2010 South Sydney Rabbitohs season

The 2010 South Sydney Rabbitohs season was the 101st in the club's history. It competed in the National Rugby League's 2010 Telstra Premiership and finished 9th out of 16 teams, only just missing out on a place in the finals. The coach of the club was John Lang and club captain was Roy Asotasi.

2010 South Sydney Rabbitohs season
NRL Rank9th
2010 recordWins: 9; Draws: 0; Losses: 8
Points scoredFor: 456; Against: 379
Team information
CEOShane Richardson
CoachJohn Lang
Captain
StadiumANZ Stadium
Avg. Attend.404,546
Top scorers
TriesNathan Merritt 16
GoalsIssac Luke 46
PointsIssac Luke 124
< 2009 2011 >

Pre-season

The South Sydney Rabbitohs pre-season schedule began with a return to spiritual home Redfern Oval on Sunday 7 February, with the Rabbitohs winning 42–12 over the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles. English Recruit Sam Burgess picked up his first try in Rabbitohs colours; Adam Reynolds, Jason Clark, Brock Molan, Kennedy Pettybourne, Josh Mansour, Curtis Johnston and Matt Mundine each scored a try.[1]

Two weeks later the Rabbitohs took their pre-season to Coffs Harbour, New South Wales to play the Gold Coast Titans at BCU International Stadium in front of 5,500 supporters. The Titans took the match 28–22. Luke Capewell grabbed a double, while Issac Luke and Junior Vaivai scored the other two tries.[2]

The Rabbitohs then took part in the traditional Charity Shield clash against the St George Illawarra Dragons. The Rabbitohs retained the Charity Shield after a 26–26 draw. Fetuli Fetuli Talanoa grabbed a treble; and Ben Lowe and Nathan Merritt scored the other two tries.[3]

Results
Home TeamScoreAway TeamCrowdGround
South Sydney Rabbitohs48–12Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles5,000Redfern Oval
South Sydney Rabbitohs22–26Gold Coast Titans5,550BCU International Stadium
South Sydney Rabbitohs26 -26St George Illawarra Dragons27,221ANZ Stadium

Regular season

Results
DateRoundOpponentVenueResultTriesGoalsF. GoalsAttendance
14 Mar, 15:00Round 1 Sydney RoostersANZ Stadium, Sydney10–36Merritt (2)Luke (1con)23,149
21 Mar, 15:00Round 2 Gold Coast TitansANZ Stadium, Sydney18–19Champion (2), TyrellLuke (1con)10,943
28 Mar, 15:00Round 3 Cronulla-Sutherland SharksToyota Stadium, Woolooware30–8Champion (2), Best, Burgess, LukeLuke (4con), Sandow (1con)10,741
2 Apr, 20:35Round 4 Canterbury-Bankstown BulldogsANZ Stadium38–16Burgess (2), Champion (2), Sandow, Merritt, LukeLuke (3con), Sandow (2con)30,120
11 Apr, 15:00Round 5 Newcastle KnightsBluetongue Stadium, Central Coast28–10Merritt (2), Champion, Talanoa, WesserLuke (4con)16,098
16–19 AprRound 6 Parramatta EelsANZ Stadium8–22Talanoa, Best25,152
23–26 AprRound 7 Canberra RaidersCanberra Stadium, Canberra26–24Sutton, Merritt, Luke, Taylor, WesserSandow (2con), Luke (1con)13,145
30 Apr – 3 MayRound 8 Manly-Warringah Sea EaglesANZ Stadium22–30Champion (2), Taylor, LukeLuke (3con)15,459
Round 9BYE
14–17 MayRound 10 Wests TigersSCG, Sydney50–10Merritt (3), Champion (2), Taylor, Sandow, Best, TalanoaLuke (7con)30,685
21–24 MayRound 11 New Zealand WarriorsMt Smart Stadium, Auckland24–26Talanoa (2), Best, WesserLuke (4con)13,235
28–31 MayRound 12 Penrith PanthersANZ Stadium42–22Wesser (2), Taylor, Sutton, Luke, Sandow, ChampionLuke (7con)11,108
4–7 JunRound 13 North Queensland CowboysANZ Stadium32–4Champion (2), Merritt (2), Taylor, Talanoa, LukeLuke (1con), Sandow (1con)9,688
11–14 JunRound 14 Brisbane BroncosSuncorp Stadium, Brisbane22–50Merritt (2), Best, LoweSandow (3con)30,311
11–14 JunRound 15 Manly-Warringah Sea EaglesBrookvale Oval, Brookvale25–26Luke (2), Wesser, SandowLuke (3con)Sandow (1fieldgoal)11,661
25–28 JunRound 16 Melbourne StormNIB Stadium16–14Talanoa (2), SandowLuke (2con)13,164
Round 17BYE
9–12 JulRound 18 Sydney RoostersSydney Football Stadium, Sydney14–18Falloon, TalanoaSandow (3con)18,424
16–19 JulRound 19 St George Illawarra DragonsANZ Stadium13–16Asotasi, SuttonSandow(2con)Sandow (1fieldgoal)22,238
23–26 JulRound 20 New Zealand WarriorsANZ Stadium38–28Talanoa (2), Merritt, Simpson, Pettybourne, Falloon, SandowSandow (5con)13,895
30 Jul – 2 AugRound 21 Canterbury BulldogsANZ Stadium12–32Sandow (2)Luke (2con)
6–9 AugRound 22 Wests TigersANZ Stadium34–30Farrell (3), Talanoa, Wesser, SuttonSandow (5con)23,298
13–16 AugRound 23 Melbourne StormAAMI Park, Melbourne16–18Merritt (2), CapewellLuke (2con)
20–23 AugRound 24 Penrith PanthersCUA Stadium, Penrith18–54Capewell, Wesser, FarrellSandow (3con)
27–30 AugRound 25 Parramatta EelsANZ Stadium24–14Wesser, Lowe, Luke, TaylorSandow (4con)
3–6 SepRound 26 St. George Illawarra DragonsWIN Stadium, Wollongong38–24

