3Rd Annual Report for the Year Ended 31 October 2008
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3RD ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 OCTOBER 2008 SOUTH SYDNEY MEMBERS RUGBY LEAGUE FOOTBALL CLUB LTD ACN 118 320 684 ANNUAL REPORT YEAR ENDED 31 OCTOBER 2008 Dfsbjlkqeiv Contents Page 01 Chairman’s Report 3 02 100 Grade Games 4 ^``lrkqcbbp 6 03 Life Members 04 Financials 7 - Directors’ Report 7a, 7b - Lead Auditor’s Independence Declaration 7c qeb_llq - Income Statement - Statement of Recognised Income and Expense 7d - Balance Sheet - Statement of Cash Flow 7e - Discussion and Analysis - Notes to the Financial Statements 7f, 7g - Directors’ Declaration 7h - Audit Report 7h 05 Corporate Partners 8 06 South Sydney District Rugby League Football Club Limited 9 07 NRL Results Premiership Matches 2008 13 NRL Player Record for Season 2008 15 2008 NRL Ladder 15 08 NSW Cup Results 2008 16 09 Toyota Cup Results 2008 17 10 2008 Toyota Cup Ladder 18 2008 Club Awards 18 K>?pj^oq bsbova^v_^khfkd Cfkalrqelt+ k^_+`lj+^r,pj^oqlo.0.0./+ SOUTH SYDNEY MEMBERS RUGBY LEAGUE FOOTBALL CLUB LIMITED K>?ob`ljjbkapvlr`lkpfaboqebMolar`qAfp`ilprobPq^qbjbkq)Qbojp^ka@lkafqflkplolqeboafp`ilprobal`rjbkq)^s^fi^_ibcoljK>?)_bclobj^hfkd^kvab`fpflkobd^oafkdqebpbmolar`qp+ 1 K^qflk^i>rpqo^if^?^khIfjfqba>?KSTRRVRVV[UYfpqebmolar`qfpprbo)rkibpplqebotfpbpmb`fcfba+¥TRR[K^qflk^i>rpqo^if^?^khIfjfqba>?KSTRRVRVV[UY½Á´UW[S ANNUAL REPORT YEAR ENDED 31 OCTOBER 2008 Chairman’s Report 01 I write this report on the eve of our Football hoped for from 2008. With some key additions position of Chairman of the Football Club. This Club’s historic return to a renovated and to our squad, with a more settled training significant step was a demonstration of the remodelled Redfern Oval, an event that regime at Redfern Oval and with our Head confidence of our investors towards the Member eloquently demonstrates just how much Coach Jason Taylor now ably supported by Co representatives and the strong sense of progress we have all made together in recent specialist coaching staff and a strong football common purpose that exists between us in our years. No other club in the competition can administration team under John Lang, there is charter to make the Rabbitohs a leading force in boast a facility like Redfern Oval which now sets every reason to believe that 2009 will deliver on the NRL again. new standards across sport for the training of the promise we have shown in recent years. Of elite athletes. For this, we are deeply indebted course, nothing is ever certain, but everything On the Member Co Board, it has been a to the Council of the City of Sydney, not only points to a substantially improved performance pleasure to serve with Nik Hatzistergos, Jim for the large capital investment it has made on the field in the forthcoming year. Hatfield, Ray Martin and Ken Stewart, each of in the development, but also for recognising whom has done his utmost to contribute to the and helping to preserve a place of such deep In terms of financial performance, 2008 year long term interests of our Club. This can be no significance for generations of Rabbitohs was another year of growth in our revenues (by better demonstrated than by the fact that Ken supporters and for the local community in almost 6%). On the expenditure side, expected Stewart was recently appointed as the new CEO general. one-off outlays incurred as part of the Club’s of the Leagues Club. Long gone are the days continued expansion produced the expected when the Leagues Club and the Football Club Of course, the re-development of Redfern Oval operating loss which has been largely funded did not share a common purpose. is only one part of the broader regeneration of by the continuing generosity of our investors, the entire Chalmers Street precinct and I am Russell Crowe and Peter Holmes à Court. In closing, there is much to be excited about delighted that the simultaneous remodelling of Needless to say, the sheer scale of the changes as we enter the 2009 playing season. With our Leagues Club building is well underway. we have implemented over the last two years our training facility now firmly entrenched in Thanks to the skill and dedication of our partner could not have been contemplated without such Redfern, with a new Leagues Club and Football in this venture, Trivest, we will have at our generosity. administration offices to be launched during the disposal during the course of 2009 a splendid year within the same precinct, with our corporate new facility that will house a new and welcoming As Members will recall, the losses the Football and individual sponsor ranks led by NAB, Virgin Leagues Club and offices for our Football Club. Club has incurred as it goes through this period Blue and De’Longhi exceeding all previous Not only will this at last deliver the “one Club” of growth can have no