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Inside the rescue mission for Johnston and his ball

Fans and players erupted after the Rabbitohs' Alex Johnston broke the NRL try-scoring record. (Dean Lewins/AAP PHOTOS)

John Sutton can now lay claim to collecting South Sydney's two most prized possessions of this century.

And as big as lifting the drought-breaking 2014 premiership trophy was, Friday night's effort to rescue Alex Johnston's match ball can't have been much easier.

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