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Season 11: issue 03

Our Man Michael Maguire New Head Coach Arrives at Redfern

New King to Reign in Red and Green

Introducing Matt King, the latest slice of royalty in red and green

I’m Feeling Fresh

Michael Crocker is feeling refreshed and ready for 2012

Blockbusters Galore for Rabbitohs Members Massive Games coming Up for 2012 Rabbitohs Members

CONTENTS issue 03: 2011

04: Short Stories

Read some quick tales about the Rabbitohs and SSFC Members here.

Proves His Passion for the Rabbitohs For Life 16: Clark

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We sit down with Rabbitohs junior Jason Clark and talk to him about his upbringing, development and now professional Rugby League career, all with a red and green heart.

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Our Man Michael Maguire

New King to Reign in Red and Green

The Rabbitohs new Head Coach has arrived at Redfern. We get to know the man behind the team.

Rabbitohs Members, we introduce you to the latest slice of royalty to wear the red and green… your (Matt) King!

Season Cares 20: Nforo OffSouths Souths Cares and the Rabbitohs players have continued their positive work in the Rabbitohs’ communities, even during the football off-season.

Read all about it here.

22: Lucky 11 for Big Scotty

South Sydney front rower Scott Geddes is entering his 11th season in the cardinal and myrtle. We talk to him about the changes he’s seen since 2002 and the season ahead.

New Crew Helps 26: Tooheys Rebuild South Maroubra SLSC

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I’m Feeling Fresh: Crocker Red and Green Magazine catches up with Michael Crocker during pre-season training, the first full pre-season he will have had in seven years. Read about it here.

Rabbitohs good guys Luke Stuart and Sam Burgess joined the Tooheys New Crew to help rebuild the South Maroubra Surf Life Saving Club over the off-season. Check out how they went here.

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in the Past Passion for the Future 28: Passion

Blockbusters Galore for Rabbitohs Members Rabbitohs Members are in for a treat this year with some massive blockbuster games and some fantastic themed weekends heading their way in 2012.

Irene Riley is 96 years old and still gets out to ANZ Stadium as often as she can to cheer on her beloved Rabbitohs. Read about how Irene proves her passion in this story.

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Short Stories

By Jeremy Monahan

The Day the King met the Queen In what was literally a case of the King meeting the Queen this October, new Rabbitohs recruit Matt King met Queen Elizabeth II at a royal reception for approximately 350 Australians who lived in the UK. King represented Rugby League at the reception held at Buckingham Palace in London by the Queen and Prince Philip, as a prelude to the royal visit to Australian Shores being held later that month.

King was in good company with the likes of model and businesswoman Elle MacPherson, actors Hugh Jackman and Greta Scacchi, Socceroos Tim Cahill and Mark Schwartzer, actor and singer Jason Donovan, designer Collette Dinnigan, and singers Nick Cave and Gabriella Cilmi.

Red and Green Magazine tried to confirm the Queen’s reaction to King’s massive afro hairstyle, but royal staffers were reluctant to comment!

This is James Parkin, Rabbitohs Member number 35520 and ranked number four in the world at the World Junior Jet Skiing Championships held at Lake Havasu in Arizona in October this year.

James, 13, became a Rabbitohs fan through his grandmother’s love of the Club and he has been supporting the Club as a Member since he was seven years of age.

“Roy Asotasi is my favourite player and I think Nathan Merritt will be the top try scorer again in 2012,” James told Red and Green Magazine.

“One of my favourite Rabbitohs moments was when I got dressed up in all my gear and went to watch them train at Carrara Stadium up here on the Gold Coast, and I kicked the footy around with Reggie Rabbit on the field.”

Everyone at Rabbitohs HQ will be keeping an eye on James’ results and cheering him on to become number one in the world!

Remember this Name Rabbitohs Members, jot this name down in your note pads as he is on the way up in the world of competition jet skiing.

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New Soundtrack for Rabbitoh Lachie Rabbitohs Game Day Audio Technician Lachlan Mitchell is listening to a brand new soundtrack these days with the birth of his first daughter, Reyna Joy Mitchell Sheehan.

Lachie, who is a proud Rabbitohs Member, has worked with the Rabbitohs game day team for over five years and now has a new beat to groove to, one of screaming babies and nappy changes!

Here you can see little Reyna, who was born in the middle of the 2011 footy season on 17 June to Lachie and her mother Rebecca, in her customknitted Rabbitohs jumper produced by family friends in northern NSW who know of her father’s passion for the Rabbitohs.

The family also has a pet rabbit called Frodo!

“I can’t wait to take her to her first game this year, as long as she’s happy to help me work the sound desk!” Lachie said.

Proving Your Passion Willmette-style Rabbitohs Member Brad Willmette now has a permanent billboard of who he supports with his brand new Rabbitohs tattoo.

Brad has had the word ‘Rabbitohs’ tattooed along the length of his forearm, leaving everybody in no doubt of where his passion lies.

Brad is clearly living by the 2012 slogan of Prove Your Passion! If you have proved your passion in a big way like Brad, please send in your story and photos to thumper@rabbitohs.com.au.

700 Marathons – 700 Days Rabbitohs Member Tom Denniss is about to undertake an amazing adventure!

Tom is planning on running around the world, all 29,000km, over the next two years. That’s 700 marathons in 700 days!

Tom is looking to set a world record for the fastest circumnavigation of Earth on foot, a record which is

yet to be set, but more importantly Tom is aiming to raise over $1 million for Oxfam.

Starting and finishing at the Opera House in Sydney, Tom will run on every continent on the planet except Antarctica.

It’s believed that Tom holds another running record as the only person to have run 100m in under 11 seconds and 100km in under 11 hours.

We’ll be keeping an eye on Tom’s progress and we’ll let you know how he’s going on our numerous digital channels such as the Club’s website at www.rabbitohs.com.au, our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/ southsydney and our Twitter account at www. twitter.com/ssfcrabbitohs.

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Red and Green Wedding “For richer or poorer, in sickness and in health.

Through injury or suspension, heartbreaking losses and thrilling golden point victories – we do!”

Check out these fantastic wedding pics that hit the desk of the Editor of Red and Green Magazine this year.

Andrew Jackson, an Aussie in the USA for a friend’s wedding, met his soul mate Kathy and knew that if she could understand his unbridled passion for the Rabbitohs, then she was the one for him.

As you can see from these exclusive wedding snaps, Kathy not only understood, but completely embraced Andrew’s ‘other soul mate’ in the Rabbitohs.

Decked out in Rabbitohs scarves as they walked down the aisle as husband and wife, they even had a Rabbitohs themed wedding cake and a Reggie Rabbit look-a-like made an appearance at the reception.

What a love triangle...

Andrew – Kathy – and the Rabbitohs!

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Our Man Michael Maguire

By Jeremy Monahan

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lenty has been written and said about new Rabbitohs Head Coach Michael Maguire since South Sydney announced he would take the reins of the football side back on 16 April, 2011.

Known around the traps as ‘Madge’, Maguire has earned himself a reputation as a quality Coach that helped deliver the Melbourne Storm a number of Grand Final victories under the guidance of Craig Bellamy, and then deliver some silverware himself in the UK, returning the mighty Wigan Club to the top of the tree with Super League and Challenge Cup titles in his kit bag during his two-year stint at the helm.

Yet despite the plethora of comment made by reporters, experts, Members and supporters a-like, not much has been revealed about the man himself. Red and Green Magazine thought it was time the Members of the Rabbitohs found out more – just who is Michael Maguire?

“I’m a Canberra boy,” Maguire began.

“Unfortunately my career as a Rugby League player was virtually non-existent through a neck injury which put me out of the game and pushed me into coaching at a fairly young age.

“From there I had an opportunity to go back into the Canberra ranks as a young coach and strength and conditioning coach with the juniors. I slowly worked my way through the juniors, helping out with the young players, and got an opportunity with the Canberra Raiders as an Assistant Coach.

“I had three years with the Raiders and from there I was reunited with Craig Bellamy down in Melbourne, who I first started with in Canberra. He was the captain and coach of the reserve grade team so luckily enough I went down there.

“We had some success in Melbourne which then opened up an opportunity for me to travel across to Wigan for the last couple of years. I had some good times over there.”

“I grew up in Canberra and I actually had a family that was right into Rugby Union, but I was a bit of the black sheep of the family and turned to Rugby League.