impact on Member levels and, most importantly, with Members philosophy we promised to provide to Members, Co’s 25% stake and, more importantly, on demonstrating their loyalty to the Club through it will also epitomise that our Club’s home is, and its preference share through which it is the record ticketed membership sales, one could not forever will be, in Redfern where it all began over custodian of the core heritage values of our ask for more. For that, we thank you, the loyal a century ago. Club. Under the terms of our arrangement Members of the Rabbitohs, who continue to defy with our investors, Member Co is only obliged the cynics who underestimate the inner strength In achieving such a milestone over repeated (and to recognise losses of the Football Club to the and resilience our Club possesses through its often ill-intentioned) calls over recent years for extent of its own net assets, and nothing more. membership. the Club’s relocation, we are indebted to you, In other words, Member Co can never have a our Members, and to our sponsors. Foremost deficiency in Member’s funds and this ensures among the latter is the NAB which has not only that it will continue to fulfil the important role it set new standards in terms of sponsorship in has been charged with for generations to come. our code, but has also joined with us and with Trivest as our funding partner for the Leagues As Members know, 2008 also saw some Club re-development. changes to the Board of the Football Club Nicholas Pappas which resulted, for the first time, in a Member Chairman, Member Co. In terms of our squad, we are quietly confident Co nominee to the Board appointed to the that 2009 will deliver the results we had all SOUTH SYDNEY MEMBERS RUGBY LEAGUE FOOTBALL CLUB LIMITED 3 ANNUAL REPORT YEAR ENDED 31 OCTOBER 2008 ANNUAL REPORT YEAR ENDED 31 OCTOBER 2008 South Sydney Football Club South Sydney Football Club 100 Games for South Sydney 100 Grade Games SURNAME FIRST NAME SEASONS 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL 02 SURNAME FIRST NAME SEASONS 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL 02 COLEMAN Craig 1980-92 201 47 42 290 FIELD Craig 1990-96 72 47 11 130 PIGGINS George 1964-78 112 100 33 245 ROOT Eddie 1923-29; 1931-33 112 17 0 129 FENECH Mario 1981-90 167 42 25 234 WHY Jack 1925-34 80 48 0 128 McCARTHY Bob 1963-75; 1978 211 16 0 227 BROGAN Ken 1943-45; 1947-50; 1952-53 77 43 7 127 STEVENS Gary 1964-76 156 64 3 223 D’JURA Bronko 1983-86; 1988-89 76 38 13 127 SAIT Paul 1967-79 163 43 15 221 MASON Ray 1951-57 35 85 7 127 SIMMS Eric 1965-75 206 6 6 218 THOMPSON Manoa 1987-93 57 24 46 127 WEARING Benny (Senior) 1920-33 196 13 0 209 ROBERTS Paul 1986-91 69 57 0 126 ANDREWS Michael 1983-93 167 30 11 208 WRIGHT Gary 1975-81 67 43 16 126 HAMMERTON Ernie 1947-58 157 46 5 208 GORMAN Rod 1963-69 10 48 66 124 BOYLE David 1982-91 152 42 3 197 MAYBON Rod 1988-93 74 31 19 124 HARRINGTON Ross 1983-91 94 83 20 197 QUINLIVAN Oscar 1923-30 99 25 0 124 GRANT Bob 1966-75 134 61 0 195 WALL Brian 1972-78 28 55 41 124 RAYNER Jack 1946-57 195 0 0 195 ROSS Brett 1984-88 48 47 27 122 SATTLER John 1963-72 195 0 0 195 ROSS Mark 1981-83;85-87 50 70 2 122 STEWART Ken 1974-83 133 47 13 193 TREWEEK George 1925-34 119 3 0 122 LONGBOTTOM Kevin 1960-71 105 74 12 191 FALLA Mick 1961-67 62 51 8 121 BLAIR Alf 1917-27; 1929-30 186 4 0 190 McNICHOLAS Paul 1994-99; 2002 34 52 35 121 COWIE Les 1946-58 176 8 1 185 PITTARD Dennis 1968-73 121 0 0 121 HALLETT Howard 1909-24 181 0 0 181 CHISOLM Wayne 1985-91 95 21 4 120 NEVILLE Darryl 1984-89; 1991 52 88 41 181 EVANS Greg 1981-86 17 48 55 120 HEILER Allen 1962-72 42 107 31 180 MACKEY Greg 1980-83 32 70 18 120 LEE Denis 1961-72 30 124 22 176 NELSON Fred 1954-61 82 28 10 120 TRINDALL Darrell 1990-99 133 37 6 176 FENNELL Chas 1924-34 37 77 5 119 NILSON Norm 1948-56 44 127 4 175 FRANCIS Michael 1993-98 56 36 27 119 PURCELL Bernie 1949-52; 1954-60 173 2 0 175 MOSES Bob 1965-70 95 24 0 119 McMILLAN Bob 1970-80 51 96 26 173 POWELL Richie 1957-67 93 13 13 119 MAROON Darren 1986-92; 1994; 1997 58 76 37 171 SQUADRITO Joe 1978-83 53 49 17 119 DONOGHUE Dennis (Senior) 1947-57 166 4 0 170 WILLIAMS Percy 1929-35; 1937-38 80 25 13 118 TURNER Kevin 1953-62 43 113 13 169 ELLISON Mark 1983-84; 1987-90 66 39 12 117 TAIT Jim 1924-36 17 137 14 168 NORGARD Greg 1967-72 20 79 18 117 O’NEILL John 1965-71; 1975-76 149 14 0 163 POBJIE Michael 1983-87 88 28 1 117 CHURCHILL Clive 1947-58 157 0 0 157 BAMPTON Darrell 1969-73; 1978-79 51 58 7 116 MURDOCH Don 1948-56 45 94 17 156 FELSCH Fred 1936-44 116 0 0 116 WITHERS Jeff 1969-76 52 58 45 155 JONES Grant 1977-81 16 90 9 115 COOTE Ron 1963-71 148 5 1 154 NISZCZOT Ziggy 1980-84 115 0 0 115 RAMPLING Tony 1981-86; 1989 90 58 6 154 BREEN Jim 1917-18; 1921-30 25 88 1 114 WATSON Dave 1921-31 90 63 0 153 MERRITT Nathan 2002-03; 2006-08 93 19 2 114 DAVIDSON Les 1983-90 103 32 17 152 SUTTON John