2016 South Sydney Rabbitohs season

The 2016 South Sydney Rabbitohs season is the 107th in the club's history. Coached by Michael Maguire and captained by Greg Inglis, they are competing in the National Rugby League's 2016 Telstra Premiership.

Pre-season

The South Sydney Rabbitohs pre-season will consist of:

Aukland Nines tournament playing the Sydney Roosters, Parramatta Eels and Melbourne Storm in the round robin on 6 and 7 February.
The 33rd Charity Shield against the St. George Illawarra Dragons on 13 February.
A pre-season trial against the Gold Coast Titans at Pizzey Park on 20 February.

Also during the pre-season on 13 February (the same date of the Charity Shield) the All Stars match will be played originally consisting of the following Rabbitohs; Greg Inglis, Alex Johnston, Chris Grevsmuhl (Indigenous All Stars) and Sam Burgess, Tom Burgess (World All Stars). However, as of 9 February, Johnston and Grevsmuhl withdrew with injuries and Sam Burgess chose not to participate. Adam Reynolds has since been added to the World All Stars team.

Auckland Nines

South Sydney started the year with the 2016 NRL Auckland Nines. They were captained by 2014 Premiership winning captain John Sutton. This years nines tournament saw Damien Cook, Michael Oldfield, Hymel Hunt and Cody Walker make their rabbitohs debuts along with a number of under South Sydney NYC players playing. South Sydey started with a win over the Sydney Roosters, Souths won the match 14–13 to extend their Nines winning streak to 7 strait matches. Alex Johnston, Kirisome Auvaa and Michael Oldfield scored tries with new recruit Damien Cook kicking the winning goal. South Sydney then faced the Melbourne Storm where they lost 18–12. John Olive, Hymel Hunt and Damien Cook scored tries in the match. On day 2 of the nines, Souths needed to either beat or draw with eventual champions the Parramatta Eels. Souths lost the game 24–11 with Bryson Goodwin and Cameron McInnes scoring tries along with a goal from Damien Cook.

Squad list

South Sydney Rabbitohs 2016 Squad

First team squad

Coaching staff

Head coach

Michael Maguire

Assistant coaches

Wayne Collins (Assistant Coach)
Kurt Wrigley (Assistant Coach)
Ben Gardiner (NSW Cup Coach)
David Penna (NYC Coach)
Ben Lowe (Coach)
Scott Geddes (Coach)
Matt King (Coach)
Eddie Farah (Physiotherapist)
Harry Harris (Head Strength and Conditioning Coach)

Legend:

(c) Captain
(vc) Vice captain
Injured

Updated: 20 December 2015
Source(s): Rabbitohs Squad 2016

2016 gains

Player	2015 Club	Until End of	Notes
Sam Burgess	Bath Rugby	2018	^[1]
Damien Cook	Canterbury Bulldogs	2017	^[2]
Hymel Hunt	Melbourne Storm	2016	^[3]
Dane Nielsen	Bradford Bulls	2017	^[4]
Michael Oldfield	Catalans Dragons	2016	^[5]

2016 losses

Player	2016 Club	Notes
Isaac Luke	New Zealand Warriors
Ben Lowe	Retirement	^[6]
Chris McQueen	Gold Coast Titans	^[7]
Darren Nicholls	Brisbane Broncos	^[8]
John Olive	Gold Coast Titans	^[9]
Glenn Stewart	Catalans Dragons	^[10]
Tim Grant	Wests Tigers	^[11]
Dylan Walker	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	^[12]

Re-signings

Player	Club	Until End of	Notes
Jack Gosiewski	South Sydney Rabbitohs	2017	^[13]
Cody Walker	South Sydney Rabbitohs	2019	^[14]
Jason Clark	South Sydney Rabbitohs	2018	^[15]
Greg Inglis	South Sydney Rabbitohs	2020	^[16]

2017 Gains

Player	2015 Club	Until End of	Notes
Brett Greinke	Brisbane Broncos	2017	^[17] (Mid season)
Robert Jennings	Penrith Panthers	2018	^[18]
Tyrell Fuimaono	Parramatta Eels	2018	^[18]
Braidon Burns	Penrith Panthers	2018	^[18]
Connor Tracey	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	2018	^[18]
Robbie Rochow	Newcastle Knights	2017	^[19]
Robbie Farah	Wests Tigers	2018	^[20]

2017 Losses

Player	2016 Club	Notes

2016 NRL Season

Highest Winning Margin - 42 points (Round 2 Vs Newcastle Knights)

Closest Winning Margin - 2 points (Round 10 Vs Parramatta Eels)

Highest Losing Margin - 50 points (Round 21 Vs Canberra Raiders)

Closest Losing Margin - 1 point (Round 13 Vs Gold Coast Titans), (Round 22 Vs Melbourne Storm)

