2008 Telstra NRL Premiership

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South Sydney Rabbitohs

Order by: First appearance, Number of appearances, Player name (alphabetical), Most used players by position, Most successful lineup

Legend: FB = Fullback; C = Centre; W = Winger; FE = Five-Eighth; HB = Half-back; FR = Front Row; H = Hooker; 2R = Back Row; L = Lock; B = Bench.

Season Player Summary

Note: Hold the mouse over the game number to see the date and opponent for that match.

Player	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	10	11	12	13	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26
Fetuli TALANOA	FB	FB	C	C	FB	FB	FB		W	C	C	C	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	C	C	C	W	C
Nathan MERRITT	W	W	FB	FB	W	W	W	FB	FB	FB	W	W	FB	W	W	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB
Nigel VAGANA	C						C	C	C	C	C												C
Yileen GORDON	C	C	C
Germaine PAULSON	W	C	W	W	C	C	W	W
Jeremy SMITH	FE			HB	HB	HB
Craig WING	HB													FE	FE	FE	FE	FE	FE	FE	FE	FE	H
Michael GREENFIELD	FR	FR	FR	B					B	B	B			B	B		B	B	B	B
Issac LUKE	H	H	H				B	HB	HB	HB	H	H	H	H	H	H	H		H	H	H	H	B	H
Roy ASOTASI	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR
David KIDWELL	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	B	B			B			B	B	B	B	B	B
Luke STUART	2R	B	2R	2R	B	B	B	B	B	FR	FR	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	FR
John SUTTON	L	L	FE	FE	FE	L	L	L	L	L	L	FE	FE	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	FE	FE
Eddie PAEA	B	HB				B	HB
Dean WIDDERS	B	B	B	B	B			FE	FE	FE	FE
Manase MANUOKAFOA	B	B	B	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B		B	B	B	B
Jaiman LOWE	B		B				B
Shannon HEGARTY		W	W	W					W	W	W		W			W	W
Ben ROGERS		FE	HB			FE	FE
Ben LOWE		2R	L	L	L	B						L	L						C					L
George NDAIRA		B	B	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	HB	B	B	B				H
Beau CHAMPION				C	C	C	C	C	C				C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C
Beau FALLOON				B	B			B	B	B	B				B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B		B
Shannan McPHERSON				B	B	B	B	B		B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B					L	2R
Sam LATU					W	W
David FA'ALOGO					2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R
John TAMANIKA								W		W		W
Eddy PETTYBOURNE								B	B											B	B	B	B	B
Luke CAPEWELL											FB	FB		FB	FB			W	W	W	W	W	W	W
Jamie SIMPSON												C	C	C	C	C	C	C		W	W	W		W
Chris SANDOW												HB	HB	HB	HB	HB	HB	HB	HB	HB	HB	HB	HB	HB
Scott GEDDES												FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR

