The South Sydney Rabbitohs pushed hard to try and sign young gun Queensland and Broncos forward David Fifita in the off-season, but the club appear to have missed out.

According to Fox Sports, retired Rabbitohs captain Sam Burgess was sent to Brisbane by the club to personally visit Fifita and discuss a five-year offer worth $5 million to join South Sydney in 2021. Burgess used the opportunity in December last year to deliver South Sydney's sales pitch about leaving the Broncos to come to the Rabbitohs.

The Rabbitohs join back-to-back premiers Sydney Roosters, Canterbury-Bankstown and the New Zealand Warriors as clubs that have targeted Fifita as their main recruit for 2021.

However, despite the Rabbitohs mission being believed to have come close to signing Fifita, South Sydney coach Wayne Bennett has since gone on record outlining how the club can no longer afford Fifita after signing Latrell Mitchell and Jai Arrow.

Despite all the contract talk, Fifita has chosen to let his football for the Broncos do the talking this season. Brisbane have Fifita signed for the remainder of the year and are fully focused on keeping the forward at the club beyond this season. The Broncos are aware of Fifita's interest in rival clubs but remain steadfast in waiting until he is ready to try and strike a new deal.

Fifita, who turns 20 on Tuesday, again cemented his status as the NRL's best young forward with another star performance in the indigenous all-stars loss to the Maori all-stars on Saturday.

After the match on the Gold Coast, Fifita told The Sunday Mail: “I’m not too sure what I’m going to do to be honest.

“I want to play this year out and see what happens.

“I’ve been (with the Broncos) ever since I was young, coming through the juniors. They have been really good for me since I was young until now.

“I’m happy at the Broncos. I’m happy in general.

“We’ll see what happens. It’s a business at the end of the day, you know how it works.”

21 COMMENTS

  6. We will pay any amount of money to buy you… what is your price?
    regards
    Russ, James, Dirty Rich, Pete
    AKA South Sydney Sombreros Hombreros

  8. Funny a pretend Souths fan calling himself a Sombrero.
    That’s embedded in the roosters since 50 years ago.
    Welcome home Latrell.

  9. As I said wombats, get up to speed.
    Dont you recall what happened when we stated we weren’t interested in Latrell?
    When will you get it?
    BTW
    Welcome home Latrell, was always Souths in your heart.

    Daily Telegraph latest
    Broncos’ David Fifita considers South Sydney Rabbitohs switch
    Queensland and Broncos star David Fifita is considering a shock switch to South Sydney from the start of next season.
    The Daily Telegraph understands the Rabbitohs’ succession plan, in which Wayne Bennett will remain head coach until the end of 2021 before assistant Jason Demetriou assumes the top role for the following four years, has enormous appeal for Fifita, who played under both coaches at Brisbane

  10. I find it frustrating these South Sydney fans trying to claim the sombrero. The sombrero has always belonged to my world champion Roosters from Bondi. You don’t get the team we have without having the biggest ‘brero!

  11. Everybody knows he is going to the Roosters.
    Ahahahahaha Ahahahaha Ahahahaha
    Had to laugh my gutz out when I read on Fox, Nine and now ZeroTackle that Fifita gave Soufths the cold shoulder.
    He is not going to leave the semi professional organisation of Brisbane and go to a backward club such as Soufths. Sydney or Melbourne’s professional and brilliant facilities are a step up at those clubs from Brisbane. But Soufths.! Definitely a backward move. Hence his big NO to the green and red Sombrero’s. Hahahahahaha Not even a booking at Nana Glen Farm could convince him to go to drunkfern.

  13. TwentyOne February 25, 2020 at 3:45 pm
    As I said wombats, get up to speed.
    Dont you recall what happened when we stated we weren’t interested in Latrell?

    Yes copy that 21:.. we do get it… that’s the thing… the Sombrero Hombreros got him
    They paid him huge money and it was all arranged prior to Wayne Bennet going over
    This needs to be investigated.

  14. Sam Burgess comment on David Fifita.
    “For sure there’ll be no shortage of clubs chasing him. But South Sydney won’t be one of them.”

    Sound familiar?
    Bwahaaahhaahhwahhaaahaaahaaaa

  16. Tweeeny won , owwww that’s touched a nerve😂😂😂
    I shouldn’t be surprised, you understood exactly what I wrote😂😂😂😂😂

  17. Outsider, if you want to see a few nerves touched take a look in the sookpen.
    Get over it, Latrell has left the building.
    😭😭😭😭😭😭

  19. To all our unemployed fans
    I know it looks like we are over the cap but honestly we are not
    we still have bags. sorry i mean space to buy another team. sorry i mean player

    Russ, James, Dirty Richo, Peter
    AKA SOUTH SYDNEY SOMBREROS HOMBREROS

  20. SouthSydneySombrerosHombreros
    February 26, 2020 at 7:43 am
    “To all our unemployed fans….”

    Might explain the cash converters across the road from easts and the centrelink 1 block away.

  21. TwentyOne February 25, 2020 at 8:35 pm
    Sam Burgess comment on David Fifita.
    “For sure there’ll be no shortage of clubs chasing him. But South Sydney won’t be one of them.”

    Sound familiar?
    Bwahaaahhaahhwahhaaahaaahaaaa

    Dont worry SSSHombreros will get him. We will pay whatever it takes to buy whoever we want
    we have bought all the best juniors from other regions and brought them into our system.
    Have a look at Joseph Sualli. we bought him under the nose of the pitiful Panthers who are half asleep
    we will claim him as our own. We will pay him $1Million plus, the largest ever contract offered to a youngster

    We will not be stopped in our desire to buy everyone

    Russ, James, Dirty Richo, Peter
    AKA SOUTH SYDNEY SOMBREROS HOMBREROS

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