2010 South Sydney Rabbitohs season

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2010 South Sydney Rabbitohs season
NRL Rank9th
2010 recordWins: 9; draws: 0; losses: 8
Points scoredFor: 456; against: 379
Team information
CEOShane Richardson
Coach John Lang
Captain
Stadium ANZ Stadium
Avg. attendance404,546
Top scorers
Tries Nathan Merritt 16
Goals Issac Luke 46
Points Issac Luke 124
<  2009 2011  >

The 2010 South Sydney Rabbitohs season was the 101st in the club's history. It competed in the National Rugby League's 2010 Telstra Premiership and finished 9th out of 16 teams, only just missing out on a place in the finals. The coach of the club was John Lang and club captain was Roy Asotasi.

Contents

Pre-season

The South Sydney Rabbitohs pre-season schedule began with a return to spiritual home Redfern Oval on Sunday 7 February, with the Rabbitohs winning 42–12 over the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles. English Recruit Sam Burgess picked up his first try in Rabbitohs colours; Adam Reynolds, Jason Clark, Brock Molan, Kennedy Pettybourne, Josh Mansour, Curtis Johnston and Matt Mundine each scored a try. [1]

Two weeks later the Rabbitohs took their pre-season to Coffs Harbour, New South Wales to play the Gold Coast Titans at BCU International Stadium in front of 5,500 supporters. The Titans took the match 28–22. Luke Capewell grabbed a double, while Issac Luke and Junior Vaivai scored the other two tries. [2]

The Rabbitohs then took part in the traditional Charity Shield clash against the St George Illawarra Dragons. The Rabbitohs retained the Charity Shield after a 26–26 draw. Fetuli Fetuli Talanoa grabbed a treble; and Ben Lowe and Nathan Merritt scored the other two tries. [3]

Results

Home teamScoreAway teamCrowdGround
South Sydney Rabbitohs48–12 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 5,000 Redfern Oval
South Sydney Rabbitohs22–26 Gold Coast Titans 5,550 BCU International Stadium
South Sydney Rabbitohs26 -26 St George Illawarra Dragons 27,221 ANZ Stadium

Regular season

Results

DateRoundOpponentVenueResultTriesGoalsF. GoalsAttendance
14 Mar, 15:00Round 1 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters ANZ Stadium, Sydney 10–36 Merritt (2) Luke (1con)23,149
21 Mar, 15:00Round 2 Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans ANZ Stadium, Sydney 18–19 Champion (2), Tyrell Luke (1con)10,943
28 Mar, 15:00Round 3 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Toyota Stadium, Woolooware 30–8 Champion (2), Best, Burgess, Luke Luke (4con), Sandow (1con)10,741
2 Apr, 20:35Round 4 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs ANZ Stadium 38–16 Burgess (2), Champion (2), Sandow, Merritt, Luke Luke (3con), Sandow (2con)30,120
11 Apr, 15:00Round 5 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights Bluetongue Stadium, Central Coast 28–10 Merritt (2), Champion, Talanoa, Wesser Luke (4con)16,098
16–19 AprRound 6 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels ANZ Stadium 8–22 Talanoa, Best 25,152
23–26 AprRound 7 Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders Canberra Stadium, Canberra 26–24 Sutton, Merritt, Luke, Taylor, Wesser Sandow (2con), Luke (1con) 13,145
30 Apr – 3 MayRound 8 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles ANZ Stadium 22–30 Champion (2), Taylor, Luke Luke (3con)15,459
Round 9BYE
14–17 MayRound 10 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers SCG, Sydney50–10 Merritt (3), Champion (2), Taylor, Sandow, Best, Talanoa Luke (7con)30,685
21–24 MayRound 11 Auckland colours.svg New Zealand Warriors Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland 24–26 Talanoa (2), Best, Wesser Luke (4con)13,235
28–31 MayRound 12 Penrith colours.svg Penrith Panthers ANZ Stadium 42–22 Wesser (2), Taylor, Sutton, Luke, Sandow, Champion Luke (7con)11,108
4–7 JunRound 13 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys ANZ Stadium 32–4 Champion (2), Merritt (2), Taylor, Talanoa, Luke Luke (1con), Sandow (1con)9,688
11–14 JunRound 14 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane 22–50 Merritt (2), Best, Lowe Sandow (3con)30,311
11–14 JunRound 15 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Brookvale Oval, Brookvale 25–26 Luke (2), Wesser, Sandow Luke (3con) Sandow (1fieldgoal)11,661
25–28 JunRound 16 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm NIB Stadium 16–14 Talanoa (2), Sandow Luke (2con)13,164
Round 17BYE
9–12 JulRound 18 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney 14–18 Falloon, Talanoa Sandow (3con)18,424
16–19 JulRound 19 St. George colours.svg St George Illawarra Dragons ANZ Stadium 13–16 Asotasi, Sutton Sandow(2con) Sandow (1fieldgoal)22,238
23–26 JulRound 20 Auckland colours.svg New Zealand Warriors ANZ Stadium 38–28 Talanoa (2), Merritt, Simpson, Pettybourne, Falloon, Sandow Sandow (5con)13,895
30 Jul – 2 AugRound 21 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury Bulldogs ANZ Stadium 12–32 Sandow (2) Luke (2con)
6–9 AugRound 22 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers ANZ Stadium 34–30 Farrell (3), Talanoa, Wesser, Sutton Sandow (5con)23,298
13–16 AugRound 23 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm AAMI Park, Melbourne 16–18 Merritt (2), Capewell Luke (2con)
20–23 AugRound 24 Penrith colours.svg Penrith Panthers CUA Stadium, Penrith 18–54 Capewell, Wesser, Farrell Sandow (3con)
27–30 AugRound 25 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels ANZ Stadium 24–14 Wesser, Lowe, Luke, Taylor Sandow (4con)
3–6 SepRound 26 St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons WIN Stadium, Wollongong 38–24

