2002 South Sydney Rabbitohs season

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2002 South Sydney Rabbitohs season
NRL Rank14th (out of 15)
Play-off resultN/A
2002 recordWins: 5; draws: 0; losses: 19
Points scoredFor: 385; against: 817
Team information
Coach Craig Coleman
Captain
Stadium ANZ Stadium
Top scorers
Tries Brent Grose (9)
Goals Scott McLean (24)
Points Scott McLean (72)
<  1999 2003  >

The 2002 South Sydney Rabbitohs season was the 93rd in the club's history and the 1st since 1999. Coached by Craig Coleman and captained by Adam Muir, Andrew Hart and Jason Death, they competed in the National Rugby League's 2002 Telstra Premiership, finishing the regular season 14th out of 15 teams, failing to reach the finals.

Contents

Ladder

2002 NRL season
PosTeamPldWDLBPFPAPDPts
1 New Zealand colours.svg New Zealand Warriors 2417072688454+23438
2 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights 2417072724498+22638
3 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos 2416172672425+24737
4 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters (P)2415182621405+21635
5 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 2415092653597+5634
6 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 24102122531440+9126
7 St. George colours.svg St George Illawarra Dragons 2493122632546+8625
8 Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders 24101132471641-17025
9 Northern Eagles colours.svg Northern Eagles 24100142503740-23724
10 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm 2491142556586-3023
11 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys 2480162496803-30720
12 Panthers colours.svg Penrith Panthers 2470172546654-10818
13 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers 2470172498642-14418
14 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs 2450192385817-43214
15 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 2420132707435+27281

1The Bulldogs were deducted 37 premiership points due to gross salary cap breaches.

Fixtures

Regular season

RoundOpponentResultScoreDateVenueCrowdRef
1 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters Loss6 – 40Saturday 15 March Aussie Stadium 35,316 [1]
2 Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders Win30 – 22Sunday 23 March Canberra Stadium 17,111 [2]
3 Northern Eagles colours.svg Northern Eagles Win44 – 20Saturday 30 March Aussie Stadium 15,825 [3]
4 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Loss6 – 32Friday 5 April Dairy Farmers Stadium 22,825 [4]
5 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys Loss18 – 30Saturday 13 April Aussie Stadium 11,014 [5]
6 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels Loss14 – 22Monday 22 April Aussie Stadium 16,979 [6]
7BYE
8 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos Loss16 – 42Friday 3 May Aussie Stadium 14,874 [7]
9 Auckland colours.svg New Zealand Warriors Loss18 – 25Sunday 12 May Ericsson Stadium 14,765 [8]
10 Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders Loss26 – 20Sunday 19 May Aussie Stadium 9,599 [9]
11 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights Win16 – 42Sunday 26 May Energy Australia Stadium 13,281 [10]
12 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Loss18 – 28Sunday 2 June Sydney Showground Stadium 8,105 [11]
13 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters Loss6 – 42Monday 10 June Aussie Stadium 15,891 [12]
14 Auckland colours.svg New Zealand Warriors Loss10 – 46Saturday 15 June Aussie Stadium 8,658 [13]
15 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm Loss6 – 44Saturday 22 June Olympic Park 9,912 [14]
16 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights Loss8 – 26Saturday 29 June Aussie Stadium 7,828 [15]
17 Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2020 colours.svg Penrith Panthers Win23 – 16Sunday 6 July Penrith Park 10,672 [16]
18 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers Win38 – 24Saturday 12 July Leichhardt 16,266 [17]
19 Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Loss10 – 48Sunday 20 July Aussie Stadium 15,219 [18]
20 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Loss6 – 22Saturday 27 July Toyota Stadium 14,163 [19]
21 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers Loss4 – 50Sunday 4 August Aussie Stadium 10,624 [20]
22 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels Loss0 – 54Saturday 10 August Parramatta Stadium 10,148 [21]
23 Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Loss16 – 58Sunday 18 August WIN Stadium 12,122 [22]
24 Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2020 colours.svg Penrith Panthers Loss12 – 28Saturday 24 August NorthPower Stadium 10,573 [23]
25 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys Loss34 – 36Saturday 31 August Aussie Stadium 9,129 [24]
26BYE

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