Reynolds policy ignored for journeyman prop

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Souths person locked successful a cardinal subordinate of their mediate rotation, extending the declaration of Mark Nicholls until the extremity of 2023.

It's an absorbing improvement successful the subordinate retention argumentation of the Rabbitohs, offering the 31-year-old a multi-year hold portion refusing to bash truthful earlier successful the twelvemonth for departed halfback Adam Reynolds.

Reynolds insisted connected a woody longer than the 1 twelvemonth word the Rabbitohs were consenting to offer, and signed with Brisbane earlier this year.

In the lawsuit of Reynolds' chap over-30 playmaker, Cody Walker, Bunnies CEO Blake Solly said past week that the nine would look to support him for the remainder of his career.

"We volition sat down with Cody and benignant of representation retired what helium wants," Solly said.

"The abbreviated reply is we privation Cody present for arsenic agelong arsenic helium wants to support playing."

Granted, portion Nicholls and Walker are successful the aforesaid property bracket arsenic Reynolds, some were precocious bloomers with acold less games nether their belt, and acold little past of injury.

Nicholls bounced astir reserve people with constricted apical formation opportunities crossed respective years with some the Canberra Raiders and Melbourne Storm, earlier settling successful instantly astatine Souths.

"I ever believed successful my ability, I conscionable hadn't truly got a crack. From the archetypal time I came here, I felt similar I'd recovered a spot of a home," Nicholls said earlier past week's expansive final.

"The past fewer years person been astonishing for maine and my family, some successful presumption of my footy and distant from the field," helium added connected Monday.

"I've been joined to my beauteous woman Perrie, we had our gorgeous girl Darcie and it's nary coincidence that I consciousness that I've played my champion footy too.

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"I emotion this nine and everything it does for maine and my family. It's an honour to deterioration the reddish and green."

Nicholls has played 82 archetypal people games successful the cardinal and myrtle since arriving successful 2018, and has settled successful to his relation arsenic a starter brilliantly.

"He's been large for our nine implicit the past 4 seasons, helium comes from a beauteous household and is gathering a small household of his ain now, and helium is looking aft himself successful presumption of his vocation aft shot arsenic good which is precise important present astatine South Sydney," Souths' caput of shot Mark Ellison said.

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He besides won the Bob McCarthy Clubman of the Year grant astatine the club's extremity of play awards night.

"We're truly excited to person Mark staying with the Club for astatine slightest 2 much seasons," Ellison said.

"He embodies everything we are looking for successful our beforehand enactment mix. He's a precise hard worker, has a debased mistake rate, makes bully metres and makes his tackles. He is 1 of the astir reliable beforehand rowers successful the game."

Nicholls was moved to a starter precocious successful the season, freeing up Tom Burgess to play the relation of wrecking shot disconnected the seat - it was a unit determination that worked perfectly for Wayne Bennett, allowing some men to thrive arsenic the Bunnies enjoyed a sensational 2nd fractional of the play earlier falling 1 crippled abbreviated of a premiership title.

"I emotion the radical of players and coaches we have, the members are second-to-none, and hopefully I tin repay them each by helping america spell 1 measurement further than we did this twelvemonth by winning the premiership," Nicholls said.

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