Bennett said the thumping didn't surprise him despite the fact the Rabbitohs hadn't lost a game since falling to the Storm in Melbourne in round one.<\/p>\n
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"We probably got what we deserved," Bennett told reporters after the match.<\/p>\n
"I thought we have been heading that way in the last couple of weeks and managed to pull games out of the fire – and Melbourne are too good for that.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
"It was coming. That's what I was on about last week in Canberra. It just got worse tonight against a really quality team."<\/p>\n
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The injury-ravaged Rabbitohs, who among others were missing Latrell Mitchell, Adam Reynolds, Cameron Murray and Josh Mansour, were dominated on the stats sheet.<\/p>\n
Melbourne completed 92 per cent of their sets to South Sydney's 68, garnered 1756 metres to the hosts' 995, registered nine line-breaks to zero, missed just 11 tackles to 28 and made only five errors to 11.<\/p>\n
South Sydney were also kept scoreless for the first time since round 17 of season 2016, when they suffered a 20-0 defeat at the hands of the North Queensland Cowboys in Cairns.<\/p>\n
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"We are better than that," Bennett said of his side's 50-0 hiding at the hands of the Storm.<\/p>\n
"We might not have won the game, but we are a lot better than what we played out there tonight."<\/p>\n
The good news for Rabbitohs fans is they now have the luxury of a nine-day turnaround ahead of their clash with the Cronulla Sharks.<\/p>\n
That'll see Bennett's troops face the Sharks at Suncorp Stadium in Magic Round next Saturday.<\/p>\n
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