List of Matches

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Competition	Round	Opposition		Score			FB1	W2	C3	C4	W5	FE6	HB7	FR8	HK9	FR10	2R11	2R12	L13	B14	B15	B16	B17
2008 Telstra NRL Premiership	Round 1	Sydney	L	20	-	34	Talanoa	Merritt   2T	Vagana	Gordon   1T	Paulson   1T	Smith	Wing	Greenfield	Luke   2G	Asotasi	Kidwell	Stuart	Sutton	Paea	Widders	Manuokafoa	J. Lowe	>
2008 Telstra NRL Premiership	Round 2	Bulldogs	L	12	-	25	Talanoa	Merritt	Paulson	Gordon	Hegarty	Rogers	Paea   1T	Greenfield	Luke   2G	Asotasi	Kidwell	B. Lowe   1T	Sutton	Ndaira	Widders	Stuart	Manuokafoa	>
2008 Telstra NRL Premiership	Round 3	Penrith	L	22	-	26	Merritt	Paulson	Talanoa   1T	Gordon	Hegarty	Sutton   1T	Rogers	Greenfield   1T	Luke   2G	Asotasi	Kidwell	Stuart	B. Lowe	Ndaira   1G	Widders   1T	Manuokafoa	J. Lowe	>
2008 Telstra NRL Premiership	Round 4	Manly	L	2	-	20	Merritt   1G	Paulson	Talanoa	Champion	Hegarty	Sutton	Smith	Manuokafoa	Ndaira	Asotasi	Kidwell	Stuart	B. Lowe	Greenfield	Falloon	Widders	McPherson	>
2008 Telstra NRL Premiership	Round 5	Cronulla	L	10	-	12	Talanoa	Merritt   1G	Paulson	Champion   1T	Latu	Sutton   1T	Smith	Manuokafoa	Ndaira	Asotasi	Kidwell	Fa'alogo	B. Lowe	Falloon	Widders	Stuart	McPherson	>
2008 Telstra NRL Premiership	Round 6	Wests Tigers	L	10	-	30	Talanoa	Merritt   1G	Paulson	Champion   1T	Latu	Rogers   1T	Smith	Manuokafoa	Ndaira	Asotasi	Kidwell	Fa'alogo	Sutton	B. Lowe	Stuart	McPherson	Paea	>
2008 Telstra NRL Premiership	Round 7	Brisbane	L	18	-	32	Talanoa	Merritt   2T	Vagana	Champion	Paulson	Rogers	Paea	Manuokafoa	Ndaira   1G	Asotasi	Kidwell	Fa'alogo   1T	Sutton	Luke   2G	McPherson	Stuart	J. Lowe	>
2008 Telstra NRL Premiership	Round 8	North Qld	W	28	-	24	Merritt	Tamanika	Vagana   1T	Champion   2T	Paulson	Widders	Luke   4G	Manuokafoa	Ndaira	Asotasi	Kidwell	Fa'alogo	Sutton   2T	Falloon	McPherson	Stuart	Pettybourne	>
2008 Telstra NRL Premiership	Round 10	Canberra	L	10	-	38	Merritt	Talanoa	Vagana	Champion   1T	Hegarty	Widders   1T	Luke   1G	Manuokafoa	Ndaira	Asotasi	Kidwell	Fa'alogo	Sutton	Falloon	Stuart	Pettybourne	Greenfield	>
2008 Telstra NRL Premiership	Round 11	Melbourne	L	10	-	15	Merritt	Hegarty	Talanoa	Vagana   2T	Tamanika	Widders	Luke   1G	Asotasi	Ndaira	Stuart	Kidwell	Fa'alogo	Sutton	Manuokafoa	Falloon	McPherson	Greenfield	>
2008 Telstra NRL Premiership	Round 12	St Geo Illa	L	12	-	26	Capewell   1T	Merritt	Vagana	Talanoa	Hegarty   1T	Widders	Ndaira	Stuart	Luke   2G	Asotasi	Kidwell	Fa'alogo	Sutton	Falloon	McPherson	Manuokafoa	Greenfield	>
2008 Telstra NRL Premiership	Round 13	Warriors	W	35	-	28	Capewell   1T	Merritt	Simpson   1T	Talanoa   1T	Tamanika	Sutton	Sandow   2G 1F	Geddes	Luke   3G	Asotasi	Stuart   1T	Fa'alogo	B. Lowe   1T	Ndaira	McPherson	Kidwell	Manuokafoa   1T	>
