The NRL\u2019s greatest try-scorer Alex Johnston has his sights on another slice of history when the Rabbitohs take on Canterbury in this week\u2019s Good Friday blockbuster.<\/p>\n
The winger has scored five tries from seven appearances in the annual clash, one behind former Bulldog Josh Morris.<\/p>\n
South Sydney teammates Campbell Graham and Latrell Mitchell are close behind on four tries, while Matt Burton is the leading active Canterbury player with three tries in the match.<\/p>\n
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The two that made history<\/p>\n
A crowd exceeding 50,000 is expected for Friday\u2019s tussle at Accor Stadium and Johnston\u2019s Rabbitohs teammates backed him to snare another piece of history.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re proud of him already for what he\u2019s done and he\u2019ll just keep ticking the records off,\u201d centre Jack Wighton said.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s a pretty level-headed guy so he\u2019s been good since breaking the record. He\u2019s been doing some stuff outside of football, which is good to see and he\u2019s enjoying his well-earned love.\u201d<\/p>\n
Johnston rounds out a lethal South Sydney left edge that has torn teams apart throughout the opening month of the season.<\/p>\n
Five-eighth Cody Walker pulls the strings, while edge forward David Fifita has returned to the form that saw him become one of the most damaging ball carriers in the game.<\/p>\n
Latrell Mitchell has starred since returning to the centres and creates plenty of opportunities for Johnston to finish off.<\/p>\n
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Easter Game Plan: Souths v Bulldogs<\/p>\n
Between them, the edge has scored seven tries in their first three games of the season in an early sign of what\u2019s to come this year.<\/p>\n
The Bulldogs don\u2019t need to be reminded about South Sydney\u2019s attacking threats and expect the Rabbitohs to send plenty of traffic towards young playmaker Lachlan Galvin, who defends on his side\u2019s right edge and will line up opposite Walker.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s been a common theme all year, with Galvin making so far 88 tackles this season compared to five-eighth Matt Burton\u2019s 46.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve been watching them and their left edge is really impressive,\u201d Bulldogs prop Max King said. \u201cIt\u2019s great to see David Fifita playing good football. They\u2019ve only got Fifita, Latrell and the world\u2019s greatest try-scorer there. They\u2019re obviously doing something right on that left edge for Alex Johnston to reach that goal.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs a team we\u2019ve got our hands full and our right edge definitely has their hands full. They\u2019ve been really impressive this year and it\u2019s going to take a lot to stop them so we have to be on and at our best.\u201d<\/p>\n
While much of the talk has focused on the Rabbitohs left edge, the right flank has quietly gone about their business.<\/p>\n
Jack Wighton, who shifted from left centre to right to accommodate Mitchell\u2019s positional shift, has slowly found his feet while winger Campbell Graham has been named to make his return from injury after missing the Round 3 win over the Wests Tigers.<\/p>\n
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Bulldogs big men fire on Good Friday<\/p>\n
Wighton faces a tough defensive effort of his own this week, when he lines up opposite Bulldogs skipper Stephen Crichton, but said Graham\u2019s return will provide a new dynamic to the South Sydney attack.<\/p>\n
\u201cCampbell is just a footy player,\u201d Wighton said. It\u2019s something as little as his talking to wanting to take every tough carry there is on the field, to chasing every kick. He\u2019s an unreal teammate and a great footy player so his presence is awesome.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe pride ourselves on being the hardest working edge so the team can get some joy elsewhere. But we\u2019ve got a little bit of something to give too with getting across the line.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The NRL\u2019s greatest try-scorer Alex Johnston has his sights on another slice of history when the Rabbitohs take…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":360412,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[111,139,69,213],"class_list":["post-360411","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360411","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=360411"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360411\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/360412"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=360411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=360411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=360411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}