Trell goes for that cheap shot.
Fair bit of argy-bargy to finish this one out. Trell tries to get revenge on Frizell and they come from everywhere again.
Icing on the cake, Clune's first appearance this season earns him a nice point.
Clock winding down, result in no doubt. Knights on the attack....
Ponga converts and it's back out to 18.
Bradman Best capitalises on a Latrell Mitchell drop-ball, running 60 metres to score what should be a match-sealer for the hosts.
Trell converts Shaq's try and the margin is back to two converted tries.
SHAQ ATTACK! His first ever try at NRL level and it's a simple carry and reach-out. Bunnies back in it?
Ponga is now 1/5. Oof.
Grubber through, Mitchell looks to wrap it up but he's tackled and loses possession, it deflects of the referee and Clune grounds it. Bunker ticks it off.
Headgear off, conversion on. Ponga finally kicks a two-pointer.
D Saf crashes over! Newcastle's lead is back up to 12 points.
Newcastle with a shambolic moment after a Young break saw the ball inside for Ponga who falls agonisingly short, then it just looked like a rugby maul. Knights on the attack though...
No change to the score since the Cook try. End to end stuff and neither side able to crack the line.
'Trell has hit the post from next to the sticks... that's a shocking attempt!
Air sucked out of the stadium! Cook runs off the scrum and reaches out and plants it despite two tacklers clamouring for him.
Young is ruled to have lost it. He's filthy and thinks he was interfered with, Ponga wasn't having a bar of it and the replays show the Newcastle captain was correct, and Souths will have a scrum.
Good attack early for South Sydney but Dane Gagai plucks the last-tackle floating kick from Ilias out of the air and the hosts come away with it.
Second half underway, Knights lead by twelve.
You'd want to hope these missed conversions don't come back to haunt Newcastle...
Marzhew has a hat-trick in the left corner! Superb, and MJS is bouncing.
Souths in all sorts in attack, having to run down the short side and rely on offloads before AJ is taken into touch on Newcastle's 30m.
No penalty for the fights, Newcastle were offside so the penalty is Souths' for that.
A bit of push and shove happening on the sideline after Tyson Frizell and Latrell Mitchell came to blows after a stray ball was thrown. Dom Young ends up in the thick of it.
Up to Bunker. Souths claiming a try but it looks like there was an obstruction. Tallis Duncan will not get the four-pointer. NO TRY.
No sooner had we filed the previous update... and Ilias puts a mid-field bomb up which somehow ends up out on the full.
Souths seemed to have stalled the Knights' momentum nicely.
Ponga with an amusing error from dummy half, spiralling the pass straight over the left hand touchline. Souths off the hook once more.
Another miss from Ponga.
Marzhew scores his second off a superb Ponga run down the left edge. Nice medium-range try, scored near the left corner post.
Souths go close after earning a repeat set, but Lachlan Ilias benefits from obstruction and Newcastle pick up the penalty.
Ponga pushes it wide.
Superb hands to the left and Marzhew gets the spoils out wide.
Newcastle pick up a penalty after Dom Young was illegally put into touch. Full set on the Rabbitohs line.
Ilias' last tackle kick is fielded on the full by Bradman Best and it's a 20m restart for the hosts.
Kickoff. No moment's silence for the passing of Kyle Turner, however John Sutton did walk out after the team with Turner's #15 jersey, which will sit on a seat sideline for the Rabbitohs in what is no doubt an emotional day.
In team news - Hastings is out for the Knights with Clune his halves replacement. South Sydney welcome Tatola and Sele onto the bench with Chee Kam and Moale dropping out.
Kickoff pushes back to 2:05pm, presumably so broadcasters can run more ads pre-game.
Referees & scorers:
Referee: Grant Atkins
Touch Judges: David Munro, Phil Henderson
Video Referee: Adam Gee
NEWCASTLE KNIGHTS (29)
Tries: Greg Marzhew (3), Daniel Saifiti, Adam Clune, Bradman Best
Field Goals: Adam Clune (1/1)
Conversions: Kalyn Ponga (2/6)
SOUTH SYDNEY RABBITOHS (10)
Tries: Damien Cook, Shaquai Mitchell
Conversions: Latrell Mitchell (1/2)