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\n Adam and Millie Elliott with baby Gigi after the Blues’ triumph in Game One of the women’s Origin series.
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Finally\u00a0Adam Elliott is back playing\u00a0rugby league again after\u00a0a string\u00a0of\u00a0injuries and a change of clubs\u00a0resulted in him missing a year of football.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But while his career at South Sydney is hitting its straps, the other juggling act Elliott is performing with wife Millie is ongoing.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Organising parental timetables when both are professional footballers, with different clubs, isn\u2019t easy. Then you throw in a Women\u2019s State of Origin series.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re like ships in the night sometimes,\u201d Elliott told NRL.com after he played 21 minutes off the Rabbitohs bench, at hooker, in the 36-12 win over the Sharks.<\/p>\n
\u201c(Mother-in-law) Shelly has actually moved in with us and that\u2019s made things a lot easier.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Elliotts welcomed their first child Gigi last September and already she\u2019s been to many training sessions for Souths, Millie\u2019s NRLW club the Roosters, and the NSW Blues women\u2019s Origin team.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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\u201cMillie couldn\u2019t do what she does without her mum\u2019s support so we\u2019re both extremely grateful for that family bond and connection,\u201d Elliott said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s so great because it\u2019s allowed Millie to get back playing and I\u2019m so proud of her and what she can do on a footy field, let alone as a young mum.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The feeling is mutual as Millie dearly wanted to be at Accor Stadium last Saturday night to watch Elliott make his club debut for the Rabbitohs.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cShe\u2019s upset she missed it. I owe her so much \u2013 she\u2019s been my rock,” he said.<\/p>\n
Elliott has shown pretty firm resilience himself.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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It was May 2025 that Elliott ruptured his biceps in the Round 12 match between Newcastle and Penrith at Bathurst, where the Knights enjoyed a 25-6 win.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThe surgeon ruled me out for the year but it was one of those things that if we (Newcastle) were going to make finals I would have fast-tracked it,\u201d said Elliott, who has again been named on Wayne Bennett’s bench for the Magic Round clash with the Dolphins.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was disappointing because it meant I played my last game for the Knights in Round 12.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI still stay in contact with a few of the boys there \u2013 they\u2019re good friends \u2013 and I\u2019m very happy they\u2019re doing so well this year.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIn fact a couple of the boys rent Millie and my place up there as we\u2019re now based down in Sydney.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Elliotts moved south and Adam began pre-season with the Rabbitohs just before Christmas. But he injured his calf and it became a nagging problem that he re-injured towards the end of his rehab. That meant he missed the first nine rounds of the season.<\/p>\n
But he didn\u2019t miss a tackle in his Rabbitohs debut at hooker, although he\u2019s spent the bulk of his 174-game career at the Bulldogs, Raiders, and Knights, at lock.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen I was at Canberra I sometimes started at No.9 and then moved to 13. I was a bigger body so I\u2019d take on the packs early and then Tommy Starling would come on with his ruck speed,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI had a really good pre-season and felt right at home immediately. I found my groove and have a good relationship with Wayne, the coaches and players, so hooker is fine.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve been looking forward to running out in this famous jersey.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Elliott lost his father Graeme just weeks before his biceps injury to add to his emotional state.<\/p>\n
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\u201cI\u2019d be lying if I said it wasn\u2019t hard.\u00a0I did have a tough 12 months with my dad passing away the week before what ended up being my last game at the Knights,” he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cDad going and then getting injured and then the big move down here (to Sydney) and not having a contract… but it\u2019s something you just get through.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Help came in the form of Millie and close friend and Titans assistant coach Brian McDermott, who earlier this month was announced as England coach for October\u2019s World Cup.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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\u201cHe played with Millie\u2019s dad (former Raiders centre David Boyle) back in the day so we connected at Newcastle and hit it off pretty well,” he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe also helped me through that period and I\u2019m very grateful for that. He\u2019s been a big influence on me too in keeping my chin up.<\/p>\n
\u201cI just love playing and I feel like I have so much more to offer. It was great to get the game against the Sharks. I want to play as much as I can and keep ripping in.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
First up though is trying to get to the Suncorp Stadium sidelines on Thursday night to watch Millie play Game Two, after he and Gigi and Shelly Boyle were at McDonald Jones Stadium for Game One.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Rabbitohs play the Dolphins on Friday night at Suncorp Stadium, 24 hours after Women\u2019s Origin to kick off Magic Round.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI know Millie is staying on to watch me but hopefully I get to her game as well, which is great.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Finally\u00a0Adam Elliott is back playing\u00a0rugby league again after\u00a0a string\u00a0of\u00a0injuries and a change of clubs\u00a0resulted in him missing a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":423901,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[111,139,69,213],"class_list":["post-423900","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423900","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=423900"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423900\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/423901"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=423900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=423900"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=423900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}