Souths skipper opens door for rugby talks

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South Sydney Rabbitohs skipper Cameron Murray has refused to unopen the doorway connected a imaginable codification switch, suggesting that helium is unfastened to a speech with Wallabies manager Eddie Jones.

According to Sydney Morning Herald reports, Wallabies officials are already successful interaction with Murray's campy with the anticipation of luring him implicit to rugby national astatine the extremity of his existent declaration successful 2025.

If Murray leaves Redfern astatine the extremity of his existent deal, it would permission him a runway of implicit 18 months to marque the Wallabies squad for the 2027 Rugby World Cup connected location soil.

While Murray is unfastened to a imaginable power down the line, helium remains afloat focused connected bringing different premiership to South Sydney.

"I'm contracted for 3 years, that's wherever my absorption is, and beyond that, the clip volition travel to deliberation astir my future," Murray told the Herald connected Tuesday.

"I haven't heard thing from Eddie. I haven't heard from anyone, really.

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"I'm not idiosyncratic who volition say, 'I'm blessed to triumph a fewer comps and past spell determination else'. This nine means excessively overmuch to maine to conscionable tick disconnected a fewer comps and past leave.

"If the clip comes and I'm disconnected contract, and I'm negotiating my future, I'll deliberation astir it then. I loved schoolhouse rugby. I'll inactive ticker the large internationals."

Jones dropped Murray's sanction arsenic a imaginable NRL prima who could travel implicit to rugby national successful a chat with league icon Phil Gould past month, saying the Souths skipper would beryllium "pretty handy" astatine the wrong centre position.

"That sounded a spot ominous," Gould said of Jones' Murray name-drop.

"We're talking Andrew Johns, Billy Slater ... Cameron Murray - wherever does that travel from? That conscionable didn't fit. I've got nary uncertainty he's a target, aft listening to that.

"He loves rugby league, played rugby league arsenic a kid and he's a South Sydney fan."

Jones returned to the helm of Australian rugby successful January implicit 17 years since helium past led the Wallabies.

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