9 months ago
81 Adam Reynolds has responded to Rabbitohs manager Jason Demetriou's telephone that Lachlan Ilias volition beryllium "the champion halfback the nine has had successful a agelong time".
The Broncos halfback played nether Demetriou erstwhile the second was an adjunct manager astatine the Rabbitohs with Wayne Bennett.
The Rabbitohs mentor's comments successful a News Corp work were a amusement of enactment for his young halfback arsenic the broadside attempts a instrumentality to form.
Reynolds has since deed backmost astatine the claim.
"That was a small potshot. I cognize he's conscionable sticking up for the halfback he's got present and trying to springiness him a spot of confidence," helium told The Sydney Morning Herald.
"Whether helium means it oregon not, I'm not excessively sure. One of the champion coaches successful the game, Wayne Bennett, told maine if you commencement listening to the fans, you'll extremity up sitting with them. I'm not definite whether he's been influenced by sound from the fans.
"He's sticking up for his halfback. I respect Lachie arsenic a player, he's young and inactive learning his trade. I've ever said it's unfair to comparison Lachie to what I did – it was a antithetic epoch and a antithetic team.
"I'm not excessively disquieted astir his opinion. It's his opinion. I'm definite others mightiness spot it differently. All I cognize is I'm excited astir wherever my travel is going with the Broncos."
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