The scene was South Sydney’s flash new high performance centre at Heffron Park in Maroubra early on Wednesday morning.
With the Bunnies’ season hanging by a thread, Rabbitohs co-owner Russell Crowe dialled in via a phone hook-up to try and broker peace between a clearly warring coaching staff.
The trouble in the burrow has been brewing for the past couple of months as champion forward Sam Burgess and head coach Jason Demetriou have been butting heads over training methods and standards.
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At the core of it is a perception superstar fullback Latrell Mitchell rolls to one set of rules while the rest of the playing group is expected to roll to another.
When Hollywood actor Crowe gets involved in the day-to-day running of the South Sydney football club you know it’s a big deal.
It doesn’t get any bigger at South Sydney than the Gladiator, big Sam and…