Interim South Sydney coach Ben Hornby will aim to steer his side away from the foot of the ladder as the Rabbitohs travel to Netstrata Jubilee Stadium to take on the St George Illawarra Dragons.
The Rabbitohs are 1-17, while the Dragons have tweaked their pack with Jack de Belin starting at lock, Tom Eisenhuth switching to second row and Raymond Faitala-Mariner shifting to the bench.
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The Bunnies are winless in their last four but, after a brutal run of fixtures in which they faced the Sharks, the Storm and the Panthers, will no doubt view this clash as the ray of sunshine at the end of a thunderstorm.
Victory for South Sydney would place them ahead of the 16th-placed Titans, but they will have to do it without superstar winger Alex Johnston as he failed to recover from a hamstring injury in time.
As for the Dragons, they are hoping to bounce back after consecutive losses to the Roosters and the Sharks.
If Shane Flanagan’s side were to triumph over the Bunnies, it would lift them up to 10th on 10 points.
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TEAMS
Dragons: 1. Tyrell Sloan 2. Zac Lomax 3. Moses Suli 4. Jack Bird 5. Mikaele Ravalawa 6. Kyle Flanagan 7. Ben Hunt 8. Francis Molo 9. Jacob Liddle 10. Hame Sele 12. Jaydn Su’A 13. Tom Eisenhuth 16. Jack de Belin 11. Raymond Faitala-Mariner 14. Fa’amanu Brown 15. Blake Lawrie 17. Ben Murdoch-Masila. 18th man: 20. Toby Couchman
Rabbitohs: 1. Latrell Mitchell 2. Gehamat Shibasaki 3. Jack Wighton 4. Michael Chee Kam 5. Izaac Tu’itupou Thompson 6. Cody Walker 7. Dion Teaupa 8. Davvy Moale 9. Damien Cook 10. Sean Keppie 11. Keaon Koloamatangi 12. Jai Arrow 13. Siliva Havili 14. Peter Mamouzelos 15. Tallis Duncan 16. Thomas Burgess 17. Matthew French. 18th man: 18. Bayleigh Bentley-Hape
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