South Sydney Rabbitohs plan rabid reception for Sonny Bill Williams and the Roosters South Sydney fans are expected to take up a majority of the tickets for the season opener against the Roosters. SOUTH Sydney greats have taunted the Sydney Roosters, claiming 30,000 of the 40,000-plus crowd for next Thursday's massive season-opener at Allianz Stadium will be Rabbitohs fans. And, according to the former players, Souths' vocal supporters will jeer and heckle Roosters recruit Sonny Bill Williams. "They will throw every obscenity at Sonny Bill," former Souths skipper Sean Garlick said. About 8500 tickets remain available, although the game looks set to be a round-one sellout. And despite it being a Roosters home game, former Souths champion Craig Coleman reckons nearly 70 per cent of the crowd will be in red and green. "We have a great following and the Roosters have never had a following, and I am sure Sonny Bill will receive a good old-fashioned South Sydney welcome," Coleman said. It will be like the old days - Souths versus the Roosters. There is no better game. We can't have the Roosters beating us. Former Rabbitohs prop Mark Carroll added: "There has always been hatred between the neighbours, the rivalry. That is why this game is the first of the season. Everyone is hanging for rugby league and for this game.