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In what ways did South Sydney attempt to halt the troubling run of bad luck that has seen the Bunnies go from equal top on the NRL ladder after 11 rounds to having only three victories in their past ten games?
On Tuesday, Souths coach Jason Demetriou attempted to defuse the tension by playing a game of basketball at the team’s Heffron Park training facility.
However, there is a chance that adopting a soft touch strategy too much would account for the Rabbitohs’ dramatic decline in the second part of the season.
Regarding the red and green middle forward rotation, a lot of attention has been paid to the Rabbitohs’ injuries. However, it’s important to remember that at the beginning of the season, South Sydney was still competitive enough to defeat Penrith, Brisbane, and Melbourne in back-to-back weeks.
With Cody Walker, Latrell Mitchell, Alex Johnston, Damien Cook, Keaon Koloamatangi, and Campbell Graham on the team, the Bunnies’ offense will never be a problem.
However, during the past three months, South Sydney has entirely collapsed defensively, as the Fox Sports Lab demonstrates.
In the competition’s first 11 rounds, South Sydney allowed just 13.6 points per game against opponents.
However, in the 12 games that have passed since
a horror show as other teams have easily exploited weaknesses, allowing them to give up more than twice as many points every game—28.6 on average.
Any competent NRL coach will tell you that giving up more than 14 to 18 points a game on average is not going to win you an NRL title.
This season, Penrith, the defending premiers, are only averaging 12.1 points per game.
We continue to believe that South Sydney have the talent necessary to make a late push in September.
However, this weekend’s match against St George Illawarra in Cairns requires the red and green defense to be tightened up first.
