# 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.

## 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.
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.
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.

### Results

| Home team | Score | Away team | Crowd | Ground |
| South Sydney Rabbitohs | 48–12 | Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles | 5,000 | Redfern Oval |
| South Sydney Rabbitohs | 22–26 | Gold Coast Titans | 5,550 | BCU International Stadium |
| South Sydney Rabbitohs | 26 -26 | St George Illawarra Dragons | 27,221 | ANZ Stadium |

## Regular season
### Results

| Date | Round | Opponent | Venue | Result | Tries | Goals | F. Goals | Attendance |
| 14 Mar, 15:00 | Round 1 | Sydney Roosters | ANZ Stadium, Sydney | 10–36 | Merritt (2) | Luke (1con) | | 23,149 |
| 21 Mar, 15:00 | Round 2 | Gold Coast Titans | ANZ Stadium, Sydney | 18–19 | Champion (2), Tyrell | Luke (1con) | | 10,943 |
| 28 Mar, 15:00 | Round 3 | Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks | Toyota Stadium, Woolooware | 30–8 | Champion (2), Best, Burgess, Luke | Luke (4con), Sandow (1con) | | 10,741 |
| 2 Apr, 20:35 | Round 4 | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | ANZ Stadium | 38–16 | Burgess (2), Champion (2), Sandow, Merritt, Luke | Luke (3con), Sandow (2con) | | 30,120 |
| 11 Apr, 15:00 | Round 5 | Newcastle Knights | Bluetongue Stadium, Central Coast | 28–10 | Merritt (2), Champion, Talanoa, Wesser | Luke (4con) | | 16,098 |
| 16–19 Apr | Round 6 | Parramatta Eels | ANZ Stadium | 8–22 | Talanoa, Best | | | 25,152 |
| 23–26 Apr | Round 7 | Canberra Raiders | Canberra Stadium, Canberra | 26–24 | Sutton, Merritt, Luke, Taylor, Wesser | Sandow (2con), Luke (1con) | | 13,145 |
| 30 Apr – 3 May | Round 8 | Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles | ANZ Stadium | 22–30 | Champion (2), Taylor, Luke | Luke (3con) | | 15,459 |
| | Round 9 | BYE | | | | | | |
| 14–17 May | Round 10 | Wests Tigers | SCG, Sydney | 50–10 | Merritt (3), Champion (2), Taylor, Sandow, Best, Talanoa | Luke (7con) | | 30,685 |
| 21–24 May | Round 11 | New Zealand Warriors | Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland | 24–26 | Talanoa (2), Best, Wesser | Luke (4con) | | 13,235 |
| 28–31 May | Round 12 | Penrith Panthers | ANZ Stadium | 42–22 | Wesser (2), Taylor, Sutton, Luke, Sandow, Champion | Luke (7con) | | 11,108 |
| 4–7 Jun | Round 13 | North Queensland Cowboys | ANZ Stadium | 32–4 | Champion (2), Merritt (2), Taylor, Talanoa, Luke | Luke (1con), Sandow (1con) | | 9,688 |
| 11–14 Jun | Round 14 | Brisbane Broncos | Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane | 22–50 | Merritt (2), Best, Lowe | Sandow (3con) | | 30,311 |
| 11–14 Jun | Round 15 | Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles | Brookvale Oval, Brookvale | 25–26 | Luke (2), Wesser, Sandow | Luke (3con) | Sandow (1fieldgoal) | 11,661 |
| 25–28 Jun | Round 16 | Melbourne Storm | NIB Stadium | 16–14 | Talanoa (2), Sandow | Luke (2con) | | 13,164 |
| | Round 17 | BYE | | | | | | |
| 9–12 Jul | Round 18 | Sydney Roosters | Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney | 14–18 | Falloon, Talanoa | Sandow (3con) | | 18,424 |
| 16–19 Jul | Round 19 | St George Illawarra Dragons | ANZ Stadium | 13–16 | Asotasi, Sutton | Sandow(2con) | Sandow (1fieldgoal) | 22,238 |
| 23–26 Jul | Round 20 | New Zealand Warriors | ANZ Stadium | 38–28 | Talanoa (2), Merritt, Simpson, Pettybourne, Falloon, Sandow | Sandow (5con) | | 13,895 |
| 30 Jul – 2 Aug | Round 21 | Canterbury Bulldogs | ANZ Stadium | 12–32 | Sandow (2) | Luke (2con) | | |
| 6–9 Aug | Round 22 | Wests Tigers | ANZ Stadium | 34–30 | Farrell (3), Talanoa, Wesser, Sutton | Sandow (5con) | | 23,298 |
| 13–16 Aug | Round 23 | Melbourne Storm | AAMI Park, Melbourne | 16–18 | Merritt (2), Capewell | Luke (2con) | | |
| 20–23 Aug | Round 24 | Penrith Panthers | CUA Stadium, Penrith | 18–54 | Capewell, Wesser, Farrell | Sandow (3con) | | |
| 27–30 Aug | Round 25 | Parramatta Eels | ANZ Stadium | 24–14 | Wesser, Lowe, Luke, Taylor | Sandow (4con) | | |
| 3–6 Sep | Round 26 | St. George Illawarra Dragons | WIN Stadium, Wollongong | 38–24 | | | | |

## Ladder

2010 NRL seasonvte :
| Pos. | Team | Pld | W | D | L | B | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| 1 | St. George Illawarra Dragons (P) | 24 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 518 | 299 | +219 | 38 |
| 2 | Penrith Panthers | 24 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 645 | 489 | +156 | 34 |
| 3 | Wests Tigers | 24 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 537 | 503 | +34 | 34 |
| 4 | Gold Coast Titans | 24 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 520 | 498 | +22 | 34 |
| 5 | New Zealand Warriors | 24 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 539 | 486 | +53 | 32 |
| 6 | Sydney Roosters | 24 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 559 | 510 | +49 | 32 |
| 7 | Canberra Raiders | 24 | 13 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 499 | 493 | +6 | 30 |
| 8 | Manly Warringah Sea Eagles | 24 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 545 | 510 | +35 | 28 |
| 9 | South Sydney Rabbitohs | 24 | 11 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 584 | 567 | +17 | 26 |
| 10 | Brisbane Broncos | 24 | 11 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 508 | 535 | −27 | 26 |
| 11 | Newcastle Knights | 24 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 499 | 569 | −70 | 24 |
| 12 | Parramatta Eels | 24 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 413 | 491 | −78 | 24 |
| 13 | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | 24 | 9 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 494 | 539 | −45 | 22 |
| 14 | Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks | 24 | 7 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 354 | 609 | −255 | 18 |
| 15 | North Queensland Cowboys | 24 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 425 | 667 | −242 | 14 |
| 16 | Melbourne Storm | 24 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 489 | 363 | +126 | 0$^1$ |
$^1$ 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.

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

## Player statistics

| Player | Appearances | Tries | Goals | Field Goals | Total Points |

## Representative honours

| Player | All Stars | Anzac Test | City / Country | State of Origin 1 | State of Origin 2 | State of Origin 3 | Four Nations |