Maguire says that his passion in coaching began skewed towards the strengthening and conditioning of the athletes, but the finer art of getting the best out of his charges week-in and week-out is now his focus.

“I played a little bit of Rugby League through school. From there I basically went to the Raiders and signed up as a young kid.

“From the coaching point of view, I’ve always had the love of the strength and conditioning side of things and it wasn’t until I had the

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opportunity to be an Assistant Coach at Canberra that I started heading towards being a coach,” Maguire explained.

“The more and more I started to get involved in the coaching, then the more and more I wanted it.

“The enjoyment that I’ve had from the Melbourne days and the success we had, it becomes something that you want more and more and I was lucky enough to get the opportunity for more success as a Head Coach over at Wigan which basically brought me to being in this position.”

... BUT THE FINER ART OF GETTING THE BEST OUT OF HIS CHARGES WEEK-IN AND WEEK-OUT IS NOW HIS FOCUS.

Maguire has more strings to his bow than just coaching, as he is a qualified teacher. But Rugby league was always his passion and being forced to retire from playing at the tender age of 24 led him to coaching.

“I’m actually a PE teacher by trade but I didn’t spend too much time teaching,” Maguire told Red and Green Magazine.

“There were a few years there when I was in and out of teaching, but coaching was never something I really thought about as a young player. But as I started to get more and more involved and understanding the coaching ranks through the later times of playing, and I could see that my body wasn’t going to hold up to playing, then it pushed me towards the coaching side.

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find new ideas and new opportunities, that the successful teams produce successful people,” Maguire said.

“I’ve had opportunities through what Melbourne’s done and through the Canberra era. Ricky Stuart, Mal Meninga, Laurie Daley, they’ve all come through that successful era.

Obviously they’ve used those experiences and they’ve learnt their trade quite well and they use that to get an opportunity down the track.”

“As I said the strength and conditioning side of things was something I was interested in and it was what brought me back into the game. The coaching opportunities were there and the enjoyment of seeing the young players progress into first grade and get the opportunities brought great enjoyment.”

Maguire likes to get involved with the team’s training sessions, not directing things from the sidelines.

“I’m very hands on with training. I’m always out there and part of it,” ‘Madge’ says with a big grin on his face.

“It’s probably the part that I do really love about coaching, is actually being out there on the field with the players and helping the development of those guys.

“I’m studying the game all the time and learning new things all the time, but being on the field with the players and trying to improve them as players as well as people is the best part of coaching I’ve found.”

There seems to be a changing of the guard in the coaching ranks, with more Head Coaches coming from the Assistant Coaching ranks than ever before. The days of a player retiring and slotting into a lead coaching role are virtually gone, with coaches now learning their trades under more experienced colleagues the preferred path of progression.

“I can’t really speak for other Clubs and the opportunities being afforded Assistant Coaches at those Clubs, but I was lucky enough to have a Chairman at Wigan in Ian Lenegan that looked outside the square of how things worked,” Maguire says of his first Head Coaching appointment at the famous Wigan organisation.

“He came across and spent quite a bit of time talking to a lot of different people here in Australia and things started narrowing down to

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a few different coaches which he honed in on, and it was over many, many conversations that he decided to look outside the square and go with an Assistant Coach.

“I was obviously very grateful for that, that he was willing to take that chance, but he also did his homework and spoke to many different people along the way, and I just had my head down and tried to be successful where I was.

“That’s something that I’ve always believed in, that if you keep working hard with a successful organisation then something down the track will come. I was never in a rush to be a head coach and I was willing to do the time too.

“I was an Assistant Coach for nine or ten years, but I purposely did that. I had a few opportunities along the way of possibly becoming a Head Coach but I thought to myself that I wanted to learn the ins-and-outs of a whole Club along the way.

Maguire says the role of a Head Coach has changed these days. Decades ago coaches developed the plays and put the players through their paces two nights a week at training. In the ever-increasing era of professionalism, Head Coaches take on all different types of roles from trainer to tactician, from man manager to accountant, from media figurehead to sponsorship property. It will be a regular thing to see Maguire fronting media conferences, or advertising his sponsor Deppro on the collar of his polo shirt.

Maguire says he likes to have a grasp on the machinations of the entire Club as he believes the whole Club needs to perform at its peak to get the success that everyone strives for.

“Every Coach is different and everyone has their own ideas. I like to be across the whole organisation and I always think it’s the total organisation that brings the success that I’m trying to achieve here,” Maguire said.

“I believe in knowing what’s going on right across the whole organisation. It’s a big part of it.

“Essentially my role is to make sure that the team’s ticking on the weekends but it’s always handy to know what’s going on in the background because that’s what helps to make a Club successful.”

“I’ve still got plenty to learn, don’t get me wrong there, but I feel that when I made the move to become a Head Coach it was the right time to do it.”

Michael says it was difficult to leave Wigan, especially in the middle of such a successful resurgence as a Club. But the call of the NRL and the Rabbitohs was too strong to ignore.

A lot has been said about the Melbourne Way in Rugby League, with Craig Bellamy’s success and his two second-in-charges in Maguire and Stephen Kearney both now having Head Coaching roles. However it seems to stretch further back than that, with the Canberra Raiders Club playing a big role in the coaching ranks these days, with Wayne Bennett, Craig Bellamy, Tim Sheens, Neil Henry, David Furner, Matthew Elliott, Ivan Henjak, Shaun McRae, Mal Meninga, Ricky Stuart, Laurie Daley, and now Michael Maguire all having come through the Canberra Club in its infancy in the 80s and 90s.

“It was a tough decision at the time because we were having great success and there were some great people and great players but the opportunity to coach in the NRL probably came a bit quicker than I ever expected,” Maguire said.

“I think you find that when you see where the successful teams are, and everyone’s trying to

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“The goal in the background was always to possibly come back here and with the way I see Souths going off the field and the quality of players on the park it was an opportunity I could never turn down.

“I see big things for the Club and we all have to work extremely hard to try and achieve our goals both on and off the field. When I made the decision (to join the Rabbitohs) I was very, very comfortable that I was going to a Club that really wants to move forward.”

So was it the opportunity to coach in the NRL that led him to the Rabbitohs? Or was it the opportunity to work with people such as CEO Shane Richardson and co-investors Russell Crowe and Peter Holmes à Court? Or was it the chance to make history with the proudest and most successful Club in Rugby League history?

“It was probably all of those but I also looked at the players and the quality of the players that have been brought in here over the past few years,” Maguire said.

“I see a team with a hell of a lot of potential and I think that was a big thing for me.

“I knew the likes of the Michael Crockers and the Greg Inglis’ and I had a bit of a chat to those guys and they all vouched for the fact that the Club is moving forward.

“And you can’t dismiss the (Australian Technology Park Performance Centre) itself. Knowing I’ve got a great facility in the background to work from, it’s all things that we can continue to build on and develop the team.”

Maguire says the 20,000-plus Members of the South Sydney Football Club have a role to play in helping the Club achieve the success it deserves.

“The Members play a massive part. Over time when the Members get to know me a bit better they will know that they play a massive role,” Maguire said.

MICHAEL SAYS IT WAS DIFFICULT TO LEAVE WIGAN, ESPECIALLY IN THE MIDDLE OF SUCH A SUCCESSFUL RESURGENCE AS A CLUB. BUT THE CALL OF THE NRL AND THE RABBITOHS WAS TOO STRONG TO IGNORE. “I always believe that if the supporters can get behind the team, particularly by turning up to games and giving that support, we want to make sure that we’re going out to represent the Club and its Members the best we can every time we play.

“If the Members appreciate that and show their excitement about that, then that can drive us even further to improve as a group.”

Maguire says the main goal of this squad is to continually improve each day, in each effort they make for this Club, from now until October.

“I don’t want to put any expectations on the squad, but the Members can know that we are working extremely hard right now and

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hopefully there are some good times ahead,” Maguire told Red and Green Magazine.

“There’s plenty of work to do now, between now and the kick off, and hopefully the Members understand that we’re working extremely hard and we want to try and achieve, just like they do.

“We’ve got a group of men that really want to succeed, and I’ve only been here a few weeks but I can really see it in their eyes, and we’ll continue working away on the things we’re going to be doing daily and hopefully that brings some successes over time.”

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New King to Reign in Red and Green

By Jeremy Monahan

“ I WAS PRETTY KEEN TO COME HOME BUT I WAS ONLY EVER GOING TO COME BACK TO THE RIGHT CLUB,” KING EXPLAINED.

