NEWS

The South Sydney Rabbitohs are pleased to announce their NRL and Toyota Cup sides to take on the New Zealand Warriors in round 13 of the 2008 season this Friday 6 June at Mt Smart Stadium.

Head Coach Jason Taylor has named two debutants in his line up for this week, with centre Jamie Simpson and halfback Chris Sandow set to play their first NRL games against the Warriors. The two Queenslanders have earned a call up to the top grade after strong performances for the North Sydney Bears in the NSW Cup and the Rabbitohs Toyota Cup side respectively. Scott Geddes, Ben Lowe and John Tamanika have also been promoted from the undefeated North Sydney Bears team for this game.

Rabbitohs winger Nathan Merritt will play his 100^th NRL game this Friday night, becoming the ninth player in the Rabbitohs squad to reach the century milestone.

First grade kicks off at 8pm NZ time (6pm Sydney time) with the Toyota Cup starting at 5:45pm NZ time (3:45pm Sydney time). The referee for the NRL fixture is Tony De Las Heras.

To view Jason Taylor announcing his team for this week, please watch the video above.

The Toyota Cup side is:

1. Malcolm Webster
2. Michael Cummins
3. Junior Seumanutafa
4. Dave Tyrrell
5. Abby El-Zbaidieh
6. Mitch Williams
7. Eddie Paea
8. John Kaifoto
9. Trent Trotter
10. Eddy Pettybourne
11. Aaron Hammett
12. Chris Farrell
13. Jason Clark (c)

Interchange:

14. Andre Itula
15. Brad Lupi
16. Jake Leary
17. Joey Matapuku