{"id":122163,"date":"2025-09-06T02:28:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-06T02:28:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/122163\/"},"modified":"2025-09-06T02:28:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-06T02:28:08","slug":"south-sydney-to-be-without-jamie-humphreys-for-start-of-2026-after-two-game-suspension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/122163\/","title":{"rendered":"South Sydney to be without Jamie Humphreys for start of 2026 after two-game suspension"},"content":{"rendered":"

South Sydney<\/a> will be without Jamie Humphreys when they begin their comeback from a dismal 2025 season after the halfback received a two-game suspension.<\/p>\n

Humphreys went to the sin bin for a hip-drop style tackle on Siua Wong in the second half of Friday\u2019s 36-6 loss to bitter rivals Sydney Roosters<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Rabbitohs leaked two tries without Humphreys and fell 16 points behind, thwarting their hopes of ending the season on a high.<\/p>\n

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On Saturday morning, Humphreys was charged with grade-two dangerous contact and will miss the first two games of next season with an early guilty plea.<\/p>\n

He would miss a third game if he unsuccessfully challenged the charge, and is unable to count pre-season challenge matches towards his ban.<\/p>\n

The irony is unlikely to be lost on Humphreys, who became the Rabbitohs\u2019 regular No.7 while Lewis Dodd missed the start of the 2025 season through suspension.<\/p>\n

Highly rated recruit Jonah Glover could begin the 2026 campaign next to Cody Walker in the halves, while Ashton Ward is another option.<\/p>\n

The ban may also mean Humphreys misses the chance to play alongside Alex Johnston on the night he reaches rarefied air.<\/p>\n

The winger needs three tries to pass Ken Irvine\u2019s mark of 212 four-pointers and become the outright leading try-scorer in NRL history.<\/p>\n

Souths will finish an injury-plagued season in the bottom four, with coach Wayne Bennett hopeful of better health among the troops in 2026.<\/p>\n

\u201cProbably tonight was as close as we got to getting (a full-strength team), we\u2019ve still got six or seven top players not playing,\u201d Bennett said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe last couple of months we\u2019ve had 10-plus players that have played in the NRL this year that weren\u2019t available for selection.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m looking forward to getting everybody cleaned up that we have to with injuries, and hoping we can all start the pre-season together and not have a whole lot of players on the bikes and sitting watching everyone else train.\u201d<\/p>\n

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