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Wayne Bennett will be forced to pull several Rabbitohs out of his hat with more than $3 million of star power sidelined for Thursday s blockbuster clash with premiers Melbourne.
South Sydney will go into one of the modern game s more intense rivalries without three of their biggest names, with Adam Reynolds (thumb), Cameron Murray (ankle) and Latrell Mitchell (suspension) are unavailable and amounting to around $2.4 million in salaries alone.
Reynolds is facing up to six weeks out pending a surgical consult, Murray and centre Campbell Graham (broken hand) will both be sidelined for the next month and young winger Jaxson Paulo (fractured wrist) won t be in action for up to eight weeks.
Christian Nicolussi08:52, Apr 30 2021
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Canberra Raiders coach Ricky Stuart.
Canberra coach Ricky Stuart does not care if he is labelled a “whinger” and will ask referees boss Jared Maxwell why the Raiders were denied two late tries because of obstruction calls. The Raiders crashed to a 34-20 defeat against South Sydney on Thursday night, and seeing Jack Wighton denied tries in the 75th minute and then again in the 78th minute left Stuart far from impressed. It was not lost on the fans that Henry Perenara was the bunker official who denied Wighton his late double. Perenara was the referee in charge of Canberra’s controversial loss to the New Zealand Warriors last month, which included a forward pass for a try.