2008 Telstra NRL Premiership	Round 15	Gold Coast	W	24	-	23	Merritt	Hegarty	Simpson	Champion	Talanoa	Sutton   1T	Sandow   1G	Geddes	Luke   2T 3G	Asotasi	Stuart	Fa'alogo   1T	B. Lowe	Ndaira	McPherson	Kidwell	Manuokafoa	>
2008 Telstra NRL Premiership	Round 16	North Qld	W	29	-	28	Capewell   1T	Merritt	Simpson	Champion   1T	Talanoa   1T	Wing   1T	Sandow   1F	Geddes	Luke   4G	Asotasi   1T	Stuart	Fa'alogo	Sutton	Ndaira	McPherson	Manuokafoa	Greenfield	>
2008 Telstra NRL Premiership	Round 17	Bulldogs	W	34	-	30	Capewell   2T	Merritt	Simpson	Champion	Talanoa   1T	Wing   1T	Sandow   1T 4G	Geddes	Luke   1G	Asotasi	Stuart	Fa'alogo   1T	Sutton	Falloon	McPherson	Manuokafoa	Greenfield	>
2008 Telstra NRL Premiership	Round 18	Parramatta	W	32	-	20	Merritt	Hegarty   1T	Simpson   2T	Champion   1T	Talanoa	Wing	Sandow   1G	Geddes	Luke   1T 3G	Asotasi	Stuart	Fa'alogo	Sutton	Falloon	McPherson   1T	Manuokafoa	Kidwell	>
2008 Telstra NRL Premiership	Round 19	Wests Tigers	L	12	-	36	Merritt	Hegarty	Simpson   1T	Champion	Talanoa	Wing	Sandow	Geddes	Luke   2G	Asotasi   1T	Stuart	Fa'alogo	Sutton	Falloon	McPherson	Manuokafoa	Greenfield	>
2008 Telstra NRL Premiership	Round 20	Newcastle	L	12	-	39	Merritt   2T	Capewell	Simpson	Champion	Talanoa	Wing	Sandow   2G	Geddes	Ndaira	Asotasi	Stuart	Fa'alogo	Sutton	Falloon	McPherson	Manuokafoa	Greenfield	>
2008 Telstra NRL Premiership	Round 21	Warriors	W	18	-	16	Merritt   1T	Capewell	B. Lowe   1T	Champion	Talanoa	Wing	Sandow   1G	Geddes	Luke   2G	Asotasi	Stuart	Fa'alogo	Sutton	Falloon	Manuokafoa	Greenfield	Kidwell   1T	>
2008 Telstra NRL Premiership	Round 22	Cronulla	L	14	-	28	Merritt   1T	Capewell	Talanoa	Champion	Simpson	Wing	Sandow   3G	Geddes	Luke	Asotasi	Stuart	Fa'alogo	Sutton	Falloon   1T	Kidwell	Greenfield	Pettybourne	>
2008 Telstra NRL Premiership	Round 23	Manly	W	40	-	32	Merritt   3T	Capewell	Talanoa   1T	Champion	Simpson   1T	Wing	Sandow   2G	Geddes	Luke   1T 4G	Asotasi   1T	Stuart	Fa'alogo	Sutton	Falloon	Kidwell	Manuokafoa	Pettybourne	>
2008 Telstra NRL Premiership	Round 24	Canberra	L	25	-	40	Merritt	Capewell   1T	Talanoa	Champion   1T	Simpson	Wing	Sandow   1T 1G 1F	Geddes	Luke   1T 3G	Asotasi	Stuart	Fa'alogo	Sutton	Falloon	Kidwell	Manuokafoa	Pettybourne	>
2008 Telstra NRL Premiership	Round 25	Sydney	L	20	-	22	Merritt   1T	Capewell   1T	Champion	Vagana	Talanoa	Sutton   1T	Sandow   1G	Geddes	Wing	Asotasi	Stuart	Fa'alogo	McPherson	Luke   1T 1G	Kidwell	Manuokafoa	Pettybourne	>
2008 Telstra NRL Premiership	Round 26	Melbourne	L	4	-	42	Merritt   1T	Capewell	Talanoa	Champion	Simpson	Sutton	Sandow	Geddes	Luke	Stuart	McPherson	Fa'alogo	B. Lowe	Falloon	Kidwell	Manuokafoa	Pettybourne	>

Contributions: Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson, Greg Fiveash, Tony McCarron

Sources: Castleford Tigers Heritage