2012 South Sydney Rabbitohs season

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2012 South Sydney Rabbitohs season
NRL RankFirst Grade
2012 recordWins: 16; draws: 0; losses: 8
Points scoredFor: 559; against: 438
Team information
CEOShane Richardson
Coach Michael Maguire
Captain
Stadium ANZ Stadium
Avg. attendance18,904
High attendance35,221 v Canterbury, Rd 6
Top scorers
Tries Andrew Everingham (17)
Goals Adam Reynolds (97)
Points Adam Reynolds (208)
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The 2012 South Sydney Rabbitohs season was the 103rd in the club's history. They competed in the NRL's 2012 Telstra Premiersip under rookie coach Michael Maguire and finished the regular season 3rd (out of 16), Having made the finals for the 2nd since 1989, the Rabbitohs then came to within one game of the 2012 NRL Grand final but were knocked out of contention by eventual grand finalists the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs.

Contents

Pre-season

The Rabbitohs played three pre-season games in 2012. The Rabbitohs were initially planned to play the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks at the fourth annual Return to Redfern, then the Warrington Wolves in Coffs Harbour. However, due to a scheduling clash with Warrington's first season match, the games were rescheduled.
The changes meant the clash with Warrington would need to be in late January, and Redfern Oval played host to its first international match in the re-developed configuration. At the clash, in front of a sold-out crowd, the head coach, Michael Maguire announced the new captaincy arrangement, and presented the 2012 squad. On the field, Warrington held onto a late comeback by South Sydney to win 34 points to 28.
A fortnight later, at the conclusion of the annual 'Camp Rabbitoh' pre-season training camp in Coffs Harbour, the Rabbitohs played the 2011 Grand Finalists, the New Zealand Warriors, in which South Sydney were again beaten by 8 points.
In the final pre-season clash, the Rabbitohs took on the St. George Illawarra Dragons in the annual Charity Shield clash at ANZ Stadium. The match, in which South Sydney were defeated by 6 points, drew over 21,000 fans, and was again the only pre-season clash to be televised.

DateRoundOpponentVenueScoreAttendanceReport
28 January Return to Redfern Wolvescolours.svg Warrington Wolves ATP Performance Centre, Redfern 28–345,000
11 FebruaryCoffs Harbour Trial Auckland colours.svg New Zealand Warriors BCU International Stad., Coffs Harbour 14–225,376
18 February Charity Shield St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons ANZ Stadium, Sydney 12–1821,398
Legend:   Win  13+ Win  Loss  13+ Loss  Draw

Regular season

While the Rabbitohs got off to a rocky start to 2012 under new coach Michael Maguire, losing 3 of their first 4 games. With the heir-apparent to the fullback position, Nathan Merritt, out for the first 7 rounds, and a struggling Dylan Farrell playing out of position, coach Maguire moved Greg Inglis to fullback in the 40–24 thrashing of Penrith, setting their season alight. From the next 17 games, South Sydney managed to lose only 4, and all bar one were closely fought losses, won in the dying minutes of the game.

In Round 19, South Sydney fought out one of the wins of the season, pipping the Sydney Roosters with 2 back-to-back tries within the last 3 minutes of the game, a feat which the Roosters had pulled in Round 1 over South Sydney. The team experienced a minor hiccup losing back-to-back games in Round 23/24 for only the second time all year. South Sydney bounced back however, with an inspiring victory over the Parramatta Eels in which Greg Inglis posted one of the best individual performances of all time, as measured by Sportsdata's CVR Ratings. [1] The Rabbitohs then wrapped up their first Top 4 spot since 1989 with a win over Newcastle.

DateRoundOpponentVenueScoreAttendanceReport
Mon 5 Mar1 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters ANZ Stadium, Sydney20–2418,278
Sun 11 Mar2 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm AAMI Park, Melbourne 10–2415,872
Sun 18 Mar3 Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2020 colours.svg Penrith Panthers Centrebet Stadium, Penrith 40–2413,876
Fri 23 Mar4 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos nib Stadium, Perth 12–2015,599
Sun 1 Apr5 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers Allianz Stadium, Sydney17–1625,604
Fri 6 Apr6 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs ANZ Stadium, Sydney20–1035,221
Sun 15 Apr7 Auckland colours.svg New Zealand Warriors Mt. Smart Stadium, New Zealand22–4415,378
Representative Weekend
Sat 28 Apr8 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys ANZ Stadium, Sydney20–1612,213
Mon 7 May9 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla Sharks ANZ Stadium, Sydney34–2812,201
10BYE
Sun 20 May11 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons WIN Jubilee Oval, Sydney19–1814,894
Fri 25 May12 Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders ANZ Stadium, Sydney36–1810,054
Sat 2 Jun13 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs ANZ Stadium, Sydney18–2319,439
14BYE
Sat 16 Jun15 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels ANZ Stadium, Sydney24–614,212
Fri 22 Jun16 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane 12–2633,602
Sun 1 Jul17 Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2020 colours.svg Penrith Panthers ANZ Stadium, Sydney38–1213,096
Sun 8 Jul18 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights ANZ Stadium, Sydney34–1416,104
Mon 16 Jul19 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters Allianz Stadium, Sydney24–2219,906
Sat 21 Jul20 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons ANZ Stadium, Sydney36–1421,071
Sun 29 Jul21 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers ANZ Stadium, Sydney32–629,863
Sun 5 Aug22 Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans Skilled Park, Gold Coast 22–1820,187
Fri 10 Aug23 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Bluetongue Stadium, Central Coast 6–2317,947
Sat 18 Aug24 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Toyota Stadium, Sydney7–2016,423
Sun 26 Aug25 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels ANZ Stadium, Sydney36–624,121
Fri 31 Aug26 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights Hunter Stadium, Newcastle 18–624,127
Legend:   Win  13+ Win  Loss  13+ Loss  Draw  Bye

