South Sydney has offered an NRL lifeline to Adam Elliott with the veteran forward signing a 12-month deal with the Rabbitohs.
The 31-year-old suffered an arm injury with Newcastle in round 12, ending his campaign last year.
It’s understood his contract was not renewed by the Knights.
Elliott has played 173 NRL games since making his debut for Canterbury Bulldogs against Manly in 2016.
He also had a season with Canberra before landing in Newcastle.
Souths’ head of recruitment Mark Ellison said Elliott would add experience and depth to their forwards ranks.
“Adam has been a consistent performer at the NRL level for a decade now,” he explained.
“We feel he will add experience and create more depth within our forwards stocks this season.
“He is renowned as a hardworking and aggressive forward, a punishing defender, and he has a reputation as a leader of men and a player that teammates want to play with.”
Souths recently suffered a blow when Kangaroos star Keaon Koloamatangi penned a five-year deal with St George Illawarra Dragons from next season.
Wayne Bennett’s men were ravaged by injury in 2025 with captain Cameron Murray, Latrell Mitchell, Cody Walker and Campbell Graham all enduring lengthy spells on the sidelines, leading to the Rabbits’ 14th-placed finish.
But, all are expected to return and join Elliott, who represented the Indigenous All Stars in 2019 and 2024, as well as Country Origin in 2017.
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