Russell Crowe’s time as South Sydney’s all-conquering gladiator is over.
The Rabbitohs are a club that has fallen off a cliff. Details from its coaching crisis show Russell Crowe is at the centre of it.It emerged late on Tuesday night Crowe, who owns a recently-diluted 25 per cent stake of the NRL club, had sent a text to Demetriou hours before a second extraordinary board meeting that ended with Demetriou being sacked and assistant coach Ben Hornby taking over in a caretaking role.
It has been a staggering capitulation for a football club that sat on top of the NRL ladder after Round 11 last year — only to fall apart and miss the finals. It is only seven months since the club internally tussled over the decision to hand Demetriou a three-year contract extension through to the end of the 2026 season.
“They’re not on the same page, and that’s the board room, the owners. I just don’t think they’re on the same page. It makes it hard to make a decision in cases like this. The push against Bennett comes after the seven-time premiership-winning coach set up Demetriou to take over from him in a succession plan at the end of the 2021 season.The Daily Telegraph’s Phil Rothfield said no deal has yet been done with Bennett.
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