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South Sydney Rabbitohs v Manly Sea Eagles Tips & Preview - Grudge match to see high points total

By Ryan Tucker

24 Mar 2023

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Ryan Tucker 24 Mar 2023

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South Sydney Rabbitohs v Manly Sea Eagles tips for Saturday's NRL Round 4 match (08:35 GMT)
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South Sydney Rabbitohs v Manly Sea Eagles Predictions

Rabbitohs v Sea Eagles is an NRL tradition with these teams meeting 27 times over the past 14 years with the Rabbitohs holding a 16-11 win advantage. They are tipped to extend the streak this week despite losing some forward power to injury.

South Sydney Rabbitohs v Manly Sea Eagles Predictions
Head to Head
South Sydney Rabbitohs Form
South Sydney Rabbitohs Team News
South Sydney Rabbitohs Team List
Manly Sea Eagles Form
Manly Sea Eagles Team News
Manly Sea Eagles Team List

South Sydney are 8-2 in the last 10 games as the home team against Manly.
The last 5 games between these two teams has gone over the points total by an average of 16pts.
South Sydney have a 37-12 record as the home team since 2019. In the same period as the away team Manly have a 20-29 record.
South Sydney have a 75% expected win percentage taking into account the 2022 and 2023 seasons.

Head to Head

South Sydney have won the last six games against Manly including two finals matches. In the last five, Souths have also been the favourite and covered the spread.

Last year these teams met only once with the Rabbitohs coming away victorious 40-22 after leading 18-16 at half time. Manly had a player sent off in the 8th minute of the game.

South Sydney Rabbitohs Form

South Sydney have had a solid start to 2023 despite losing their last two games.

The Rabbitohs have shown grit and determination and that they are in the mix for the premiership again this year.

Souths are third in the league in Linebreaks (15) and second in the league at Tackle Breaks (109).

South Sydney Rabbitohs Team News

Blake Taaffe comes into the team after being 18th man last weekend.

Hame Sele, Tevita Tatola and Shaqui Mitchell are all out testing the depth of the Rabbitohs forwards.

Daniel Suluka-Fifita and Jacob Host both start.

South Sydney Rabbitohs Team List

1. Latrell Mitchell

2. Alex Johnston

3. Isaiah Tass

4. Campbell Graham

5. Izaac Thompson

6. Cody Walker

7. Lachlan Ilias

8. Daniel Suluka-Fifita

9. Damien Cook

10. Thomas Burgess

11. Keaon Koloamatangi

12. Jacob Host

13. Cameron Murray

Interchange

14. Blake Taaffe

15. Michael Chee Kam

16. Davvy Moale

17. Jed Cartwright

Reserves

18. Ben Lovett

19. Dean Hawkins

20. Tallis Duncan

21. Taane Milne

22. Peter Mamouzelos

Manly Sea Eagles Form

Manly are joint leaders of the competition having won two from two and having a bye in between.

The Sea Eagles have scored the most points on average over the first three weeks of the competition with Tom Trbojevic continuing his tryscoring feats.

Their defence though hasn’t really been tested and when slightly pressured against the Eels in week 3, gave up 1864 run metres and 30 points.

Manly Sea Eagles Team News

No changes for the Sea Eagles round 4 clash.

Manly Sea Eagles Team List

1. Tom Trbojevic

2. Christian Tuipulotu

3. Brad Parker

4. Tolutau Koula

5. Reuben Garrick

6. Josh Schuster

7. Daly Cherry-Evans

8. Taniela Paseka

9. Lachlan Croker

10. Jake Trbojevic

11. Haumole Olakau’atu

12. Kelma Tuilagi

13. Josh Aloiai

Interchange

14. Kaeo Weekes

15. Ben Trbojevic

16. Ethan Bullemor

17. Sean Keppie

Reserves

18. Toafofoa Sipley

19. Cooper Johns

20. Morgan Harper

21. Karl Lawton

22. Ben Condon

Verdict

South Sydney Rabbitohs v Manly Sea Eagles

Manly were predicted by many to be outside the 8 this year and after going two from two to start the season, they now come up against a much better opponent in South Sydney.

The Rabbitohs will be much too strong in defence and the Sea Eagles will have trouble defending the edges against a sharp Souths attack. Souths to win and cover the spread with the game total to go over.

Over 43.5

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