Finals Series

After finishing the season proper in third place, the Rabbitohs travelled to Melbourne to take on the second placed Storm. Souths put in an uncharacteristically poor performance, with Melbourne rolling Souths 24–6, with the only Rabbitohs try going to forward Eddy Pettybourne, for his first try of the year.
Despite the loss, South Sydney proceeded through to an Elimination final against the Canberra Raiders at ANZ Stadium. Against a home crowd, Souths turned in a dominant performance, piling on 38 points; tries going to Adam Reynolds, Sam Burgess, Dylan Farrell, and a double to Andrew Everingham. Additionally, a rare penalty try was awarded to Greg Inglis, after Canberra's Blake Ferguson tackled Inglis without the ball as he was about to receive an offload from forward Luke Burgess. During the game, halfback and Rookie of the Year Adam Reynolds kicked 7/8 goals to become only the second South Sydney player to score more than 200 points in a season.
Souths then moved on to a Grand Final Qualifier against the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, played in front of a bumper crowd of more than 70,000. The Rabbitohs scored their only try through Issac Luke, however after halfback Adam Reynolds left the field with a hamstring injury, the momentum of the game swung and the Bulldogs surged ahead to end the Rabbitohs season.

DateRoundOpponentVenueScoreAttendanceReport
Sat 8 SepQualifying Final Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm AAMI Park, Melbourne 6–2419,750
Sat 15 SepSemi-final Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders ANZ Stadium, Sydney38–1635,874
Sat 22 SepPreliminary Final Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs ANZ Stadium, Sydney8–3270,354
Legend:   Win  13+ Win  Loss  13+ Loss  Draw  Bye

Ladder

PosTeamPldWDLBPFPAPDPts
1 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 2418062568369+19940
2 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm (P)2417072579361+21838
3 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs 2416082559438+12136
4 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 2416082497403+9436
5 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys 2415092597445+15234
6 Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders 24130112545536+930
7 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 24121112445441+429
8 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos 24120122481447+3428
9 St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 24110132405438-3326
10 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers 24110132506551-4526
11 Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans 24100142449477-2824
12 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights 24100142448488-4024
13 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters 2481152462626-16421
14 New Zealand colours.svg New Zealand Warriors 2480162497609-11220
15 Panthers colours.svg Penrith Panthers 2480162409575-16620
16 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 2460182431674-24316

Statistics

PlayerGamesTriesGoalsField GoalsTotal Points
Neccrom Areaiiti 10000
Roy Asotasi 92008
George Burgess 30000
Luke Burgess 150000
Sam Burgess 1940016
Ryan Carr 00000
Jason Clark 221004
Shaune Corrigan 80000
Michael Crocker 232008
Andrew Everingham 22150060
Dylan Farrell 2370028
Scott Geddes 120000
Justin Hunt 950020
Greg Inglis 19110145
Matt King 1930012
Ben Lowe 161004
Issac Luke 1943022
Chris McQueen 2050020
Nathan Merritt 17140056
Nathan Peats 1550020
Eddy Pettybourne 200000
Adam Reynolds 242872184
Josh Starling 30000
John Sutton 2440016
Fetuli Talanoa 20000
David Taylor 2390036
David Tyrrell190000

Transfers

Gains

PlayerGained From
Matt King Wolvescolours.svg Warrington Wolves [2]
Justin Hunt Redcliffe colours.svg Redcliffe Dolphins [3]
Ryan Carr Redcliffe colours.svg Redcliffe Dolphins [3]
Andrew Everingham Western Suburbs colours.svg Western Suburbs Magpies
Michael Maguire (Coach) Wigancolours.svg Wigan Warriors [4]

Losses

PlayerLost To
Chris Sandow Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels [5]
Shannan McPherson Redscolours.svg Salford City Reds [2]
Luke Stuart Retired
Rhys Wesser Retired [6]
John Lang (Coach)Retired
Ben Ross Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
Beau Falloon Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans

Current squad

The following list comprises players who are in the Rabbitohs full-time first-grade squad for the 2012 season in the NRL Telstra Premiership.

South Sydney Rabbitohs
First team squadCoaching staff

Head coach

Assistant coaches


Legend:
  • (c) Captain(s)
  • (vc) Vice-captain(s)
  • (gk) Goal kicker
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured

Updated: 21 May 2012
Source(s): Rabbitohs Squad, Rugby League Project

Player statistics

PlayerAppearancesTriesGoalsField GoalsTotal Points

Representative honours

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

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