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he ruffled mop on the crown of his head, the beaming grin that greets you on the first encounter, and the uncanny ability to cross the try line at the rate of nearly one try per game, are all attributes that will endear the Rabbitohs faithful to their new King...Matt King.

This Rugby League figure that can look more like the court jester with his untethered hair than his Royal Highness, is set to entrench himself as a fan favourite amongst the Rabbitohs Members both on and off the field.

Quietly-yet-confidently spoken, King is much more than just a footballer. He is an inventor, a father, one of seven kids including being the youngest of six boys, a professional athlete in all senses of the word, and an all-round nice guy.

In football terms, he has done it all. He’s won Grand Finals; represented Country, NSW and Australia on multiple occasions; is entering his tenth year of first grade football spread across Australia and the United Kingdom; and he’s about to represent the greatest Rugby League Club of all time.

So without further ado, we present to the Rabbitohs Members, your (Matt) King.

“I grew up in a little town called Casino up in the northern rivers. It was a good town to grow up in and there wasn’t a great deal for young kids to do so footy was one of the main things to do,” King told Red and Green Magazine.

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“My brothers all played footy so it was a bit of a natural progression for me to play footy every weekend and every afternoon after school.

“From there I went to St John’s College Woodlawn which is a big Rugby League school and then I eventually made my way down to Sydney in 2000 with the North Sydney Bears.

They were based on the Central Coast then.

I had a few years there and the Bears eventually dropped down when the Northern Eagles fizzled out so I took that as a sign that there might be a bit more to life.

“So I took a year off when I was 21 and travelled down to Melbourne and picked up beers and lived on pizza for about six months. It was at that time that I realised I might have something to offer Rugby League, so this is where the long story starts.

“I moved back up to Sydney and played with Cronulla in reserve grade but only played for about six months with those guys.

“Then an opportunity came up with Brisbane Norths in 2003 which is the Melbourne Storm’s feeder club. I went up there and played about six games with them and things went pretty well for me, so the Storm asked me to come down and two weeks later I played first grade.

“I played the last four games of the 2003 season with the Storm and played in the semis which

HE’S A REALLY GOOD FELLOW AND I KNOW HOW HARD HE WORKS AND HOW MUCH HE WANTS TO SUCCEED AND THE AMBITION HE HAS... was pretty cool. I had the next four years there and then at the end of 2007 I moved to the UK and played for Warrington for four years and then the opportunity came up to come home.”

“I’ve known Madge (Head Coach Michael Maguire) for a long time from my days at the Storm. This will sort of be the third relationship I’ve had with him.

So that was the story of his journey to Redfern, but why did he choose to come to the Rabbitohs when he was at the top of his game in the English Super League, having won the League Leaders Trophy in 2011, earned selection in the Exiles representative team that played England earlier this year, and was scoring at a rate close to a try per game?

“At the Storm he was the Assistant Coach so I had that relationship with him.

“I was pretty keen to come home but I was only ever going to come back to the right club,” King explained.

“He’s a really good fellow and I know how hard he works and how much he wants to succeed and the ambition he has, as well as everyone else here at Souths, so that made it a pretty easy decision for me in the end to come here.

“There were a couple of clubs I would have come to and I wasn’t going to leave the UK just to come back to Australia, so the club had to be right.

“The way it panned out, the right decision for me and my family was Souths.

“In the UK he coached Wigan, and Wigan and Warrington are pretty much neighbours so we were mates even though he coached against me.

“And now he’s going to be my boss, so it’s sort of the third dynamic of a relationship that we’ve had.

“I’ve also got Crock (Michael Crocker) and GI (Greg Inglis) here. We were always pretty close in Melbourne but they were two of my really best mates down there.

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KING HAS PULLED ON THE GREEN AND GOLD OF AUSTRALIA ON TEN OCCASIONS, PLAYED NINE STATE OF ORIGIN MATCHES FOR NSW AND TWO GAMES FOR COUNTRY ORIGIN “And then there’s (High Performance Manager) Troy Thomson who’s been a good mate of mine for a long time so in the end it was a pretty easy decision.”

Aside from football, King had decisions to make about his burgeoning young family.

“Being closer to family with our new daughter played a factor in coming home,” King said with that trademark grin that literally stretches from ear-to-ear.

“Little Charlie, our daughter, was born in June.

She’s the best!

“It felt a bit selfish to keep her over there with my wife and I, so I thought we would get her back here with her grandparents and our brothers and sisters.

“All of our family is still an hour’s flight away on the Gold Coast and northern New South Wales but it’s a lot closer than 24 hours on a plane.”

Matt won’t be the first of his family to play for the mighty Rabbitohs. King comes from a Rugby League pedigree with two older brothers both playing first grade football, including his brother Andrew who played for the Rabbitohs when the Club was re-instated to the elite competition in 2002.

“I’ve got five older brothers but only two of them played first grade. Chris was at Parramatta for ten years and Andy, well he jumped around a few clubs but I think his last Club was Souths when the Club came back into the comp,” King said.

Matt says it will be a little surreal to come up against his former team mates of only four months past.

“I don’t really know how to explain how I feel,” King said looking a little bemused.

“It’s going to be awesome to see the boys as I’ve spent four years with them, but to think that possibly my first game for Souths is going to be against Warrington is a bit whacky.

“I got picked in the Exiles team and I trained with the boys but I didn’t get to play because Charlie was born the night before.

“I was over the moon to be picked. It was a great week.

“I got to train with Danny Buderus, Craig Fitzgibbon, Mark O’Meley, and Glenn Morrison as well as the Kiwi boys in Tommy Leuluai and Kylie Leuluai, Rangi Chase.

“But my focus is getting into the Souths team first of all. There are a lot of good young kids here so I’ll have to work really hard to get a start at Souths let alone anywhere else.”

As he stated earlier, Matt has some familiar faces at South Sydney which will help him settle in.

“Typical GI, he hasn’t returned my phone calls, but I was expecting that anyway!” King chuckled.

“It will be good though. Once we start the trial match it will just be a game and I’ll be running and tackling just like I would with anyone else.

“Crock’s been good. I spoke to him a bit when I was making my decicsion and he loves the place here.

“I’m sure I’ll get ganged up on, no doubt, and I’ll have a lot of traffic run at me!

“He couldn’t speak highly enough of the place and he said everyone was excited about Madge coming.

“It will be fun and a great way to start my career here.”

King has pulled on the green and gold of Australia on ten occasions, played nine State of Origin matches for NSW and two games for Country Origin. He was also selected for the Exiles in the English Super League this year, so he is no stranger to representative duties.

King, however, says he has one focus for season 2012.

“I’m 100% about Souths this year,” King said.

“If I start worrying about rep footy and other stuff then I’ll lose sight of what’s important which is obviously playing well for Souths.

“We didn’t talk about the Club as much as we did about the lifestyle in Sydney.

“He said it sounds like the Club has totally changed with new people in charge since he was here so he let me make my own decision there.

“He’s in Queensland working up there in the mines at the moment so he’s kicking on.”

King’s most recent Club was the Warrington Wolves, which incidentally will be the Rabbitohs’ first opponents of the 2012 season at the annual Return to Redfern pre-season match to be played at the Australian Technology Park Performance Centre at Redfern Oval on Saturday 28 January.

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“If I got the phone call from someone asking me to play State of Origin then I’d be doing cartwheels and I’d love to play again but I don’t think that’s going to happen.

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“So Crock’s been really good and he’s a good fellow and like I said we were always good mates.

“It’s good to see a familiar face. Actually when I walked in on my first day and went to see the boys in the gym, everyone shook my hand and welcomed me but he gave me a big hug!”

One of Matt’s trademarks has been his mop of hair. Despite fears from the editor of Red and Green Magazine that it may actually hinder his ability to see the ball, King says it causes him no problems except that it gets a bit hot in summer. It’s become a bit of a trademark for him and could help him market his newest invention which he hopes will

revolutionise backyard and beach cricket games this summer.

“I suppose it’s turned into that, a bit of a trademark,” King says pushing the kilograms of hair he has away from his forehead.

“I keep saying it’s just a hairdo which is what it is to me. I’ve always just grown my hair.

“Up on the northern rivers there’s a lot of long hairdos going around up there.

“I’ve got the ‘Crackit’ out in the sports stores now so hopefully the hair will help me promote it.”

