2021 South Sydney Rabbitohs season

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The 2021 season is the 112th in the history of the South Sydney Rabbitohs. Coached by Wayne Bennett[1] and captained by Adam Reynolds,[2] they compete in the National Rugby League's 2021 Telstra Premiership.

Standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L B PF PA PD Pts
1 Melbourne Storm 24 21 0 3 1 815 316 +499 44
2 Penrith Panthers (P) 24 21 0 3 1 676 286 +390 44
3 South Sydney Rabbitohs 24 20 0 4 1 775 453 +322 42
4 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 24 16 0 8 1 744 492 +252 34
5 Sydney Roosters 24 16 0 8 1 630 489 +141 34
6 Parramatta Eels 24 15 0 9 1 566 457 +109 32
7 Newcastle Knights 24 12 0 12 1 428 571 −143 26
8 Gold Coast Titans 24 10 0 14 1 580 583 −3 22
9 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 24 10 0 14 1 520 556 −36 22
10 Canberra Raiders 24 10 0 14 1 481 578 −97 22
11 St. George Illawarra Dragons 24 8 0 16 1 474 616 −142 18
12 New Zealand Warriors 24 8 0 16 1 453 624 −171 18
13 Wests Tigers 24 8 0 16 1 500 714 −214 18
14 Brisbane Broncos 24 7 0 17 1 446 695 −249 16
15 North Queensland Cowboys 24 7 0 17 1 460 748 −288 16
16 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 24 3 0 21 1 340 710 −370 8

Fixtures

Regular season

Round Home Score Away Match information
Date and time (local) Venue Attendance
1 Melbourne Storm 26 – 18 South Sydney Rabbitohs Thursday, 11 March, 8:05 pm AAMI Park 11,812
2 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 12 – 26 South Sydney Rabbitohs Saturday, 20 March, 5:30 pm Lottoland 3,218
3 South Sydney Rabbitohs 26 – 16 Sydney Roosters Friday, 26 March, 8:05 pm Stadium Australia 22,838
4 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 0 – 38 South Sydney Rabbitohs Friday, 2 April, 4:05 pm Stadium Australia 23,340
5 South Sydney Rabbitohs 35 – 6 Brisbane Broncos Thursday, 8 April, 7:50 pm Stadium Australia 9,142
6 South Sydney Rabbitohs 18 – 14 Wests Tigers Saturday, 17 April, 5:30 pm Stadium Australia 16,134
7 Gold Coast Titans 30 – 40 South Sydney Rabbitohs Friday, 23 April, 6:00 pm Cbus Super Stadium 17,383
8 Canberra Raiders 20 – 34 South Sydney Rabbitohs Thursday, 29 April, 7:50 pm GIO Stadium 14,260
9 South Sydney Rabbitohs 0 – 50 Melbourne Storm Thursday, 6 May, 7:50 pm Stadium Australia 7,501
10 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 22 – 32 South Sydney Rabbitohs Saturday, 15 May, 5:30 pm Suncorp Stadium 42,821
11 South Sydney Rabbitohs 12 – 56 Penrith Panthers Sunday, 23 May, 2:00 pm Apex Oval 10,824
12 South Sydney Rabbitohs 38 – 20 Parramatta Eels Saturday, 29 May, 5:30 pm Stadium Australia 20,743
13 Bye Round
14 South Sydney Rabbitohs 24–10 Newcastle Knights Saturday, 12 June, 5:30 pm Stadium Australia 12,156
15 Brisbane Broncos 0 – 46 South Sydney Rabbitohs Thursday, 17 June, 7:50 pm Suncorp Stadium 19,713
16 Wests Tigers 22 – 38 South Sydney Rabbitohs Sunday, 4 July, 4:05 pm Leichhardt Oval 0
17 South Sydney Rabbitohs 46 – 18 North Queensland Cowboys Friday, 9 July, 7:55 pm McDonald Jones Stadium 3,127
18 South Sydney Rabbitohs 32 – 24 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Sunday, 18 July, 6:15 pm Cbus Super Stadium 2,979
19 South Sydney Rabbitohs 60 – 22 New Zealand Warriors Saturday, 24 July, 3:00 pm Sunshine Coast Stadium 7,569
20 St George Illawarra Dragons 14 – 50 South Sydney Rabbitohs Saturday, 31 July, 3:00 pm Suncorp Stadium 0
21 Parramatta Eels 12 – 40 South Sydney Rabbitohs Friday, 6 August, 7:55 pm Cbus Super Stadium 0
22 South Sydney Rabbitohs 36 – 6 Gold Coast Titans Saturday, 14 August, 3:00 pm Cbus Super Stadium 4,117
23 Penrith Panthers 25 – 12 South Sydney Rabbitohs Friday, 20 August, 7:55 pm Suncorp Stadium 8,848
24 Sydney Roosters 12 – 54 South Sydney Rabbitohs Friday, 27 August, 7:55 pm Suncorp Stadium 5,136
25 South Sydney Rabbitohs 20 – 16 St George Illawarra Dragons Saturday, 4 September, 7:35 pm Sunshine Coast Stadium 3,295
Source:[3]
Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw   Bye

