{"id":460257,"date":"2026-06-04T07:54:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T07:54:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/460257\/"},"modified":"2026-06-04T07:54:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T07:54:12","slug":"nrl-world-rallies-around-south-sydney-player-after-hes-ruled-out-for-rest-of-2026-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/460257\/","title":{"rendered":"NRL world rallies around South Sydney player after he’s ruled out for rest of 2026 season"},"content":{"rendered":"

NRL<\/a> fans and fellow players are expressing their sympathies for Adam Elliott after the South Sydney<\/a> player was ruled out for the rest of the season. The 31-year-old only played three games this year for the Rabbitohs before his season was ended by a ruptured deltoid ligament in his ankle.<\/p>\n

Elliott hobbled off the field late in the Rabbitohs\u2019 loss to the Cowboys in Round 12. The club announced this week that he won\u2019t play again this season.<\/p>\n

\"Adam<\/p>\n

Adam Elliott (R) hobbled off in Round 12 and won’t play again this NRL season. Image: Getty\/Channel 9<\/p>\n

\u201cAdam Elliott suffered a deltoid rupture in his ankle playing against the Cowboys, ending his season,\u201d the club said in a statement. \u201cWith a rehabilitation period of approximately five months.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a similar story for young gun Talanoa Penitani, who tore his hamstring in the same game. The Rabbitohs said Penitani will miss 12-14 weeks, and there\u2019s only 14 rounds remaining in the regular season.<\/p>\n

Elliott\u2019s last two seasons have been plagued by injuries. He didn\u2019t make his Rabbitohs debut<\/a> until Round 10 because of a calf injury, and last year his season with Newcastle was ruined by a torn bicep.<\/p>\n

\"Adam<\/p>\n

Adam Elliott only played three games in 2025.<\/p>\n

(Jason McCawley)<\/p>\n

The back-rower played 101 games for the Bulldogs, 24 for Canberra and 48 for the Knights before signing with Souths for 2026. He\u2019s only on a one-year contract, plunging his future into doubt.<\/p>\n

He wrote on social media this week: \u201cBe back soon, loved being out there with my brothers and so grateful and proud to represent this club. I\u2019m ready for the challenge and my boy and my girls got me sorted.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fans and fellow players have been sending him messages of support after he was ruled out for the rest of 2026. Wife Millie – a champion NRLW player – wrote: \u201cGot you darling.\u201d Teammates Jack Wighton, Euan Aitken and Tallis Duncan all wrote messages of support.<\/p>\n

Latrell Mitchell still a few weeks away<\/p>\n

In better news for the Bunnies, Wayne Bennett\u2019s side welcome back Campbell Graham, David Fifita and Brandon Smith for Thursday night\u2019s clash with Manly. But Latrell Mitchell is still a few weeks away.<\/p>\n

Speaking on Sunday, Bennett said they\u2019re not expecting Mitchell back<\/a> from his back injury until Round 17 at the earliest. \u201cHis back is no worse, it\u2019s just taken a little longer to rehab, that\u2019s all,\u201d Bennett told the Sydney Morning Herald<\/a>. \u201cHe won\u2019t be picked in Origin 2. He won\u2019t be back until we play Parra, which is after Origin 2.\u201d<\/p>\n

A round 17 return would put Mitchell in line to play State of Origin 3. But that would only give him one game to convince Laurie Daley to pick him for NSW.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NRL fans and fellow players are expressing their sympathies for Adam Elliott after the South Sydney player was…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":460258,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[216224,233556,111,139,577,69,48517,213,233557],"class_list":["post-460257","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-adam-elliott","tag-deltoid-ligament","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nrl","tag-nz","tag-south-sydney","tag-sports","tag-talanoa-penitani"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/460257","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=460257"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/460257\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/460258"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=460257"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=460257"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=460257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}