Ladder
2010 NRL season
Pos. Team Pld W D L B PF PA PD Pts
1 St. George Illawarra Dragons (P) 2417072518299+21938
2 Penrith Panthers 2415092645489+15634
3 Wests Tigers 2415092537503+3434
4 Gold Coast Titans 2415092520498+2234
5 New Zealand Warriors 24140102539486+5332
6 Sydney Roosters 24140102559510+4932
7 Canberra Raiders 24130112499493+630
8 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 24120122545510+3528
9 South Sydney Rabbitohs 24110132584567+1726
10 Brisbane Broncos 24110132508535−2726
11 Newcastle Knights 24100142499569−7024
12 Parramatta Eels 24100142413491−7824
13 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 2490152494539−4522
14 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 2470172354609−25518
15 North Queensland Cowboys 2450192425667−24214
16 Melbourne Storm 24140102489363+12601

1 Melbourne were deducted eight premiership points and barred from receiving premiership points for the rest of the season due to gross long-term salary cap breaches.[4]

Kit and Sponsors

National Australia Bank

The National Australia Bank was the Rabbitohs major home sponsor for the 2010 Telstra Premiership.

DeLonghi

DeLonghi was the major away sponsor for the Rabbitohs in the 2010 Telstra Premiership.

V8 Supercars Australia

V8 Supercars was the Rabbitohs major sleeve sponsor for the 2010 Telstra Premiership.

Virgin Blue

Virgin Blue was the Rabbitohs major training sponsor for the 2010 Telstra Premiership.

Current squad

The following list comprises players who were in the Rabbitohs full-time first-grade squad for the 2010 season in the NRL Telstra Premiership.

No. Position Player
PR Roy Asotasi (C)
CE Colin Best
PR Sam Burgess
FE Luke Capewell
CE Beau Champion
CE Shaune Corrigan
SR Michael Crocker
PR Garrett Crossman
LK Jason Clark
HK Beau Falloon
PR Scott Geddes
CE Dylan Farrell
LK Ben Lowe
PR Jaiman Lowe
HK Issac Luke
No. Position Player
SR Shannan McPherson
WG Chris McQueen
WG Nathan Merritt
SR Eddy Pettybourne
PR Ben Ross
HB Chris Sandow
CE Jamie Simpson
PR Craig Stapleton
SR Luke Stuart
FE John Sutton
WG Fetuli Talanoa
PR David Taylor
SR David Tyrrell
CE Taioalo Vaivai
FB Rhys Wesser

Player statistics
PlayerAppearancesTriesGoalsField GoalsTotal Points
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Representative honours
PlayerAll StarsAnzac TestCity / CountryState of Origin 1State of Origin 2State of Origin 3Four Nations

References
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  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 24 February 2010. Retrieved 14 July 2010.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2 March 2010. Retrieved 14 July 2010.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. Stuart Honeysett and Brent Read (23 April 2010) Shocking end to the Melbourne Storm era The Australian
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