The South Sydney Rugby League club has had a consistent and very successful presence in the game of Rugby League since its inception in 1908. Sure, there have been some difficult periods, BUT, South Sydney faced its greatest challenge in the late 1990s, when a combination of greed, power and ambition would remove the Rabbitohs from the Rugby League competition.
What followed next, was an epic battle between an army of businessman, lawyers and the media on one side – AND, on the other side, an army that no-one bothered to listen to! This army, were the supporters of the South Sydney District Rugby League Football Club.
A ‘Sea of Colour’- 80,000 people march to Sydney Town Hall for the ‘Save the Game’ rally.
Acknowledgements:
-Martin and Jerry Lissing are life-long South Sydney supporters. They helped to establish the Group 14 supporters organisation and served on the Board of South Sydney. They helped organise the documentary series called – ‘ Tales of Re-instatement’.
-‘They Wear the Red and Green’ – Ryder ( Longueville Books -2009).
-Con Saroukis – ‘Greeks for Souths’
-‘Tales of Re-instatement’ – South Sydney TV
-‘We can’t be Beaten’ – Rose Tattoo ( Alberts Studio -1982).