“The more people I spoke to about it, well they all thought it was a cracking idea for the kids. It makes it a lot easier for kids to swing the cricket bat and make the ball go a long way.

“I thought it was worth my while and it’s in Rebel and A-Mart Sports stores now so hopefully we can have a good Christmas with it.

“We haven’t done a great deal of marketing on it yet but we’ve got a Facebook page set up and we’re getting some footage of the kids using it and they love it.

“Hopefully I’m on a winner with it. We’ve been developing it for two years with design engineers and manufacturers on things like strength and stability in the UK and China, so hopefully it all works out.”

Let’s hope King can cross for as many fourpointers this year as he has hairs on his head, teeth in his beaming grin, ideas and inventions in his imagination, and classic catches that the kids take diving into the pool with the ‘Crackit’ over summer.

Long live the (Matt) King!

The ‘Crackit’ King speaks of is an invention of his that has been 25 years-or-so in the making. We’ll let him explain it.

“It’s an idea I’ve had for a very long time. I’ve got five older brothers and a younger sister so in summer, backyard cricket was pretty much a religious thing every afternoon after school when we were growing up,” King recalled.

“We’d all play with the wooden bat, me and my brothers, but my sister would struggle to hold the wooden bat up so she would grab the old tennis racquet and keep playing.

“So I just thought to myself ‘Why doesn’t someone bring out a strung cricket bat?’ It seemed pretty simple and I’ve had that idea since I was a kid.

“I had a fair bit of spare time on my hands in the UK so I thought I’d have a go.

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I’m Feeling Fresh: Crocker

By Jeremy Monahan

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abbitohs back rower Michael Crocker is renowned in Rugby League for his roughness and toughness.

A multi-premiership and Grand Final winner at the Sydney Roosters and Melbourne Storm, Crocker joined the Rabbitohs midway through the 2009 season and has had to battle injury to not only play at his aggressive best, but to even stay on the field of play for a significant number of consecutive games.

When talking to Crocker during his first week of pre-season training under new Head Coach Michael Maguire, Crocker says he feels as though he is getting back towards his best, something he started to feel in the final rounds of last season.

“I didn’t have any operations this off-season so I had my first holiday since 2005,” Crocker said with a huge grin.

has led to a level of determination that will pay dividends for both himself and the Rabbitohs in the coming season.

“I’m feeling fresh and it was nice to get away and freshen up and get away from footy so I can come back and tear into it this pre-season.

“I had my left shoulder, left groin and left ankle all operated on and coming back from that led to Achilles tendonitis and hamstring tendonitis on the other side.

“I don’t see it as an achievement (to have my body in good shape). I’m probably more grateful that I’m actually feeling good.

“It’s tough when you’re at training and things are hurting and you can’t perform at your best.

“I’m just happy to be back to my best physically.

“It took a while. All those long hours downstairs (in the gym) by myself have finally paid off.”

“I think I was getting there slowly. I probably didn’t hit full fitness until round 25,” Crocker revealed to Red and Green Magazine.

And it was a lot of hours that Crocker spent grinding away by himself in the rehab facility.

“That’s when I actually felt like I was having an impact when I ran and started to get through a lot more minutes, so a full pre-season this year and my body’s feeling good.

Since joining the Club in the lead up to the round 10, 2009 match against the Tigers, made famous

by Nathan Merritt’s final minute field goal, Crocker has gone through hell and back to get himself back towards his peak physical condition.

“Hopefully I can start this year the way I finished last year.”

Rabbitohs supporters are hoping so too.

Crocker says he has enjoyed an injury and rehabilitation-free off season for the first time in seven years, something which he thinks will help his performance come round one against his former Club.

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Hundreds of hours of rehab on his busted body, many operations and the mental battle of staring at the wall on the stationary bikes and treadmills knowing your team mates are out in the sunshine working their moves and brushing up on tackling techniques, can take their toll on a player.

However, for a player with Crocker’s tenacity and will to get back out on the field, that experience

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“It was really tough.

“But my body’s feeling good. I haven’t felt this good for a long long time.

“Obviously there’s management issues with certain parts of my body but I’m feeling good and I’m sure the coaching staff and the trainers will make sure I’m looked after and monitor how I’m feeling.”

Crocker had the opportunity to lead a young Rabbitohs outfit throughout a majority of the 2011 season due to a season-ending injury to captain Roy Asotasi. Crocker has said it is one of his career highlights to have captained the mighty men in cardinal and myrtle, but all-in-all the 2011 season was as a whole below par.

“We are building a good team but I think we underachieved again last year and even with all of the injuries we had, we still should have been in the eight and we still should have won a few more games than we did,” Crocker said matter-of-factly.

“The frustrating thing for us was that we put ourselves in a position to win a few of those games and we didn’t come away with the points.

“Hopefully we’ve learned that lesson over the past couple of years, and if we can keep the boys together, then we’ll have a good young team that have been around each other for a while now.

“The more we play together the better we’re going to be.”

Crocker was widely credited for the performance of the Rabbitohs’ team in the second half of last season, yet he deflects the accolades to the younger players in the squad such as Nathan Peats, Jason Clark, Dave Tyrrell and Chris McQueen.

“Yeah 100% (they will be better for the experience of first grade last year). I think they actually turned our season around. Just bringing in that young energy, that youthful enthusiasm...it’s contagious,” Crocker said shifting in his seat, clearly excited to be talking about the up-and-coming players in the squad.

“They’re just happy to be out there. Every day they train like it might be their last session and that’s contagious. All the boys feed off that.

“For them to gain that experience, hopefully they’ll be around the Club for a long time and help the Club achieve what it wants to achieve.”

A number of current Rabbitohs have achieved premiership success in the past, a winning ‘habit’ that Crocker thinks can be transferred to the Rabbitohs.

“I definitely think it can filter down through the whole Club. It just comes down to attitude and preparation and hard work,” Crocker said.

“That’s what Madge (Head Coach Michael Maguire) is going to do.

“He’ll drive us and use discipline and work ethic.

“If we get that right then we know we have the skill and the talent to win games. It will definitely help us.”

Crocker does say however, that the Rabbitohs need to develop their own culture. Their own winning culture.

“Confidence will grow a little bit but we can’t rely on guys that have done stuff in the past,” Crocker said.

“We have to rely on what we can control in the preseason which is getting our bodies right and getting our fitness right and getting game plans and our structures right.

“That just comes down to training together, and the more we train together and the harder we train together the better we’ll be.”

Crocker says as a senior player, he feels a responsibility to get the new culture kick started.

“I just want to get into training and train as well as I can and try and lead the way,” Crocker said.

“If I get out there and train as hard as I know I can then I know a lot of the guys will look to me and say ‘If he can do it then I can do it.’

“That’s all I want to do at this stage, and help drive that culture, discipline and hard work.”

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Rabbitohs Nathan Merritt and Chris McQueen, with the Prime Minister’s XIII side who played the Kumuls in Lae. This was his first trip to PNG and he says it was an eye opener.

“It was a good experience. It was my first time over there and to do it with Merro and Chrissy was a good experience for us,” Crocker said.

“It’s a different way of life over there, but to get over there and to see how much they love the game and love footballers coming over was a good experience.

“It’s obviously an eye-opener. Seeing the crowd and seeing the people in the streets and how they react to when they see you, it’s amazing.

“Their love for the game stood out and it’s a tough way of life for them over there. To see their enjoyment and to give a little bit back was a wonderful experience.”

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Clark Proves His Passion for Life

By Jeremy Monahan

CLARK LOOKS BACK ON HIS SHORT FIRST GRADE CAREER SO FAR, NOTING THAT HE COULD NOT BE HAPPIER, REPRESENTING HIS DISTRICT WEEK-IN AND WEEK-OUT.

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abbitohs forward Jason Clark is South Sydney through-and-through. You can see that in the way he plays the game, and carries himself off the field.

Polite, happy and trustworthy off the field; and hard-working, aggressive, with the South Sydney never-say-die attitude on the field.

After captaining the Rabbitohs’ under 20s outfit for two years, Clark made his first grade debut in the red and green in the final stages of the 2009 season, a dream come true for a local lad from the Coogee-Randwick Wombats, with a family steeped in the cardinal and myrtle.

He went on to play 21 of 24 games in 2010 and then followed that up with 15 appearances in the top grade in 2011.

