{"id":466388,"date":"2026-02-08T12:06:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-08T12:06:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/466388\/"},"modified":"2026-02-08T12:06:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T12:06:11","slug":"adam-reynolds-retirement-payne-haas-set-to-quit-broncos-signs-three-year-deal-with-rabbitohs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/466388\/","title":{"rendered":"Adam Reynolds retirement; Payne Haas set to quit Broncos, signs three-year deal with Rabbitohs"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brisbane<\/a> is reportedly set for a double blow with news dropping that Adam Reynolds will retire only hours after Payne Haas<\/a>‘ shock contract call.<\/p>\n

Reynolds turns 36 this season, with 9news Queensland reporting he’s expected to retire at the end of the season. <\/p>\n

The halfback joined the Broncos in 2022 and won his second NRL<\/a> premiership last year.<\/p>\n

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\"Adam<\/p>\n

Adam\u00a0Reynolds of the Broncos poses with the premiership trophy.\u00a0Getty<\/p>\n

The Broncos will now likely be without Reynolds and Haas in 2027 after the prop’s decision to sign with the Rabbitohs<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The game’s best front-rower was off-contract with Brisbane beyond this season and was originally linked with R360<\/a> before the competition’s start date was delayed.<\/p>\n

After that touted move fell through, reports indicated Haas would remain at the club, but the 26-year-old has since informed Broncos teammates of his decision to join the Rabbitohs once his contract expires on a three-year deal.<\/p>\n

South Sydney officially confirmed that the club had lodged the contract with the NRL and will now wait for the 10-day cooling off period to conclude.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Payne Haas.\u00a0Getty<\/p>\n

Haas won a premiership with the Broncos last year and will fly out with the club for the World Club Challenge against Hull KR this week.<\/p>\n

He has played 142 first grade games since making his debut as a teenager and has been named Broncos’ player of the year on a record six occasions. <\/p>\n

Haas has also played for NSW, Australia and Samoa at representative level. <\/p>\n

Brisbane confirmed his looming departure in a statement on Sunday afternoon.<\/p>\n

“Payne Haas and his management have advised the Broncos that he intends to depart the club at the end of the 2026 season,” the statement said.<\/p>\n

“A 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.”<\/p>\n

\"Payne<\/p>\n

Payne Haas.\u00a0NRL imagery<\/p>\n

League great James Graham<\/a> was left stunned by the news and ranked it alongside Cooper Cronk’s move to the Roosters in 2018 in terms of shock signings.<\/p>\n

“Wow, who saw this coming? Not me, nobody in the NRL saw it coming either,” he said via The Bye Round podcast’s social media page.<\/p>\n

“I’ve got to say congratulations to South Sydney for keeping this one under wraps, because loose lips sometimes sink ships.<\/p>\n

“The biggest signing in the NRL era. For me, this supersedes Cooper Cronk signing from the Melbourne Storm to the Sydney Roosters back in 2018.<\/p>\n

“I have Payne Haas as the best forward in the competition as it stands and arguably to ever play our great game.”<\/p>\n

South Sydney recently confirmed the departure of Keaon Koloamatangi for 2027 and beyond, with the Kangaroos forward set to join the Dragons on a five-year contract<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Cody Walker is off-contract with Souths at the end of this season, while the current contracts of Jai Arrow, Jack Wighton and Latrell Mitchell all expire at the end of 2027.<\/p>\n

Rabbitohs captain Cameron Murray is signed until the end of 2028.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Brisbane is reportedly set for a double blow with news dropping that Adam Reynolds will retire only hours…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":466389,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-466388","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\/466388","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=466388"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/466388\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/466389"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=466388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=466388"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=466388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}