The Rabbitohs made every error in the rugby league book on Thursday night in a rare collision of a crisis of confidence for some, and misplaced faith from others.
In between staring at the hotel ceiling after a, Lachlan Ilias booting the ball up Tallis Duncan’s backside will have been on replay between the coach’s ears all night. In the ad breaks, blatant blocking penalties from his front-rowers.
Their first attacking raid ended with Taane Milne being bundled meekly into touch on the right edge as Walker and Ilias shuffled the ball wide, looking for speed the Rabbitohs don’t have to get around Brisbane’s outside backs, who are among the quickest in the NRL. Demetriou didn’t miss any in his post-game press conference, though losing a scrum with the feed is rare areas in modern rugby league.
Coming out of their own end, Ilias and Duncan got their timing awfully wrong for a clearing kick, with the young back-rower stopping dead in front of Ilias as he went to kick long, instead gifting possession back to Brisbane and saddling Souths with more goal line defence.An unhappy night for Ilias will only strengthen calls for Jack Wighton to partner Cody Walker in the halves, with Matty Johns stressing the young half is as much a victim of South Sydney’s spluttering attack as a cause.
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