2018 South Sydney Rabbitohs season

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2018 South Sydney Rabbitohs season
NRL Rank3rd
Play-off resultPreliminary Final
2018 recordWins: 16; draws: 0; losses: 8
Points scoredFor: 582; against: 437
Team information
CEO Shane Richardson
Head Coach Anthony Seibold
Captain
Stadium ANZ Stadium
Optus Stadium (Round 1 only)
Central Coast Stadium (Round 7 only)
Barlow Park (Round 16 only)
Glen Willow Oval (Charity Shield only)
Avg. attendance17,351 (Regular Season) 36,625 (Finals)
High attendance38,824 (vs. New Zealand Warriors in round 1 of Regular Season) 48,188 (vs. St George Illawarra Dragons in week 2 of Finals)
Top scorers
Tries Robert Jennings (19)
Goals Adam Reynolds (91)
PointsAdam Reynolds (207)
<  2017 List of seasons 2019  >

The 2018 South Sydney Rabbitohs season was the 109th in the club's history. Coached by Anthony Seibold and captained by Greg Inglis, they competed in the National Rugby League's 2018 Telstra Premiership.

Contents

Squad movements

Gains

PlayerSigned FromRef
Mark Nicholls Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm [1]
Dane Gagai Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights [2]

Losses

Player2018 clubRef
Bryson Goodwin Wolvescolours.svg Super League: Warrington Wolves [3]
Aaron Gray Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks [4]
Dave Tyrrell Balmain colours.svg Eastern Suburbs Tigers (Intrust Super Cup) [5]

Ladder

2018 NRL season
PosTeamPldWDLBPFPAPDPts
1 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters 2416081542361+18134
2 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm 2416081536363+17334
3 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs 2416081582437+14534
4 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 2416081519423+9634
5 Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2020 colours.svg Penrith Panthers 2415091517461+5632
6 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos 2415091556500+5632
7 St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 2415091519472+4732
8 New Zealand colours.svg New Zealand Warriors 2415091472447+2532
9 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers 24120121377460−8326
10 Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders 24100141563540+2322
11 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights 2490151414607−19320
12 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 2480161428474−4618
13 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys 2480161449521−7218
14 Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans 2480161472582−11018
15 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 2470171500622−12216
16 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 2460181374550−17614

Pre-season

DateOpponentVenueScoreTriesGoalsAttendanceNotes
Tue 13 Feb St. George Illawarra colours.svg St George Illawarra Dragons Glen Willow Oval 22 – 18 [6] Kennar, Crichton, Jennings, Walker Doueihi (3/5)9,133 [7] 33rd Charity Shield
Sat 17 Feb Wigancolours.svg Wigan Warriors ANZ Stadium 18 – 8 [8] T. Burgess, Graham, Kennar, Douehi Cook (1/4)18,721 [9] Played as Part of the 2018 World Club Challenge

Regular season

Home games in bold [10]

