In Round 25, South Sydney defeated the minor premiers St. George Illawarra Dragons 41 to 6.
This is the only loss greater than 20 points the Dragons have suffered since Wayne Bennett's inception as coach.
John Sutton was awarded the George Piggins Medal for Souths player of the year.
[2] On the ensuing 'Mad Monday', coach Jason Taylor and forward David Fa'alogo were involved in a drunken altercation and both sacked from the club.
This prompted the club's co-owner Russell Crowe to write an 800-word letter of apology to a Sydney newspaper.