Legend ends 17-year stand-off with Rabbitohs

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Souths fable George Piggins and woman Nolene person ended a 17-year standoff with the club, agreeing to person their Life Memberships reinstated.

Piggins, who played 118 games for the nine betwixt 1967-78 and coached the Rabbitohs from 1986-1990, was made a beingness subordinate of South Sydney Football Club successful 1979.

Nolene was awarded a akin honour successful 2002.

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When Russell Crowe and Peter Holmes à Court purchased the Rabbitohs successful 2006, each existing beingness members had to motion a signifier to transportation their beingness rank to the privately owned club.

As fierce opponents of the privatisation, George and Nolene refused to bash so, walking distant from Redfern.

They've present had a alteration of heart, the past surviving beingness members to bash so.

Souths chairman, Nick Pappas, welcomed the news.

"It is precise pleasing for each South Sydney Members that George and Nolene, some heroes of our club, person resumed their rightful spot arsenic Life Members and determination could beryllium nary much unifying infinitesimal for our large nine connected the cusp of different breathtaking season."

Since 2003 the George Piggins Medal has been awarded to the club's champion and fairest.

The brace volition person their beingness rank officially reinstated astatine the extremity of February.

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