Junior Reps Head to Finals; NSW Cup Plays First Leg of Mario Fenech Cup

The South Sydney Rabbitohs’ SG Ball Cup and Harold Matthews Cup teams are playing in week one finals matches this weekend in their pursuit of premiership success, whilst the NSW Cup team will play in the first leg of the Mario Fenech Cup for 2025 against the North Sydney Bears.

The third-placed South Sydney Rabbitohs’ SG Ball Cup under 19s men’s team has qualified for the finals for the first time since 2021, and the seventh-placed South Sydney Rabbitohs Harold Matthews Cup under 17s boys’ team has qualified for the finals for the first time since 2019. This is the first time since 2015 that both the SG Ball Cup and Harold Matthews Cup teams have both qualified for the finals.

The SG Ball Cup team will play in a qualifying final against the second-placed Canberra Raiders outfit at HE Laybutt Sporting Complex on Sunday 13 April at 1pm. The winner of this match will move straight through to the preliminary finals with the loser of this match to play in week two of the finals in an elimination semi-final.

The Harold Matthews Cup team will take on the sixth-placed Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles in an elimination final on Sunday 13 April at 11:30am at HE Laybutt Sporting Complex. The winner of this match will move forward to a week two finals appearance in an elimination semi-final, however the loser of this match will be eliminated from the finals.

The round six NSW Cup fixture will be played at Industree Group Stadium in Gosford on Sunday 13 April at 3pm in the third iteration of the Mario Fenech Cup. The Rabbitohs will be looking to take the lead in the race for the Mario Fenech Cup with a win in this game, with the winner determined by the aggregate scores across both regular season matches played each season.

In round six, the Rabbitohs’ Jersey Flegg Cup under 21s men’s team will play the Melbourne Storm at AAMI Park on Sunday 13 April at 11:30am as a curtain raiser to the Storm vs Warriors NRL game.

NSW Cup Team for Round Six Against North Sydney:

1- Terrell Kalo Kalo
2- Fletcher Myers
3- Talanoa Penitani
4- Carson Kaho
5- Declan Casey
6- Nicholas Quinn
7- Ashton Ward
8- Salesi Ataata
9- Daniel O’Donnell
10- Kaylen Miller
11- Henry O’Kane
12- Javvier Pitovao
13- Ryan Gray

Interchange:
14- Matthew French
15- Devante Mihinui
16- Toesami Toevai
17- Bear Williams
18- Jordan Plath
19- Ruatapu Ngatikaura

Coach – Wayne Collins

Jersey Flegg Cup Team for Round Six Against the Storm:

1- Dane Towns
2- Haizyn Mellars
3- Daniel Wright
4- Zane Rugless
5- Miles Minto
6- Bailey Smith
7- Brent Hawkins
8- Nazareth Taua
9- Riley Frame
10- Mikael Ibrahim
11- Joshua Alhazim
12- Ben Geary
13- Yehya Ayache

Interchange:
14- Sam Taylor
15- Zane Watson
16- Nathaniel Gallo
17- Jason Hallie
18- Jayden Wolfe

Coach – Scott Kenna

SG Ball Cup Team for the Qualifying Final Against the Raiders:

1- Charlie Poynton
2- Jacob Fong
3- Lance Tovio
4- Dayne Jennings
5- Josh Ballard
6- Taj Alvarez
7- Matthew Humphries
8- Maddax Fui
9- Cody Hill
10- Johannes Logan
11- Caelis Samuel
12- Kaearangi Mathews
13- Harrison Rooke

Interchange:
14- Tylan Berryman
15- Riley Allen
16- Daniel Lua
17- Tylah Slate
18- Lochlin Moses
19- Levi Dowling
20- Yasin Kuscu

Coach – Nathan Hogan

Harold Matthews Cup Team for the Elimination Final Against the Sea Eagles:

1- Darcy Feltham
2- Dennishely Taukafa
3- Clayton McGoon
4- Taj Aufai-Farani
5- Riley Bourne
6- Payton Tarau
7- Charlie Bateup
8- Malakai Schwalger-Ioane
9- Zane Hill
10- Anthony Mailangi
11- Diezel Guillonta
12- Soane Naufahu
13- Keone Anitelea Tsioussis (c)

Interchange:
14- James Davies
15- Jayden Rooke
16- Jahzelle Lokeni
17- Ziggy Lester
18- Asher Pung
19- Hudson Warren

Coach – Kell O’Brien