Souths have signed a teenage giant from North Queensland - and he could be the successor to Tom Burgess as the Rabbitohs' main go-forward man. Jason Hallie is just 18 but is already playing against men in the toughest spot of all - front row - in A grade in Cairns. The 110 kg giant is still growing and bagged four tries in one game in the Mal Meninga Cup for Northern Pride prop against Mackay Cutters earlier this season to gain the attention of several NRL clubs. "He has a long way to go, but the potential is undoubtedly there," Rabbitohs head of pathways Joe O'Callaghan told. "He is on a pathways contract for the next two years and we will see where he goes from there. "Once Tom retires, we have no big body middles so he could prove very handy - but that is well down the track." Both O'Callaghan and Rabbitohs coach Jason Demetriou played A grade in Cairns and know it is a tough comp, "The kid is playing against hard men and holding his own - that's far from easy in the front row," he said.
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