Actor Crowe Makes Bid for Favourite Rugby Club
The Oscar-winning actor Russell Crowe is to fulfil a lifelong fantasy by buying the South Sydney rugby league club.
The Oscar-winning actor Russell Crowe is to fulfil a lifelong fantasy by buying his favourite rugby team, the South Sydney rugby league club.
Not long after threatening to turn his back on Hollywood over a phone-throwing incident in a New York hotel, Crowe has made a A$10m (£4.24m) bid for the team he has followed since childhood. He and businessman Peter Holmes a Court want an 80% stake in the club, part of the Rupert Murdoch-backed National Rugby League.
Crowe, who is in France making a film, is due to outline his plan when he returns to Australia on Wednesday.
Not long after threatening to turn his back on Hollywood over a phone-throwing incident in a New York hotel, Crowe has made a A$10m (£4.24m) bid for the team he has followed since childhood. He and businessman Peter Holmes a Court want an 80% stake in the club, part of the Rupert Murdoch-backed National Rugby League.
Crowe, who is in France making a film, is due to outline his plan when he returns to Australia on Wednesday.
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