Quote Tigerade="Tigerade"I think Souths have always had indigenous players on their roster including stars such as Eric Simms, Eric Robinson, Kevin Longbottom and, more recently, Nathan Merritt and Greg Inglis. Their traditional heartland covers the once typically working-class suburb of Sydney known as Redfearn. Throughout its history the club has selected young Aboriginal players from both the South Sydney district and regional New South Wales. The link to the Aboriginal community of the district goes back to the formation of the Redfern All Blacks Football Club in 1930.'"
You are right about South Sydney and its ethnic heartland. But it's not just indigenous Australians like Inglis and Merritt whom he has signed in significant numbers. He has gone out of his way to sign Polynesians like Isaac Luke, Roy Asotasi, Ben T'eo, John Sutton, and Jeff Lima -- they are the ethnic group whom he was labeling as the "darkies" and "coconuts" at NZ Warriors back in 2002.
I might add that he also has one Asian-Australian, Andrew Everingham (half Filipino) in the first team. The team roster is a real ethnic mix that you would not have expected in the light of his 2002 rant.
