As of now marked until the conclusion of another season, Johnston will presently stay at the club until at slightest the conclusion of 2025 and past his 30th birthday.
It’s a surprising turnaround given the Rabbitohs were arranged to let him go fair final year, some time recently bowing to weight and advertising him a two-year bargain.
The unused bargain implies he cannot be a target for the Dolphins, after it showed up he might given his near relationship with Wayne Bennett and the reality he was off contract in 2022.
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“I clowned with ‘Ello’ (head of football Stamp Ellison) that I needed to be the primary to re-sign this time around and it’s extraordinary to have it all sorted out decent and early,” Johnston said.
The bargain moreover opens up a number of try-scoring conceivable outcomes for the 26-year-old who dabbed down 30 times in 2021.
Johnston is third on Souths’ all-time try-scoring records, with 136 in 166 recreations.
Given his capacity to discover the line, he is balanced to surpass the incredible Benny Wearing (144) and Nathan Merritt (146) following season.
Billy Slater holds the all-time record for the foremost tries at one club with 190 for Melbourne, a record that will be in Johnston’s locate on the off chance that he remains fit.
He would moreover require fair 16 tries over each of the four remaining seasons on his contract to reach 200 tries.
Past that, Insight Irvine’s all-time record of 212 tries remains in touch, especially in the event that he is to amplify his career past the current deal.
“Alex may be a huge finisher and is truly building the other ranges of wing play such as kick returns and guard,” Ellison said.
“We’re exceptionally energized to be able to amplify his contract for a assist three a long time on beat of his existing contract.
“And we see forward to seeing him score numerous more tries in that cleared out corner within the a long time to come.”
