 That year Souths would play their last ever first-grade match at Redfern, beating the South Queensland Crushers 48-16.Lack of funds saw Souths unable to keep their top players (including captain Mario Fenech, Les Davidson, Mark Carroll and Craig Field) and a lot of talented young juniors were lost and went on to represent Australia from other clubs (these included Jim Dymock, Ian Roberts, Jim Serdaris, Terry Hill and later Craig Wing and Braith Anasta when the club was excluded from the competition).The Super League war was triggered by a vision to cut Sydney sides, with Souths in the firing line.