Sydney Roosters v South Sydney Rabbitohs: team lists, odds and how to watch

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The oldest rivalry in rugby league history will go head-to-head in this Saturday night's preliminary final.

Sydney Roosters will host neighbours South Sydney Rabbitohs in the last match ever to be played at Allianz Stadium.

The venue will be farewelled as its two tenants are pit against each other for a ticket into the 2018 NRL Grand Final.

The host's will be without key playmaker Latrell Mitchell due to a suspension for a crusher tackle against Josh Dugan.

Meanwhile, cult hero Greg Inglis has escaped a ban for another crusher tackle on St George centre Tim Lafai.

The skipper is just one try away from becoming the 12th player in NRL history to score 150 tries in his career.

 

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HOW TO WATCH ROOSTERS V RABBITOHS

Fox League and the Wide World of Sport will broadcast the NRL final series live and across the country.

Coverage of the Roosters v Rabbitohs sudden-death final will follow the NRLW on Fox League, as the Roosters take on the Dragons at 5.10pm The broadcast of the third-round of the NRLW will begin at 5.00pm and is scheduled to finish at 6.30pm (AEST).

Matt Shirvington will host a panel on Finals Footy on Fox right up to kick off.  The program will provide an in-depth preview of the preliminary-final, as well as analyse Friday night’s matchup between the Storm and the Sharks.

If you don’t have access to Foxtel, Channel Nine will start all their pre-match coverage at 7.00pm.

 

CAN I WATCH IT OVERSEAS?

Launched by Fox Sports and the NRL, streaming service Watch NRL will cover all the footy finals for overseas fans. However, the service is only available in locations outside Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands. It can be accessed through the app, website or using Airplay/Chromecast.

IS IT STREAMING ON THE RADIO?

Grandstand, Triple M and 2GB will continue their live broadcast of the NRL final series.

Regional listeners can tune into NRL Nation for all the live action.

WHAT TIME IS THE GAME ON?

The final kicks off at 7.40pm (AEST) on Saturday, September 22.

SYDNEY ROOSTERS’ TEAM LIST

BACKS

1. James Tedesco
2. Daniel Tupou
3. Mitchell Aubusson
4. Joesph Manu
5. Blake Ferguson
6. Luke Keary
7. Cooper Cronk

FORWARDS

8. Jared Waerea-Hargreaves
9. Jake Friend
10. Siosiua Taukeiaho
11. Boyd Cordner
12. Isaac Liu
13. Victor Radley

Interchange

14. Lindsay Collins
15. Zane Tetevano
16. Nat Butcher
17. Ryan Matterson

Reserves

18. Matt Ikuvalu
19. Sean O’Sullivan
20. Paul Momirovski
21. Sitili Tupouniua

SOUTH SYDNEY RABBITOH’S TEAM LIST

BACKS

1. Alex Johnston
2. Campbell Graham
3. Greg Inglis
3. Dane Gagai
4. Robert Jennings
5. Cody Walker
6. Adam Reynolds

FORWARDS

7. Thomas Burgess
8. Damien Cook
9. George Burgess
10. John Sutton
11. Angus Crichton
12. Sam Burgess

INTERCHANGE

13. Hymel Hunt
14. Cameron Murray
15. Jason Clark
16. Dean Britt

RESERVES

17. Braidon Burns
18. Mark Nicholls
19. Tevita Tatola
20. Connor Tracey
 

WHAT ARE THE ODDS THAT CAN WIN ME SOME CASH?

Sydney Roosters enter the preliminary final as favourites at 1.75 to the Bunnies' 2.10 on Sportsbet.

Last time the two rivals clashed at Allianz Stadium the Souths won 26-14 in round six this year, but this was before the Roosters leveled the playing field with an 18-14 victory in round 22.

While the Roosters have had two weeks to prepare and rejuventate their bodies, the Rabbitohs endured a gruelling semi-final against the Dragons on which they came out the victors by a single point. 

Despite their narrow win over the Dragons to reach the preliminary finals, their preparation week has been overshadowed by the NRL's investigation into the Sam Burgess sexting scandal.

Lewd images were allegedly shown on the forward's Facebook Messenger account during a video chat with a female fan.

Burgess' teammates have opened up about the scandal, backing the Rabbitoh's stars readiness for the preliminary final clash.


HISTORICAL STATS

In the 240 times that the ancient rivals have clashed, the Rabbitohs have come out on top 124 times to the Roosters' 110.

However, at Allianz Stadium the Roosters have defeated the Souths 24 times in 38 meetings.

The Rabbitohs have scored the most points (623), tries (104) and run the most metres out of all teams this season.

In contrast, the Roosters have made the most errors (280) and ineffective tackles (470).

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