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38-558: The medal has been awarded since the 2003 season, along with other awards for the Rabbitohs' first grade, reserve grade, and women's sides. John Sutton and Sam Burgess share the record for most medals won, with three apiece. Several additional awards are given to standout players. These include the Jack Rayner award for players' player, the Bob McCarthy award for clubman of the year,

76-565: A $ 20,000 fine by the NRL for the incident. In Round 25 against the Brisbane Broncos , Sutton suffered a season ending broken leg injury in the Rabbitohs woeful 47-12 loss at Sydney Football Stadium . Sutton finished the 2015 NRL season with him playing in 18 matches and scoring 2 tries for Souths as the club reached the finals but were eliminated in the first week by Cronulla-Sutherland which ended their premiership defence. On 2 February, Sutton

114-651: A result of this, the South Sydney Rabbitohs made the top eight for the first time since 1989. The New Zealand Warriors secured a home final: the second match in the history of the National Rugby League Finals played outside of Australia. The first was the Warriors' victory over the Canberra Raiders at Mt Smart Stadium while on their way to the 2002 Grand Final. On the other end of the ladder,

152-635: A result. In Round 13 against the North Queensland Cowboys , Sutton played his 100th NRL career match for the Rabbitohs in the 46-12 loss at 1300SMILES Stadium . In 2009 Sutton won the George Piggins Medal as the South Sydney Rabbitohs' best and fairest player for the season. Sutton played in 22 matches and scored 5 tries for the Rabbitohs in the 2009 NRL season . Sutton played in 20 matches and scored 4 tries for South Sydney in

190-592: Is the Dally M Medal which is awarded to the Player Of The Year and many other awards. The other prestigious award is the Provans Summons Medal which is the season's best player as voted by the public. As well as honouring the player of the year the awards night also recognises the premier player in each position, the best coach, the best captain, representative player of the year and the most outstanding rookie of

228-562: The 2007 NRL Grand Final to claim the premiership. However, they were subsequently stripped of both their minor premiership and premiership titles on 22 April 2010, after they were found to be guilty of breaching the league's salary cap. Pre-season, 2006 premiers the Brisbane Broncos travelled to England to play the Super League champions in the 2007 World Club Challenge . The 2007 NRL Season kicked off on Friday 16 March 2007 with eight games to be played in each round. The 2007 season saw

266-503: The 2010 NRL season as the club narrowly missed the finals by finishing ninth under new head coach John Lang . In Round 20 against the New Zealand Warriors , Sutton played his 150th NRL match for South Sydney in the 48-16 loss at ANZ Stadium . Sutton played in 23 matches and scored 3 tries for South Sydney in the 2011 NRL season . On 29 January 2012, Sutton was named by coach Michael Maguire as one of five co-captains of

304-471: The 2013 NRL season as the club reached the preliminary final for a second consecutive season but were defeated by Manly-Warringah. At one stage in the match, Souths were ahead 14-0 but a second half capitulation saw the score end 30-20 in Manly's favour. On 10 October 2013, Sutton and Greg Inglis were named the joint winners of the George Piggins Medal as the South Sydney Rabbitohs best and fairest player for

342-670: The Balmain Tigers and the Western Suburbs Magpies , had played in every year since 1908, but the two sides merged to create the Wests Tigers who competed every year since the merger in 2000 . To decide the grand finalists from the top eight finishing teams, the NRL adopts the McIntyre final eight system . The finals series was contested over a period of four weeks, culminating with

380-575: The Coogee Randwick Wombats . Sutton attended Marcellin College , J J Cahill Memorial High School and South Sydney High School before being signed by the South Sydney Rabbitohs . Sutton is a member of the Maroubra Bra Boys gang. He is the older brother of Joanna Sutton . Due to his Rotuman mother who comes from the village of Hapmafau, Itu’tiu, Rotuma, Sutton qualifies to play for

418-502: The Fiji Bati . In Round 17, Sutton made his NRL debut for South Sydney against the Brisbane Broncos at centre and scored a try in the 48-28 loss at Suncorp Stadium . He finished his debut year with 10 matches and 2 tries as South Sydney finished last on the table. Sutton finished the 2005 NRL season with him playing in 19 matches, scoring 5 tries, kicking 7 goals and kicking a field goal for Souths. On 18 September, he played for

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456-541: The John Sattler award for rookie of the year, the Roy Asotasi award for members' choice, and The Burrow Appreciation award. This rugby league football article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . John Sutton (rugby league) John Sutton (born 5 November 1984) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played as a second-row , five-eighth and lock for

494-724: The Newcastle Knights and Penrith Panthers were both in contention for the Wooden Spoon – the traditional label for last place. The Knights performed well in their last match and denied the Wests Tigers a spot in the top eight, winning by two points, whereas the Panthers were defeated by the New Zealand Warriors, seeing them finish last. The year 2007 saw a total of over 3 million spectators attend regular season matches for only

