 A turn-around proved too much to hope for and the Eels finished last in all three years under Rayner, winning no more than three games in each season.In 2004 he was named by Souths as Coach of their "South Sydney Dream Team", consisting of 17 players and a coach representing the club from 1908 through to 2004.While playing football Rayner served in the New South Wales Police Force and in 2008, rugby league's centenary year in Australia, he was named as captain-coach of a NSW Police "Team of the Century".