Ladder

2010 NRL season
Pos.TeamPldWDLBPFPAPDPts
1 St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons (P)2417072518299+21938
2 Panthers colours.svg Penrith Panthers 2415092645489+15634
3 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers 2415092537503+3434
4 Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans 2415092520498+2234
5 New Zealand colours.svg New Zealand Warriors 24140102539486+5332
6 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters 24140102559510+4932
7 Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders 24130112499493+630
8 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 24120122545510+3528
9 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs 24110132584567+1726
10 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos 24110132508535−2726
11 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights 24100142499569−7024
12 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 24100142413491−7824
13 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 2490152494539−4522
14 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 2470172354609−25518
15 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys 2450192425667−24214
16 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm 24140102489363+12601

1 Melbourne were deducted eight premiership points and barred from receiving premiership points for the rest of the season due to gross long-term salary cap breaches. [4]

Kit and Sponsors

National Australia Bank

The National Australia Bank was the Rabbitohs major home sponsor for the 2010 Telstra Premiership.

DeLonghi

DeLonghi was the major away sponsor for the Rabbitohs in the 2010 Telstra Premiership.

V8 Supercars Australia

V8 Supercars was the Rabbitohs major sleeve sponsor for the 2010 Telstra Premiership.

Virgin Blue

Virgin Blue was the Rabbitohs major training sponsor for the 2010 Telstra Premiership.

Current squad

The following list comprises players who were in the Rabbitohs full-time first-grade squad for the 2010 season in the NRL Telstra Premiership.

No.PositionPlayer
Flag of New Zealand.svg PR Roy Asotasi (C)
Flag of Australia (converted).svg CE Colin Best
Flag of England.svg PR Sam Burgess
Flag of Australia (converted).svg FE Luke Capewell
Flag of Australia (converted).svg CE Beau Champion
Flag of Australia (converted).svg CE Shaune Corrigan
Flag of Australia (converted).svg SR Michael Crocker
Flag of Australia (converted).svg PR Garrett Crossman
Flag of Australia (converted).svg LK Jason Clark
Flag of Australia (converted).svg HK Beau Falloon
Flag of Australia (converted).svg PR Scott Geddes
Flag of Australia (converted).svg CE Dylan Farrell
Flag of Australia (converted).svg LK Ben Lowe
Flag of Australia (converted).svg PR Jaiman Lowe
Flag of New Zealand.svg HK Issac Luke
No.PositionPlayer
Flag of Australia (converted).svg SR Shannan McPherson
Flag of Australia (converted).svg WG Chris McQueen
Flag of Australia (converted).svg WG Nathan Merritt
Flag of New Zealand.svg SR Eddy Pettybourne
Flag of Australia (converted).svg PR Ben Ross
Flag of Australia (converted).svg HB Chris Sandow
Flag of Australia (converted).svg CE Jamie Simpson
Flag of Australia (converted).svg PR Craig Stapleton
Flag of Australia (converted).svg SR Luke Stuart
Flag of Australia (converted).svg FE John Sutton
Flag of Tonga.svg WG Fetuli Talanoa
Flag of Australia (converted).svg PR David Taylor
Flag of Australia (converted).svg SR David Tyrrell
Flag of Australia (converted).svg CE Taioalo Vaivai
Flag of Australia (converted).svg FB Rhys Wesser

Player statistics

PlayerAppearancesTriesGoalsField GoalsTotal Points
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Representative honours

Player All Stars Anzac Test City / Country State of Origin 1 State of Origin 2 State of Origin 3 Four Nations

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References

  1. ↑ "Rabbitohs 42 Defeat Sea Eagles 12 at RTR - The OFFICIAL website of the South Sydney Rabbitohs". Archived from the original on 10 February 2010. Retrieved 14 July 2010.
  2. ↑ "UPDATED: Titans 28 Defeat Rabbitohs 22 in Coffs Harbour Trial Match - The OFFICIAL website of the South Sydney Rabbitohs". Archived from the original on 24 February 2010. Retrieved 14 July 2010.
  3. ↑ "Rabbitohs Retain Charity Shield - The OFFICIAL website of the South Sydney Rabbitohs". Archived from the original on 2 March 2010. Retrieved 14 July 2010.
  4. ↑ Stuart Honeysett and Brent Read (23 April 2010) Shocking end to the Melbourne Storm era The Australian
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