dominant win over Manly in the final trial match of 2026<\/a>, Smith says he\u2019s extremely happy with where he\u2019s at both physically and mentally<\/p>\n\u201cMentally I\u2019ve worked really hard. I\u2019ve done a lot of focusing on myself over the off-season and during the pre-season,\u201d Smith said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve had tremendous support from this organisation. Wayne and (Souths Football Manager) Jason Clark and Blake Solly have been so bloody good to me and I\u2019m very blessed I\u2019ve joined this club as I was going down a dark road and thankfully I\u2019m on the way up.\u201d<\/p>\n
Reece Robson: ‘Came out second best!’ | 06:38<\/p>\n
The Rabbitohs took a flyer on Smith late last season following a disappointing big-money stint with the Roosters.<\/p>\n
So far, the club\u2019s decision is paying off. Not only for them, but for Smith in particular.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s still early days for me but I\u2019m looking forward to enjoying my life and football and this club has helped me so much because every day I come in, I\u2019m so happy,\u201d the 29-year-old said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWayne creates a great environment and I\u2019m blessed to be apart of it. You\u2019ve got people like (Souths captain) Cam Murray who is such a role model for me even though I\u2019m older than him \u2026 I just think I\u2019ve found the right spot.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Souths star Brandon Smith has detailed how he\u2019s prevailing against his off-field struggles, crediting the Rabbitohs for the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":463393,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,40696,14868,250264,250266,60064,250263,763,19968,250269,761,762,158,250270,85,250265,1651,250267,250268],"class_list":{"0":"post-496978","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nrl","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-blake-solly","11":"tag-brandon-mychal-smith","12":"tag-dark-road","13":"tag-details-bouncing-back","14":"tag-dominant-win","15":"tag-final-trial-match","16":"tag-fox-league","17":"tag-jake-duke","18":"tag-jason-clark","19":"tag-national-rugby-league","20":"tag-nationalrugbyleague","21":"tag-nrl","22":"tag-off-field-struggles","23":"tag-sports","24":"tag-star-details","25":"tag-wayne-bennett","26":"tag-zimbabwean-powerhouse","27":"tag-zimbabwean-wrecking"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/496978","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=496978"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/496978\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/463393"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=496978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=496978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=496978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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