Johns fires blunt warning at surging Rabbitohs

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Andrew Johns has delivered the Rabbitohs a blunt informing up of their preliminary last against the Panthers.

While the Rabbitohs bushed the Sharks comfortably to acceptable up a preliminary last against the reigning premiers, overcoming Cronulla 38-12 astatine Allianz Stadium connected Saturday night, they completed astatine lone 68 per cent and made 14 errors.

They were saved by resolute defence, the Sharks' misfiring onslaught and the plethora of weapons successful their ain attack.

But South Sydney is present awaiting the toughest trial successful the league successful Penrith, the squad looking to go conscionable the 2nd nine successful the NRL epoch to triumph back-to-back titles.

"They request to amended truthful overmuch connected (their show against the Sharks) if they're going to bushed Penrith," Johns said connected Nine's The Sunday Footy Show.

"Made a batch of errors.

"Freddy spoke astir to bushed Penrith you're going to person to usage shot movement.

"Jason Demetriou spoke aft the crippled ... helium said they're going to person to pursuit the game.

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"But if they marque errors aboriginal coming retired of trouble, Penrith volition conscionable suffocate them."

The Panthers, who finished 2 wins wide connected apical of the ladder, earned the 2nd play of the finals disconnected aft trumping the Eels 27-8 successful a qualifying final.

The Panthers-Rabbitohs preliminary last is simply a rematch of the 2021 expansive final, which saw Penrith triumph 14-12 to unafraid its archetypal premiership since 2003.

Penrith and South Sydney volition clash astatine Accor Stadium connected Saturday night.

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