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Summary Of Scum: Forever In Our Shadow As The Roosters

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It was a simple sign consisting of five words that managed to separate a die-hard group of Rugby League fans from the team that had been a major part of their lives. In the National Rugby League competition, the South Sydney Rabbitohs were playing their most important match in decades back on September 6th 2013 – against their fierce rivals, the Sydney Roosters – in a bid to secure their first minor premiership since 1989. Rabbitohs and Roosters fans have been at each other’s throats since 1908, which is why a small group of passionate fans erected a sign that read Scum: Forever In Our Shadow as the Roosters were running out to play. Those fans were the leaders of the Rabbitohs infamous supporter group called ‘The Burrow’, and consequently had their …show more content…

He is also vying to bring back Middleton and his friends, and finally put the 2013 sign fiasco to bed. “Even if they stand to the side during the game, I would like them to come back,” explained Kemp. “We were close before they got banned, I think it would be a real shame if they don’t come back. It will be important for them too, to further build on that culture and also increase the numbers up.” Middleton would never rule out making a return to The Burrow, but was definitely reluctant. “Look, I don’t know, it’s hard,” said Middleton. “[I miss it], I really do, but as I said we will be entering into a new group of people, who do things differently. I still go to the games, which is the main thing for me – I just don’t sit in The Burrow anymore.” When asked if he regretted making the sign, the silence from the long pause was almost deafening. “I regret how everything panned out, I regret getting banned and I do not want to go through that again. At the time, I was going to every single game around the country, the thought of being banned for a year was

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