South Sydney's dirty tactics have made headlines this week after The Daily Telegraph's Phil Rothfield labelled them the grubbiest team in the NRL.

Headbutts, cannonball, crusher, chicken wing, high tackles and hitting defenseless players are not something you'd usually associate with a proud club like South Sydney.

Until now.

After last week's 22-20 win over the Broncos, many media pundits and fans questioned Souths' tactics as James Roberts and Jaydn Su'A were both sent to the sin bin for illegal incidents.

Roberts, ex-Bronco, received a two-game ban for putting his arm/shoulder into the back of the defenseless Corey Oates.

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Su'A, also an ex-Bronco, was sin binned for his illegal use of his elbow on Alex Glenn after hitting him high in the dangerous tackle.

Su'A agreed to take the early guilty plea so will be available for selection for this weekend.

This all comes two weeks after Souths CEO Shane Richardson criticized Melbourne's tactics as not in the spirit of the game and that the NRL should keep an eye out for the Storm in the future.

NRL 360 host Ben Ikin called Roberts' actions as "grubby", while Rothfield was harder saying he should have been sent off.

"It was a dog shot on Oates...he should have been sent from the field and here we are last week having a crack at the Melbourne Storm about their grubby tactics," Rothfield said.

"So I think we need to be looking at Souths' discipline as much as the other clubs. It's not just James Roberts, it's a widespread problem at the club."

The Bunnies currently sit fifth on the ladder on for and against and have a tough last two rounds against the Warriors away and premiership favourites Sydney Roosters.

52 COMMENTS

  1. Gutter journalist Rothfield with another grubby article.

    All league fans know the Storm are the grubbest team in the league, have been for quite some time, this of course gives all Easts fans plenty of ammunition to give it to us, I would have thought James Cusack would have seen through this , but clearly he is an immature writer with nothing more to contribute, what a stupid article, James if you can’t write decent articles then give it away, don’t quote gutter jurno’s and turn it into something that is not right,

    Souths maybe have players with more suspensions but the dirty tactics the Storm have been doing over the years is obvious, all league supporters can see that, except you James, grow up son

  2. We have some new Phil Rothfield fans on here.
    Guess who?
    All the followers but no leaders.
    This is the 80 year old who has been a league journo for 50 years and shunned for hall of fame.
    Say no more

  3. The player with the most visits to the judiciary is Jared w Hargreaves.
    That confirms him as the single grubbiest who wears the french copied Bastille day red whit and blue le coq Jersey.

  4. EDSybil, here is part of an article from your man Phil Rothfield, so obviously whatever Phil says you obviously hold in high regard, fair enough.

    Phil Rothfield: Sydney Roosters squeeze $8 million worth of talent into $6 million NRL salary cap

    Phil Rothfield, The Daily Telegraph
    September 7, 2014 10:00pm

    This club is on the verge of becoming the first side to win back-to-back titles in a united competition since Wayne Bennettโ€™s Broncos back in 1992-93.
    Yet whenever anyone talks about the Roosters these days they refer to their salary cap.
    The NRL salary cap is $5.5 million plus another $600,000 for the marquee player allowance. That makes the total spend $6.1 million for 2014.
    Somehow the Roosters have squeezed an estimated $8 million worth of talent into their squad. And Iโ€™ve rated them conservatively.
    Iโ€™m not saying they are cheats but what we do know is their roster is far superior to any other club in the competition.
    Check out their star-studded line-up against the Canberra Raiders or Parramatta, or the Titans, or the Wests Tigers. Itโ€™s like comparing caviar to fish fingers.
    To come up with the $8 million salary cap estimate, I spoke to the prominent coach and a leading player-manager.
    They also point out the Roosters won the grand final last year but, unlike other premiership-winning outfits, didnโ€™t lose a significant player to a rival club, outside of Martin Kennedy to the Brisbane Broncos.
    They also picked up the hottest young halfback in the game, Jackson Hastings, winning a bidding war with St George Illawarra and other clubs.
    So how do they do it?

  5. EDSybil Let me know if you would like me to post some more of your hero Phil Rothfield articles relating to your Roosters.
    Just ask nicely and I will.
    BTW when you refer to SKUD PARK what are you implying?
    Not sure what you mean by that, can you elaborate please so we all know what you are talking about.

  6. Sam Burgess,George Burgess and Roberts are 3 of the dirtiest/grubbiest players in the game. Souths are definitely 2019โ€™s grubbiest club, you canโ€™t argue with that many suspensions.

  7. Rothfield is the worst journalist in rugby league, by far. Except for the certifiably insane, who would ever take any notice of anything he says?

