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Ben Hornby's uphill battle to ignite South Sydney's season has been thrown further into doubt as Dean Hawkins and Jye Gray went down injured in his first game at the helm, a 42-12 loss to Penrith.
The last-placed Rabbitohs ushered in the post-Jason Demetriou era on Thursday night but it was a case of new coach, same old Souths before 8155 fans at Accor Stadium.
This was a performance that epitomised the Rabbitohs' lacklustre season as injuries, errors and lapses in concentration left their early promise a distant memory.
Frustratingly for Souths, the clunky defending premiers were there for the taking for most of the night, only putting the game to bed with two quick tries midway through the second half; it had been 18-12 to Penrith after 57 minutes.
The Rabbitohs ran out to a handy 12-0 lead after Panthers centre Izack Tago went to the sin bin for a hip-drop tackle on young fullback Gray, the hosts reigniting their lethal left edge in the opening 10 minutes.
It was another bad night at the office for the South Sydney Rabbitohs in Sydney
Without rested halfback Nathan Cleary, the Panthers appeared rattled in the face of Souths' steely goal-line defence, but as has often been the case this year,
