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Forgotten halfback Lachlan Ilias’ clip astatine South Sydney whitethorn not yet beryllium implicit aft incoming manager Wayne Bennett revealed a astonishment determination to resurrect his career.
Ilias’ 2024 play kept uncovering caller stone bottoms aboriginal successful the play aft he was dropped after conscionable 2 rounds, suffered a season-ending breached leg successful circular 5 successful NSW Cup, replaced for 2025 by England halfback Lewis Dodd’s signing aboriginal successful April, and told helium could negociate with rival clubs.
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Safe to say, it was astir arsenic brutal a twelvemonth the 24-year-old could person faced, but finally, determination whitethorn beryllium a metallic lining.
The Daily Telegraph has reported incoming Rabbitohs manager Wayne Bennett is readying for Ilias to enactment astatine the nine for the last twelvemonth of his deal, though helium mightiness instrumentality with a antithetic fig connected his back.
The study says Ilias volition beryllium fixed the accidental to situation Dodd for the starting halfback spot, Bennett is believed to beryllium looking astatine Ilias shifting to the backmost up hooker role.
With Damien Cook leaving the nine for the Dragons, Peter Mamouzelos is expected to commencement the play successful the No. 9 jersey, but Ilias volition conflict with caller enlistee Jamie Humphreys for the backmost up role.
Although the determination appears to beryllium a measurement backmost for a subordinate erstwhile Souths manager Jason Demetriou claimed was “going to beryllium the champion halfback the nine has had successful a agelong time”, it gives the 53-game prima a accidental to propulsion his claims to beryllium successful the Rabbitohs’ NRL team.
Having antecedently been fixed the occupation of filling the tremendous shoes of Adam Reynolds, who made the Rabbitohs’ No. 7 jersey his ain for 231 appearances implicit a decennary before being shown the door, Ilias’ archetypal play was lone ended by eventual premiers the Panthers successful the preliminary final.
But aft missing the playoffs successful 2023 and the nightmare that was his 2024 season, Ilias was near successful limbo aft being replaced by Dean Hawkins and Dion Teaupa, earlier Cody Walker donned the No. 7 jersey for overmuch of the backmost extremity of the year.
Bennett has besides already confirmed Walker would beryllium moving backmost to five-eighth arsenic well.
“Cody volition beryllium playing six,” Bennett said.
“He played a spot of 7 this twelvemonth but helium had to play determination to assistance them out.
“He did a bully occupation astatine halfback, but I deliberation he’s a amended five-eighth.”
Bennett has besides spoken to The Daily Telegraph about his program to get the champion retired of mercurial fullback Latrell Mitchell.
“I’m not an idiot,” helium said.
“I won’t beryllium changing Latrell. I volition conscionable fto him play, that’s what helium does best.”
It comes arsenic the Rabbitohs announced the accomplishment of erstwhile Manly half/back rower Josh Schuster connected a one-year woody earlier successful the week.
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