  8. Sybil posts her gibberish at 9.50 and comes back at 10.05 and congratulates herself.
    Notice when back to the wall and caught out reverts to made up crowd numbers and other than the subject.
    Sorry Sybil you are literally a lightweight with no backbone.
    Move on asap like woodchoook please

  9. Rooster membership 2018 16,680
    Rooster membership 2019 15,845
    Therefore
    Rooster membership 2020 14,000 approx and only after buying another premiership.
    No premiership 8,000 approx the balance going back to Swans members

  10. 38er read a few posts on here to answer your question.
    Funny thing it’s the same woman with 5 different aliases.
    Just address her as Sybil and it covers all 5.

  11. Interesting how a few teams are mentioned above. None of them are the Panthers. Yet they are the most penalised team for the second year running. With two different coaches & many different players in the squad. Just shows how the club is given unfair treatment in general by referees.
    I see Edwin has written another novel above , that wouldn’t be worth reading .

  12. EDSybil, didnt realise the leagues club pokie den membership got you a roosters members pack and members entry to games.
    So when someone joins the eastern suburbs leagues club for around $20 what is included in the membership pack as no doubt you obviously have.
    Must be the only club in the NRL with that priveidge.
    You think people reading your myths are that gullible?
    The majority of the eastern suburbs leagues club members dont even support the roosters nor follow the NRL.
    Its just a pokie den filled with redneck bogans like you who eat cheap cafeteria slop for $5 a plate.
    Just confirms another feeble attempt by you to cover the embarrassment of the declining membership of the low integrity roosters.
    Confirms you as a legitimate fool.

  13. it’s funny how a resident village idiot, TwittyONE (AKA Steve, take a walk on the wild side Stephanie….and many more), gets to comment on all the other teams bar his own.
    The ESRLDFC est, 1908 has a 2019 currant Membership 16311….this number exceeds the teeth (by far) that have attended the burrow in 2019 at Scud Park, ‘Centre of Grubbience’
    Somewhere out there is a tree, tirelessly producing oxygen so TwittyONE can breathe. I think it owes the tree an apology.

  14. Chookstirfried and EDSybil regarding the above article from a highly reputable journo, note the references to the Roosters poor attendances and no junior development.
    Put that in your book ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ

  15. Are you still going to be dribbling on about crowd numbers and juniors when the south Sydney stain has been eliminated and your forced to watch the reigning premiers take there 2nd premiership in 2 years?

  16. EDSybil, Back2Smack19 and chookstirfried, I have a great title for your upcoming book;
    Tales From An Empty Members Bar
    Please don’t include me in your credits, this one’s on the house.

  17. There you go again TwittyONE, banging on about the bar….. I know you’re a heavy drinker… remember when you popped into CenterLink, walked up to security and asked him directions to the bar..
    Riddle me this ToothlessONE … Come the night of the Grand Final, where will you be celebrating? which bar?, which Clubhouse?.. It won’t be the Juniors… they don’t want you… maybe pop up to Rusty’s place, poolside, whip those disgusting trackies off, get blind, slip into something comfy. … like a COMA

  18. LOL @ that carpark story Eddychookstir. One of the funniest things ive read on here. You gotta be one of the funniest imaginative 99yos around town. A wasted talent on here that’s for sure, You could be doing a comedy act around the nursing club circuit all round the countryside otherwise haha.

  19. Hahahahahahaha start thinking of an excuse for next week Stephanie, you and your husband penso will be in tears together.

  20. No wonder ZT members are leaving this site and going to Roar.
    All this site has now are trolls that push their own agenda and continue to post rubbish and bag out other clubs and their supporters.
    It doesn’t matter what the subject is, it always attracts certain dribblers that wreck any NRL conversation.
    Wake up to yourself.

  21. It’s amazing the chip on all the Easts supporters shoulders on this site, just a mere mention of negativity and Easts guys go ape sh!t, even writing books, and then all laughing and giving themselves a pat on the back, just goes to show how fragile they are.

  22. Hey Penso, if you like, you can pretend to join in. I’ll send over some crayons and a picture book… You toddle off to your clubhouse, where all your black and white trophies are stored…
    Whereabouts are they stored.??
    In the GRUBHOUSE silly

  23. Edwardwoodwood1 I still dont get your reference to Auburn Scud Missile Pad you keep making reference to in many of your posts.
    Can you elaborate what you mean by this?
    Is there really one there or is it in reference to a particular religious group that makes up part of our wonderful multicultural society in that part of Sydney?
    ZT might like to know as well

  24. Edwardwoodwood1 still on the subject I still dont get your reference to Auburn Scud Missile Pad you keep making reference to in many of your posts.
    Can you elaborate what you mean by this?
    Is there really one there or is it in reference to a particular religious group that makes up part of our wonderful multicultural society in that part of Sydney?
    ZT might like to know as well

  25. EDSybil I took the liberty of checking out Google Reviews and we can all see what you mean by classy and exquisite.
    These are just 7 of many very poor reviews and confirms if the pokies were removed it would spell the end of this dump.
    Where do we sign up? ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ

