Big League Weekly Edition – July 25, 2019

GAME THREE: South Sydney v St George Illawarra

Round 19 BIG LEAGUE 2019 41

ATTACK

DEFENCE

MATCH AVERAGES

HEAD-TO-HEAD

AT ANZ STADIUM

WINNING FORM

PAST8 CLASHES

2019 –

2018 –

2017 –

2016 –

2015 –

BIGGEST HEAD-TO-HEAD WINS

NEXTCLASH

CASUALTY WARD

DATE:FRIDAY,JULY 26
VENUE:ANZSTADIUM
KICK-OFF:7.55PM
REFEREE:GERARDSUTTON
ASSISTANTREFEREE:MATTNOYEN
TOUCHJUDGES:NICKBEASHEL& RICKEYMcFARLANE
SENIORREVIEWOFFICIAL:JAREDMAXWELL
REVIEWOFFICIAL:BENLOWE
CHANNEL9 & FOXLEAGUE: 7.30PM
LIVERADIO: ABC, 2GB

DRAGONS

14th(14 )

305

405

51

77%

37

8

6

71

45

18

8

3

4

18

24

172

359

1521

9

9

3

77%

RABBITOHS

2nd(26)

386

282

62

77%

43

12

7

47

31

12

4

4

3

23

17

182

326

1605

10

7

4

82%

HEAD-TO-HEADLEADERS

AVERAGE METRES

Paul Vaughan 139

Braidon Burns 132

AVERAGETACKLES

Cameron McInnes 48

James Graham 37

Cameron Murray 35

LINE-BREAKS

Cody Walker 9

Euan Aitken 6

STATS

ANZStadium

Friday7.55pm

Form:Afterslumpingtofour

successivelossesduringthe

demandingrepresentative

period,theRabbitohshave

recoveredoverthepastfortnight

torecordvictoriesovertheSea

EaglesandCowboys.Neither

winwasdecisivehoweverthe

positiveresultshaverestored

confidenceandensuredthe

Rabbitohsremainbound

fora placeinthetopfour.

Significantly,theywonboth

gameswithouttheinputofthe

Burgessbrothers(twoinjured,

onesuspended)andasthey

maketheirreturns,theimpetus

providedbytheRabbitohs’

forwardpackshouldincrease

accordingly.TheDragons

have been one of the major

disappointmentsofthe 2019

season,affecteddeeplybythe

JackdeBelinsagaandstruck

downbyinjuriestokeyplayers

GarethWiddopandJames

Graham.They’vesufferedheavy

defeatsintheirpasttwogames

andretainonlya mathematical

chanceofplayingfinalsfootball.

History:TheDragons

dominatedtheearlyyearsof

thisfixture,winning 10 ofthe

first 11 encountershowever

recentsuccesshasbelonged

totheRabbitohs,whohave

won 12 ofthepast 15 clashes.

Thebottomlinefavoursthe

Dragons 17 winsto 15 butit

is sixyearssinceStGeorge

IllawarralasthadtheRabbitohs’

measureatANZStadium.

TheRabbitohsweredecisive

winnerswhentheseteamsmet

at Kogarah earlier in the season,

claimingtheresult34-18.

It wasnotapparentatthetime,

butthegamegrewinhistorical

significancethreeweekslater

whenRabbitohscaptainGreg

Inglisannouncedhisretirement.

TheRound2 clashturnedout

tobethefinalgameofhis

glitteringcareer.

Dangersign:Originstars

DamienCookandCameron

Murrayhavecontinuedtoplay

compellingfootballforthe

Rabbitohsandareexpected

toplaykeyrolesfortheir

teamagainthisweek.

BestBet?Lookforthe

Rabbitohstoinflictanother

heavydefeatontheDragons.

Money-spinner:Options

forFirstTryscorer

includeDaneGagaiand

ZacLomax,orforvalue

considerCameronMurray.

byDAVIDMIDDLETON

@Middleton_David

NRLPreview

Rabbitohs on-song for top four

DANE GAGAI

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