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June 5, 1996: Sydney City Tiger Rabbits?

June 5, 1996: Sydney City Tiger Rabbits?

The Sydney Cricket & Sports Ground Trust gets involved in merger moves.

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Twenty-five years ago, we were waking up to the news that there may be a new inner-city ‘super club’ involving Sydney City Roosters, South Sydney and what was then Sydney Tigers.

When you ask why teams like Easts and Balmain changed their names to Sydney, this provides some insight.

We were one year into a competition that included Perth and Auckland with…

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