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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	9	5 CC	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	1 CC
Bill BENNETT	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB			FB	FB	FB	FB	FB
Eric SLADDEN	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	C	C	C			C	C	C
Ron TAYLOR	C	C	C			C
Arthur LANG	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C		C	C	C	C	C	C
Dale PUREN	W	W	W	W	W	W	W		W	W	W	W	W	W	W	C	C	C	C
Geoff SMITH	FE	FE	FE	FE	FE	FE	FE	FE	FE	FE	FE
Col DONOHOE	HB	HB	HB	HB	HB			HB	HB		HB	HB	HB	HB	HB	HB	HB	HB	HB
Charlie GIBSON	FR												FR	FR	FR		FR	FR	FR	FR
Brian MURRAY	H					H			H											H
Tom COCKING	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR		FR	FR						FR
John COTTEE	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R
Fred NELSON	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R
John SHEARER	L	L	L	L	L	L	L		L		L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L
Bernie PURCELL		FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR			FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR	FR
Les BROACH		H	H	H	H		H	H		H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H
John PORTER				C	C						C	C						W
Alan FLOCKTON						FB	FB			B			FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB
Keith CARROLL						HB	HB			HB
Ray PICKLUM							C	C	C	C	C
Neal RYAN								W
Colin BAKES								FR	FR	FR	FR	FR
John GUDGEON								L		L
Michael SPENCER										B
Bob WALLACE										B			FE	FE	FE	FE	FE	FE	FE	FE
Ron BATTYE										B
Brian WRIGHT
Eddie PIKE																				HB
Mark PRYKE												FE								C
Sam MARTIN													W	W	W	W	W		W	W
Charlie DONOVAN																W	W	W	W	W

List of Matches

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Competition	Round	Opposition		Score			FB	W	C	C	W	FE	HB	L	2R	2R	FR	HK	FR	B	B	B	B	B	B	B
NSWRFL	Round 1	Canterbury	W	20	-	10	Bennett   4G	Sladden   3T	Taylor	Lang	Puren	Smith	Donohoe	Shearer	Nelson   1T	Cottee	Cocking	Murray	Gibson								>
NSWRFL	Round 2	Eastern Suburbs	W	28	-	8	Bennett   5G	Puren   2T	Lang	Taylor   1T	Sladden   2T	Smith	Donohoe	Shearer   1T	Nelson	Cottee	Cocking	Broach	Purcell								>
NSWRFL	Round 3	North Sydney	L	9	-	29	Bennett	Sladden	Taylor	Lang	Puren	Smith	Donohoe	Shearer	Nelson	Cottee   1T	Cocking	Broach	Purcell   3G								>
NSWRFL	Round 4	Western Suburbs	W	19	-	18	Bennett   1T	Sladden	Porter	Lang	Puren   2T	Smith	Donohoe	Shearer	Nelson	Cottee	Cocking	Broach	Purcell   5G								>
NSWRFL	Round 5	Parramatta	L	5	-	10	Bennett   1G	Puren	Lang	Porter	Sladden   1T	Smith	Donohoe	Shearer	Nelson	Cottee	Cocking	Broach	Purcell								>
NSWRFL	Round 6	Newtown	L	5	-	7	Flockton	Sladden	Lang	Taylor	Puren   1G	Smith	Carroll	Shearer	Nelson	Cottee	Cocking	Murray	Purcell   1T								>
NSWRFL	Round 7	St George	L	8	-	41	Flockton	Sladden   1T	Picklum	Lang	Puren   1T	Smith	Carroll	Shearer	Nelson	Cottee	Cocking	Broach	Purcell   1G								>
NSWRFL	Round 8	Manly	L	12	-	20	Bennett   2G 1F	Sladden	Picklum	Lang   1T	Ryan	Smith	Donohoe	Gudgeon	Nelson   1T	Cottee	Bakes	Broach	Purcell								>
NSWRFL	Round 9	Balmain	L	14	-	23	Bennett   4G	Puren	Lang	Picklum	Sladden	Smith	Donohoe	Shearer	Nelson   2T	Cottee	Bakes	Murray	Cocking								>
Country Carnival	Game 5	North Coast	W	22	-	19	Bennett   1G	Sladden	Picklum	Lang	Puren   1T 1G	Smith   1T	Carroll	Gudgeon   1T	Nelson	Cottee	Bakes	Broach	Cocking   1T	Spencer	Flockton	Wallace   1T	Battye	Wright   1T	Gibson	Pike	>
NSWRFL	Round 10	Canterbury	W	7	-	6	Bennett   1G	Puren	Porter   1G	Picklum	Sladden	Smith   1T	Donohoe	Shearer	Nelson	Cottee	Bakes	Broach	Purcell								>
NSWRFL	Round 11	Eastern Suburbs	L	11	-	20	Bennett	Puren	Lang	Porter	Sladden   1T	Pryke	Donohoe	Shearer	Nelson	Cottee	Bakes	Broach	Purcell   4G								>
NSWRFL	Round 12	North Sydney	W	17	-	7	Flockton	Martin   1T	Sladden	Lang	Puren	Wallace	Donohoe	Shearer   2T	Nelson	Cottee	Gibson	Broach	Purcell   4G								>
NSWRFL	Round 13	Western Suburbs	W	18	-	13	Flockton	Martin	Sladden   1T	Lang	Puren	Wallace   1T	Donohoe	Shearer	Nelson	Cottee	Gibson	Broach	Purcell   6G								>
NSWRFL	Round 14	Parramatta	W	10	-	4	Flockton	Martin	Sladden	Lang	Puren	Wallace	Donohoe	Shearer	Nelson	Cottee	Gibson	Broach	Purcell   5G								>
NSWRFL	Round 15	Newtown	W	27	-	15	Flockton	Martin	Puren   1T	Lang   1T	Donovan   1T	Wallace	Donohoe	Shearer	Nelson	Cottee	Cocking	Broach	Purcell   9G								>
NSWRFL	Round 16	St George	L	14	-	17	Flockton	Martin   2T	Lang	Puren	Donovan	Wallace	Donohoe	Shearer	Nelson	Cottee	Gibson	Broach	Purcell   4G								>
NSWRFL	Round 17	Manly	L	6	-	9	Flockton	Donovan	Sladden	Puren	Porter   1G	Wallace	Donohoe	Shearer	Nelson	Cottee	Gibson	Broach	Purcell   2G								>
NSWRFL	Round 18	Balmain	W	27	-	19	Flockton	Martin	Puren   1T	Sladden   3T	Donovan	Wallace   1T	Donohoe   1T	Shearer	Nelson   1T	Cottee	Gibson	Broach	Purcell   3G								>
City Cup	Round 1	North Sydney	L	10	-	18	Flockton	Donovan	Sladden	Pryke	Martin   1T	Wallace	Pike	Shearer	Nelson	Cottee	Gibson	Murray   1T	Purcell   2G								>

Contributions: Greg Fiveash, Andrew Ferguson, Rugby League Tables, Paul Carter, Wests Archives, Max Turner, Tim Costello, Alan Katzmann, Shawn Dollin