{"id":377130,"date":"2024-03-17T23:43:30","date_gmt":"2024-03-18T00:43:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=377130"},"modified":"2024-03-18T02:03:41","modified_gmt":"2024-03-18T02:03:41","slug":"young-gun-axed-as-rabbitohs-face-crossroads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=377130","title":{"rendered":"Young gun axed as Rabbitohs face crossroads"},"content":{"rendered":"

South Sydney<\/a> have hit the panic button after two rounds, sacking much-hyped halfback Lachlan Ilias.<\/p>\n

Wide World of Sports spies at Souths training at Heffron Park on Monday morning have reported that Dean Hawkins – the Rabbitohs' reserve grade halfback – was in the middle of the field running the team – while Ilias was among the reserves.<\/p>\n

The halfback switch is expected to be made official when Souths name their team on Tuesday afternoon.<\/p>\n

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Ilias, aged 23, was handed the reins at the Bunnies when Souths made the controversial call to allow veteran halfback Adam Reynolds<\/a> to join Brisbane in 2022.<\/p>\n

\"Rabbitohs<\/p>\n

He showed initial promise but his game has plateaued and in the two losses so far this season – to Manly and the Broncos – he has failed to have any major impact.<\/p>\n

The Rabbitohs have lost 11 of their last 15 games stretching back to midway through last season and coach Jason Demetriou clearly decided drastic action needed to be taken.<\/p>\n

Hawkins faces a massive game first-up – the local derby against the dangerous Sydney Roosters<\/a> on Friday night.<\/p>\n

A local junior, the 25-year-old debuted in 2021 but has always been ranked behind Ilias – until now – playing just six top grade games in his three seasons at the club.<\/p>\n

Watch the 2024 NRL premiership live and free on Nine and<\/strong><\/em> 9Now<\/strong><\/em><\/a>.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

South Sydney have hit the panic button after two rounds, sacking much-hyped halfback Lachlan Ilias. Wide World of Sports spies at Souths training at Heffron […]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":377133,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377130"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=377130"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377130\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":377134,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377130\/revisions\/377134"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/377133"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=377130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=377130"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=377130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}