532-407: The South Sydney Rabbitohs alongside Michael Crocker , Sam Burgess , Matt King and Roy Asotasi for the 2012 NRL season . Sutton played in all of South Sydney's 27 matches and scored 4 tries in the season as the club made it to within one game of the grand final but were defeated in the preliminary final by Canterbury-Bankstown. On 6 October 2012, Sutton again won the George Piggins Medal as

570-676: The South Sydney Rabbitohs in the NRL . Sutton played for NSW City Origin and the Prime Minister's XIII . He captained the Rabbitohs in their 2014 NRL Grand Final victory, and is the most capped player in South Sydney's history. Sutton currently works as a development coach for the Rabbitohs . Sutton was born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia and is of Fijian Rotuman descent. Sutton played his junior football for Kensington United and

608-596: The ACT and New Zealand. There were only two foundation clubs from the 1908 New South Wales Rugby League season that played in this, the 100th season of the competition: the Sydney Roosters (formerly known as Eastern Suburbs) and the South Sydney Rabbitohs . Of these two clubs, only the Sydney Roosters played their 100th full season, as the South Sydney Rabbitohs were in recess during 2000 and 2001 . Two foundation clubs,

646-570: The Australian Prime Minister's XIII team against Papua New Guinea , playing off the interchange bench in the 34-0 win in Port Moresby . Sutton played in 21 matches and scored 7 tries for Souths in the 2006 NRL season as the club finished last and claimed the wooden spoon. In Round 8 against the Brisbane Broncos , Sutton suffered a shoulder injury attempting to score the Rabbitohs match-winning try in dramatic circumstances. Sutton

684-502: The NRL Grand Final being held on Sunday 30 September 2007. For the first time, the week 2 and week 3 final matches were played in the cities of previous week winners rather than Sydney only. The following statistics are as of the conclusion of Round 25. Top 5 point scorers Top 5 try scorers Top 5 goal scorers The Dally M Awards were introduced in 1980 by News Limited . The most prestigious of these awards

722-606: The Rabbitohs. On 21 April 2009, Sutton was named in the preliminary 40 man squad for game 1 of the 2009 State of Origin series . On 8 May 2009, Sutton played for City Origin against Country at five-eighth in the 40-18 win in Orange, New South Wales . Sutton was one of the favourite for the NSW halves combination, but he injured a knuckle during the City-Country match and missed the Origin series as

760-576: The South Sydney Rabbitohs best and fairest player for the season. On 24 September 2012, Sutton was included in the Australian train-on squad. On 4 April 2013, Sutton re-signed with South Sydney on a four-year contract to the end of the 2017 season. In Round 20 against the Gold Coast Titans , Sutton played his 200th NRL career match for South Sydney in the 32-4 win at Cbus Super Stadium . Sutton played in 25 matches and scored 7 tries for Souths in

798-575: The State of Origin Series, The insurer AAMI sponsored the City vs Country Origin. For the 2007 season, the number of teams in the NRL had increasing from fifteen to sixteen with the re-inclusion of a Gold Coast, Queensland -based club for the first since 1998, now as the Gold Coast Titans . It was the first time the number of Premiership teams had changed since 2002 when the re-inclusion of the South Sydney Rabbitohs saw

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836-451: The club in their elimination semi-final victory over Manly at ANZ Stadium . Sutton's last game as a player came the following week against the Canberra Raiders in the preliminary final which South Sydney lost 16-10 at Canberra Stadium . 2007 NRL season The 2007 NRL season was the one hundredth season of professional rugby league football club competition in Australia, and

874-456: The finals. On 2 May 2008, Sutton played for NSW City Origin against NSW Country Origin at lock and scored a try in the 22-all draw at WIN Stadium . Sutton finished the 2008 NRL season with him playing in all of the Rabbitohs 24 matches and scored 6 tries. In October 2008 Fiji named Sutton in their training squad for the 2008 World Cup , but he pulled out citing injury. In 2009, Sutton moved to play at five eighth permanently for

912-403: The goal of becoming the first player in the club's history to pass the 300 game mark. In 2018, Sutton played his 300th first grade game against the Wests Tigers in a 22-6 defeat. Sutton became the first South Sydney player to reach 300 games and only the 32nd player in the history of the game to reach this milestone. Sutton featured in 27 games as Souths finished 3rd on the table at the end of

950-530: The most capped South Sydney Rabbitohs player with 212 matches overtaking Bob McCarthy with 211 matches, Sutton also made a return to five-eighth in the Rabbitohs 26-6 win at SCG . On 5 October 2014, in South Sydney's 2014 NRL Grand Final against the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs , Sutton played at second-row and captained Souths to a 30-6 Grand Final victory. On 20 January 2015, Sutton

