2021 South Sydney Rabbitohs season

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

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.

Standings

2021 NRL season
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	B	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Melbourne Storm	24	21	0	3	1	815	316	+499	44
2	Penrith Panthers (P)	24	21	0	3	1	676	286	+390	44
3	South Sydney Rabbitohs	24	20	0	4	1	775	453	+322	42
4	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	24	16	0	8	1	744	492	+252	34
5	Sydney Roosters	24	16	0	8	1	630	489	+141	34
6	Parramatta Eels	24	15	0	9	1	566	457	+109	32
7	Newcastle Knights	24	12	0	12	1	428	571	−143	26
8	Gold Coast Titans	24	10	0	14	1	580	583	−3	22
9	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	24	10	0	14	1	520	556	−36	22
10	Canberra Raiders	24	10	0	14	1	481	578	−97	22
11	St. George Illawarra Dragons	24	8	0	16	1	474	616	−142	18
12	New Zealand Warriors	24	8	0	16	1	453	624	−171	18
13	Wests Tigers	24	8	0	16	1	500	714	−214	18
14	Brisbane Broncos	24	7	0	17	1	446	695	−249	16
15	North Queensland Cowboys	24	7	0	17	1	460	748	−288	16
16	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	24	3	0	21	1	340	710	−370	8

Fixtures

Regular season

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

Finals Series

Round	Home	Score	Away	Match information
Round	Home	Score	Away	Date and time (local)	Venue	Attendance
Qualifying Final	Penrith Panthers	10 - 16	South Sydney Rabbitohs	Saturday 11 September, 7:50pm	Queensland Country Bank Stadium	18,244
Semi Final	Bye Week
Preliminary Final	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	16 - 36	South Sydney Rabbitohs	Friday 24 September, 8:05pm	Suncorp Stadium	26,249
Grand Final	Penrith Panthers	14 - 12	South Sydney Rabbitohs	Sunday 3 October, 7:30pm	Suncorp Stadium	39,322
Source:^[3]
Legend: Win Loss Draw Bye

Squad movement

Players

Gains

Player	Signed from	Until	Reference
Jai Arrow	Gold Coast Titans	2024	^[4]
Jacob Host	St. George Illawarra Dragons	2023	^[5]
Taane Milne	New Zealand Warriors	2022	^[5]
Josh Mansour	Penrith Panthers	2022	^[6]
Benji Marshall	Wests Tigers	2021	^[7]

Losses

Player	2021 club	Reference
Bryson Goodwin	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	^[8]
Bayley Sironen	New Zealand Warriors	^[9]^[10]
Jack Johns	Newcastle Knights	^[11]
James Roberts	Wests Tigers	^[12]^[13]
Cory Denniss	Released	^[14]
Kurt Dillon
Ky Rodwell
Tom Amone
Ethan Lowe	Retirement	^[15]

Re-signings

Player	Signed until	Reference
Cameron Murray	2025	^[16]
Campbell Graham	2024	^[17]
Liam Knight	2023	^[18]
Hame Sele	2023	^[19]
Lachlan Ilias	2022	^[8]
Alex Johnston		^[20]
Jaxson Paulo		^[8]
Cody Walker		^[21]
Latrell Mitchell	2021	^[22]
Jaydn Su'A	2021	^[23]

Coaching staff

Name	Position	Team	Reference
Wayne Bennett	Head coach	First Grade (NRL)	^[24]
Jason Demetriou	Assistant coach	First Grade (NRL)
Joe O'Callaghan	Head coach	Under-21s (Jersey Flegg Cup)
Sam Burgess	Head coach	Under-19s (S.G. Ball Cup)
John Sutton	Assistant coach	Under-19s (S.G. Ball Cup)
Beau Falloon	Head coach	Under-17s (Harold Matthews Cup)

Pre-Season

Date	Time	Opponent	Venue	Score	Tries	Goals	Notes	References
27 February 2020		St George Illawarra Dragons	Glen Willow Stadium, Mudgee	–			38th Charity Shield	^[25]
Legend: Win Loss Draw

