28 Facts About South Sydney Rabbitohs

South Sydney Rabbitohs are a professional Australian rugby league club based in Redfern, a suburb of inner-southern Sydney, New South Wales.

South Sydney are the most successful professional team in the history of Australian rugby league with 21 first grade premierships.

South Sydney Rabbitohs was New South Wales' first captain and Australia's first test captain in 1908.

South Sydney struggled through most of the 1940s, only making the semifinals on two occasions .

The nucleus of this side went on to feature in Australian representative teams for the next six years and ensured another golden period for South Sydney making five successive grand finals from 1967 to 1971, winning four.

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The South Sydney Rabbitohs made the finals on five occasions in the 1980s, including a dominant season to finish as minor premiers in 1989.

In 2000 and 2001, South Sydney fought their way back into the competition following a string of high-profile legal battles against the National Rugby League and News Limited.

South Sydney was a party to one of the sponsorship deals promoted by the fraudulent company Firepower International.

South Sydney won their first three games of the 2007 season and being competitive in every game.

South Sydney Rabbitohs had been appointed to the role of CEO at the start of 2008.

South Sydney Rabbitohs celebrated their centenary year during the 2008 National Rugby League season.

On 11 November 2010, South Sydney signed Melbourne back Greg Inglis on a three-year deal starting in the 2011 season.

In Maguire's first year as coach, South Sydney finished third at the end of the regular season, qualifying for the finals for the first time since 2007 and just the second time since 1989, recording their 1000th First Grade win in the process.

South Sydney finished third at the end of the regular season in 2014.

South Sydney started the 2015 season in promising fashion before injuries to key players set in with the club finishing seventh on the table and qualifying for the finals.

In week two, South Sydney played against St George for the first time in the finals series since 1984.

South Sydney started the 2019 NRL season strongly with the club winning 10 of their first 11 matches.

South Sydney finished the 2020 NRL season in sixth place and qualified for the finals.

South Sydney began the 2021 NRL season as one of the favourites to win the premiership.

Exactly how South Sydney came to be known as the Rabbitohs is unknown.

South Sydney has used cardinal red and myrtle green colours on its playing jerseys for the vast majority of the club's history.

In 2008 the South Sydney Rabbitohs wore white shorts to match the white stripe running down the side of their jersey.

However, South Sydney played most of their games at the Royal Agricultural Society Ground from 1908 until the club's departure in 1920.

South Sydney Rabbitohs continue to have a large supporter base in their traditional areas of South-eastern Sydney, despite having moved from Redfern Oval two decades ago, while enjoying wide support throughout other rugby league playing centres around the country.

Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles – South Sydney first met Manly-Warringah in the 1951 NSWRFL season's Grand Final.

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The Wests Tigers and South Sydney compete for the Beyond Blue Cup in a similar format as the Ron Coote Cup.

George Piggins Medal is the award given to the South Sydney Rabbitohs player determined to have been the "best and fairest" throughout an NRL season.

South Sydney are the most successful club in terms of honours and individual player achievements in the history of NSW rugby league.