The South Sydney Rabbitohs are delighted to announce the contract extension of second rower Thomas Fletcher for the 2026 and 2027 seasons today.<\/p>\n
Fletcher, 21, made his NRL debut against the Broncos in round 22 this year, going on to play four NRL games in his debut season.<\/p>\n
Fletcher, Rabbitohs first grade player number 1212 who has been a Rabbitohs Member since he was a child, represented the Australian Schoolboys in 2022 before making his mark in the NRL in 2025. <\/p>\n
Rabbitohs Head of Recruitment and Retention, Mark Ellison, says the retention of Fletcher is a positive for the Club.<\/p>\n
\u201cThomas is a rising player in our ranks who has come through the grades at South Sydney to represent the Club in the NRL,\u201d Mr Ellison said.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe is still very young in terms of his development as a forward in the NRL, but has shown in the handful of games that he has played that he is able to match it in the top grade.<\/p>\n
\u201cWith further learning, development and commitment to his football, he has what it takes to play more football in our NRL forward pack. <\/p>\n
\u201cTom has supported the Rabbitohs all of his life so it is wonderful to see him play in the jersey that he admires so much.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are delighted to have extended Tom\u2019s tenure with the Club and we look forward to continuing our work with him here at South Sydney.\u201d<\/p>\n
Fletcher is very happy to be remaining in the red and green.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve been a Rabbitohs fan since I was kid so to be able to represent the Club, our members and our fans is a dream come true for me. It played a big part in me making my decision to stay at Souths,\u201d Fletcher said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI want to thank the Members and fans for being so supportive, as well as my family, my teammates, coaches and the staff at the Club.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m excited about what\u2019s ahead and working hard to play more NRL football.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The South Sydney Rabbitohs are delighted to announce the contract extension of second rower Thomas Fletcher for the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":249974,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-249973","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nrl","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-national-rugby-league","11":"tag-nationalrugbyleague","12":"tag-nrl","13":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249973","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=249973"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249973\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/249974"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=249973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=249973"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=249973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}