988-551: The number of teams increase from 14 to 15. The Titans were the NRL's first expansion team since the Melbourne Storm , who entered the League in 1998. The sixteen teams participated in the competition over the regular season, making it the largest it had been since 1999 when there were seventeen. Of the sixteen clubs, ten were from New South Wales (nine from Sydney's metropolitan area), three from Queensland and one from each of Victoria,

1026-408: The regular season and made it all the way to the preliminary final before losing to arch rivals Eastern Suburbs 12-4. On 14 August 2019, Sutton announced that he would retire at the conclusion of the 2019 NRL season . Sutton made a total of 27 appearances for South Sydney in the 2019 NRL season as the club finished third on the table and qualified for the finals. Sutton scored his final try for

1064-485: The return of Monday Night Football , which helped the NRL to set new first round aggregate attendance record of 174,475. The opening round also saw two matches at Brisbane's Suncorp Stadium , one featured reigning champions Brisbane playing fellow Queensland side the Cowboys, while the second match introduced the newest club to be admitted to the competition, the Gold Coast Titans . The North Queensland Cowboys' Jason Smith

1102-540: The season. In October 2013, Sutton was named in the Fijian squad for the 2013 World Cup , but was replaced by Ryan Millard prior to the tournament. In February 2014, Sutton was included in the South Sydney Rabbitohs inaugural Auckland Nines squad. Sutton made the shift back to lock for make way for upcoming five-eighth Luke Keary . In Round 5 against the St George Illawarra Dragons , Sutton became

1140-528: The second time in history. The National Rugby League kept use of the Hoodoo Gurus ' "That's My Team" for a fifth consecutive season, with their advertising agency MJW Hakuhodo reworking the track "What's My Scene" and the "That's My Dream" slogan. With a design change for the Telstra Premiership logo (after months of off-season deliberation on whether Telstra would sponsor the code again), the commercial

1178-466: The tenth run by the National Rugby League . Sixteen teams contested the NRL's 2007 Telstra Premiership , and with the inclusion of a new team, the Gold Coast Titans , the competition was the largest run since the 1999 NRL season . The Melbourne Storm were the minor premiers in 2007, six points clear of second-placed Manly Warringah Sea Eagles . The Storm eventually ran out 34–8 winners in

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1216-499: Was a fast-paced action clip, with key players from all teams superimposed to appear as if they are playing in front the famous landmarks of their team's area. They are as follows: As with previous seasons, all team captains featured prominently in the ads, holding aloft the premiership trophy as the advertisement closes, replicating the 2006 equivalent. Only weeks after it was put to air, Newcastle Knights captain Andrew Johns ' career

1254-454: Was dumped as captain of South Sydney and was replaced by Greg Inglis after himself and former teammate Luke Burgess got into an incident at a bar in Flagstaff, Arizona . The pair were arrested after a bouncer told them to leave and Burgess threw the bouncer to the ground, the pair were heavily intoxicated and were later charged with disorderly conduct. Later on 2 March 2015, the club received

1292-567: Was ended by a neck injury. Telecommunications giant Telstra once again held the naming rights to the premiership season and for the seventh season the competition was known as the "Telstra Premiership". For the second time, however, a change was made to the Telstra Premiership Logo to align with the telco's own new logo. Spirit producers Bundaberg Rum sponsored Monday night football – as Bundaberg Monday Night Football . Electronics wholesaler Harvey Norman continued their support of

1330-409: Was named as the captain of the Rabbitohs 2016 Auckland Nines squad. Although being heavily linked with a move to the super league. In round 1 against the Sydney Roosters , Sutton tore his pectoral and was ruled out for half the season. Sutton played in all 24 games for Souths in the 2017 NRL season . Towards the end of the year, Sutton signed a one-year extension with Souths for the 2018 season with

1368-456: Was not chosen. In 2007, teams had just a single bye during the year, grouped in periods that will assist clubs around representative fixtures. The top eight was not settled until the final round as the Brisbane Broncos and Wests Tigers were both on 24 points in 8th and 9th position respectively, with the Broncos ahead on points differential. Both teams lost their final regular season match and as

1406-413: Was ruled to have knocked on following a late attempt from Broncos fullback Karmichael Hunt to prevent the try. Souths lost the match 8-4 after a scoreless hour of play at Suncorp Stadium. Sutton missed 9 matches from the injury. Sutton played in 16 matches and scored 3 tries for Souths in the 2007 NRL season as the club qualified for the finals. It was the first time since 1989 that the side had reached

1444-541: Was the NRL's oldest player in 2007 at 35 years and 186 days. Teams had fewer byes in 2007 than in the 2006 competition. With an odd number of teams contesting between 2002 and 2006, the draw meant that at least one team would have to have a bye each weekend. With the inclusion of the 16th team for the 2007 season, the National Rugby League had the option of reverting to the system used between 2000 and 2001 in which every team played in each round. However, this option

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