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‘It’s a family event’: NRL final in lockdown not so bad

Joanna Mather

When the South Sydney Rabbitohs were dumped from the NRL in 1999, Nick Pappas and Nick Hatzistergos fought side by side to have their beloved team reinstated.

Pappas was the club’s lawyer and Hatzistergos was the lifelong Rabbitohs supporter turned accountant who called to offer whatever help he could.

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Joanna Mather joined the AFR as an education reporter in 2008. She spent four years in the Canberra press gallery before becoming superannuation reporter in 2016, deputy news director in 2021 and wealth editor in 2023. Connect with Joanna on Twitter. Email Joanna at jmather@afr.com

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