On a Friday night in May, two clubs meet at very different points in their journeys — one ascending from struggle, the other already orbiting the summit. The Wests Tigers have rediscovered belief through back-to-back wins, yet now face the truest test of whether momentum is transformation or merely illusion. South Sydney, six wins deep and declared premiership favourites, carry the quiet authority of a team that has stopped asking questions of itself. In sport, as in life, the distance between hope and certainty is often where the most revealing contests are played.
Red-hot Rabbitohs face resurgent Tigers in NRL clash
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