South Sydney show they are no bunnies
At a glance
MThe Warriors were blown away by the Rabbitohs at Sunshine Coast Stadium on Saturday, losing 48-10 in yet another disappointing performance this season.
In the build up, Warriors players talked about being up for this game, even though there was nothing to play for, but there wasn’t any evidence of that as it was one-way traffic from the first minute to the 80th.
You have to feel for Stacey Jones, who watched on, frustrated, from the coach’s box. He was thrown a hospital pass when Nathan Brown quit the team and inherited a squad that’s lost its way.
Whatever happens over the remaining month of the season, it shouldn’t tarnish Jones’ reputation as a coach.
He knew what he was walking into when agreeing to take the job, but his loyalty to the club probably meant he couldn’t turn it down.
But it would have hurt him to see a game like this, as it would
IAt Sunshine Coast Stadium, Sunshine Coast: Rabbitohs 48 (Latrell Mitchell 2, Lachlan Ilias, Damien Cook, Tevita Tatola, Keaon Koloamatangi, Alex Johnston, Izaac Thompson tries; Mitchell 8 gls) Warriors 10 (Edward Kosi, Shaun Johnson tries; Johnson gl). HT: 36-6.
have been for anyone cheered on the club.
Yes, this really was bad. It was all too easy for the Rabbitohs to make ground in every tackle in every set, while for the Warriors each metre seemed a huge battle.
One of the few positives from a Warriors point of view was hooker Freddy Lussick.
The 21-year-old had a huge game on defence, something not many of his team-mates could say, while he was also lively with his distribution at dummy half.
Edward Kosi also played pretty well on the left wing. But aside from these two, there are few in the Warriors team who can hold their heads high after this performance.
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