Finals Series

Round Home Score Away Match information
Date and time (local) Venue Attendance
Qualifying Final Penrith Panthers 10 - 16 South Sydney Rabbitohs Saturday 11 September, 7:50pm Queensland Country Bank Stadium 18,244
Semi Final Bye Week
Preliminary Final Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 16 - 36 South Sydney Rabbitohs Friday 24 September, 8:05pm Suncorp Stadium 26,249
Grand Final Penrith Panthers 14 - 12 South Sydney Rabbitohs Sunday 3 October, 7:30pm Suncorp Stadium 39,322
Source:[3]
Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw   Bye

Squad movement

Players

Gains

Player Signed from Until Reference
Jai Arrow Gold Coast Titans 2024 [4]
Jacob Host St. George Illawarra Dragons 2023 [5]
Taane Milne New Zealand Warriors 2022
Josh Mansour Penrith Panthers 2022 [6]
Benji Marshall Wests Tigers 2021 [7]

Losses

Player 2021 club Reference
Bryson Goodwin Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks [8]
Bayley Sironen New Zealand Warriors [9][10]
Jack Johns Newcastle Knights [11]
James Roberts Wests Tigers [12][13]
Cory Denniss Released [14]
Kurt Dillon
Ky Rodwell
Tom Amone
Ethan Lowe Retirement [15]

Re-signings

Player Signed until Reference
Cameron Murray 2025 [16]
Campbell Graham 2024 [17]
Liam Knight 2023 [18]
Hame Sele [19]
Lachlan Ilias 2022 [8]
Alex Johnston [20]
Jaxson Paulo [8]
Cody Walker [21]
Latrell Mitchell 2021 [22]
Jaydn Su'A [23]

Coaching staff

Name Position Team Reference
Wayne Bennett Head coach First Grade (NRL) [24]
Jason Demetriou Assistant coach
Joe O'Callaghan Head coach Under-21s (Jersey Flegg Cup)
Sam Burgess Under-19s (S.G. Ball Cup)
John Sutton Assistant coach
Beau Falloon Head coach Under-17s (Harold Matthews Cup)

Pre-Season

Date Time Opponent Venue Score Tries Goals Notes References
27 February 2020 St George Illawarra Dragons Glen Willow Stadium, Mudgee – 38th Charity Shield [25]
Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw

References

  1. ^ "Wayne Bennett to Join Rabbitohs as Head Coach for Season 2019". South Sydney Rabbitohs. 2 December 2018. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
  2. ^ "Rabbitohs announce Adam Reynolds as captain for Season 2020". South Sydney Rabbitohs. 24 February 2020. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  3. ^ a b "NRL 2021 – South Sydney Rabbitohs". Rugby League Project. 30 March 2021. Archived from the original on 26 April 2021.
  4. ^ "Jai Arrow signs a four-year contract until at least the end of 2024". South Sydney Rabbitohs. 6 January 2020. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
  5. ^ "Rabbitohs sign Jacob Host and Taane Milne". South Sydney Rabbitohs. 21 October 2020. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  6. ^ "Rabbitohs sign international winger Josh Mansour". South Sydney Rabbitohs. 13 January 2021. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
  7. ^ "Rabbitohs sign international half Benji Marshall". South Sydney Rabbitohs. 29 January 2021. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
  8. ^ a b c "Rabbitohs extend contract for four young stars; Bryson Goodwin released". South Sydney Rabbitohs. 15 June 2020. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  9. ^ "Rabbitohs release Bayley Sironen from the remainder of his playing contract". South Sydney Rabbitohs. 20 November 2020. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
  10. ^ "Terms agreed with Sironen". Warriors. 20 November 2020. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
  11. ^ "Jack Johns returns on development deal". Newcastle Knights. 20 November 2020. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
  12. ^ "James Roberts Granted Release On Compassionate Grounds". South Sydney Rabbitohs. 3 November 2020. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  13. ^ "Wests Tigers sign James Roberts". Wests Tigers. 19 November 2020. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
  14. ^ "South Sydney farewell seven ahead of 2021". wwos.nine.com.au. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  15. ^ "Ethan Lowe Confirms Retirement from NRL Football". South Sydney Rabbitohs. 20 October 2020. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
  16. ^ "Murray extends until end of Season 2025". South Sydney Rabbitohs. 26 May 2020. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
  17. ^ "Rabbitohs extend contract of Campbell Graham until end of Season 2024". South Sydney Rabbitohs. 4 August 2020. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
  18. ^ "Rabbitohs extend contract of Liam Knight". South Sydney Rabbitohs. 6 February 2020. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
  19. ^ "Rabbitohs extend contract of Hame Sele for the next three seasons". South Sydney Rabbitohs. 22 July 2020. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
  20. ^ "Rabbitohs extend contract of Alex Johnston until at least the end of 2022". South Sydney Rabbitohs. 9 September 2020. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
  21. ^ Webster, Andrew (17 December 2019). "Mitchell's Souths hopes fade as Walker agrees two-year extension". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
  22. ^ "Latrell Mitchell Signs". South Sydney Rabbitohs. 13 January 2020. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
  23. ^ "Rabbitohs sign Jaydn Su'A immediately until the end of the 2021 season". South Sydney Rabbitohs. 28 June 2019. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
  24. ^ "Perfect Partnership for Pathways Program". South Sydney Rabbitohs. 16 September 2020. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
  25. ^ "Rabbitohs return to Mudgee for 2021 Charity Shield". South Sydney Rabbitohs. 20 November 2020. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
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