2009 Bathurst 1000 TV Advertisement (60secs) - Lowndes

Here's the V8 Supercars 60-second commercial featuring Russell's voice!

Michael Crocker Signs With Rabbitohs

Michael Crocker signs with South Sydney Rabbitohs

Having met Rabbitohs coach Jason Taylor three weeks ago, Crocker received the now obligatory phone call from Russell Crowe - reserved for prized signings - urging him to come aboard.

And while there was plenty of talk about premierships, winning cultures and Bunnies history, it was Crowe's 1993 movie Silver Brumby that dominated conversation.

"We actually spoke about horses . . . my wife's (Sally Carne) favour- ite child movie was one of Russell's first movies, so we had a good chat about that actually," Crocker said yesterday, after signing a 3½-year deal, believed to be worth up to $250,000 a season.

"It was pretty funny actually. Probably not what you'd expect."

source: Herald Sun

Rabbitohs Big Win Over Roosters

RABBITOHS 52 DEFEAT ROOSTERS 12

From Sportal.com.au:

South Sydney has registered its biggest win over the Roosters in 57 years, belting its closest rival 52-12 before a big crowd at the Sydney Football Stadium.

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When Sutton's perfectly weighted crossfield kick was plucked out of the air by Fetuli Talanoa and planted centimetres from the deadball line, the Bunnies were on their way to a 24-6 advantage with less than half an hour gone.

That prompted Souths owner Russell Crowe to deliver a Roman coliseum-style thumbs down to Roosters fans.

WAY TO GO

RABBITOHS!

The Rabbitohs next match will be against the Parramatta Eels on March 20th!

Russell at Rabbitohs Match

Here's Russell and Coach Jason Taylor at the South Sydney Rabbitohs preseason match with the Wests Tigers at Redfern Oval on February 8th.

You'll find a nice photo gallery of the game and players here. Although the Tigers won 30-26, Rabbitohs Coach Jason Taylor was pleased with his team, saying "It was a superb day all around." You'll find a full review of the game at the Rabbitohs official website. A list of scheduled game dates is also at the site.

Rabbitohs Sell Out Redfern Oval

The Rabbitohs have the first sell-out of rugby league for 2009! A crowd of 5000 will view the Rabbitohs "members only" match against Wests Tigers on February 8th.

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Redfern Return a Sellout

Souths chief executive Shane Richardson said the club could have sold out the ground twice over, with the final 300 tickets unwanted by Tigers members snapped up last week.

"We could have got 8,000 or 10,000 if we'd wanted to but we only had 5,000 to do it without putting in temporary grandstands,'' Richardson said. "It's a very positive start to the season and there's lots of people looking forward to returning to Redfern.

"Every fan there is going to be a ticketed member - it's a first in rugby league. We sold out our half of the tickets a month and a half ago, the last ones were just the extra 300 we got back from the Tigers.''

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The match marks the Rabbitohs return to Redfern Oval following it's remodel

Go Rabbitohs!!!

Rabbitohs News

The video chronicling the South Sydney Rabbitohs return to Redfern Oval on January 5th is now up on the Rabbitoh's official site. The above picture is a screen capture from the vid (thanks to a friend of mine named David, who's a rabid sports fan).

Also, a belated Happy 101st Birthday to the Rabbitohs! The South Sydney Rugby League Club was formed on January 17, 1908!


And, in other great news for the Rabbitohs, ticketed membership is now at 6660 as of 9 a.m. this morning, according to the official site. This surpasses the 2008 ticketed membership. The Rabbitohs now have a total of 11,506 ticketed and non-ticketed members. Way to go!