2021 South Sydney Rabbitohs season

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2021 South Sydney Rabbitohs season
Team information
CEO Blake Solly
Head Coach Wayne Bennett (First Grade)
Captain
Stadium Stadium Australia
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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.

Contents

Standings

2021 NRL season
PosTeamPldWDLBPFPAPDPts
1 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm 2421031815316+49944
2 Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2017 colours.svg Penrith Panthers (P)2421031676286+39044
3 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs 2420041775453+32242
4 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 2416081744492+25234
5 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters 2416081630489+14134
6 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 2415091566457+10932
7 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights 24120121428571−14326
8 Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans 24100141580583−322
9 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 24100141520556−3622
10 Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders 24100141481578−9722
11 St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 2480161474616−14218
12 Auckland colours.svg New Zealand Warriors 2480161453624−17118
13 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers 2480161500714−21418
14 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos 2470171446695−24916
15 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys 2470171460748−28816
16 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 2430211340710−3708

Fixtures

Regular season

RoundHomeScoreAwayMatch information
Date and time (local)VenueAttendance
1 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm 26 – 18 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs Thursday, 11 March, 8:05 pm AAMI Park 11,812
2 Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 12 – 26 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs Saturday, 20 March, 5:30 pm Lottoland 3,218
3 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs 26 – 16 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters Friday, 26 March, 8:05 pm Stadium Australia 22,838
4 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 0 – 38 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs Friday, 2 April, 4:05 pm Stadium Australia 23,340
5 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs 35 – 6 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos Thursday, 8 April, 7:50 pm Stadium Australia 9,142
6 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs 18 – 14 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers Saturday, 17 April, 5:30 pm Stadium Australia 16,134
7 Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans 30 – 40 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs Friday, 23 April, 6:00 pm Cbus Super Stadium 17,383
8 Canberra colours.svg Canberra Raiders 20 – 34 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs Thursday, 29 April, 7:50 pm GIO Stadium 14,260
9 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs 0 – 50 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm Thursday, 6 May, 7:50 pm Stadium Australia 7,501
10 Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 22 – 32 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs Saturday, 15 May, 5:30 pm Suncorp Stadium 42,821
11 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs 12 – 56 Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2017 colours.svg Penrith Panthers Sunday, 23 May, 2:00 pm Apex Oval 10,824
12 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs 38 – 20 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels Saturday, 29 May, 5:30 pm Stadium Australia 20,743
13Bye Round
14 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs 24–10 Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights Saturday, 12 June, 5:30 pm Stadium Australia 12,156
15 Brisbane colours.svg Brisbane Broncos 0 – 46 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs Thursday, 17 June, 7:50 pm Suncorp Stadium 19,713
16 Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers 22 – 38 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs Sunday, 4 July, 4:05 pm Leichhardt Oval 0
17 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs 46 – 18 North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys Friday, 9 July, 7:55 pm McDonald Jones Stadium 3,127
18 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs 32 – 24 Canterbury colours.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Sunday, 18 July, 6:15 pm Cbus Super Stadium 2,979
19 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs 60 – 22 Auckland colours.svg New Zealand Warriors Saturday, 24 July, 3:00 pm Sunshine Coast Stadium 7,569
20 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St George Illawarra Dragons 14 – 50 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs Saturday, 31 July, 3:00 pmSuncorp Stadium0
21 Parramatta colours.svg Parramatta Eels 12 – 40 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs Friday, 6 August, 7:55 pmCbus Super Stadium0
22 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs 36 – 6 Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans Saturday, 14 August, 3:00 pmCbus Super Stadium4,117
23 Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2017 colours.svg Penrith Panthers 25 – 12 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs Friday, 20 August, 7:55 pmSuncorp Stadium8,848
24 Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Sydney Roosters 12 – 54 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs Friday, 27 August, 7:55 pmSuncorp Stadium5,136
25 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs 20 – 16 St. George Illawarra colours.svg St George Illawarra Dragons Saturday, 4 September, 7:35 pmSunshine Coast Stadium3,295
Source: [3]
Legend:   Win  Loss  Draw  Bye

Finals Series

RoundHomeScoreAwayMatch information
Date and time (local)VenueAttendance
Qualifying Final Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2017 colours.svg Penrith Panthers 10 - 16 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs Saturday 11 September, 7:50pm Queensland Country Bank Stadium 18,244
Semi FinalBye Week
Preliminary Final Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 16 - 36 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs Friday 24 September, 8:05pm Suncorp Stadium 26,249
Grand Final Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2017 colours.svg Penrith Panthers 14 - 12 South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs Sunday 3 October, 7:30pm Suncorp Stadium 39,322
Source: [3]
Legend:   Win  Loss  Draw  Bye

Squad movement

Players

Gains

PlayerSigned fromUntilReference
Jai Arrow Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans 2024 [4]
Jacob Host St. George colours.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 2023 [5]
Taane Milne Auckland colours.svg New Zealand Warriors 2022
Josh Mansour Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2017 colours.svg Penrith Panthers 2022 [6]
Benji Marshall Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers 2021 [7]

Losses

Player2021 clubReference
Bryson Goodwin Cronulla colours.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks [8]
Bayley Sironen Auckland colours.svg New Zealand Warriors [9] [10]
Jack Johns Newcastle colours.svg Newcastle Knights [11]
James Roberts Wests Tigers colours.svg Wests Tigers [12] [13]
Cory Denniss Released [14]
Kurt Dillon
Ky Rodwell
Tom Amone
Ethan Lowe Retirement [15]

Re-signings

PlayerSigned untilReference
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

NamePositionTeamReference
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

DateTimeOpponentVenueScoreTriesGoalsNotesReferences
27 February 2020 St. George colours.svg St George Illawarra Dragons Glen Willow Stadium, Mudgee – 38th Charity Shield [25]
Legend:   Win  Loss  Draw

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