{"id":49218,"date":"2025-08-07T01:34:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T01:34:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/49218\/"},"modified":"2025-08-07T01:34:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T01:34:12","slug":"r360-set-to-swoop-on-souths-star-with-900k-offer-nrl-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/49218\/","title":{"rendered":"R360 set to swoop on Souths star with $900k offer &#8211; NRL News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>The cashed-up Rugby 360 competition has once again identified an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NRL<\/a> player to bolster their incoming league, this time targeting the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/nrl\/teams\/south-sydney-rabbitohs\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">South Sydney Rabbitohs<\/a> gun, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/players\/jye-gray\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jye Gray<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>While he hasn&#8217;t achieved the marquee status of other R360 targets, such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/players\/ryan-papenhuyzen\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ryan Papenhuyzen<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/players\/roger-tuivasa-sheck\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Roger Tuivasa-Sheck<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/players\/zac-lomax\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Zac Lomax<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/players\/herbie-farnworth\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Herbie Farnworth<\/a>, it seems <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/players\/jye-gray\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Gray<\/a> could be making more than all of them if he is the first to make the code switch.<\/p>\n<p>According to The Sydney Morning Herald, the new rugby competition is looking to offer Gray a whopping $920,000 contract, despite playing fewer than 30 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NRL<\/a> games.<\/p>\n<p>Coming off contract at the end of 2026, Gray&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NRL<\/a> future is still somewhat in the air, which may give Gray the push he needs to make the cross-code switch.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-204826\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" alt=\"53423519231_f6b2de3bf9_k\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1357\" data-lazy- data-lazy- data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/53423519231_f6b2de3bf9_k.jpg.webp.webp\"\/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/players\/jye-gray\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jye Gray<\/a> in action. 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