mitchell missing the first month of the season with a hamstring tear and Alex Johnston still recovering from an achilles rupture. South Sydney will also be without captain Cameron Murray for most, if not all, of the season.
Read the full update here.
Friday night results
The Knights and the Rabbitohs enjoyed wins in the slippery Friday night conditions in Sydney.
Here’s how our reporters on the ground saw the contests.
The Rabbitohs celebrate Isaiah Tass’s matchwinning try.Credit: Getty Images
Welcome to super Saturday
Good afternoon readers, and welcome to the first of our super saturday sport blogs.
Billie Eder here to steer you through all the action tonight, across the NRL, Super Rugby, and maybe even a little something else in between.
Here’s a quick run down with what we’re dealing with tonight.
- 5:30pm – Dragons v Bulldogs at Netstrata Jubilee Stadium (Adrian Proszenko on the ground)
- 7:35pm – Waratahs v Force at Allianz Stadium (Iain Payten on the ground)
- 7:35pm – Sea Eagles v Cowboys at 4 Pines Park (Christian Nicolussi on the ground)
We’ll bring you live updates from all those matches, and keep an eye out for our match reports later in the night. Enjoy
