2021 NRL – South Sydney Rabbitohs vs Parramatta Eels Preview & Prediction
THE FACTS
When is South Sydney Rabbitohs vs Parramatta Eels taking place? Saturday 29th May, 2021 – 08:30 (UK)
Where is South Sydney Rabbitohs vs Parramatta Eels taking place? Stadium Australia, Sydney
Where can I get tickets for South Sydney Rabbitohs vs Parramatta Eels? Click here for ticket information on 2021 NRL matches
What channel is South Sydney Rabbitohs vs Parramatta Eels on? Sky Sports Arena will be televising selected NRL games in the UK and you can find their schedule here. For Australian broadcasters, you can find a list here
Where can I stream South Sydney Rabbitohs vs Parramatta Eels? If televised on Sky Sports, then subscribers will be able to stream the match live via Sky Go. Alternatively, the match will be available to subscribers of Watch NRL
THE TEAM NEWS
SOUTH SYDNEY RABBITOHS
Starting 13: Mitchell, Johnston, Gagai, Graham, Milne, Walker, Reynolds, Arrow, Cook, Tatola, Koloamatangi, Host, Murray – Interchanges: Marshall, Nicholls, Sele, Burgess – Reserves: Knight, Su’A, Mago, Burns
Unavailable: Blake Taaffe (Injured), Brock Gardner (Injured), Jaxson Paulo (Injured), Josh Mansour (Injured)
- South Sydney Rabbitohs were embarrassed for the second time in three games as they shipped 50 points yet again, this time at the hands of leaders Penrith Panthers and that defeat leaves further question marks over their title credentials.
- Having lost 0-50 at the hands of Melbourne Storm in Round 9, the Rabbits backed that up with another alarming display on both sides of the ball and they now face another of their top four rivals as they bid to right the wrongs of last week’s 12-56 defeat.
PARRAMATTA EELS
Starting 13: Gutherson, Sivo, Opacic, Blake, Ferguson, Arthur, Moses, Kaufusi, Mahoney, Paulo, Papali’i, Matterson, N. Brown – Interchanges: Niukore, Lane, Lussick, Cartwright – Reserves: Dunster, Makatoa, Penisini, Rankin
Unavailable: Will Smith (Injured), Dylan Brown (Suspended), Reagan Campbell-Gillard (Suspended)
- Parramatta Eels were outclassed by Manly Sea Eagles last week as their five-match winning streak was ended and they will have to show major signs of improvement here if they are to get back to winning ways.
- The Sea Eagles were able to exploit the Eels’ right-hand edge defence to hand Parramatta just their second loss of the year but head coach Brad Arthur has kept faith with the same side other than one enforced exception with prop Reagan Campbell-Gillard banned.
THE PREDICTION
Both South Sydney Rabbitohs and Parramatta Eels come into this on the
back of disappointing losses last week but for the hosts, they have it all
to do following another game where they conceded 50 points. That is
twice in their last three games with a huge response needed here
against another top four side. The Eels were poor last week as Manly Sea
Eagles got the better of them and while they have only lost twice so
far this season, that was a concerning loss largely because of how they
defended. Their right edge was exploited regularly and with the Rabbitohs
very strong when attacking their left edge, the Bunnies could capitalise
on the Eels' weakness to get back to winning ways.
