From Paris to New York and old Maitland town, South Sydney tragic Tim Clarke has loudly and proudly proclaimed his love for the Rabbitohs.
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And he is at it again, raising a giant banner outside his Rutherford home in support of Souths ahead of Sunday's NRL grand final against Penrith.
The term fanatic was coined for supporters like Mr Clarke.
Who else but a fanatic would have a photograph of themselves wearing a South Sydney jersey huddled over their phone watching Souths in a NRL preliminary final with the Eiffel Tower in the background.
Maddison Square Garden, wearing a South Sydney jersey. Meeting WWE legend Mick Foley and presenting the wrestler with a South Sydney jersey - you betcha it's part and parcel of Mr Clarke's devotion to Souths.
So how do you go about setting a new benchmark and making a big statement of support for the Rabbitohs ahead of Sunday's grand final?
In this fantatic's case, you dig through the cases of memorabilia in search of that almost forgotten giant banner of the 2007 South Sydney skipper Peter Cusack.
After a quick trip to Bunnings for a bracket, the monster 3.3 metre banner is now hanging from the lamp post outside Mr Clarke's Rutherford home.
"It only took five minutes for the neighbours to come out and have a look. They all gave one of those knowing 'Good on you Tim' looks," Mr Clarke said after raising the banner on Tuesday afternoon.
"I'd almost forgotten I had it, I forgot all all about it in 2014 when we won the title. It was only probably 12 or 18 months ago when I was doing a clean up that I found it.
"I put it away again but thought I'd bring it out when the time was right and there's no better time than a grand final.
"I have had it since 2007. It was part of an NRL display at ANZ stadium. It was one of the last Souths games of the year and it looked like they were going to throw them out so I said 'I'll take it and save you tip fees'."
The 41-year-old father of two has co-opted his children Megan, 12 next week, and Alex, 10, into following the Rabbitohs but his wife Rachel remains a loyal Newcastle Knights supporter.
He grew up loving Alfie Langer and the Broncos as a kid, but Mr Clarke swapped his allegiances to South Sydney as a teenager and he has been following them for the past 28 years.
"Souths had won a preseason challenge and the way they played throwing the ball around hooked me and I've stayed that way ever since," he said of his journey in the South Sydney's famed green and red.
