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South Sydney thumped North Queensland 31-18 in Townsville on Thursday night, raising questions about the Cowboys NRL minor premiership hopes.
Rabbitohs hooker Luke is facing three to four weeks out after being charged with a shoulder charge and unsafe throw in the same game.
9 accept the bans for his shoulder charge on Cowboys halfback Johnathan Thurston and a unsafe throw on fullback Lachlan Coote, he would miss the final three rounds of the regular season.
Keary was slapped with a grade one shoulder charge on Justin O’Neill.
It puts the Rabbitohs in a precarious position with back-up rake Cameron McInnes out indefinitely with an ankle injury.
The club will be sweating on the fitness of forward John Sutton who missed the entire second half with a hamstring strain.
Carter was snapped up by the Rabbitohs until the end of next year in June after being sacked by the Titans for two drink driving offences within six months. Adam Reynolds added the extras. For all our energy expended early, we weren’t getting any real results from it.
Souths coach Michael Maguire said it was nice to bounce back after their 28-8 loss to Manly last week. “We focused on ourselves more than anything”.
Victory lifts the Rabbitohs to within four points of the leading pair. “It’s about us and what we’ve got to do to take on the Dogs next week”.
South Sydney will welcome back veteran second-rower Glenn Stewart from suspension to play Canterbury at ANZ Stadium next Friday night.
Greg Inglis was equally as happy with the performance – in which he scored a solo try in the third minute – and was only focused on next week’s game rather than the bigger picture of emulating last year’s grand final success.
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While they have managed to pull off some memorable come-from-behind wins, including one over Canberra after trailing 18-4 at halftime, and again against the Eels when down 24-6 at the break before winning 36-30, they won’t be able to get away with that against a quality outfit like Souths. “They are playing great footy”. “We just relieved all that good work and pressure”. Turning up in the same mentality they did. But for all his good work up the middle to arrest Souths” momentum, “JT3′ gave it right back when the older Burgess twin fended off his weak attempt at tackle and let the job fall into the hands of diminutive hooker Jake Granville to single-handedly stop the 196-centimetre, 120 kilogram giant at the line. We know they can turn up and beat anyone.