DateRoundOpponentVenueScoreTriesGoalsAttendanceNotes
Sat 10 Mar1 Auckland colours.svg New Zealand Warriors Perth Stadium (Home game)20 – 32 [11] Walker (2), Kennar (2) Reynolds (2/4)38,824 [12]
Sat 17 Mar2 Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2020 colours.svg Penrith Panthers Panthers Stadium 14 – 18 [13] Walker, Cook Doueihi (3/3)15,995
Sat 24 Mar3 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles ANZ Stadium 34 – 6 [14] Jennings (3), Kennar (2), Hunt, Johnston Doueihi (3/7)12,553 [15]
Fri 30 Mar4 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs ANZ Stadium 20 – 16 [16] Burns, Hunt, Inglis, Murray Doueihi (2/4)32,471 [16]
Fri 6 Apr5 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Jubilee Oval 12 – 16 [17] Inglis, WalkerDouheihi (1/2), Reynolds (1/1)16,709
Thur 12 Apr6 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters Allianz Stadium 26 – 14 [18] Crichton, Inglis, Jennings, Sutton Reynolds (5/7)15,242
Sat 21 Apr7 Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders Central Coast Stadium 42 – 22 [19] Jennings (2), Clark, Inglis, Johnston Kennar, WalkerReynolds (7/9)15,134
Thur 26 Apr8 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos ANZ Stadium 20 – 24 [20] Johnston, Sutton, WalkerReynolds (4/4)11,123ANZAC Round
Friday 4 May9 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights McDonald Jones Stadium 36 – 18 [21] Jennings, Walker, Graham, Gagai, Cook, InglisReynolds (6/8)22,718
Sun 13 May10 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons ANZ Stadium 24 – 10 [22] Crichton, Graham, Hunt, InglisReynolds (4/7)13,062Indigenous Round
Sat 19 May11 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys 1300SMILES Stadium 20 – 19 [23] G. Burgess, CookReynolds (6/8)14,270
Sat 26 May12 Auckland colours.svg New Zealand Warriors Mount Smart Stadium 30 – 10 [24] G. Burgess, T. Burgess, Inglis, Jennings, SuttonReynolds (5/7)15,958
Fri 1 Jun13 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla Sharks ANZ Stadium 22 – 14 [25] T. Burgess (2), GrahamReynolds (5/6)10,410
Fri 8 Jun14 Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans Cbus Super Stadium 18 – 16 [26] Doueihi, Walker, JohnstonReynolds (3/4)11,833
Thur 14 Jun15 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels ANZ Stadium (Away game)42 – 24 [27] Jennings (4), Johnston (2), Hunt, T. BurgessReynolds (5/9)8,047
Sun 1 Jul16 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys Barlow Park (Home game)21 – 20 [28] Reynolds, Walker, Graham, JenningsReynolds (3/6)7,651
17Bye
Sat 14 Jul18 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs ANZ Stadium (Away game)24 – 6 [29] Jennings (3), ReynoldsReynolds (4/5)14,278
Sat 21 Jul19 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers ANZ Stadium (Away game)6 – 22 [30] WalkerReynolds (1/1)25,963
Sat 28 Jul20 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels ANZ Stadium 26 – 20 [31] Gagai (2), Graham (2), JenningsReynolds (3/5)15,542
Fri 3 Aug21 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm ANZ Stadium 30 – 20 [32] Hunt, S. Burgess, Doueihi, Cook, JohnstonReynolds (5/6)15,132
Fri 10 Aug22 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters ANZ Stadium 14 – 18 [33] Hunt, ReynoldsReynolds (3/4)26,331 Women's in League Round
Thur 16 Aug23 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos Suncorp Stadium 18 – 38 [34] Kennar (2), HuntReynolds (3/4)29,241
Sat 25 Aug24 Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders GIO Stadium 12 – 24 [35] Inglis, WalkerReynolds (2/3)15,900
Thur 30 Aug25 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers ANZ Stadium 51 – 10 [36] Jennings, Crichton, Walker, Graham, Reynolds, Johnston, T. Burgess, SuttonReynolds (9/10), Clark (1/1)12,037 [37]
Legend:   Win  Loss  Draw  Bye

Finals

DateWeekOpponentVenueScoreTriesGoalsAttendanceNotes
Fri 7 Sep1 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm AAMI Park 28 – 29 [38] Inglis (2), Gagai, Jennings, MurrayReynolds (4/7)17,306
Sat 15 Sep2 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons ANZ Stadium 13 – 12 [39] ReynoldsReynolds (6/6)48,188Reynolds Scored 3 Field Goals to Win the Match.
Sat 22 Sep3 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters Allianz Stadium 4 – 12 [40] Reynolds (2/3)44,380
Legend:   Win  Loss  Draw  Bye

Representative Honor's

Domestic

Pos.PlayerTeamCall-up
HK Damien Cook New South Wales colours.svg New South Wales 2018 State of Origin
IC Angus Crichton New South Wales colours.svg New South Wales 2018 State of Origin
CE Greg Inglis Queensland colours.svg Queensland 2018 State of Origin
WG Dane Gagai Queensland colours.svg Queensland 2018 State of Origin

International

Pos.PlayerTeamCall-up
WG Robert Jennings Flag of Tonga.svg Tonga 2018 Pacific Tests
IC Tevita Tatola Flag of Tonga.svg Tonga 2018 Pacific Tests
SR Sam Burgess Flag of England.svg England 2018 Denver Test
PR & IC Thomas Burgess Flag of England.svg England 2018 Denver Test, England Tests and 2018 Baskerville Shield Game I, Game II and Game III
LK George Burgess Flag of England.svg England England Tests and 2018 Baskerville Shield Game I & Game II
WG Dane Gagai Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia Australian Tests
HK Damien Cook Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia Australian Tests

Individual Honor's

George Piggins Medal Jack Rayner Players' Player AwardBob McCarthy Clubman of the Year AwardJohn Sattler Rookie of the year AwardRoy Asotasi Members’ Choice Award The Burrow Appreciation Award Female Player of the Year The Burrow Appreciation Award (Womens) Women's Players' Player Award
Damien Cook Sam Burgess John Sutton Adam Doueihi Damien Cook Damien Cook Maddie Studdon Chloe Caldwell & Grace Uluiburotu Chloe Caldwell & Taleena Simon

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