South Sydney star Jason Clark - formerly linked with Hull KR - reveals future plans

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The back-rower will leave the NRL outfit at the end of the current campaign.

South Sydney star Jason Clark will leave the club at the end of the season – and admits Super League is an option for 2019.

The 28-year-old is in his final campaign at the Rabbitohs and was linked with a move to Hull KR at the back end of last year.

Back-rower Clark says he now has some ‘big decisions’ to make with regards to his future in the game, with a young family to support as he discusses his options in Australia and England.

“This is my last season at the Rabbitohs,” Clark wrote in his Players’ Voice blog post.

“I’m signed until the end of the year, but the club told me before last season finished that they wouldn’t have anything for me in 2019. I didn’t see it coming.

“Shane Richardson called me into his office and said, ‘Mate, I don’t want you to take this as a personal thing, it’s just the direction the club’s heading in’.

“I was shattered. I didn’t ask any questions. I accepted it and left it at that. There was nothing I could say that was going to change things. That’s footy. I’m not the first player it’s happened to and I won’t be the last.

“I’ve got full respect for Richo for letting me know upfront. It was better finding out then, rather than with a few rounds to go this season. Rugby league’s a business, but I know Richo and it wouldn’t have been easy for him to deliver that kind of news.


“Now I’ve got to play good footy this year for the Rabbitohs and see where it takes me. I’ll be playing on, whether it’s here in the NRL or overseas. I’m 29 in June, so I’ve still got a few good years left. I’ll know when the quality of my football is no longer good enough. Then I’ll be done.

“My wife, Lauren, and I have got some big decisions to make. I’ve got to find a new club. If I have to relocate outside of Sydney, to keep playing in the NRL or go to Super League in England, I’ll need to nail something down pretty soon.

“We’ve got three young girls – Milla, who is four, Andi, two, and Billie, 14 months. Milla starts school next year and we’ve got to enrol her.

“Lauren and I haven’t shut the door on having more kids, but we’ll have to put that on hold for the time being. If I do have to leave Sydney, I’ll want to take my family with me. I couldn’t expect my wife to make a big move to say, England, when she’s five or six months pregnant.”

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