“Yes I was (happy with the amount of footy I got last year). I would have liked to have started the year off from the get-go, but through injury that didn’t happen,” Clark explained.

“I was able to get a chance (in first grade) and I stayed there for the amount of time I did through to the end of the season which was pleasing.”

Clark looks back on his short first grade career so far, noting that he could not be happier, representing his district week-in and week-out.

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“I made my debut in the second last round of 2009 and I started 2010 and ended up playing about 20 games for the year,” Clark recalls.

“I had a little injury in between and the second last game I injured myself pretty badly which put me behind for 2011.

“But I went on to get 15 games in 2011 and it was exciting to be part of the good run we had at the end of the season.

“Yes I’m definitely living my dream.

“I’ve always been a local junior, I grew up playing for the Coogee Wombats and Souths Juniors brought me up through the development squads, which was a great benefit for me.

“The Juniors have played a huge part in my career. And now my job is to train and be fit and to win games hopefully.”

Clark is a proud Wombats junior, which is a bit of a family tradition.

“I started playing when I was four with the Coogee Wombats and I was with them for 15-plus years and I still like to do stuff with the Wombats,” Clark explained.

“I usually help out with the presentations for the younger kids, hand out trophies and stuff like that.

“I try to get to a lot of games, mainly A-grade games, but I’ve got a few friends with kids in younger teams so I like to pop in and see them if I can.

“I try and get along to a few training sessions throughout the year. I like to think I can coach them but they probably just roll their eyes at me!

“I know exactly how those kids feel because I was one of them, playing for the Wombats, with guys like Craig Wing and Ryan Cross handing me a trophy when I was in the same position.

“I don’t see myself as anyone important but you see the big smile on their face and you know it’s pretty important to them, so you try and make the most of it for them.”

Clark says Souths Juniors played a huge role in his development and pathway to the NRL. “The Juniors put me in a development squad which was under 13s, then under 14s and under 15s, called the Junior Bunnies, which is three games per year,” Clark remembers.

CLARK IS AN ADVOCATE OF THE TOYOTA CUP SYSTEM AND BELIEVES IT GIVES PROSPECTIVE FIRST GRADERS AN OPPORTUNITY TO KEEP THEIR FEET ON THE GROUND AND NOT GET CARRIED AWAY WITH PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL. “The coach put me there and I ended up staying there. In the second year of SG Ball it was Craig Coleman that put me back into fiveeighth as we didn’t really have many players to play there.

“It chopped and changed a bit, and now I train a bit at hooker and I played in the middle in the front row this year, but I’m happy to play anywhere.

“I like defending in the middle. It’s a hard role and very physical, hard working, which is what the game is now.

“But I enjoy putting a big bloke on his behind!”

Clark is an advocate of the Toyota Cup system and believes it gives prospective first graders an opportunity to keep their feet on the ground and not get carried away with professional football.

“I think the Toyota Cup is a good path because the rule is that every player has to be working or studying,” Clark explains.

“I’m an apprentice carpenter, which I’ve put on hold since moving into the full time squad, and I worked from 7am until 4pm and then trained from 4:30pm until 8pm almost every day so that helped teach me responsibility for myself and showed me what needs to be done to reach my goals.”

Having captained the under 20s side for two years, many South Sydney Members have tipped Clark to be a captain of the Club at some stage during his career. But his leadership qualities were developing well before the 2008 inaugural Toyota Cup competition.

“In Harold Matthews and SG Ball I was a smaller player and I wasn’t a special player, but

“Then you come into the Harold Matthews (under 16s) team which is where it really starts.

When you get picked in the Harold Matthews team you start to think that you’re going good and you just hope that you keep going on as you get older.

“I went on to play two years of SG Ball (under 18s) and I was lucky enough to play a few games of Jersey Flegg until they turned it into the Toyota Cup under 20s comp.

“My first year of Toyota Cup was 2008 and I was lucky enough to captain the side in ’08 and ’09, and now here I am today in the full time squad.”

Clark has typically been seen in the back row for the Rabbitohs throughout his NRL and Toyota Cup career, but he has a few more tricks in his bag.

“I played a lot of half and five-eighth. The first time I moved in to the forward pack was the first year of SG Ball,” Clark told Red and Green Magazine.

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I was named captain in my second year of SG Ball and that gave me a bit more responsibility which I tried to take on,” Clark said.

“The responsibility made me want to play that little bit better, knowing that you have to lead the way.

“It’s hard to think of myself as a leader when I’m so young but there’s a lot of young blokes in the first grade team at the moment. I wouldn’t say I’m a leader but I try and keep the talk up and keep everyone enthused.

“It’s my dream to captain this Club, but it’s in the back of my head for now. Right now I just want to play consistent footy.

“For 2012, I want to play the first game against the Roosters in round one and hopefully play in every game I can. I just want to play good consistent footy and if I get a chance at anything above NRL footy then I plan to take it head on.”

Clark’s allegiance to the Rabbitohs delves even deeper than his performances for the Junior Bunnies as a 13-year-old. The Clark family, including Dad Garry who played under 23s for South Sydney, Mum Michelle and older

sisters Rachel and Tanya, are all Rabbitohs fans through-and-through and that love for the red and green rubbed off on Jason, whether he ended up playing first grade for the Club or not.

“We were in the Souths march when we were expelled from the competition to help try and get them back in the comp. It was my Dad and I and some family friends,” Clark said of the 80,000 people that marched down George Street in 2000 and 2001.

“That was a big thing for us when we got back in the comp because we had no one to follow for two years.

“The whole family loves the Club. My grandparents were Souths fans and all love watching the footy.

“When they were out of the comp I didn’t really know a lot about football. I just loved playing it.

“But to feel what it was like when they weren’t in the comp and you’ve got no one to follow, it makes it hard.

“Then when I started playing with the Junior Bunnies I knew that Souths was the

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Club I wanted to play for and stay with for my career.”

Clark has proved his passion for the Rabbitohs by getting a very special, unique tattoo.

“Yes I got my first grade player number tattooed on my foot, 1072,” Clark says with a smile.

“Souths is my first team I’ve played first grade with so I got it on my foot. It’s a big deal to me.

“A few players play at a lot of Clubs so they have a few different numbers, but for me it’s a number that will stick with me and be there for life.

“The Prove Your Passion Membership campaign gave me and my family goosebumps and I guess this is a way I’ve proved my passion for Souths by getting my number tattooed on my foot.

“It’s going to be there for life.

“But I don’t think anyone can beat Chris McQueen and his number on his neck.

They’d probably have to get it on their forehead to beat him!”

No Off Season for Souths Cares

By Reihana Nathan

IT WAS APPARENT THAT THE KIDS WERE HAPPY TO KEEP PUSHING THEMSELVES WHILST THE BOYS SHARED IN LAPS AROUND THE SCHOOL.

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ver the off-season break, Souths Cares was still a strong presence in the local and wider Rabbitohs community, with the Healthy and Active lifestyle program and the Schools to Work Transition Program continuing through until the end of term four.

Here’s some of the highlights!

Rabbitohs invade Bulldogs territory New Zealand International Issac Luke and Dave Tyrrell attended South Canterbury Primary School on 13 September 2011 to support and participate in a fun run to help promote healthy eating and lifestyles to the children at the school.

This school is on the borderline of Rabbitohs and Bulldogs territory and the support for the Rabbitohs at the school could not be drowned out by the opposition. The school clearly has a soft spot for the Rabbitohs.

The players spent time with the kids individually, encouraging them to eat healthy and stay fit. It was apparent that the kids were happy to keep pushing themselves whilst the boys shared in laps around the school.The kids spent half an hour running around a track that circled the outside border of the school and both Dave and Issac got in on the action, encouraging those kids that had fallen behind or who did not want to participate.

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All in all the day was successful with all kids walking away with a signed poster and sticker and a good understanding of why it pays to be fit and healthy.

Coffs Harbour and Souths Cares Ben Lowe and his new family took the trip up to Coffs Harbour for the weekend of 21 - 23 October to attend the presentation of the Grace Roberts Awards and the Deadly Days festival.

Although not from Aboriginal heritage, Ben Lowe is a great advocate for the programs that Souths Cares runs in the local and wider community and is a great example of how involvement in our programs is improving the cultural awareness amongst our Non-Indigenous playing group.

Ben and his partner Kate and new addition, baby Brayden, spent the weekend in sunny Coffs Harbour at the Novotel Pacific Bay Resort, a long time affiliate of the Rabbitohs and host of the team when in Coffs Harbour at Camp Rabbitoh.

