{"id":55006,"date":"2021-04-07T01:16:09","date_gmt":"2021-04-07T01:16:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=55006"},"modified":"2021-04-07T02:58:21","modified_gmt":"2021-04-07T02:58:21","slug":"sad-break-up-looming-if-they-push-adam-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=55006","title":{"rendered":"Sad break-up looming &#039;if they push Adam out&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You won&#x27;t find a more devoted South Sydney fan than Jan Westaway &#8211; but on her 61st birthday today she will turn her back on the club forever <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nrl\/rabbitohs-adam-reynolds-on-verge-of-walking-out-on-souths-as-club-refuses-to-budge-on-contract-extension\/3fb802e6-421b-4256-9a17-54487b62b54e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" title=\"if they don&#x27;t re-sign Adam Reynolds.\">if they don&#x27;t re-sign Adam Reynolds.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jan credits Reynolds with saving her life &#8211; and is distraught at the <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nrl\/adam-reynolds-south-sydney-contract-standoff-gets-uglier\/9ffeb24d-5a12-49ba-98d5-8f566168a368\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" title=\"stalemate with the veteran halfback\">stalemate with the veteran halfback<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Sadly, her passion which has seen her start a petition that has attracted nearly six thousand signatures to retain Reynolds, <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/videos\/nrl\/the-contract-feud-between-the-rabbitohs-and-their-star-playmaker-adam-reynolds-has-gotten-uglier\/ckn4ho78j00410hno4q3dzspf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" title=\"is destined to fail with the halfback now almost certain to leave the club\">is destined to fail with the halfback now almost certain to leave the club<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"50ae6de0-dc8e-4b6a-a3c8-c8296790fdbb\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/50ae6de0-dc8e-4b6a-a3c8-c8296790fdbb\" alt=\"\" data-width=\"1396\" data-height=\"785\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A fanatical Bunnies fan for over half a century, Jan is suffering from a serious lung disease that saw her in a coma late last year.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;I didn&#x27;t think I would pull through,&quot; she says. &quot;But I woke up and there on my phone was a message from Adam &#8211; I reckon that lifted my spirits so much that I survived.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Now I&#x27;m gutted that they won&#x27;t give him the deal he wants so he will stay.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;He is what Souths is all about.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;I&#x27;m 61 today and I&#x27;ve followed Souths all my life.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;If they push Adam out, I&#x27;m out.<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"a14fb08a-c683-4cec-ba2e-85f5b957bed3\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/a14fb08a-c683-4cec-ba2e-85f5b957bed3\" alt=\"Rabbitohs captain Adam Reynolds.\" data-width=\"1396\" data-height=\"785\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&quot;To me, this is sadder than when the league kicked Souths out of the comp.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;He came through the juniors, he led us to a premiership and has been nothing but loyal.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;I don&#x27;t understand Souths can&#x27;t see what the fans see.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;His passion for the club is on show every week and if we lose him, it would be a body blow.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Souths are refusing to budge on a one-year offer for Reynolds, with the star halfback now considering longer deals from rival clubs.<\/p>\n<p><img data-video-id=\"6246140163001\" src=\"https:\/\/vms-network-images-prod.s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/2021\/04\/351459\/pickerImage.jpg\" alt=\"Joey&#x27;s wake-up call for Souths over Reynolds\" data-vms-id=\"ref:ckmzgl5og003v0gph0le0ez8d\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by<\/strong><\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/login.nine.com.au\/login?client_id=wwos&amp;redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fwwos.nine.com.au&amp;newsletter=true\" target=\"\" title=\"clicking here!\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><strong>clicking here!<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>You won&#x27;t find a more devoted South Sydney fan than Jan Westaway &#8211; 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