ROOSTERS 48 RABBITOHS 6
Jason Demetriou insists he’s the person to steer South Sydney out of their disaster as Latrell Mitchell was sin-binned within the Rabbitohs’ humiliation by the hands of bitter rivals the Roosters at Allianz Stadium on Friday night time.
Winless by way of the opening three rounds and in peril of ending a spherical on the backside of the ladder for the primary time since 2010, the Rabbitohs have been condemned to some of the humiliating nights of their latest historical past with a 48-6 battering.
Demetriou was already beneath intense strain after his facet’s second-half collapse final yr, however the blowtorch will intensify this week as he tries to pull one of many NRL’s most gifted rosters out of an alarming early season kind droop.
“It’s disappointing,” Demetriou stated. “It hurts. It’s most likely the bottom level of my profession proper now. However I understand how we get out of it and we’ll struggle collectively.
“There’s just one approach out and that’s staying collectively and combating. It’s a matter of getting that first win. Individually, there’s indicators on the market we’re beginning to discover some rhythm, however we’ve bought to struggle tougher.
Joseph Manu carries the ball into the Rabbitohs defence.Credit score: Getty
“I’m extraordinarily assured [it can be turned around]. That’s my job.”
Demetriou solely final yr signed a contract extension till the tip of 2026.
His group have been by no means within the struggle towards their oldest enemy, celebrating Jared Warea-Hargreaves’ three hundredth NRL match, who sprung to an 18-0 half-time lead due to a Sam Walker double after which celebrated as Joseph Manu and James Tedesco each crossed twice after the break.
Mitchell was sin-binned for an expert foul as he tangled with Tedesco attempting to shepherd a ball useless. He then unintentionally stomped on the Australian and NSW captain whereas off stability and falling to the bottom.
The Roosters piled on two fast tries whereas Mitchell was off the sphere and added one other for good measure when he returned for the ultimate six minutes.
The determined Rabbitohs will play the Bulldogs at Accor Stadium on Good Friday.
“I’ve bought plenty of belief on this group,” Demetriou stated. “They’re an awesome group. They care about one another and that’s most likely our greatest drawback in the mean time. We don’t need to be within the place we’re in. We’ve bought to simply accept our actuality and struggle our approach out of it. I do know we are going to get out of it.
Requested concerning the scrutiny, Demetriou stated: “That’s the privilege of being at this footy membership. It’s a giant membership. I’m the top coach and I’ll put on that. That’s no drawback. The noise is there as a result of we’re not profitable.
“I’ve bought little question [I can turn it around]. The one factor that’s going to make a distinction is getting our coaching proper and getting some outcomes on the board.”
Demetriou stated he disagreed with the choice to sin-bin Mitchell, however admitted it didn’t have a bearing on the outcome with the Roosters cruising at 30-6.
Roosters coach Trent Robinson stated he was happy with the best way his facet honoured Warea-Hargreaves in his milestone match.
“You possibly can typically depend on that and [think], ‘that might be sufficient’,” Robinson stated. “But when that’s all you deal with, then the air will exit of it fairly shortly. The footy must be the muse and it’s a must to faucet into that at completely different moments. He’s honoured the front-rower code for 300 video games.”
Walker didn’t end the match after being despatched for a head harm evaluation and deemed to be struggling class one signs.
