Rebel Rabbitohs

Souths supporters may remember during the last few months the Rabbitohs have gone very hard on selling membership, including using the Club's paid spruiker, Mario Fenech, to cold call lapsed Members to try and get them to 'prove their passion' by signing back up. But if that wasn't unsavoury enough, the membership drive has taken a turn for the dark side.

Over the last week the South Sydney DRLFC have been receiving calls from people who have ceased their membership this year. It ...

On his facebook site today, writing from a barn somewhere in France, Peter Holmes a Court has written: "The money that Russell and I lent to help the club is only ever repayable out of future profits. It is not a liability that will ever bother the club or its members. It was lent in the firm belief that one day rugby league will be much stronger and that the top clubs will get a proper reward for what they are delivering."

What Peter says contradicts the 2011 annual financial ...

In the Sydney Morning Herald, 12 April 2012, there is an article titled 'Five Foes Forge Coalition'. It reports that Souths and four other Sydney clubs have formed an alliance to try and boost dwindling crowd figures. Some might recall that Rebel Rabbitohs made mention of this unlikely coalition many months ago before it became news in the media.

Shane Richardson, in today's story, is mentioned. The story says: "Richardson has stated that attendances, which have been down on ...

On 1 January 2008, the ANZ Bank acquired the naming rights to the Olympic Stadium at Homebush in a seven year $31.5 million deal.

Five weeks later, on 8 February 2008, Peter Holmes a Court announced that Souths had signed to play its home games at ANZ Stadium for 10 years. On that same day, a company controlled by Peter Holmes a Court (Merg Holdings Pty Limited) paid $2.1 million for a holiday home at 17 Kallaroo Avenue, Stanwell Park. Merg Holdings was registered a day earlier ...

There is strong information around that Nick Pappas is trying to get the Castellorizian Club to merge with or provide a loan to the Souths Leagues Club (Souths on Chalmers).

The Leagues Club has immediate debts in excess of $1 million and has recently lost a Supreme Court case which will involve paying all court costs.

Leagues Club chairman Bill Alexiou-Hucker has been desperately chasing funds from any source possible for several months. But with no success, including ...

As we all know now High Concept, the joint venture formed between Trivest (owned by Albert Bertini) and South Sydney Football Club Investments Pty Ltd (owned by the South Sydney Football Club made up of 75% Blackcourt League Investments and 25% the SSDRLFC) has gone into receivership. The High Concept joint venture was formed to do the development of the South Sydney Leagues Club after the SSFC won the vote of members for those rights.

When the news of High Concept going into receivership ...