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The South Sydney Rabbitohs is a professional Australian rugby league club based in Redfern, a suburb of inner-southern Sydney, New South Wales.[1] It participates in the National Rugby League (NRL) premiership and are one of nine existing teams from the state capital, Sydney. The club is often called Souths or The Bunnies.
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Full name | South Sydney District Rugby League Football Club | ||
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Colours | Cardinal Red Myrtle green | ||
Founded | 17 January 1908; 116 years ago (1908-01-17) | ||
Website | rabbitohs.com.au | ||
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CEO | Blake Solly | ||
Chairman | Nick Pappas | ||
Coach | Jason Demetriou | ||
Captain | Cameron Murray | ||
2023 season | 9th | ||
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Premierships | 21 (1908, 1909, 1914, 1918, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1931, 1932, 1950, 1951, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1971, 2014) | ||
Runners-up | 14 (1910, 1916, 1917, 1920, 1923, 1924, 1935, 1937, 1939, 1949, 1952, 1965, 1969, 2021) | ||
Minor premierships | 17 (1908, 1909, 1914, 1918, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1929, 1932, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1953, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1989) | ||
Wooden spoons | 8 (1945, 1946, 1962, 1975, 1990, 2003, 2004, 2006) | ||
Most capped | 336 – John Sutton | ||
Highest try scorer | 187 – Alex Johnston | ||
Highest points scorer | 1,896 – Adam Reynolds |
The club was formed in 1908, as one of the founding members of the New South Wales Rugby Football League, making them one of Australia's oldest rugby league teams. The Rabbitohs were formed, under the original 1908 articles of association, with the NSWRL competition, to represent the Sydney municipalities of Redfern, Alexandria, Zetland, Waterloo, Mascot and Botany. It is one of only two NSW foundation clubs still present in the NRL, the other being the Sydney Roosters.[note 1]
The Rabbitohs' traditional heartland covers the once typically working-class suburbs of inner-south Sydney. The club is based in Redfern, where its administration and training facilities are located, however it has long held a wide supporter base spread all over New South Wales. The team's home ground is currently Stadium Australia in Sydney Olympic Park. South Sydney are the most successful professional team in the history of Australian rugby league with twenty-one first grade premierships.