Ben and his family were guests of honour at the Grace Roberts Awards and the Deadlys as Ben discussed the importance of Souths Cares and what the Rabbitohs do in the community.

Ben also shared some uplifting stories with the crowd, indicating that he is a strong advocate for promoting the Aboriginal Culture and supporting the growth of the Aboriginal Community.

The Grace Roberts award is a prestigious award in the Coffs Harbour Community, in that it awards an individual that has made an outstanding contribution to their community and the development and promotion of the Aboriginal Culture. The winner of the Aboriginal Community Worker of the Year Award for 2011 was Mark Flanders. He won the award for his contribution to enhancing the quality of life of Aboriginal people in the Coffs Harbour area.

Mark Flanders is Gumbaynnggirr man, he is a Senior Site and Heritage Officer with the Coffs Harbour and District Aboriginal Lands Council and he is also an Aboriginal Discovery Ranger with the National Parks and Wildlife Service.

Ben advised that he and his family had a wonderful time in Coffs Harbour and commended the Pacific Bay Resort, Coffs Harbour Council and the Coffs Harbour Community on the warm welcome that they received on their weekend away.

Rhys Wesser attends Woorabinda Jobs Expo Rhys Wesser and his family were invited to the Woorabinda Jobs Expo just a stone’s throw away from his hometown of Rockhampton.

Rhys has taken up a part-time role with Souths Cares and will be working closely with the new Schools to Work Transition Program.

We received the following feedback from Charmaine Saunders, the team leader for Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR) in Rockhampton, Queensland:

aspirations of young people in communities like Woorabinda.”

This is a great example of the power of engagement that our players hold and the Rabbitohs are lucky to have a wide range of players that are committed to their culture, their club and their community. This is where our strength lies and Souths Cares provides the perfect vehicle for the players to engage and develop relationships with their local community.

on the Schools to Work Transition Program, also known as ‘Nanga Mai Mari’ and will continue to build upon the community relationships that he began as a Rabbitohs player.

Rhys will begin his part-time role with Souths Cares in early December. Rhys will be responsible for the mentoring of the male students we have

GUESTS OF HONOUR AT THE GRACE ROBERTS AWARDS AND THE DEADLYS AS BEN DISCUSSED THE IMPORTANCE OF SOUTHS CARES AND WHAT THE RABBITOHS DO IN THE COMMUNITY.

“We would like to thank you and the South Sydney Rabbitohs for your support of the Woorabinda Jobs Expo 2012. The event has been deemed as an outstanding success, and we have had an overwhelmingly positive response from exhibitors and community alike.

“Rhys Wesser excelled in his role as our special guest at the expo, and very generously posed for hundreds of photos with old and young alike. He signed innumerable autographs for expo visitors, as well as personally signing the South Sydney Rabbitohs footballs, which he brought with him to giveaway on the day. These proved to be very highly sought after items.

“Rhys’ presence at the expo was an enormous drawcard on the day. As well as actively engaging with community leaders and Elders, Rhys also spent a lot of time in the Expo Job Shop talking to jobseekers and school students. Rhys is an excellent Souths Cares ambassador, and I am sure you can appreciate the significant and lasting influence that highly respected Indigenous role models like Rhys Wesser have on the hopes and

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Lucky 11 for Big Scotty

By Jeremy Monahan

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oming into his 11th season of first grade football with the South Sydney Rabbitohs, the longest serving current Rabbitoh Scott Geddes is preparing for a big comeback season in the red and green.

After a 2011 season hampered by the snapping of his Achilles tendon and knee issues, Geddes says he is feeling fresh and is ready to take his place on the field for the Rabbitohs in 2012.

Geddes, who has played an average of just over 11 games per year during his decade at South Sydney, says his body feels good and he is optimistic about the season ahead.

the Rabbitohs. The vision of Geddes being carried off the field in round one last year sticks in the minds of Rabbitohs Members, but it is the months of rehabilitation that followed that has Geddes primed physically and mentally for what could be the most torrid preparation for a season for the Rabbitohs yet.

“Early on I had to rest. The biggest thing over the first two to three months was just rest,” Geddes explained.

“And since then it’s been strengthening. Lots of work in the gym and rehab running mainly. I’ve just been getting in there and learning how to run properly again.

“I’m actually feeling really good. The body’s feeling better than I thought it would have,” Geddes said at the Australian Technology Park Performance Centre at Redfern Oval in November.

“I snapped it (the Achilles tendon) all the way through and I couldn’t push down off my toes so I had an operation on the tendon to sew it back together and it’s been a process to strengthen the Achilles to a position to run again.

“Eddie’s (Physiotherapist Eddie Farah) been pulling me back a little bit. I’m keen to get out there and do a little bit more.

“It feels pretty good. I think it’s 100% healed but the trainers are making sure I don’t overdo it and overload it.

“They’re monitoring what I’m doing and the changes have been really good.

“With the combination of my Achilles and my knee, they’re just trying to look after me.

“It’s always good to get on a new program and the coaches and training staff are doing that. It’s been a good change.”

“The Achilles feels really good and I haven’t been thinking about it to be honest.

Entering his 11th pre-season at Redfern, Geddes has had to overcome a horror 2011 to even be in place to try and regain his number eight jersey for

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“I had a bit of a clean up on my knee towards the end of last year. I started running again and the knee blew up a bit so I got a few loose bodies taken out. But that’s been going well too.”

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With pre-season number 11 in full swing, ‘The Sherminator’ can see the difference the coaching and training staff is making at the Club.

“It’s always different when new people come in and I think it’s been really good,” Geddes told Red and Green Magazine.

“Everyone has been really positive about things and where we’re going.

“There’s a different structure around what we’re doing and everyone’s embracing it.”

Geddes saw the emergence of some of the younger players in the squad last season through the injury-riddled campaign of 2011. He says they, and the whole team, will be better for the experience they gained in the past 12 months.

“Guys like the Chrissy McQueens and other fringe first graders at the start of last year really came on and really cemented their spots,” Geddes gleamed.

“The way everyone responded to the injuries we got last year was really good. I think it will help us this year.”

For the past few years, you could set your watch by the time it would take a journalist to call through and ask to interview Geddes and his reinstatement partner Luke Stuart each pre-season. But this year Geddes is the Lone Ranger with Stuart retiring at the end of last year.

“It’s funny, it’s weird not seeing the old bloke around,” Geddes said.

“I’m sure he’s enjoying his retirement and his work now. I’d better give him a call and see how he’s going with it all!

“Merro (Nathan Merritt) was here in 2002 but he left for a couple of years.

“It feels funny as it really doesn’t seem that long ago. It really doesn’t.

“I was here when we trained at the old Redfern Oval and I used to bang my head on the underside of the grandstand because it was so low in the dressing sheds. They were on an angle, but I’m a clumsy bloke! We had potholes to deal with on the field.

“Now the set up here is unbelievable. You couldn’t ask for anything more.”

Geddes is not just a footballer. He’s also a qualified personal trainer with a burgeoning fitness and training company that is growing all the time.

Geddes says he has a foot in the door now, once his football career comes to a close.

“My personal training business is going really well and I’ve been pretty busy with it,” Geddes said with enthusiasm.

“I’ve had to shift my sessions around because our training schedule has been full on but I still have a few one-on-one clients and I do my group sessions which are going really well.

“It’s called First Grade Fitness and you can see what we do at www.firstgradefitness.com. We do Tuesday nights here in Redfern and then Monday nights at Daceyville and Thursday night we’re at Maroubra Beach.

every game and every training session as it comes and you want to enjoy every day.

“Me personally, I want to be better today than I was yesterday and it’s the same for tomorrow.

Everyone’s the same here at Souths.

“We’ve had some success stories like big Matty who stripped over 50kg training with me.

“Unfortunately I don’t train him anymore because he found himself a girlfriend and had a child with her and they moved out to Blacktown, but it’s great to watch the progress of my clients as they reach their goals.

“I think I can put in a big season this year. I should be fresh!

“So I just want to go out there and do my job and hopefully I can be a valuable member of the team.

“There’s always been competition in the front row, but all you can do is go out there and give your best every day.”

“When I’ve finished with footy this is definitely something I want to continue and make the transition and do a bit more with it.”

So after 11 seasons in the red and green, could this be the final one for the big boy from the Moss Vale Dragons?

“I’m not sure where it goes after this year.

There’s still heaps of stuff I haven’t achieved in Rugby League that I’ve wanted to,” Geddes said.

“I haven’t had the opportunity to play finals footy yet and I just feel like there’s still heaps more to do.

“I haven’t really thought about it too much to be honest.

“When you get injured you really appreciate the time you have training and playing and you take

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Blockbusters Galore for Rabbitohs Members

By Jeremy Monahan

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outh Sydney Rabbitohs Members are in for a treat throughout the 2012 season with a series of blockbuster and themed matches lined up at ANZ Stadium and beyond.

Of course it all starts with the pre-season and three big games for Rabbitohs Members up and down the east coast of Australia.

The pre-season begins with an international flavour, with South Sydney taking on the Warrington Wolves at the Australian Technology Park Performance Centre at Redfern Oval on Saturday 28 January. The day promises to be a fantastic event with Warrington playing the Rabbitohs in Sydney just one week before the English Super League competition begins in the UK. Warrington finished last season as League Leaders, the equivalent of the minor premiership in the NRL, so that promises to be a great way to kick off the 2012 premiership campaign.

The Rabbitohs then head to Coffs Harbour to take on 2011 NRL Grand Finalists, the New Zealand Warriors at the BCU International Stadium in the Club’s second pre-season match on Saturday 11 February. The Rabbitohs will be taking on one of the best teams in the competition in Coffs Harbour, followed by a week-long training camp at Camp Rabbitoh at the Novotel Pacific Bay Resort.

South Sydney then returns to ANZ Stadium for the first time in 2012 to take on the St George Illawarra

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Dragons in the 29th Charity Shield on Saturday 18 February. This is the biggest pre-season Club match on the NRL calendar and it promises to be a solid hit out as both Clubs then prepare for the season proper.

Round one, and the Rabbitohs take on traditional arch rivals the Sydney Roosters at ANZ Stadium in a mammoth season opening game for both Clubs. The first leg of the Ron Coote Cup will also be the 10th anniversary of the Rabbitohs first game back into the competition in 2002 following reinstatement. This game will also be the first fully-fledged NRL game for new Head Coach Michael Maguire.

In round four, Western Australian Members have the chance to see the Rabbitohs take on the Broncos at nib Stadium in Perth, the second year in a row the Rabbitohs will do battle with the Broncos on Perth soil. Who can forget last year’s memorable clash in the heavy downpours that hit the western capital, resulting in a hard-fought 1612 win to the good guys.

In round six, the Rabbitohs and Bulldogs will do battle on Good Friday afternoon, providing a fantastic opportunity for families to head to the Royal Easter Show at the Sydney Showgrounds, then head across in the afternoon to watch the Rabbitohs and Bulldogs go head-to-head on the turf at ANZ Stadium. There will be plenty of fun

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activities around the ground so it’s a perfect outing for the whole family at a family-friendly afternoon kick off time.

In round 20, the Rabbitohs will host the Dragons at ANZ Stadium in our Member Celebration match, a game day where we will thank the Members for their consistent support of the most successful Rugby League Club of all time. The Rabbitohs and Dragons are leaders in the NRL in terms of Membership and this will be an opportunity for us to thank the Members for their support.

The following weekend, the Rabbitohs will be at home at ANZ Stadium taking on the Tigers in our Grassroots Celebration game. We will celebrate the wonderful achievements and efforts of everyone involved in grassroots football from the South Sydney District and give them the recognition they deserve.

In round 23, the Rabbitohs head to Bluetongue Stadium in Gosford to host the reigning premiers, the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles. The Rabbitohs always have strong support in Gosford and this year promises to be an exciting match up.

In round 25, the Rabbitohs are looking to play host to the Parramatta Eels on our Australian Defence Force Day. The Rabbitohs will recognise and honour those who are serving our country across the planet and provide a fun day out at the footy for their families as well.

Of course Rabbitohs Ticketed Members get access to all Rabbitohs home games at ANZ Stadium in 2012 including games against the Roosters, Bulldogs, Cowboys, Sharks, Raiders, Panthers, Knights, Dragons, Tigers and Eels;

as well as the two away games played at ANZ Stadium against the Bulldogs and Eels; the home game at Bluetongue Stadium against the Sea Eagles; and the Charity Shield in February against the Dragons.

2012 NRL Draw:

It’s great value being a Member, so snap up your Ticketed Membership for season 2012 today from the official Rabbitohs website at www.rabbitohs.com.au.

2012 NRL Draw:

Round 1

1-5 March

Rabbitohs vs Roosters

ANZ Stadium (Home)

Round 14

8-11 June

Bye

Round 2

9-12 March

Storm vs Rabbitohs

AAMI Park (Away)

Round 15

15-18 June

Eels vs Rabbitohs

ANZ Stadium (Away)

Round 3

16-19 March

Panthers vs Rabbitohs

Centrebet Stadium (Away)

Round 16

22-25 June

Broncos vs Rabbitohs

Suncorp Stadium (Away)

Round 4

23-26 March

Rabbitohs vs Broncos

nib Stadium (Home)

Round 17

29 June-2 July

Rabbitohs vs Panthers

ANZ Stadium (Home)

SCG (Away)

Round 18

6-9 July

Rabbitohs vs Knights

ANZ Stadium (Home)

Round 19

13-16 July

Roosters vs Rabbitohs

SFS (Away)

Round 5

30 March2 April

Tigers vs Rabbitohs

Round 6

6-9 April

Rabbitohs vs Bulldogs

ANZ Stadium (Home)

Round 20

20-23 July

Rabbitohs vs Dragons

ANZ Stadium (Home)

Round 7

13-15 April

Warriors vs Rabbitohs

Mt Smart Stadium (Away)

Round 21

27-30 July

Rabbitohs vs Tigers

ANZ Stadium (Home)

Round 8

25-30 April

Rabbitohs vs Cowboys

ANZ Stadium (Home)

Round 22

3-6 August

Titans vs Rabbitohs

Skilled Park (Away)

Round 9

4-7 May

Rabbitohs vs Sharks

ANZ Stadium (Home)

Round 23

10-13 August

Rabbitohs vs Sea Eagles Bluetongue Stadium (Home)

Round 10

11-14 May

Bye

Round 11

18-21 May

Dragons vs Rabbitohs

Round 24

17-20 August

Sharks vs Rabbitohs

Toyota Stadium (Away)

WIN Stadium /Jubilee (Away) Round 25

24-27 August

Rabbitohs vs Eels

ANZ Stadium (Home)

Round 26

31 August2 September

Knights vs Rabbitohs

Ausgrid Stadium (Away)

Round 12

25-28 May

Rabbitohs vs Raiders

ANZ Stadium (Home)

Round 13

1-4 June

Bulldogs vs Rabbitohs

ANZ Stadium (Away)

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Tooheys New Crew Helps Rebuild South Maroubra SLSC

By Paul Jeremy Grzanka Monahan and Jeremy Monahan

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urrent and former players from the South Sydney Rabbitohs swapped footy boots for steel-capped boots when they joined the Tooheys New Crew to help rebuild the South Maroubra Surf Life Saving Club in October.

and re-carpeting the Club took place thanks to a huge volunteer turn out, donations from suppliers and community help. The desperately needed work will allow the members of the Club to continue to support the community and give them a platform to grow as a Club.

Led by former NSW Origin great Paul Harragon, the Tooheys New Crew was asked to help repair the South Maroubra SLSC, a working class club of 1000-plus volunteers who for the last five years has been repairing massive concrete cancer issues throughout their building. They recently received council funding however this fell short of covering much needed repairs to facilities which are used week in, week out by Club Members.

Following completion of the project Masters Teams from neighbouring clubs competed for the Inaugural Tooheys New Shield. The community of Maroubra continued the fun and celebration with the annual Fun Run and Oktoberfest on Sunday 23rd with a huge crowd

On Friday 21 October, the Tooheys New Crew including the likes of Rabbitohs forward Sam Burgess, modern day Rabbitohs legend Luke Stuart, and former Rabbitohs Mark McGaw and Mark Lyons, helped to restore the building so it can be used by the Members and the public.

Stuart, who has his own construction business called Stuart Built, led the charge for the Rabbitohs, getting hands on with the building work, and was ably assisted by Lyons, McGaw and Burgess.

