Manly Warringah Sea Eagles will play South Sydney Rabbitohs in week one of the NSWRL Harold Matthews Cup finals at Lottoland on Saturday, April 13.
The Sea Eagles finished the regular season in third place and the Rabbitohs in second. The match kicks off at 10am. Manly and Souths won seven of their eight matches with the Rabbitohs moving into second place on a better points differential (10 points).
The two teams met in the final round last Saturday with the Sea Eagles winning 28-24 at Blacktown to end Souths’ undefeated run. Both teams scored five tries each in a match that saw Souths lead 12-6 at half-time.
Manly’s Road to the Finals
Rd 1: d Canberra 28-22, Rd 2: lost to Newcastle 24-14, Rd 3: bye; Rd 4: d St George 34-12, Rd 5: d North Sydney 58-10, Rd 6: d Western Suburbs 32-16, Rd 7: d Sydney Roosters 28-12, Rd 8: d Central Coast Roosters 18-10, Rd 9: d South Sydney 28-24.
Sea Eagles team to play Souths
1 Luke Tucker
2 Konisi Vosaicake
3 Filipo Whitehouse-Opetaia
4 Ollie Cummins
5 Zion Paulo
6 Izaak Nasio
7 Daniel O'Donnell (c)
8 Dion Yazdani
9 Kobe Fulton
10 Israel Ahofono
11 Tom Wheen
12 Ibrahim Fakhri
13 Oscar Palin
Interchange
15 Fifili Tonga
17 Latrell Fonua
18 Samuela Fainu
TBA
