On this day in 2008, the South Sydney Rabbitohs travelled to Jacksonville, Florida, USA to take on the reigning Super League champions, the Leeds Rhinos.
In what was an amazing event organised by the Rabbitohs, Rhinos and the Jacksonville Axemen; played out in front of 12,500 fans at Hodges Stadium at the University of North Florida; the Rabbitohs would trail the Rhinos 26-nil at the half time break.
Once the teams returned to the field for the second half, it was a completely different story, with the Rabbitohs running in 24 unanswered points to down by just two points to one of the strongest Rugby League teams on the planet.
To watch highlights of the second half of the match; which was broadcast around the world via the internet on Jacksonville Sports Radio 1010XL with a commentary team of Rabbitohs media manager Jeremy Monahan, former Jacksonville Jaguars NFL player Tom McManus with a cameo from Rabbitohs investor Russell Crowe; please press play on the video player.
Result:
Leeds Rhinos 26 (Matt Diskin, Brent Webb, Rob Burrow, Keith Senior, Scott Donald tries; Kevin Sinfield 3 goals)
defeated
South Sydney Rabbitohs 24 (Eddie Paea, Issac Luke, Ben Rogers, George Ndaira tries; George Ndaira 2, Eddie Paea, Issac Luke goals)
Rabbitohs Line Up:
1) Beau Champion
2) Shannon Hegarty
3) Yileen Gordon
4) Fetuli Talanoa
5) Germaine Paulson
6) Ben Rogers
7) Eddie Paea
8) Michael Greenfield
9) Issac Luke
10) Manase Manuokafoa
11) Ben Lowe
12) Luke Stuart (c)
13) John Sutton
Interchange:
14) Beau Falloon
15) George Ndaira
16) Jaiman Lowe
17) Eddy Pettybourne
18) Shannan McPherson
19) Jamie Simpson
20) Sam Huihahau
21) Nathanael Barnes
22) John Taminika
Coach – Jason Taylor
