Official Aussie NRL Thread

when bulldogs win tomorrow we will be tenth.
So the jokes on you ya shining turd of a ****wit!:finger

 

Theres no such thing as a Rabbitoh??

Well perhaps you're right in 2011 but when Souths were formed in 1908 the "rabbitoh" was very much a part of inner city Sydney

 

Yeah, clearly the jokes on me - your team is even worse than I thought. What a fool I was.

 

Would the Warriors winning the grand final be the best thing for the sport?

 

Uhhuh... So what is that white rabbit in your emblem then??

The Native Australian Rabbitoh? No its a rabbit. An imported rabbit.

 

Might generate some interest in NZ... I would be disappointed...

 

Read clearly you dolt

Forget the emblem, a White Rabbit, we are the "Rabbitohs" not the Rabbits

I thought you were foxing but you clearly dont know the origin of the name "Rabbitoh" or why we are called the Rabbitohs, i thought you knew your league better

 

Then why have a rabbit then?

Sorry mate, I don't like to dwell 20 years+ before my date of birth.:yep

Explain it to me, and how it is relevant now? And the point of having a rabbit on the emblem.

 

I didnt think there would be too many people left who profess to know anything about Rugby League who didnt know the history of how Souths were called the "Rabbitohs" if they were Rabbits they'd be called the Rabbits

The rabbit emblem only came into being on jerseys in 1957

The most famous story of how the club got the "Rabbitohs" nickname comes from their rugby union days at the turn of the 20th century. During that period, players wearing their cardinal red and myrtle green football jumpers, earned some extra money on Saturday mornings by hawking rabbits around the district with the traditional cry of "Rabbitoh!" echoing through the narrow streets. As they made a sale, they would sling the bunny from their shoulder and skin it on the spot, inevitably accumulating some of the fur and blood on their jerseys as they did so. When they played in those blood stained jumpers that afternoon, opponents from wealthier rugby clubs did not always appreciate the aroma and would mockingly repeat the "Rabbitoh!" cry.

 

Story indeed. Sounds completely made up.

I love league, but if you think I was gonna learn all the history of the ARL you are sorely mistaken.

Thanks for clearing that up, but I still doubt that's why they were called "Rabbitohs".

 

Titans should be handed the spoon with **** on it.

Useless Q Cup ****s.

Mead got me the dollas after the bell for last try scorer

:happy:happy:happy

 

..I just wish the kunt would get over it :hi:...Souths got bumped off...they're gonski :yep...they had a red hot go but come up short :|...thanks for the excitement Chrissy Sandow and co...:good

 

:huh

Its ****ing so common knowlegde its not funny

You tell me why would they be called the rabbitohs??

Did you see the first episode of Underbelly razor with the bloke selling rabbits in Surry Hills yelling out "Rabbitoh"??

What you need to understand is that unlike today some teams actually had uniquely Australian monikers, quirky names & symbols that had character, you have to remember that the game wasnt very proffesional & emblems & names were pretty much unheard of, it went more along the lines of nicknames

Easts werent the Roosters till the 60's they were nicknamed the Tricolours or the Eastsiders etc, Newtown were obviously the Bluebags, Northswerent the Bears till the 50's they were the Shoremen, Wests were the cherrypickers, Balmain were the Watersiders & even your beloved Eels werent known as the Eels till the mid 60's, they were sometimes known as the fruitpickers

See Souths have never tried to adopt a more markatable name, our Marketability is ironically our history & tradition & refusal to sell of our heritage

 

& you're va Queenslander....:rofl

Lol @ you

 

..yeah just like half ya team ya ****en Wally...:blood