Turf war: Rabbitohs want Roosters thrown off training ground
It comes just weeks after South Sydney's bid to move their home games from Accor Stadium to Allianz Stadium was shut down by Venues NSW after strong opposition from current tenants the Roosters.
It appears South Sydney are now upping the ante in their feud with their bitter rivals after submitting a formal application to the NSWRL to have the Roosters removed from Matraville Sports High School.
The Roosters have used the Chifley-based high school for almost 15 years as a training base for their junior representative teams.
The NSWRL board recently came to a preliminary view that the rules were related to junior league teams and not the Sydney Roosters representative teams.
Roosters CEO Joe Kelly, who is on the NSWRL board, has been removed from meetings and email correspondence to avoid any conflict of interest.
South Sydney have now asked the NSWRL to reconsider its position and believes the Roosters junior representative program is an extension of the junior league.
The Rabbitohs are arguing that their juniors are being enticed to join the Roosters because of the convenience of having the training facility in their area.
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