{"id":252611,"date":"2025-10-31T06:30:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T06:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/252611\/"},"modified":"2025-10-31T06:30:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T06:30:10","slug":"jye-gray-set-to-make-call-on-900k-rugby-360-offer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/252611\/","title":{"rendered":"Jye Gray set to make call on $900k+ Rugby 360 offer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-end=\"181\" data-start=\"0\">Jye Gray has turned down one of the richest offers of his young career, rejecting a $920,000-a-season deal from rebel competition R360 to stay loyal to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/au\/rugby-league\/south-sydney-rabbitohs\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">South Sydney Rabbitohs<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"365\" data-start=\"183\">The 21-year-old fullback was among the first players targeted by the breakaway league, which is attempting to lure NRL stars with massive tax-free contracts and long-term security.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"550\" data-start=\"367\">But according to The Sydney Morning Herald, Gray has informed Rabbitohs officials he intends to remain at Redfern, despite the R360 deal representing a $700,000-per-year pay rise.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"669\" data-start=\"552\">A recently announced 10-year ban for any player who defects to R360 reportedly played a major role in the decision.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"669\" data-start=\"552\">MORE:\u00a0<a target=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/au\/rugby-league\/news\/keaon-koloamatangi-money-signing-south-sydney-rabbitohs-nrl\/e67aefd2ccb3b5ea3e3f09bd\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Keaon Koloamatangi eyes big money move &#8211; &#8216;I&#8217;ve seen the money they have been getting&#8217;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2018Loyalty isn\u2019t dead\u2019: Gray stays true to Souths<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"813\" data-start=\"726\">Gray\u2019s breakout 2025 campaign made him one of the hottest properties in rugby league.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"985\" data-start=\"815\">The electric fullback led the Dally M Medal count earlier in the season while filling in for Latrell Mitchell and helped inspire a late surge in form for the Rabbitohs.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"1191\" data-start=\"987\">With Mitchell expected to return to the centres under Wayne Bennett next year, Gray\u2019s future in the No.1 jersey looks assured &#8211; and his loyalty to the club has only strengthened his standing among fans.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"1344\" data-start=\"1193\">Sources close to the situation told the SMH that while Gray has not yet signed his new deal, an extension is expected to be finalised within weeks.<\/p>\n<p>R360 suffers major setback ahead of launch<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"1570\" data-start=\"1396\">The Queensland-born speedster\u2019s decision is a blow to R360\u2019s recruitment drive, which has been aggressively chasing NRL and rugby union talent ahead of its official launch.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"1745\" data-start=\"1572\">Ryan Papenhuyzen and Roger Tuivasa-Sheck have also been linked to the competition, while reports suggest R360 is pressuring agents to secure commitments before November 1.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"1829\" data-start=\"1747\">The new league hopes to unveil between five and ten marquee signings next month.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"1947\" data-start=\"1831\">For now, however, one of their top targets has chosen loyalty over money &#8211; and Rabbitohs fans couldn\u2019t be happier.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jye Gray has turned down one of the richest offers of his young career, rejecting a $920,000-a-season deal&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":252612,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,760,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-252611","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-rugby","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-rugby","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252611","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=252611"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252611\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/252612"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=252611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=252611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=252611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}