Demetriou, who was also interested in the vacant Leeds Rhinos head coaching role before ex-Parramatta Eels boss Brad Arthur was given the nod, has been out of work since being axed by the Rabbitohs earlier in the 2024 NRL season.
However, the Australian is familiar to the UK shores and to the Super League competition given his long affiliation with Wakefield Trinity as a player in the 2000s.
In his first season in charge of the Rabbitohs, Demetriou guided the club to their fifth straight preliminary final, but missed out on the play-offs in 2023 and endured a difficult start to the 2024 campaign.
The 48-year-old was also on the coaching staff of the North Queensland Cowboys during their Grand Final-winning season of 2015 and has held a number of coaching roles throughout the NRL, but League Express can reveal that he is keen on returning to England in a coaching capacity.
The South Sydney Rabbitohs are pleased to announce their squad for round 20 of the 2024 NRL Premiership against the Wests Tigers to be played this Saturday 20 July at 3pm at Industree Group Stadium in Gosford.
Rabbitohs interim Head Coach Ben Hornby has named captain Cameron Murray to return following the completion of his State of Origin duties on Wednesday night. Siliva Havili also returns to play from the interchange bench.
Hooker Damien Cook will play his 200th NRL game for South Sydney in Saturday night’s clash with the Tigers. He made his Rabbitohs NRL debut against the Roosters in round one, 2016, and has gone on to play 199 games so far in the cardinal red and myrtle green. Cook celebrated his 200th NRL game in total earlier this year having also played first grade with the Dragons and Bulldogs prior to South Sydney. Cook becomes just the tenth player to play 200 or more first grade games for South Sydney in the Club’s 116-year history.
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