{"id":17267,"date":"2025-07-24T00:28:13","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T00:28:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/17267\/"},"modified":"2025-07-24T00:28:13","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T00:28:13","slug":"winning-is-a-habit-losing-is-a-habit-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/17267\/","title":{"rendered":"Winning is a habit, losing is a habit"},"content":{"rendered":"

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2025 NRL, Round 20
Penrith v South Sydney
Parramatta Stadium
Friday 18 July, 8pm<\/p>\n

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2021 Grand Final Replay \u2013 winning is a habit, losing is a habit<\/p>\n

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In what has become an increasingly difficult watch, South Sydney slumped to their seventh straight loss last Friday night. In the process, Souths lost several players to injury, with coach Bennett\u2019s press conference mutterings once again praising the player\u2019s efforts.<\/p>\n

This week, Souths will be without Jamie Humphreys and Peter Mamouzelos (concussion), as well as Keon Koloamatangi (ankle \u2013 season).<\/p>\n

Alex Johnston scored his 207th NRL try, edging one try closer to Ken Irvine\u2019s record of 212.<\/p>\n

Nudgee College old boy Liam Le Blanc crossed for his first NRL try.<\/p>\n

It is a fascinating contrast between the two clubs since the 2021 Grand Final: Penrith have won four straight premierships, while South Sydney have plummeted since mid-2023.<\/p>\n

South Sydney 2022: Preliminary Final (lost to Penrith)<\/p>\n

South Sydney 2023: 9th<\/p>\n

South Sydney 2024: 16th<\/p>\n

South Sydney 2025: currently 16th<\/p>\n

South Sydney\u2019s remaining 2025 games: Sharks, Broncos, Titans, Parramatta, St George-Illawarra, Easts.<\/p>\n

Wake me up when September ends.<\/p>\n

Full time: Penrith 30 defeated South Sydney 10<\/p>\n

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South Sydney team list: Johnston, Tass, Duncan, Aitken, Munro, Wighton, Humphries, Tetola, Havili, Koloamatangi, Host, Arrow, Hubner, bench: Mamouzelos, Keppie, Todd, Le Blanc.<\/p>\n

South Sydney point scorers: tries (2) Le Blanc 43\u2019, Johnston 78\u2019, goals: Humphreys 1\/2<\/p>\n

Half time: Penrith 18-0<\/p>\n

Penalties: 3-3<\/p>\n

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Referee: Gerard Sutton, bunker: Casey Badger<\/p>\n

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Attendance:11, 816<\/p>\n

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Highlights<\/p>\n

2025 NRL Match Highlights | Panthers v Rabbitohs | Round 20<\/a><\/p>\n

Press conference:\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ll keep turning up\u2026\u201d \u2013 Wayne & Wighton praise Bunnies\u2019 grit through injury crisis | Fox League<\/a><\/p>\n

RITV player of the year points: <\/p>\n

3 \u2013 Alex Johnston, 2 \u2013 Liam Le Blanc, 1 \u2013 Tallis Duncan<\/p>\n

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2025 Progressive points:<\/p>\n

20 \u2013 Keon Koloamatangi, 17 \u2013 Jye Gray, 12 \u2013 Tallis Duncan, 11 \u2013 Jamie Humphreys, 9 Alex Johnston, Lachlan Hubner, 7 \u2013 Campbell Graham, 6 \u2013 Jack Weighton & Latrell, 3 \u2013 Jai Arrow, 2 \u2013 Laim Le Blanc, Brandon Smith, Davvy Moale,Sean Keppie, 1 \u2013 Euan Aitken, Peter Mamouzelos, Cody.<\/p>\n

NB: 2023 and 2024 winner: Cameron Murray<\/p>\n

South Sydney full weekend results: <\/p>\n

NSW Cup: St George Illawarra 32 defeated South Sydney 22<\/p>\n

Flegg: St George Illawarra 30 defeated South Sydney 28<\/p>\n

NSW womens: Newcastle 38 defeated South Sydney 12<\/p>\n

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Barossa Valley red wine of the week<\/p>\n

Langmeil 2023 Massimo Montepulciano Primitivo<\/p>\n

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Russel Hansen, South Sydney football club diamond member 6199, lives in Nuriootpa, Barossa Valley, South Australia. \u00a0His golden retriever, Murray, is named after the (injured \u2013 for the season) South Sydney captain. Twitter\/X: @Rabbit in the Vineyard @Russel_Hansen<\/p>\n

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\"\"About Russel Hansen<\/a><\/p>\n

Russel Hansen
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\nHas worked in schools for over thirty years \u2013 as a teacher, coach, coach educator, sports coordinator and in pastoral care roles. Whilst at Brisbane Boys\u2019 College as Director of Athletics, he led teams to six GPS premierships in track and field, and cross country.
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\nHe has coached (athletics) at all levels from school to international. His squad at the University of Queensland (to January 2023) included Lachlan Kennedy OLY, Paris 4x100m relay runner, Australian record holder.
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\nHe is married to Heidi, a Primary school principal, and is father to two adult daughters.
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\nTwitter: @Russel_Hansen<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 2025 NRL, Round 20Penrith v South SydneyParramatta StadiumFriday 18 July, 8pm \u00a0 2021 Grand…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17268,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-17267","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nrl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-national-rugby-league","tag-nationalrugbyleague","tag-nrl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17267","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17267"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17267\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17268"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}