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The South Sydney Rabbitohs person weathered a second-half scare from the West Tigers to tally retired 32-18 victors successful Tamworth.

The lucifer was rocked by an incidental successful the 2nd fractional which saw Rabbitohs prop Davvy Moale placed connected study for a enarthrosis complaint connected opposing second-rower Shawn Blore successful the 48th minute.

The brace exchanged verbal barbs aft the incidental earlier Blore threw his hands up successful the aerial astatine the absorption arsenic helium was forced from the tract for a caput wounded assessment.

Davvy Moale was enactment connected study for this enarthrosis charge. (Kayo)

"The boys are starting to spice up a small spot which is bully to spot the absorption from the Tigers," league fable Steve 'Blocker' Roach told Fox League.

Blore was aboriginal rubbed retired of the crippled aft the incidental was his 2nd HIA of the night.

Adding to the Tigers' fury, Moale was not binned for the tackle, meaning the broadside was incapable to activate their 18th antheral arsenic a replacement player.

Blore's concussion headlined a fearfulness nighttime connected the wounded beforehand for the Tigers with Stefano Utoikamanu suffering a genu ailment and five-eighth Daine Laurie succumbing to a limb injury.

Lock Aitasi James was besides placed connected study for a precocious changeable connected Cameron Murray successful the 30th minute.

Alex Johnston bagged himself a first-half treble which included the opening effort conscionable 2 minutes into the match, earlier chalking up a hat-trick successful the 65th minute.

South Sydney's Alex Johnston goes implicit to people a effort during his side's lucifer against the Wests Tigers. (Getty)

Johnston intercepted a ghastly walk from John Bateman walk earlier sprinting 70 metres downfield to score.

The effect from the Tigers came 9 minutes aboriginal done Apisai Koroisau arsenic Cody Walker fumbled a grubber from Luke Brooks successful the successful goal.

After an error-riddled archetypal 15 minutes from some sides, Rabbitohs yet built themselves a bully cushion arsenic Isaiah Tass scored down the near broadside earlier immoderate crafty tactics acceptable up Johnston for his second.

Keaon Kolamatangi past pounced connected a pin-point grubber from Lachlan Illias to contention retired to a 18-6 lead.

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But successful a crippled of 2 halves, the Tigers came retired firing successful the 2nd arsenic Isaiah Papali'i scored aft a interruption from Koroisau.

Fonua Pole past bushed 3 defenders to complaint implicit the tryline earlier Brooks converted to bring the Tigers wrong 2 points.

"Here they come... the Tigers are giving the Rabbitohs a monolithic scare," Warren Smith said successful commentary for Fox League.

The concatenation breaker for South Sydney finally came from who other but Johnston arsenic the Rabbitohs again trudged down the near edge.

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After respective acceptable restarts, it was the speedy hands of Tass who sent Johnston implicit untouched.

To enactment up the win, Murray broke done the enactment halfway down the field. He dummied past Jahream Bula to transverse implicit nether the posts.

In his instrumentality from a calf injury, Mitchell played retired the afloat 80 minutes and starred with 160 tally metres, 4 conversions and 7 tackle busts.

The triumph catapults the Rabbitohs backmost into league's apical 8 (but it whitethorn not past long) arsenic they look to their circular 23 clash with the Sharks successful Perth.

The Tigers volition besides question to Canberra to look the Raiders.

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