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Round 16: South Sydney Rabbitohs vs Manly Sea Eagles preview

Round 16 of the NRL Premiership continues on Saturday night with a rematch from round one as the South Sydney Rabbitohs host the Manly Sea Eagles at Accor Stadium.

The return of Latrell Mitchell sparked a resurgence of form for the Rabbitohs, who have won three of their last five matches. Souths remain several wins from the top eight, and wins during this representative period will be key to their chances of sneaking into the finals.

The Sea Eagles have struggled to find consistent form since winning back-to-back games in round eight. Still, they sit eighth on the ladder heading into round 16 and will be eager to improve their position.

Manly coach Anthony Seibold will be without State of Origin stars Daly Cherry-Evans, Haumole Olakau’atu and Jake Trbojevic, as well as Reuben Garrick (concussion) and Taniela Paseka (thumb).

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Aaron Schoupp has been named to make his club debut at centre, Karl Lawton steps in at halfback, Ethan Bullemor starts in the front row, and Corey Waddell and Nathan Brown line up in the back row. Gordon Chan Kum Tong, Ben Condon and Aitasi James will come off the bench with Caleb Navale, who makes his NRL debut.

The Rabbitohs are far less disrupted. Jye Gray returns from an ankle injury to replace Mitchell at fullback, with Liam Le Blanc named to make his NRL debut off the interchange.

With stronger form and fewer personnel issues, the Rabbitohs’ match odds have shortened from -156.25 into as short as -232.56 with the top Australian bookmakers.

Rabbitohs vs Sea Eagles R16 team lists

South Sydney Rabbitohs

1. Jye Gray
2. Alex Johnston
3. Taane Milne
4. Richard Kennar
5. Jacob Gagai
6. Jack Wighton
7. Cody Walker
8. Davvy Moale
9. Damien Cook
10. Sean Keppie
11. Michael Chee Kam
12. Jai Arrow
13. Keaon Koloamatangi
14. Peter Mamouzelos
15. Tallis Duncan
16. Thomas Burgess
17. Liam Le Blanc

Manly Sea Eagles

1. Lehi Hopoate
2. Jason Saab
3. Tolutau Koula
4. Aaron Schoupp
5. Tommy Talau
6. Luke Brooks
7. Karl Lawton
8. Ethan Bullemor
9. Jake Simpkin
10. Toafofoa Sipley
11. Corey Waddell
12. Ben Trbojevic
13. Nathan Brown
14. Gordon Chan Kum Tong
15. Ben Condon
16. Caleb Navale
17. Aitasi James

Rabbitohs vs Sea Eagles betting predictions

The Rabbitohs have won four of their last five clashes with Manly. The Sea Eagles are without several of their biggest stars, and away from their home ground, Souths should win and cover the -7.5 handicap (-111.11).

Rabbitohs halfback Cody Walker appears to save his best football for Manly. He has been the first tryscorer in three of his last five matches against them, and he’s scored a try in four of the last five between these sides. As the chief playmaker, Walker is a great chance of scoring again (+140).

If points are to come from anywhere for Manly, it will likely be through winger Jason Saab. In nine of Souths’ last 10 matches, the opposition right winger has scored at least one try. With two tries in each of his last two games, +100 at Neds is great value for Saab to cross at some stage.

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