{"id":465823,"date":"2026-02-08T05:38:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-08T05:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/465823\/"},"modified":"2026-02-08T05:38:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T05:38:09","slug":"payne-haas-to-depart-broncos-and-sign-with-south-sydney-from-2027-rabbitohs-contract-why-did-he-choose-souths-player-transfer-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/465823\/","title":{"rendered":"Payne Haas to depart Broncos and sign with South Sydney from 2027, Rabbitohs contract, why did he choose Souths, player transfer news"},"content":{"rendered":"

Star prop Payne Haas is set to depart the Broncos at season\u2019s end to link up with the South Sydney Rabbitohs in a bombshell development. <\/p>\n

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Code Sports<\/a> broke the news that Haas won\u2019t re-sign with Brisbane but instead move to Sydney and join the Wayne Bennett-led Bunnies from next season on a three-year deal. <\/p>\n

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The Broncos confirmed the report with a brief statement.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Brisbane Broncos can confirm that Payne Haas and his management have advised the Broncos that he intends to depart the Club at the end of the 2026 season,\u201d the statement read.<\/p>\n

\u201cA signed contract reflecting that position has been lodged with the NRL and the Broncos will make no further comment on the matter until the expiration of the normal ten-day cooling off period.\u201d<\/p>\n

The news comes just as Haas and the Broncos prepare to fly out to England for their World Club Challenge match against Hull KR later this month. <\/p>\n

Haas has reportedly let his Brisbane teammates know of his decision.<\/p>\n

Considered the game\u2019s best prop, Haas\u2019 future has been a hot topic this off-season given the rumours he was considering a code switch to R360.<\/p>\n

When the R360 start date was postponed by two years, the Broncos were again the short favourites to win Haas\u2019 signature for 2027.<\/p>\n

Payne Haas and Broncos coach Michael Maguire embrace after Brisbane\u2019s 2025 GF win.Source: Supplied Source Known<\/p>\n

Haas\u2019 decision is a stunner given coach Michael Maguire\u2019s recent comments.<\/p>\n

It was reported earlier this month that Haas had agreed to a one-year deal for 2027 <\/a>with Brisbane, which he planned to sign after the World Club Challenge.<\/p>\n

Maguire stated just days ago that he didn\u2019t think Haas will leave the Broncos.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t believe he will leave,\u201d Maguire told Code Sports.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cPayne has said he wants to stay and that\u2019s a fair reflection of where we are at the moment.\u201d<\/p>\n

However, it appears the Rabbitohs have since swooped in with a offer the star middle couldn\u2019t refuse. <\/p>\n

As per Code Sports<\/a>, Souths stars David Fifita and Latrell Mitchell were key in getting Haas to turn his back on the Broncos and switch to the Bunnies.<\/p>\n

The Rabbitohs swiftly released a statement after the news broke on Sunday afternoon.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe South Sydney Rabbitohs have lodged a signed contract with the NRL for Payne Haas to join the Club for the 2027, 2028 and 2029 seasons,\u201d the statement read.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe contract is now subject to the ten-day cooling-off period. The Rabbitohs will be respecting the cooling-off period rules set by the NRL.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Rabbitohs will make no further comment regarding this until the ten-day cooling-off period has expired.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Star prop Payne Haas is set to depart the Broncos at season\u2019s end to link up with the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":465824,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[64,63,689,106622,4428,1208,2057,763,673,3583,677,13390,4439,85,33868,93666,670,1651,40620],"class_list":["post-465823","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australia-and-new-zealand","tag-bombshell-development","tag-brisbane-broncos","tag-england","tag-europe","tag-fox-league","tag-new-south-wales","tag-northern-europe","tag-oceania","tag-payne-haas","tag-south-sydney-rabbitohs","tag-sports","tag-star-prop","tag-storm-v","tag-sydney","tag-wayne-bennett","tag-world-club-challenge"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/465823","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=465823"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/465823\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/465824"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=465823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=465823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=465823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}