Most Points Scored by Souths in a Match - 48 (Round 2 Vs Newcastle Knights)

Least Points Scored by Souths in a Match - 0 (Round 17 Vs North Queensland Cowboys)

Most Points Scored against Souths in a Match - 54 (Round 21 Vs Canberra Raiders)

Least Points Scored against Souths in a Match - 6 (Round 2 Vs Newcastle Knights), (Round 25 Vs Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks)

Longest Winning Streak - 4 Matches, Round 23 - Round 26

Longest Loosing Streak - 9 Matches, Round 13 - Round 22

Significant Rounds

Round 1 (Vs Sydney Roosters), Damien Cook and Hymel Hunt Rabbitohs debut games.
Round 1 (Vs Sydney Roosters), Zane Musgrove, Cody Walker NRL first grade debut games.
Round 4 (Vs Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs), Michael Oldfield Rabbitohs debut.
Round 5 (Vs Manly Warringah Sea Eagles), Luke Keary 50th NRL first grade game (all for SSR).
Round 5 (Vs Manly Warringah Sea Eagles), Sam Burgess 100th NRL first grade game (all for SSR).
Round 5 (Vs Manly Warringah Sea Eagles), South Sydney Rabbitohs 35, 000th point scored (try scored by souths junior and hooker Cameron McInnes).
Round 8 (Vs Brisbane Broncos), Dane Nielsen Rabbitohs debut game.
Round 9 (Vs Wests Tigers), Patrice Siolo Rabbitohs debut game.
Round 10 (Vs Parramatta Eels), Jack Gosiewski NRL first grade debut game.
Round 11 (Vs St George Illawarra), Bryson Goodwin 150th NRL first grade game.
Round 11 (Vs St George Illawarra), Bryson Goodwin 500th NRL first grade point.
Round 11 (Vs St George Illawarra), Adam Reynolds 800th NRL first grade point.

Player appearances

FB=Fullback	C=Centre	W=Winger	FE=Five-Eight	HB=Halfback	PR=Prop	H=Hooker	SR=Second Row	L=Lock	B=Bench

No	Player	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26
1	Greg Inglis	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FE	FE	Bye	FE	FE		C	C	Bye				FB	FB	FB	FB	FB
2	Alex Johnston	W	W	W							FB	FB		W	W	W	FB	W		W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W
3	Bryson Goodwin	C	C	C	C		W	W	W	C	C	C		C	SR						C
4	Hymel Hunt	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C														C	C	C	C	C
5	Aaron Gray	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W					C	W	W	C		C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C
6	Cody Walker	FE	FE	FE	FE	FE	FE					W		FB	FB	FE	FE	FB		FB	FB	FB	FE	FE	FE	FE	FE
7	Adam Reynolds	HB						HB	HB	HB	HB	HB		HB	HB			HB			HB	HB	HB	HB	HB	HB	HB
8	Sam Burgess	PR	L	L		PR	PR	L	L	L	L	L		L	L	L	L	L		L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L
9	Cameron McInnes	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	B	B	H	H		H	H	H	H	H		H	H	H
10	David Tyrrell	PR	PR	PR	PR	B		PR	PR	PR				B	PR	PR	B	B		PR	PR
11	Paul Carter	SR	SR	SR	SR		B	B	SR		SR	SR		SR	SR	B				Sacked
12	John Sutton	SR														SR	SR	SR		FE	SR	SR	SR	SR	SR	SR	SR
13	Kyle Turner	L	SR	SR	SR	SR	SR	SR		SR	SR	SR		SR	B	SR	SR	SR		SR	SR	C	SR	SR	SR	SR	SR
14	Damien Cook	B	B	B	B	B	B		H	H						B		B		B		B	H	H	H	H	H
15	Jason Clark	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B		B	B		B	B	B	B	B		B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B
16	Chris Grevsmuhl	B			B	SR	SR	SR	SR	SR		Released: Penrith Panthers
17	Zane Musgrove	B																				PR	PR	PR		B	B
18	Luke Keary		HB	HB	HB	HB	HB	FE	FE	FE	B	B		B		HB	HB	FE		HB	FE	FE
19	George Burgess		PR	PR	PR	PR	PR	B			B	B								B	B	PR	PR	B	FR	FR	FR
20	Nathan Brown		B	B	L	L	L	B	B	B	FR	FR		FR	B	B	FR	FR		SR	B	B			B	B	B
21	Kirisome Auva'a		B	B	B	C	C	C	B	C	C	C		C	C	C				Sacked
22	Michael Oldfield				W	W					W											W
23	Thomas Burgess					FR	B	PR	PR	PR	PR	PR		PR	PR	PR	PR	PR		PR	PR		B	PR	PR	PR	PR
24	Dane Nielsen								C	W	W	W		W	C	W
25	Patrice Siolo									B							B	x
26	Jack Gosiewski										B	B		B								B		B	B
26	Siosifa Talakai														B	B	C
27	Ed Murphy																	C			C
28	Joe Burgess	Contracted to Sydney Roosters															W	W		W	W	x	W	W	W	W
29	Tautalatasi Tasi																B	B
30	Angus Crichton																					B	B	SR	B	B	B	B	B