    Bad club all Way’s take don’t go you Loo’s for sure And now they don’t let you sit at pokies
    Unless you’re playing they ask you to leave very bad club

    In need of an upgrade so old

    Food looks bad in the adds and always smells bad it is just as bad as the newcastle knights rugby league NRL team

    Lack of entertainment

    Terrible service, and if you are looking for a place to go out in a group think of somewhere else, otherwise they will shush you for being talking (at a moderate level)

    On a social level if you are single-it not a place to be seen. Way older (60+) people heavy gamblers hang. Weird dengerous staff happening – verbal abuse & ‘alien technology tool of bodily harm’! ,

    The lunch time food is getting worse and smaller.
    Had the baked dinner recently, it was stone cold.
    Had the lunch time steak recently, it was cold, and compared to a few months ago it was tiny. and not cooked to my request.
    You would think that with the renovation that are taking too much time and space they would be generous with other areas. not so. What your getting is no bargin for 12 dollars. then buy a beer and there is not much change from a $20. all that for a very average lunch. last “special” lunch for me thanks
    take this tip : pop over to grey st RSL instead.

  26. Hey EDWardWoodWood1, I’m tod you are a daily visitor to the bistro for the cage raised Steggles Hot’n’Spicy nuggets and frozen fries then off to the pokies after another visit to the Cash Converters across the road which is jam packed with goods that once belonged to easts leagues club members.

    Shop assistant “Gday Ed, what have you got for us today?”
    EDWardWoodWood1 โ€œI have a genuine 1968 Citizen wind up wristwatchโ€
    Shop, assistant โ€œEd, you come here 3 to 4 times a week and what did I tell you about bringing crap in to sell me?โ€
    EDWardWoodWood1 โ€œCโ€™mon Franky surely its worth something to someone my best buddy plus Iโ€™m feeling lucky todayโ€
    Shop assistant โ€œED, what have I telling you about those pokies across the road since Cash Converters opened up here although I have to admit if it wasnโ€™t for the leagues club members we would have shut down long ago. Ok hereโ€™s 5 bucks and considerate generous. That should keep you going on the 5c pokies for a whileโ€
    EDWardWoodWood1 โ€œWhat can I say Franky, you are a true champion and go the mighty roostersโ€
    Shop assistant โ€œyes ED and mate, please, thats it, no more crap, I still havent sold your set of false teeth you brought in ages agoโ€

  27. Souths are doing there best to take the Storm’s crown. Burgess brothers are are in the same class as those magg0ts McGuire and Hargreaves. Robert’s is a just a POS, on and off the field

  28. EDWardSybil I hear you went back to Cash Converters again;
    Frank the shop assistant โ€œgโ€™day ED haven’t seen you for over a week, not like you, everything ok?
    ED โ€œFranky, couldnโ€™t be better old buddy, got luckyโ€
    Franky โ€œmate, great to hear, Iโ€™m all earsโ€
    ED โ€œcracked the jackpot at the club for 60 bucks and been living it up and you wouldnt believe it I got a date with a hotty playing the machine next to meโ€
    Franky โ€œwow ED great to hear, whats her name?โ€
    ED โ€œCheryl but all her friends at the club called her Chezza. Ive got a pic of her and me together. Here, have a lookโ€
    ED โ€œ You ok Frank? Why the blank look and silence?
    Franky โ€œwhich one is she? Just kidding mate. How old is she if not too rude?โ€
    ED โ€œsheโ€™s 8 years older than me 88, but looks much better in real life. Anyway my rabbi said its ok as long as Iโ€™m happy. With my winnings I took her to my mate Jimmy Tongโ€™s chinese restaurant thats been in the junction for 40 years. If you like sweet and sour pork with extra thick batter then thats the go. They also do a great combination chow mein and the fried rice is the best anywhere in the junction. I was going to take her the leagues club bistro but decided to save that for a special occasion. Franky the main reason Iโ€™m here is to buy back my false teeth. You donโ€™t know how hard it is to talk and crack a laugh with your mouth almost shut.โ€
    Franky โ€œno problem ED you can have them back at the same price 12 bucksโ€
    ED โ€œFranky you are a gem and if it doesnt work out with Chezza Iโ€™ll have those falsys back the same day. I have a feeling sheโ€™s the one mate. We both smoke Camel plains, our favorite drop is Tooheys draft long necks, favorite food is sweet and sour pork, favorite all time rooster player Kurt Baptiste and the list goes on. Its uncanny.

  29. EDSybil I’m convinced I’m on a winner here and in fact a great model for a mini series.
    You have already read the 1st 2 scenes.
    Just picture it as you read it and as a comedy series based on a real life character (you) has the makings of a cult following.
    Could be the 1st time in your life you are acknowledged for something.
    You should be excited.
    Will get back to you with the next scene.

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