Saturday, 23 June 2007  |  Updated: 13:48

By Jason Morrison Current Affairs Director Macquarie National News

Russell Crowe has been cheered by South Sydney rugby league fans, arriving as the surprise star at the team’s supporters day.

More than 1,000 Rabbitohs supporters turned out at the club’s training base, Erskinville Oval.

The players went through a light training session ahead of Sunday’s match against the Sharks.

Players signed autographs for over an hour.

Coach Jason Taylor told supporters “the number of you fans gets bigger every time we do this and we’ll keep doing it because it inspires the boys”.

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