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Brad Fittler<\/a> has tipped the Rabbitohs<\/a> to pull the magician out of the hat and hand the Panthers<\/a> a third successive loss.<\/p>\n The former Blues<\/a> coach said the Rabbitohs were among the form teams in the comp.<\/p>\n Brad Fittler reckons Cody Walker will lead the Rabbitohs to an upset win over the Panthers.\u00a0Bradley Kanaris\/Getty Images<\/p>\n But Andrew Johns<\/a> disagreed, and pointed to the inexperience of the Rabbitohs\u2019 outside backs \u2013 aside from Walker.<\/p>\n \u201cYour outside backs are your front rowers in the modern game, so getting out of trouble, the Panthers have a huge advantage here,\u201d he said on Wide World of Sports\u2019 NRL Tips<\/a>.<\/p>\n But Freddy said the Rabbitohs were \u201cplaying as a team\u201d, with Cody Walker<\/a> et al. all \u201ckilling them\u201d.<\/p>\n He said the same thing of Manly<\/a> and the Dolphins<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cThey\u2019ve just got it at the moment. They\u2019re all playing for each other,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n The Panthers have only lost Isaah Yeo<\/a>, Liam Martin and Nathan Cleary<\/a> to State of Origin<\/a> duties, with Brian To\u2019o and Dylan Edwards<\/a> left out of the Blues team.<\/p>\n The pair were also at odds about the second game of the weekend between the Dragons<\/a> and Tigers<\/a>.<\/p>\n Johns said he was going with the Tigers \u201con trust\u201d, despite the fact they\u2019re without Jarome Luai and Taylan May, while Fittler said the Dragons had been \u201cunlucky\u201d and dudded by some \u201cdodgy\u201d decisions.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/b382495092884a9a353b4c2fba1a30cdfdeaab95c7fbab11a3a8a554c7ab9ca7.jpeg\")
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