= Captain

= Injured

= Suspended

Player	Appearances	Tries	Goals	Field Goals	Total Points

–	–	–	–	–	–

Representative honours

Domestic

Pos.	Player	Team	Call-up
FB	Greg Inglis	Indigenous All Stars	2016 All Stars Match
HB	Adam Reynolds	World All Stars	2016 All Stars Match
PR	Thomas Burgess	World All Stars	2016 All Stars Match
CE	Aaron Gray	NSW City	2016 City vs Country Origin
BE	Nathan Brown	NSW Country	2016 City vs Country Origin
CE	Greg Inglis	Queensland	2016 State of Origin
HB	Adam Reynolds	NSW	2016 State of Origin

International

Pos.	Player	Team	Call-up
CE	Greg Inglis	Australia	2016 Anzac Test
CE	Kirisome Auva'a	Samoa	2016 Melanesian Cup
WG	Michael Oldfield	Tonga	2016 Melanesian Cup
CE	Greg Inglis	Australia	2016 Four Nations
LK	Sam Burgess (C)	England	2016 Four Nations
PR	Thomas Burgess	England	2016 Four Nations
PR	George Burgess	England	2016 Four Nations

Referees

Referee	Games	Wins	Losses	Percentage
Jarred Maxwell	5	1	4	20
Adam Gee	4	1	3	25
Gavin Badger	5	3	2	75
David Munro	1	1	0	100
Ben Cummings	4	2	2	50
Adam Shortall	2	0	2	0
Gerard Sutton	2	1	1	50
Matt Noyen	2	1	1	50
Henry Paranara	4	2	2	50
Matt Cecchin	1	0	1	0
Gavin Reynolds	1	0	1	0
Ashly Klein	2	1	1	50
Grant Aitkens	1	1	0	100
Chris Sutton	2	1	1	50
Peter Grough	1	0	1	0
Chris Butler	2	0	2	0
Jon Stone	1	1	0	100
Chris James	1	1	0	100

References

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↑ "Rabbitohs Sign Dane Neilson". ZeroTackle. Retrieved 2016-01-25.
↑ "Re-sign Goodwin & Confirm Signing Michael Oldfield". Rabbitohs. Retrieved 2015-10-17.
↑ "Ben Lowe Announces His Retirement from Rugby League". Rabbitohs. Retrieved 2015-10-17.
↑ "South Sydney releases Queensland back rower Chris McQueen, who signs with the Gold Coast Titans". ABC News. Retrieved 2015-12-11.
↑ "Nicholls Returns to the Broncos Squad". zerotackle. Retrieved 2015-12-11.
↑ Michael Carayannis (27 February 2016). "John Olive leaves South Sydney Rabbitohs, Brisbane Broncos snare Tevita Pangai". The Sydney Morning Herald.
↑ Ian McCullough (10 September 2015). "Glenn Stewart signs on at Catalans". NRL.com. Archived from the original on 3 October 2015. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
↑ "Wests Tigers Sign Tim Grant". Wests Tigers. Retrieved 2016-01-08.
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South Sydney Rabbitohs

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

The club	History Honours Players Coaches Records Representatives Results

Home grounds	Current ANZ Stadium Past Sydney Sports Ground Redfern Oval Sydney Football Stadium

Culture	Charity Shield South Side Story Book of Feuds Ron Coote Cup Rivalries Return to Redfern South Sydney Leagues Club Red and Green Ball George Piggins Medal Souths Cares Rabbitohs Hall Of Fame

Important figures	Arthur Hennessy Benny Wearing George Treweek Jack Rayner Clive Churchill John Sattler Bob McCarthy George Piggins Russell Crowe

League	Current NRL Past NSWRL ARL

Titles	Premierships – 21 1908 1909 1914 1918 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1931 1932 1950 1951 1953 1954 1955 1967 1968 1970 1971 2014

Seasons (105)	1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

Other competitions	Current Auckland Nines National Youth Competition S. G. Ball Cup Harold Matthews Cup Past Amco Cup New South Wales Cup Jersey Flegg Cup

Affiliations	South Sydney District Junior Rugby Football League North Sydney Bears

Related articles	The Burrow Reggie the Rabbit South Sydney Central

South Sydney Rabbitohs - current squad

G.Burgess S.Burgess T.Burgess Cherrington Clark Cook Crichton Farah Goodwin Gosiewski Gray Hunt Inglis (c) Jennings Johnston Kelly Musgrove Nielsen Reynolds Rochow Sutton Talakai Turner Tyrrell Walker Coach: Maguire

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