Refurbishments to the bar, cafe and outdoor area as well as changing access to the club, painting

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of over 5,000 turning out to enjoy the fun and good weather.

Headed by ‘The Chief’, the Tooheys New Crew is a team of skilled tradies and good mates who are on the road doing a million beers worth of favours for Australia.

Anyone can submit a request for the Crew to come to their town and complete a favour at no cost to the local community.

Harragon says the Tooheys New Crew is all about the Aussie tradition of doing favours for

mates and feels the community in South Maroubra definitely deserve a helping hand from the Crew.

“This is a great example of the kind of favours the Tooheys New Crew is doing to create a lasting, positive impact on Aussie communities,” said Harragon.

“The South Maroubra SLSC is the hub of community activity in the area, so it was a privilege to be asked to help restore its facilities.”

Paul Fownes, spokesperson for the South Maroubra SLSC, says that these renovations will provide great value to the South Maroubra community.

“The Surf Life Saving Club is not only a place for members and supporters to hold functions and events, but is also a social venue for the Maroubra community at large,” said Fownes.

“It is so great to have the Tooheys New Crew come to our club and help us complete these renovations, making the facilities bigger and better than what we could have ever achieved on our own.”

YOUR INVITATION TO THE CLUB INSIDE THE CLUB

NETWORKLOUNGE

Tooheys is a senior corporate partner of the South Sydney Rabbitohs.

The Network Lounge is the best way to enjoy the game in an open aired relaxed environment. Soak up the atmosphere from either your reserved seat close to the 20 metre line or simply enjoy the match from the comfort of the deck bar, perfect for your business networking needs.

Before the game and at half time, you and your guests can enjoy the exclusive surroundings providing access to an exclusive cash bar with food facilities. Enjoy the intimate networking environment from the comfort of the leather lounges making this the ideal way to entertain your valued customers.

The Network Lounge is located on the south west terrace of ANZ Stadium, The Network Lounge provides you with access to an exclusive cash bar and food facilities making this the ideal way to enjoy the game.

INCLUSIONS: Five General Admission tickets to all home games (ANZ Stadium only) Two seats into the ‘The Network Lounge’ terrace to all home games (ANZ Stadium only) One Season Launch invitation One Business Connect Breakfast invitation One Sponsors Event invitation 2012 Supporter Membership Business Network listing on rabbitohs.com.au 2012 Business Network Manual inclusion 2012 Business Network Decal INVESTMENT:

$2,300

For more information phone (02) 8306 9997 or email hospitality@rabbitohs.com.au

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Passion in the Past Passion for the Future

By Jessica Khoury

IRENE IS ONE OF MANY RABBITOHS TICKETED MEMBERS WHO MADE THE EFFORT THIS SEASON TO MAKE THEIR WAY TO ANZ STADIUM TO SUPPORT THE RABBITOHS THROUGH RAIN, HAIL OR SHINE. 28 | WWW.RABBITOHS.COM.AU

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rene Riley from Chifley in New South Wales is a Gold Rabbitohs Member who has already renewed for 2012. Irene attended almost all of the Rabbitohs’ home games in 2011 to cheer on her beloved team and at 96 years of age this makes her one of our eldest Members to Prove her Passion for the Red and Green.

Irene is one of many Rabbitohs Ticketed Members who made the effort this season to make their way to ANZ Stadium to support the Rabbitohs through rain, hail or shine. She has been witness to many victories, glorious celebrations and heartbreaking chapters that the mighty Rabbitohs have endured in her time supporting the Club.

Irene first started to support the Rabbitohs in the early 1960s when her sons started playing Rugby League for the South Sydney Juniors and she fell in love with the game. Irene has been around for many milestones as well as some amazing highlights.

“My fondest memory is of Bob McCarthy scoring an intercept try in the 1967 Grand Final,” Irene told the Rabbitohs Membership Team.

“And I recall Clive Churchill playing with a broken arm during the semi-final against Manly.”

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Irene enjoys her visits to ANZ Stadium where she attends games with her daughter Elaine Bridge and family who have reserved seats at all Rabbitohs Home Games. Irene proudly wears her Gold Member Scarf at the games and is a proud Member of the Rabbitohs.

When asked why she decided to become a Member, Irene proudly explained: “To show my support and help the Club financially so that we would never be in a position again that we are excluded from the league.”

Irene believes that 2012 will be the year for the Rabbitohs with: “a new coach, who has succeeded overseas, and he will bring out the best in our great players.”

It’s Members like Irene Riley that reflect how much passion there really is in our Red and Green family!

Do you have family Members that are proud Rabbitohs supporters and are yet to join? Urge them to Prove their Passion and join our Red and Green Family and we will reward you!

All you need to do is make sure your friends and family include your Membership number on their Membership form when they are signing up for a new Ticketed Membership and you will be rewarded!

2012 Rabbit Hunter Rewards include: * An invitation to a Touch Football Match and BBQ with Rabbitohs players plus a tour of the inner sanctum of the Australian Technology Park Performance Centre at Redfern Oval by 2012 Rabbitohs Head Coach Michael Maguire for those that recruit four or more new Ticketed Members; * A signed 2012 Rabbitohs jersey and the opportunity to toss the coin prior to a Rabbitohs home game in 2012 for the best recruiter of new Ticketed Members for season 2012.

New and Improved 2012 Junior Reggie Packs!

draw to have it personally delivered by Members of the Rabbitohs 2012 NRL Squad!

A Junior Reggie Rabbit pack is the perfect Membership inclusion that will get all Junior Rabbitohs Members excited. Including a school kit, drink bottle and 2012 Rabbitohs Player Cards, it’s ideal for all passionate Junior Rabbitohs supporters!

Membership packs must be purchased by 5pm Friday 9 December to receive Membership packs before Christmas and go in the draw to have it delivered by a Rabbitohs player. Gift vouchers are available upon request after this date. For terms and conditions visit www.rabbitohs.com.au.

For only $60, you can sign the kids up with a Red and Green Junior Membership for Christmas and have them ready for school next year plus go in the

Contact the Rabbitohs Membership team on 02 8306 9922 or membership@rabbitohs.com.au

Put Some Red and Green Under the Tree for Someone Special this Christmas!

2012 Rabbitohs Membership is a great Christmas present and the best way for your family and friends to Prove their Passion and support the Rabbitohs.

With a range of Ticketed and Non Ticketed Memberships, there’s something to suit all Rabbitohs supporters.

2012 Rabbitohs Membership Gift Vouchers are available for all Memberships upon request and can be ordered right up until midday Christmas Eve for pick up or ordered before Tuesday 20 December for mailing.

Contact the Rabbitohs Membership team on 02 8306 9922 or membership@rabbitohs.com.au.

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ISC and Roosters join forces

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Apparel suppliers ISC have joined forces with the Sydney Roosters developing an NRL first jersey fitted with a GPS pocket.

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GPS technology, a vital tool for the sports science staff at every sporting club, is used to track an athlete’s distance travelled and is regularly used at training, usually inserted into a vest that sits underneath the training apparel.

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The Sydney Roosters approached ISC to create a jersey which would allow for the GPS unit to sit within the garment to remove the need for the uncomfortable vest and a prototype was developed.

This prototype, the first in the NRL, was approved and will be first used by the Roosters squad in Round x.

ISC CEO Brett Corrick said the innovation was part of the brands charter to the Clubs to ensure they stay at the forefront of technology.

“We make a commitment with our clubs that we will provide them with the best technological assistance within our field as we can,” Corrick said.

“GPS technology is a big part of a club’s approach to sport science and we were excited to be able to work with our own research and development team, as well as the Roosters, to create this garment.

“We are very proud to be the first to introduce this into the NRL.” Sydney Roosters coach Brian Smith commented

“Sport science has become such a big part of our game and the use of GPS allows us to manage a player’s work load during the week and ensure they are at their peak on game day,” said Smith.

“The use of this in a match situation, and the ability for us to place it in the jersey rather than ask the players to wear uncomfortable garments underneath, means that we can monitor their game day exertion and ensure our schedule of recovery and training the next week are appropriate.

“ISC has been great in working with us to create this new jersey and their support over the past few years in making sure we have the best on field high performance garments has been a huge benefit.”

ISC now supports teams in four countries across rugby league, rugby union and football with grand finalists in the AFL, NRL and UK Super League.

ISC is committed to assisting professional sports people with performance based garments to improve sporting performance and developing the best quality product at the most affordable price for our consumer.

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