Roosters, Rabbits to settle bad blood
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Rabbitohs half-back Craig Wing was injured in their round one meeting. (Getty Images: Ezra Shaw)
Mark O'Meley says the Roosters are on red alert for a vengeful Rabbitohs outfit when the historic rivals clash at the Sydney Football Stadium this evening.
South Sydney half-back and former Rooster Craig Wing was injured when the teams met earlier this season after he was tackled by Riley Brown and was out for most of the year.
The Roosters have been out of form recently with two wins from their last seven matches, and O'Meley says Souths will be dangerous.
"They've had some great wins in the past five weeks, I expect them to come here and you know I think they want to redeem from round one," he said.
"I think they want to get a win and finish the season pretty happy with themselves."
The Roosters are in danger of dropping out of the top four if they lose to the Rabbitohs, with Brisbane just one point behind them on the ladder.
O'Meley says Sydney must turn around its fortunes leading into the semi-finals.
"We need to get a win this week - we've won two out of our last seven so [it's] been a bit disappointing but a hard game against Souths on Friday night is certainly a game we needed," he said.
