Pwease Come Back, Wusty's Wabbits!

Armchair Playmaker was very glad that co-owners Russell Crowe and Peter Holmes a Court brought the South Sydney Rabbitohs to the United States this January for a training camp and a well-attended exhibition match against the 2007 Engage Super League champions Leeds Rhinos. Back then, though, the Rabbitohs had just come off an appearance in the 2007 NRL finals (finishing seventh) and were talking of better things to come.

Now that the Rabbitohs are propping up the table so far in the 2008 season, though, will they cut out the lavish intercontinental trips? News that co-owner Peter Holmes a Court, who was everywhere doing the hard labor during the Florida trip, is stepping down from the club's executive director position, is not a good omen. Considering that Armchair Playmaker is based in the States, we sure hope they come back, though. Come back to the U.S. in 2009, Rabbitohs!

(By the way: The "Wusty's Wabbits" bit is courtesy of Jed Thian and the Alternative Rugby Commentary site, which recently released a good-natured (hopefully) poke at the NRL: