 The club then recovered towards the end of the regular season winning 3 games in a row to finish in 3rd place on the table and qualified for the finals series.South Sydney would go on to lose their qualifying final against their arch rivals the Sydney Roosters 30-6 in week one of the 2019 finals series at the Sydney Cricket Ground.In the elimination final against Manly-Warringah, Souths won a hard fought match 34-26 at ANZ Stadium to reach their second consecutive preliminary final.