{"id":372312,"date":"2024-03-02T23:00:33","date_gmt":"2024-03-03T00:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=372312"},"modified":"2024-03-03T02:04:47","modified_gmt":"2024-03-03T02:04:47","slug":"gus-explains-how-bunnies-will-morph-wighton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=372312","title":{"rendered":"Gus explains how Bunnies will 'morph' Wighton"},"content":{"rendered":"

With Cody Walker<\/a> a mainstay in the Rabbitohs<\/a>' No.6 jersey, rugby league legend Phil Gould<\/a> expects South Sydney to transform high-profile recruit Jack Wighton<\/a> into a back-rower.<\/p>\n

Wighton is unavailable to make his debut for the club until round three because of suspension but his signing with the Rabbitohs has been highly touted.<\/p>\n

In previewing South Sydney's 2024 season, Gould anticipated Wighton to try something different after 12 seasons with Canberra, including a Dally M honour at five-eighth.<\/p>\n

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"I'll be really interested to see how Jack Wighton's career, at the back-end of his career, how it evolves," he told Wide World of Sports' Six Tackles with Gus<\/em><\/a> podcast.<\/p>\n

"I know they've said they've brought him as a left-centre but I wouldn't be surprised if he morphs into a lock-forward or even a back-rower at some stage between now and his retirement age."<\/p>\n

The Rabbitohs have a tough start to the season with a stripped backline.<\/p>\n

"Jack Wighton is a massive buy for them," Gould said.<\/p>\n

"I'm just wondering whether they can afford, as they say, to play him in the centres.<\/p>\n

"I think he's going to need to be closer to the action."<\/p>\n

He continued: "If they can afford to keep playing Jack Wighton in the centres, well then everyone must be doing their job and going well".<\/p>\n

"I've just got a feeling that before his career is over, Jack Wighton will be developing into a left-side back-row forward or lock forward.<\/p>\n

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"I think he'll be closer to the action, particularly in club football \u2014 not so much rep football.<\/p>\n

"Rep football he is a perfect left-centre but in club football, they are going to need him closer to the action at some stage."<\/p>\n

Wighton closed the door on his representative football career last year, opting to direct his energy towards club football but there have been reports that the 31-year-old is weighing up a backflip to return for the NSW Blues<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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