NRL LIVE updates: Top-eight race hots up as Rabbitohs face Storm

A few late changes in this one, the most notable being Craig Bellamy’s decision to shift star hooker Harry Grant to the bench before kick-off.

South Sydney Rabbitohs

1. Matthew Dufty 2. Alex Johnston 3. Latrell Siegwalt 4. Jack Wighton 5. Campbell Graham 6. Cody Walker 7. Ashton Ward 8. Tevita Tatola 9. Brandon Smith 10. Keaon Koloamatangi 19. John Radel 12. Euan Aitken 18. Bronson Garlick.

Bench: 13. Lachlan Hubner 14. Jayden Sullivan 15. Jye Gray 16. Liam Le Blanc 17. Jamie Humphreys 20. Thomas Fletcher

Melbourne Storm

1. Sualauvi Faalogo 2. Siulagi Tuimalatu-Brown 3. Jack Howarth 4. Nick Meaney 5. Moses Leo 6. Tyran Wishart 7. Jahrome Hughes 8. Stefano Utoikamanu 14. Trent Toelau 10. Josh King 11. Cooper Clarke 12. Oryn Keeley 13. Trent Loiero.

Bench: 9. Harry Grant 15. Alec MacDonald 16. Angus Hinchey 17. Jack Hetherington 18. Stanley Huen 19. Manaia Waitere

Hello and welcome to our live coverage of tonight’s Round 21 clash between South Sydney and Melbourne.

It’s a crucial game in the race to the finals, with the Rabbitohs in seventh place but at risk of slipping out of the top eight if they lose tonight, while the Storm are a couple of wins outside the eight, in 11th place.

Souths are without captain Cameron Murray (calf), back-rower David Fifita (suspension) and centre Tallis Duncan (hamstring), with that trio joining Latrell Mitchell on the sidelines, while Melbourne welcome back Jahrome Hughes but are still missing Cameron Munster and lost winger Will Warbrick to a season-ending Achilles injury last week.

So one of these teams is going to earn a gutsy win tonight, while the other is going to be up against it in the hunt for a finals berth over the next month or so.

Kick-off is at 8pm.