Not entertained: Rusty blasts claims he’s selling Bunnies share

1 year ago - Sportingbase

Russell Crowe has spoken out against claims he’s interested in selling his 25% share in the South Sydney Rabbitohs, condemning the report published in The Daily Telegraph today as “conspiracy theories.”

Crowe, who has owed a chunk of the Bunnies since 2006, has been seen less and less at NRL games in the 2020s — and Buzz Rothfield today seemed to have found the answer: He’s looking to sell.

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While not an outrageous claim, it was a bit surprising considering “Rusty,” an out-and-out Hollywood megastar, surely doesn’t need the money; he would have stood to make from $15 million to $20 million on the Rabbitohs quarter-share. (James Packer, Mike Canon-Brookes, and Rabbitohs members own the other three quarters.)

It may have been just as surprising to Crowe himself though, who soon denied it.

“Just tell them all it’s bullshit, and advise them to enjoy the summer sun,” Crowe told AAP this afternoon.

“Re: SSFC, what would January in Australia be without desperate legacy media conspiracy theories,” the Hollywood superstar then wrote on X (formerly Twitter) soon after the Daily Telegraph’s article.

“Enjoy the summer sun while it’s there and ignore the trolls,” Crowe added.

The Gladiator star also pointed to Wayne Bennett’s return to the club as well as a “fresh energy about the place” and all the moves the club has been making as a clear “arrowhead to our intentions” — and though he didn’t outright deny the sale exploration, it does seem like he still sees himself as heavily involved in the cardinal and myrtle.

🚨🏉 Rusty has come out swinging against the @SSFCRABBITOHS sales claims, with the Hollywood superstar writing: "Enjoy the summer sun while it's there and ignore the trolls." https://t.co/xNyra1RowJ pic.twitter.com/INTDMUsgxR

— The Sporting Base – NRL (@BaseNrl) January 6, 2025

When Crowe picked up his Rabbitohs slice for $3 million in 2006, the club was in the doldrums and ran last that season. In the ensuing eight years, the team built up to a premiership in 2014. All that came off the tail of the legacy rugby league organisation being let back into the NRL after two years excluded from the game.

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Whether News Corp has it right and Crowe is sniffing around a deal or if it’s codswallop remains to be seen, though for the time being everyone seems to want to trust Maximus Decimus Meridius more.