{"id":466084,"date":"2026-02-08T08:33:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-08T08:33:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/466084\/"},"modified":"2026-02-08T08:33:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T08:33:09","slug":"payne-haas-set-for-sensational-nrl-transfer-total-rugby-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/466084\/","title":{"rendered":"Payne Haas set for sensational NRL transfer \u2013 Total Rugby League"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                                        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.totalrl.com\/payne-haas-set-for-sensational-nrl-transfer\/\" title=\"Permanent Link to Payne Haas set for sensational NRL transfer\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img width=\"675\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/79406992_HaasP-250830_SD_634_2025830201815-675x360.jpg\" class=\"bestwp-post-thumbnail-single wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>PAYNE HAAS is set to leave Brisbane Broncos for South Sydney Rabbitohs in what is being considered one of the biggest moves in NRL history.<\/p>\n<p>The 26-year-old has established himself as the sport\u2019s leading prop and played a pivotal role in Brisbane\u2019s title triumph last season.<\/p>\n<p>But after a high-profile switch of international teams, swapping Australia for Samoa last year, Haas is to wear new club colours too.<\/p>\n<p>With his Broncos contract into its final season \u2013 he was linked for some time with the now-delayed R360 rugby union breakaway \u2013 Haas has told the club he plans to depart.<\/p>\n<p>And South Sydney have confirmed that Haas has signed a three-year contract from the beginning of 2027.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a major coup for the Wayne Bennett-coached Rabbitohs, who haven\u2019t reached the play-offs for three seasons and most recently finished 14th.<\/p>\n<p>Under NRL transfer rules, a ten-day cooling-off period applies to new contracts, and neither club involved will make further comment on Haas\u2019 move until afterwards.<\/p>\n<p>Haas is part of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.totalrl.com\/brisbane-broncos-name-squad-for-world-club-challenge-clash-against-hull-kr\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Michael Maguire\u2019s 20-man Broncos squad<\/a> for the World Club Challenge against Hull KR at the MKM Stadium on Thursday, February 19.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PAYNE HAAS is set to leave Brisbane Broncos for South Sydney Rabbitohs in what is being considered one&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":466085,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,760,85],"class_list":["post-466084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-rugby","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/466084","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=466084"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/466084\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/466085"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=466084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=466084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=466084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}