{"id":420203,"date":"2026-01-18T01:07:18","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T01:07:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/420203\/"},"modified":"2026-01-18T01:07:18","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T01:07:18","slug":"murray-provides-major-rabbitohs-update-ahead-of-2026-nrl-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/420203\/","title":{"rendered":"Murray provides major Rabbitohs update ahead of 2026 &#8211; NRL News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/nrl\/teams\/south-sydney-rabbitohs\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">South Sydney Rabbitohs<\/a> captain Cam Murray has offered an update on several of the club&#8217;s biggest names as the club edges closer to its first pre-season hit-out against the Dragons.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">After an injury-ravaged 2025 campaign, Souths are finally beginning to see some stability return, with Murray himself set to lead the side after missing all but one game last season due to a ruptured Achilles suffered during a pre-season training session.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">The lock returned in Round 27 and says a strong off-season has left him feeling ready, albeit with some understandable nerves.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">&#8220;I&#8217;m as confident as I can be,&#8221; Murray said at a media appearance for Asics.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">&#8220;There&#8217;s still going to be nerves, no doubt.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">&#8220;Probably more than normal for the start of the season, because of how much footy I missed last year.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-159258\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" alt=\"Every player to represent the NSW Blues U19\/20s team\" width=\"2437\" height=\"1624\" data-lazy- data-lazy- data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ab3i3734_e-copy.jpg.webp.webp\"\/>South Sydney Rabbitohs captain Cameron Murray passing the ball to teammates at NSW Blues training session. (Photo by Joshua Davis)<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">The Rabbitohs were decimated by injuries throughout 2025, forcing constant changes to their spine and backline.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">With the new season approaching, Murray revealed the club is still working through positional decisions, particularly surrounding <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/players\/latrell-mitchell\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Latrell Mitchell<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">It is expected Mitchell will move into the centres full-time to accommodate the recently re-signed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/players\/jye-gray\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jye Gray<\/a> at fullback, though Murray indicated nothing has been fully locked in.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">&#8220;I think Latrell&#8217;s best position is still being weighed up, to be honest,&#8221; Murray said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">&#8220;There&#8217;s lots of experiments getting thrown around at training at the moment.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">After a season spent largely on the sidelines, Murray&#8217;s return looms as one of the Rabbitohs&#8217; most significant boosts heading into 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"South Sydney Rabbitohs captain Cam Murray has offered an update on several of the club&#8217;s biggest names as&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":420204,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-420203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nrl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-national-rugby-league","tag-nationalrugbyleague","tag-nrl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420203","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=420203"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420203\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/420204"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=420203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=420203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=420203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}