Sunday Territorian

Walker runs rings around Gold Coast

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RABBITOHS star Cody Walker (pictured) has sent the Titans crashing back to earth as South Sydney smashed 113-year-old records and handed the Gold Coast an NRL premiershi­p reality check in a 36-6 cakewalk. Walker took another step towards clinching a maiden Dally M Medal with a dominant performanc­e as the Rabbitohs romped to their 10th straight ght victory at Cbus Super Stadium on Saturday. turday. The 30-point win ensured Souths became the h first fi team in i premiershi­p history to score 30 points in eight consecutiv­e games. The Rabbitohs are a genuine threat to Melbourne and Penrith in this year’s premiershi­p race and will face the Panthers in a blockbuste­r finals prelude on Friday night.

With their top-eight hopes on the line, the Titans were beaten to the punch from the outset and held scoreless for 65 minutes in a disappoint­ing performanc­e.

SOUTHS HEADING NORTH

The Rabbitohs are going on a record-breaking rampage in the run to the finals.

With coach Wayne Bennett at the helm in his final season, Souths eclipsed Manly’s 1983 premiershi­p record by racking up another 30-plus score against the hapless Titans.

Their tally of 688 points this season is the most Souths has scored in any season since 1908, eclipsing the 687 scored in their 2014 premiershi­p-winning campaign.

Next round’s mouth-watering clash against Penrith will provide a genuine test of how good this Souths side is.

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