South Sydney have sacked mentor Jason Demetriou following the membership’s dismal begin to the 2024 NRL season.
The Rabbitohs board convened two times on Tuesday, deferring a call on Demetriou’s pace till a 2d assembly within the night, when chairman Nick Pappas might be looped in from London.
Then that 2d assembly, third-year mentor Demetriou was once informed he can be terminated next the facet’s 1-6 begin to 2024.
The perennial heavyweights additionally crashed out of finals rivalry below Demetriou’s monitor extreme 12 months, shedding seven in their extreme 10 video games.
The membership has but to publicly verify its mentor for Thursday’s crash in opposition to Penrith.
Demetriou took over as Souths’ mentor from Wayne Bennett on the conclusion of the 2021 season, when the Rabbitohs misplaced to Penrith within the magnificent ultimate.
He guided the staff to their 5th consecutive initial ultimate the place they had been once more overwhelmed by way of the Panthers.
Souths gave the impression to be a aggressive pressure once more in 2023 after they had been govern of the desk via 11 rounds, however misplaced 9 in their ultimate 13 suits to complete 9th and leave out the finals.
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Posted 5m ago5 mins agoTue 30 Apr 2024 at 9:34am