References

↑ "Wayne Bennett to Join Rabbitohs as Head Coach for Season 2019". South Sydney Rabbitohs. 2 December 2018. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
↑ "Rabbitohs announce Adam Reynolds as captain for Season 2020". South Sydney Rabbitohs. 24 February 2020. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
1 2 "NRL 2021 – South Sydney Rabbitohs". Rugby League Project. 30 March 2021. Archived from the original on 26 April 2021.
↑ "Jai Arrow signs a four-year contract until at least the end of 2024". South Sydney Rabbitohs. 6 January 2020. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
↑ "Rabbitohs sign Jacob Host and Taane Milne". South Sydney Rabbitohs. 21 October 2020. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
↑ "Rabbitohs sign international winger Josh Mansour". South Sydney Rabbitohs. 13 January 2021. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
↑ "Rabbitohs sign international half Benji Marshall". South Sydney Rabbitohs. 29 January 2021. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
1 2 3 "Rabbitohs extend contract for four young stars; Bryson Goodwin released". South Sydney Rabbitohs. 15 June 2020. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
↑ "Rabbitohs release Bayley Sironen from the remainder of his playing contract". South Sydney Rabbitohs. 20 November 2020. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
↑ "Terms agreed with Sironen". Warriors. 20 November 2020. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
↑ "Jack Johns returns on development deal". Newcastle Knights. 20 November 2020. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
↑ "James Roberts Granted Release On Compassionate Grounds". South Sydney Rabbitohs. 3 November 2020. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
↑ "Wests Tigers sign James Roberts". Wests Tigers. 19 November 2020. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
↑ "South Sydney farewell seven ahead of 2021". wwos.nine.com.au. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
↑ "Ethan Lowe Confirms Retirement from NRL Football". South Sydney Rabbitohs. 20 October 2020. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
↑ "Murray extends until end of Season 2025". South Sydney Rabbitohs. 26 May 2020. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
↑ "Rabbitohs extend contract of Campbell Graham until end of Season 2024". South Sydney Rabbitohs. 4 August 2020. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
↑ "Rabbitohs extend contract of Liam Knight". South Sydney Rabbitohs. 6 February 2020. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
↑ "Rabbitohs extend contract of Hame Sele for the next three seasons". South Sydney Rabbitohs. 22 July 2020. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
↑ "Rabbitohs extend contract of Alex Johnston until at least the end of 2022". South Sydney Rabbitohs. 9 September 2020. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
↑ Webster, Andrew (17 December 2019). "Mitchell's Souths hopes fade as Walker agrees two-year extension". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
↑ "Latrell Mitchell Signs". South Sydney Rabbitohs. 13 January 2020. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
↑ "Rabbitohs sign Jaydn Su'A immediately until the end of the 2021 season". South Sydney Rabbitohs. 28 June 2019. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
↑ "Perfect Partnership for Pathways Program". South Sydney Rabbitohs. 16 September 2020. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
↑ "Rabbitohs return to Mudgee for 2021 Charity Shield". South Sydney Rabbitohs. 20 November 2020. Retrieved 20 November 2020.

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[1] "Wayne Bennett to Join Rabbitohs as Head Coach for Season 2019". South Sydney Rabbitohs. 2 December 2018. Retrieved 5 December 2018.

[2] "Rabbitohs announce Adam Reynolds as captain for Season 2020". South Sydney Rabbitohs. 24 February 2020. Retrieved 9 August 2020.

[NRL2021-3] 1 2 "NRL 2021 – South Sydney Rabbitohs". Rugby League Project. 30 March 2021. Archived from the original on 26 April 2021.

[4] "Jai Arrow signs a four-year contract until at least the end of 2024". South Sydney Rabbitohs. 6 January 2020. Retrieved 17 August 2020.

[5] "Rabbitohs sign Jacob Host and Taane Milne". South Sydney Rabbitohs. 21 October 2020. Retrieved 22 October 2020.

[6] "Rabbitohs sign international winger Josh Mansour". South Sydney Rabbitohs. 13 January 2021. Retrieved 13 January 2021.

[7] "Rabbitohs sign international half Benji Marshall". South Sydney Rabbitohs. 29 January 2021. Retrieved 29 January 2021.

[:0-8] 1 2 3 "Rabbitohs extend contract for four young stars; Bryson Goodwin released". South Sydney Rabbitohs. 15 June 2020. Retrieved 9 August 2020.

[9] "Rabbitohs release Bayley Sironen from the remainder of his playing contract". South Sydney Rabbitohs. 20 November 2020. Retrieved 20 November 2020.

[10] "Terms agreed with Sironen". Warriors. 20 November 2020. Retrieved 20 November 2020.

[11] "Jack Johns returns on development deal". Newcastle Knights. 20 November 2020. Retrieved 20 November 2020.

[12] "James Roberts Granted Release On Compassionate Grounds". South Sydney Rabbitohs. 3 November 2020. Retrieved 3 November 2020.

[13] "Wests Tigers sign James Roberts". Wests Tigers. 19 November 2020. Retrieved 20 November 2020.

[:1-14] "South Sydney farewell seven ahead of 2021". wwos.nine.com.au. Retrieved 9 November 2020.

[15] "Ethan Lowe Confirms Retirement from NRL Football". South Sydney Rabbitohs. 20 October 2020. Retrieved 21 October 2020.

[16] "Murray extends until end of Season 2025". South Sydney Rabbitohs. 26 May 2020. Retrieved 16 September 2020.

[17] "Rabbitohs extend contract of Campbell Graham until end of Season 2024". South Sydney Rabbitohs. 4 August 2020. Retrieved 16 September 2020.

[18] "Rabbitohs extend contract of Liam Knight". South Sydney Rabbitohs. 6 February 2020. Retrieved 16 September 2020.

[19] "Rabbitohs extend contract of Hame Sele for the next three seasons". South Sydney Rabbitohs. 22 July 2020. Retrieved 16 September 2020.

[20] "Rabbitohs extend contract of Alex Johnston until at least the end of 2022". South Sydney Rabbitohs. 9 September 2020. Retrieved 16 September 2020.

[21] Webster, Andrew (17 December 2019). "Mitchell's Souths hopes fade as Walker agrees two-year extension". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 16 September 2020.

[22] "Latrell Mitchell Signs". South Sydney Rabbitohs. 13 January 2020. Retrieved 16 September 2020.

[23] "Rabbitohs sign Jaydn Su'A immediately until the end of the 2021 season". South Sydney Rabbitohs. 28 June 2019. Retrieved 16 September 2020.

[24] "Perfect Partnership for Pathways Program". South Sydney Rabbitohs. 16 September 2020. Retrieved 16 September 2020.

[25] "Rabbitohs return to Mudgee for 2021 Charity Shield". South Sydney Rabbitohs. 20 November 2020. Retrieved 20 November 2020.

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South Sydney Rabbitohs
Est. 1908 at Redfern Town Hall, Sydney, New South Wales
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