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It was the evening of 7 November 2005. Russell Crowe was watching television in his Woolloomooloo home. In 11 days time he was bailed to appear before Judge Kathryn Freed in the Manhatton Criminal Court to plead guilty to bashing a hotel clerk in New York. Rusty was laying low, trying to stay out of trouble.

By happenstance, with Russell watching, the ABC's Australian Story featured Koby Abberton of the infamous Bra Boys. Koby blamed the gang's 'My Brother's ...

With the Leagues Club board making all sorts of derogatory and perhaps defamatory claims about the Chalmers Street developer, Trivest, it's somewhat disturbing to reflect on the fact that the Football Club is guarantor for the development.

On 22 February 2007, the Leagues Club board was supplied with confidential written legal advice from its lawyers. On the first page of that advice, it says:


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On 5 December 2005, when Holmes a Court was doing his best to weaken the leagues club to render it more vulnerable to takeover, an article appeared in the Sun-Herald newspaper written by Andrew Webster.

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In it, Holmes a Court argued that the leagues club should immediately be placed into voluntary administration. The article referred to an interview Holmes a Court published on The Bell - a website owned by Holmes a Court and Crowe, which was being secretly ...

A property of Peter Holmes a Court was passed in at auction without attracting even one bid last Saturday. Michael Crocker's 'external' third party sponsor, John McGrath Real Estate, are the agents. The property has an interesting history.

On 7 February 2008, Holmes a Court registered with ASIC the company Merg Holdings Pty Limited. The next day Merg Holdings purchased 17 Kallaroo Avenue, Stanwell Park, for $2.1 million.

On the same day as that $2.1 million purchase, ...

It's reported in The Sydney Morning Herald on 26th November 2011 that Peter Holmes a Court is now living with his family in France. The story doesn't describe his stay there as a "sabbatical", which is what 'Pierre' said it was when he moved there almost a year ago...

'Pierre' has had difficulty selling a property he owns at Stanwell Park. It is to be auctioned next week by McGrath Real Estate with the reserve at $2.1 million. Earlier this year 'Pierre' sold his company ...

We've got a new coach coming in and the expectation is for change on the field. But of course we still have the same officials in the club who have presided over endemic failure both financially and from a football sense. The results both on and off the field have not changed through a myriad of coaching combinations with Souths being both a revolving door for assistants and a graveyard for head coaches. Michael Maguire has his work cut out for him. The coaches die at Souths. The officials are bullet-proof. ...