From news.com.au   6 July 2001


NRL to Souths: Let's talk
From our wire services
06jul01


THE NRL will begin talks with the South Sydney club to consider the Rabbitohs' possible readmission into the 2002 competition.


This follows an 18-month legal battle which culminated today with the Federal Court upholding an appeal against the Souths' expulsion from the NRL competition.


NRL CEO David Moffett said today that although the decision made no order to reinstate South Sydney, they believed it was in the best interests of all to open discussions with the club.


"Souths have shown tremendous spirit and we need to talk to them about whether that can be brought back to the football field," Moffett said in a statement.


"The club has publicly talked of its plans and it's now time for them to put those businesses cases to us in a formal way.


"Today's judgement is in essence a very technical one, we need to put those technicalities and the difficulties of the past few years behind us and concentrate on the future of the game."