{"id":913573,"date":"2026-10-02T15:06:14","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T15:06:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/913573\/"},"modified":"2026-10-02T15:06:14","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T15:06:14","slug":"nrl-grand-final-news-2026-the-mole-exclusive-with-knights-fans-ditching-fiji-honeymoon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/913573\/","title":{"rendered":"NRL grand final news 2026, The Mole exclusive with Knights fans ditching Fiji honeymoon"},"content":{"rendered":"

They don\u2019t come much more dedicated than Knights<\/a> fan Sam Lucas.<\/p>\n

Sam is currently in the middle of his honeymoon in Fiji – but is cutting short his dream holiday on Sunday to cheer on his beloved Newcastle team in the NRL<\/a> grand final.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Sophie and Sam Lucas went from a Knights final to Fiji honeymoon.\u00a0Supplied<\/p>\n

He\u2019s not leaving new bride Sophie totally in the lurch, however – on Monday he\u2019ll be jumping on a jet back to Fiji to resume the celebrations.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter The Knights won the wooden spoon last year I relented to Sophie\u2019s push to have our wedding this year at the end of September,\u201d Sam told nine.com.au.<\/p>\n

\u201cLast Saturday we tied the knot, coming out to the Knights theme, \u2018this game is our game, this town is our town\u2019.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat a wonderful day. The next day we bussed it down to Sydney for the big game as newlyweds. It was absolutely amazing at the game and I was overcome with joy and started crying. It was noted by some that I didn\u2019t cry during our ceremony the day before.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had made the big dance… but then I realised the honeymoon was in Fiji and we flew out last Tuesday.\u00a0I still tried to get tickets but no way could I get any.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cOn Friday morning I got a call from a good mate, he had won tickets and his wife said to offer one to me as she saw me crying on socials after Sunday\u2019s win over Penrith.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI got straight onto the internet to book flights and this Sunday I\u2019m coming in hot for a hit and run mission to take the Premiership fresh from fiji.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy partner is thrilled with her big spa day I have now booked at our hotel and is completely understanding of the years of pain I have endured through thick and thin with the Knights as a member.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sam isn\u2019t leaving Sophie totally alone on the honeymoon.<\/p>\n

\u201cWin lose or draw, I\u2019m jumping back on a plane on Monday for the last four days with her,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Now THAT is dedication.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"They don\u2019t come much more dedicated than Knights fan Sam Lucas. Sam is currently in the middle of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":913574,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-913573","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\/913573","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=913573"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/913573\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/913574"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=913573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=913573"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=913573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}