{"id":420677,"date":"2026-01-18T06:26:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T06:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/420677\/"},"modified":"2026-01-18T06:26:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T06:26:09","slug":"fifita-impressing-early-during-rabbitohs-preseason-nrl-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/420677\/","title":{"rendered":"Fifita impressing early during Rabbitohs preseason – NRL News"},"content":{"rendered":"

The South Sydney Rabbitohs<\/a> believe they have unlocked the best version of David Fifita<\/a>, with club captain Cameron Murray<\/a> declaring the star recruit ready to explode after five underwhelming seasons on the Gold Coast Titans<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Fifita, one of the most physically gifted forwards in the NRL<\/a>, has impressed throughout his first pre-season in red and green following his move from the\u00a0Titans.<\/p>\n

Murray says the 26-year-old looks refreshed, fit and fully committed as he prepares for a fresh start under supercoach Wayne Bennett<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Speaking at an ASICS event in Sydney, Murray revealed Fifita has attacked his rehab and conditioning with intent after recovering from a foot injury.<\/p>\n

“He’s been really good, and he’s really impressed me,” Murray said.<\/p>\n

“He came in focused on getting his foot right, worked hard in the gym, and once he hit the field, he’s been all guns blazing.”<\/p>\n

\"GoldGOLD COAST, AUSTRALIA – MARCH 24: Beau Fermor and David Fifita during a Gold Coast Titans NRL training session at IKON High Performance Centre on March 24, 2025 in Gold Coast, Australia. (Photo by Chris Hyde\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Fifita has long been labelled one of the competition’s most underperforming superstars, but Souths are confident the environment at Redfern can finally unlock his immense potential.<\/p>\n

The Rabbitohs believe Bennett’s influence, combined with a clearer role and stronger standards, can turn Fifita into the dominant force many expected after his breakout years at the Brisbane Broncos<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Murray also confirmed Fifita is mentally in a strong place, noting his energy and attitude around the club have stood out.<\/p>\n

“He seems happy, fitter, and like he really wants to get back to his best footy,” Murray said.<\/p>\n

“There’s no doubt he’ll get that opportunity here.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The South Sydney Rabbitohs believe they have unlocked the best version of David Fifita, with club captain Cameron…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":25316,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-420677","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\/420677","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=420677"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420677\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25316"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=420677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=420677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=420677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}