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South Sydney coach Jason Demetriou has reportedly apologized to Jacob Host after accidentally 'liking' a disparaging Instagram post about the Rabbitohs forward and his former teammate Liam Knight.

Both players were the targets of a savage spray from a supposed fan after a round 13 loss to Canberra in the NRL.

It has since emerged that Demetriou has 'unliked' the comment, with the Souths coach explaining to the Sydney Morning Herald that he never meant to like it in the first place.

Following the match in question against the Raiders - in which Souths lost 33-26 - Knight didn't play for the next six weeks and featured just one more time for the Bunnies, before being allowed to join the Bulldogs mid-season.

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The Riotact

When he made his NRL debut for the Gold Coast in 2008 at just 17 years of age, Jordan Rapana was a revelation.

In that same year, he had been playing for the Gold Coast Titans' NYC under-20s team. He entered the NRL competition in Round 18 of that 2008 season and scored five tries in his first five games.

He then disappeared from the NRL radar for the next six years.

Jordan headed to England and Wales on a Mormon mission for two years before embarking on a period of self-discovery.

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Canberra Weekly

Three years after returning to his small NSW hometown, former NRL player Josh McCrone led the Temora Dragons to their first minor premiership in nearly two decades.

But McCrone, a former Raiders player turned coach-captain for the local team, quickly shuts down any suggestion he might be a hero in the Riverina town of 6000 people.

Temora offers me a lot more than I offer Temora, there's no doubt about that, McCrone told AAP.

Temora is a pretty cool little town, it's a tight-knit community where your kids can walk down the street and you know everyone's name.

McCrone was living and training in Manchester, England, when...

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