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There are two ways to see Russell Crowe’s decision to renounce his 37.5 per cent stake of the Rabbitohs football club for “family reasons”.
You could see him as a role model for the thoroughly modern man; a father prepared to make personal sacrifices in the name of family.
Or, you could take a more cynical approach and question whether Crowe’s time would be better saved slicing off a couple of movies from schedule every year.
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The story of Chris Sandow is well known to those who follow even a little rugby league: he’s bloody tiny, has a heart the size of Queensland, and when he does actually make contact with opposition players, they certainly know it.
He was the league’s top rookie in 2008, has won matches almost single handedly, divides critics and fans alike, and after four years, he is leaving the Souths Sydney Rabbitohs, the Club where he has made his professional debut, to join the Parramatta Eels.
I first met Chris at the southern end of Erskineville Oval as the sun set on a hard training day for the prospective Rabbitohs under 20’s side. I had been asked to meet the new group of promising juniors, and had been well backgrounded on the squad, particularly “Chrissy” as he was already known.
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Anthony Sharwood says:
Yeah, our subs were at the pub. Kinda like Fairfax’s only not as permanently. Read more »
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Peter Holmes a Court says:
Firstly, since when did a good malapropism become embarassing? They are often intentional inserted to keep readers on their toes. Secondly, thepunch has a huge sub-editing department that was meant to catch this but apparently they went out to lunch and never came back. Read more »
This Saturday the pride of the League, South Sydney, will play their last game for 2009.
No finals for the men in Cardinal Red & Myrtle Green.
Again.
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Hitchy says:
I feel your pain!....but it could be worse, you could follow the AFL & be a St.Kilda supporter…1 premiership in 85 years!....& 25 ‘wooden spoons’ (colloquial for ‘stone mother less last’)...but this year….this year,.... this year the saints are going all the way!.....maybe Read more »
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Nick Pappas says:
Mark McGrath - always the same old response from a Souths supporter. The fact that Souths have won 20 premierships means nothing when you consider that only 6 of those were won after 1953 when grand finals were introduced. If winning premierships is the yard stick for being the pride… Read more »
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