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Greatest Rabbitohs top ten revealed

ALL ten are legends in their own right: not only club legends but legends of the sport. After four weeks and more than a thousand votes from the public, it has come down to this. Here are your top 10 greatest Rabbitohs of all time.

AFTER four weeks and more than a thousand votes it has come down to this.

All ten are legends in their own right: not only club legends but legends of the sport.

When it came to your number one, it wasn’t even close. More than half of you picked him as your number one.

So here they are, your top 10 greatest Rabbitohs of all time.

YOUR WINNER

IT HAD to be the Little Master.

Rightly regarded as one of the greats to ever grace the game, Clive Churchill won five premierships with the Souths and three more as coach.

Such was his skill and speed he changed the role of the fullback.

Born and raised in Newcastle, his talent was apparent from an early age. He won five premierships at school and soon caught the eye of South Sydney.

He signed at the start of the 1947 season and never looked back.

He spent 12 glorious seasons at Souths playing 157 games and winning four premierships in the process: 1950, 1951, 1953, 1954.

A true great of the game and your greatest Rabbitoh of all time.

Don’t forget to read who our experts picked in their top 10s and see the player statistics below.

GEORGE PIGGINS PICKS HIS GREATEST RABBITOHS

CRAIG COLEMAN PICKS HIS GREATEST RABBITOHS

PHIL BUZZ ROTHFIELD PICKS HIS GREATEST RABBITOHS

TOP 10 PLAYER STATISTICS

Eric Simms.
Eric Simms.
Mario Fenech.
Mario Fenech.

10/ ERIC SIMMS

1965-75 (206 games, 23 tries, 803 goals, 86 field goals)

City Seconds 1968 (1 game, 3 goals), City Firsts 1969 (1 game, 4 goals, 1 field goal), NSW 1968 (1 game, 6 goals, 1 field goal), The Rest 1974 (1 game), Australia 1968 & 1970 (8 World Cup games, 3 tour games, 2 tries, 47 goals, 5 field goals)

9/ MARIO FENECH

1981-90 (181 games, 18 tries, 1 field goal)

Australian Presidents XIII 1985 and 1988 (2 games), City Origin 1989 (2 games), NSW 1989 (2 games)

George Piggins.
George Piggins.
Roy Asotasi.
Roy Asotasi.

8/ GEORGE PIGGINS, AM

1967-78 (120 games, 6 tries)

City Seconds 1974-75 (2 games), The Rest 1974 (1 game), NSW 1974 & 1976 (3 games), Australia 1975 (3 World Cup games, 1 tour game).

7/ ROY ASOTASI

Se2007-13 (133 games, 12 tries)

New Zealand 2007-09 (8 Tests), Samoa 2013 (1 Test).

Greg Inglis. Picture: Brett Costello
Greg Inglis. Picture: Brett Costello
John Sattler.
John Sattler.

6/ GREG INGLIS

2011-18 (139 games, 68 tries, 1 field goal)

Indigenous All Stars 2012-13 & 2015-16 (4 games, 2 tries), Queensland 1911-18 (19 games, 8 tries), Australia (23 Tests & World Cups, 16 tries)

5/ JOHN SATTLER

1963-72 (195 games, 12 tries)

City Firsts 1969 (1 game), City Seconds 1970 & 1972 (2 games) NSW 1969 (4 games), Australia 1967-71 (4 Tests, 11 tour games, 1 try

Sam Burgess. Picture: Brett Costello
Sam Burgess. Picture: Brett Costello
Bob McCarthy.
Bob McCarthy.

4/ SAM BURGESS

2010-14 and 2016-18 (156 games, 38 tries)

England 2010-13 and 2016-18 (16 Tests and World Cups, 3 tries

3/ BOB MCCARTHY, MBE

1963-75 & 1978 (211 games, 100 tries, 1 field goal)

City Seconds 1968 (1 game, 1 try), City Firsts 1969-73 & 1975 (6 games, 4 tries), NSW 1969-73 (13 games, 7 tries), Australia 1969-74 (15 Tests & World Cups, 6 tour games, 7 tries, 1 field goal)

Ron Coote.
Ron Coote.
Clive Churchill.
Clive Churchill.

2/ RON COOTE, AM

1963-71 (148 games, 48 tries)

Sydney Colts 1964 (1 game), City Firsts 1969-70 (2 games, 2 tries), NSW 1965-71 (8 games, 5 tries), Australia 1967-71 (17 Tests & World Cups and 13 tour games, 7 tries

1/ CLIVE CHURCHILL, AM

1947-58 (157 games, 13 tries, 75 goals, 2 field goals)

City Seconds 1948 (1 game), City Firsts 1948-55 (8 games, 2 tries, 3 goals, 1 field goal), NSW 1949-57 (37 games, 5 tries, 31 goals), Australia 1948-57 (34 Tests & 50 tour games, 4 tries, 41 goals)

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