This photo was proudly displayed in the offices of the old Souths Leagues Club. But despite those humble beginnings, the small band of believers managed to garner more and more support, culminating in an historic meeting at Redfern Town Hall on January 17, where South Sydney was officially formed.
Despite strong initial opposition from those who continued to support rugby union, the club made significant progress, with regular training sessions being held at Moore Park, where the players were taught the rules of Northern Union football. The game was played as a-side, probably because the club only had 24 players on their books at the time. George Ball hired the ground for the day, which cost the club half a guinea.
A regular Souths rugby union first grade forward in 94 games, scoring 5 tries , he toured New Zealand in , and represented New South Wales against Queensland in His policy of 'no kicking' at the club earned South Sydney the title 'The Pride of the League' with their running and passing style of play.
When clubs and representative sides began to list their players in chronological order, as had been the case in cricket, Hennessy held the unique honour of being Number One on the Rabbitohs player register, as well as NSW Blues and the Australian Kangaroos.
Hennessy had quickly absorbed the principles of the new code and became a sought-after coach; in he trained the Wyalong team. As NSW coach of the touring side to New Zealand he imposed a steak-only diet for lunch on match days. Hennessy strongly advocated the no kick principle, emphasizing the importance of ball possession to score tries.
This came to be the mark of South Sydney's football, influenced by Hennessy as head trainer in During the s Hennessy was a football and boxing coach at Waverley College. He was a non-playing coach of the Kangaroo tour of Britain, the first and only such appointment until Clive Churchill's in The NRL draw for season has just been released and we've picked out the 10 blockbuster clashes you must not miss.
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Thinking three or four of them could have been gone by 10 minutes. Penrith simply thundered through Souths in the first half, making metres to Souths' in front of a COVIDcapped capacity crowd of 39, Souths were resolute but Matt Burton finally sliced through, breaking the deadlock after 16 minutes of peppering the line.
Walker's brilliant individual try was the reply, the Souths five-eighth fending off Nathan Cleary as he beat four men to keep his side in the game. But Penrith kept coming, controlling the ruck to exhaust Souths as they edged ahead at the break. A groggy-looking Dane Gagai had earlier passed a HIA after a tackle gone wrong, while Souths teammate Jai Arrow was eventually ruled out in the second half after he was taken high in the first 40 minutes.
Souths had won 16 of their past 17 games after a huge defeat to Penrith in May, overcoming the suspension of Latrell Mitchell on the eve of the finals to make the decider.
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