Q&a

The 3:10 to Yuma star co-owns an Australian rugby team, the South Sydney Rabbitohs

SI : South Sydney is the most successful team in Australian rugby, but you have not won a premiership since 1971. This year you qualified for the finals. How does that feel?

Crowe : When I was a kid this team was an indomitable force. In the years since, that reputation has been eroded. We want to bring the club back to when the red-and-green and the rabbit were symbols of power in the game. It's been kind of gratifying to see that culture grow around us.

SI: If the Rabbitohs are the Yankees of your sport, are you the George Steinbrenner of the National Rugby League ?

Crowe : No, because it's not that sort of money. We are heavily controlled by a salary cap of $4 million.

SI: Are you close with any American pro athletes?

Crowe : I spent time with Jaromir Jagr before the making of Mystery, Alaska. Mike Piazza is another guy I got to know. We met through a car dealer I knew. Years ago I was friends with John Fina, who played line for the Buffalo Bills . I was in Arizona , and I was in a bar and we got introduced.

SI: What sport do you follow closest after rugby?

Crowe : If I'm in America during football season, I'm watching the NFL . If it's baseball or basketball season, I'll be watching them. If you are in England , you watch a lot of soccer. I like having a team in any league anywhere in the world.

SI: What do you consider your greatest athletic achievement?