The NRL's preliminary findings and penalties around the club's salary cap breach are still very much preliminary, but if the 12-point penalty ends up being the final one in terms of competition points, the team still has a chance of making the finals if they can win 11 or 12 of their final 15 games – not unachievable given their form so far and remaining draw.
It does mean they can ill-afford to stumble at the first hurdle though, and a desperate Bunnies side coming in off the back of four straight losses (and with just one win in six games since their strong 2-0 start to the year) presents an intriguing challenge.
The Rabbitohs can't afford to be distracted by the whirlwind of drama though. In fact, if ever there was a time for a club to cling to that most trite and overused of all rugby league clichés and just worry about themselves and what they can control, it’s this week.
On the team sheet front, Eels players and fans have been dealt a savage blow with the departure late in the week of popular hooker Nathan Peats to the Gold Coast to fix the board's salary cap dilemma. Expect Isaac De Gois to start with Kaysa Pritchard the most likely call-up on the bench.
It does mean they can ill-afford to stumble at the first hurdle though, and a desperate Bunnies side coming in off the back of four straight losses (and with just one win in six games since their strong 2-0 start to the year) presents an intriguing challenge.
The Rabbitohs can't afford to be distracted by the whirlwind of drama though. In fact, if ever there was a time for a club to cling to that most trite and overused of all rugby league clichés and just worry about themselves and what they can control, it’s this week.
On the team sheet front, Eels players and fans have been dealt a savage blow with the departure late in the week of popular hooker Nathan Peats to the Gold Coast to fix the board's salary cap dilemma. Expect Isaac De Gois to start with Kaysa Pritchard the most likely call-up on the bench.
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