SOUTH Sydney superstar Greg Inglis will be sidelined for up to six weeks with an ankle injury, which robs him of an emotional return to Melbourne.

GREG Inglis will miss the opening round of the NRL season with scans confirming a minor fracture and sprained ankle ligaments.

SOUTH Sydney superstar Greg Inglis faces as much as six weeks on the sideline due to an injury suffered in the All Stars match.

NATHAN Merritt senses something very special is brewing at South Sydney under new coach Michael Maguire.

GREG Inglis is the fittest he's ever been. Ever. He says so.

DAVID Taylor wants to use the 2012 NRL season to prove he isn't just an impact rep star, but a man who can deliver for the full 80 minutes.

IF NOT for a left-field decision the potential answer to South Sydney's halfback vacancy might still be working as a barman.

STAR Cronulla recruit Todd Carney insists he's put his troubled past behind him and is on track to make a success of the upcoming NRL season.

INDIGENOUS All Stars coach Laurie Daley is backing Greg Inglis to fire South Sydney to their first NRL finals appearance in five years.

SOUTH Sydney coach Michael Maguire is refusing to rubber-stamp rookie Adam Reynolds as his starting halfback for the 2012 NRL season.

THERE are three good reasons why often-maligned playmaker John Sutton is looking forward to the NRL season with South Sydney.

SOUTH Sydney coach Michael Maguire has produced the first left-field decision of his Rabbitohs tenure by naming five captains to lead the club.

AN understrength South Sydney went down 34-28 to Warrington Wolves in their opening trial match of the 2012 NRL season at Redfern Oval.

ROOKIE South Sydney halfback Adam Reynolds grew up little more than two torpedo kicks from Redfern Oval.

GOLD Coast Titans forward Greg Bird has appealed for Willie Mason to be thrown an NRL lifeline, calling him one of the "superstars" of the game.

WARRINGTON veteran Lee Briers wants to make sure South Sydney rookies Adam Reynolds and Ryan Carr bomb their opening audition for the No.7 jumper.

MATT King has pipped more illustrious counterparts to be anointed the pick of the SuperCoach player movement. See why in Tom Sangster's blog

PAUL Gallen was the most popular pick, while Wayne Bennett sprung two surprises with his coach's pick in naming the NRL All Stars side. Team

SOUTH Sydney coach Michael Maguire hasn't ruled out using Michael Crocker and Roy Asotasi as co-captains at the NRL club in 2012.

IT HAS been 512 days and counting since Matt King last had a date with the clippers.