Jai Arrow Wins George Piggins Medal as 2025’s Best and Fairest Player
Rabbitohs forward Jai Arrow has claimed the George Piggins Medal as South Sydney’s best and fairest player of the 2025 season, presented at the Royal Randwick Racecourse tonight by the grandson of George Piggins, Brogan Piggins, and a former player under George Piggins and current Recruitment and Retention Manager, Mark Ellison.
Arrow, a Queensland State of Origin representative, played in all 24 games for South Sydney in 2025 which was a season riddled with injuries to the broader squad.
Arrow has played every position in the forward pack for South Sydney this season, including dummy half. He scored two tries, made two line breaks, seven offloads, 850 tackles at a tackle efficiency of over 93%, averaging 99 running metres per match, and even kicked for 49 metres!
Arrow, Rabbitohs first grade players number 1166, had the privilege of captaining the Rabbitohs on three occasions this season, becoming the Club’s 132nd first grade captain, and was part of South Sydney’s leadership group from the start of the season.
His leadership qualities shone through in 2025, leading a young and inexperienced forward pack in every game this season. His passion for the Rabbitohs and teammates was on display every time he took to the field this year.
The George Piggins Medal is awarded to the best and fairest player at the South Sydney Rabbitohs in any given season. It is named after one of the most revered figures in South Sydney history, George Piggins, a Life Member who led the Rabbitohs as a premiership-winning player, coach and administrator over a 40-year period.
The George Piggins Medal was Arrow’s third award for the night, having previously been awarded the Bob McCarthy Clubperson of the Year award and the Souths Cares award for contributions to the community. Arrow was also the Rabbitohs’ nominee for the NRL’s Ken Stephen Medal – Man of the Year, for which he is a finalist.
Congratulations to Jai Arrow on winning his first George Piggins Medal for his ‘never say die’ performances throughout the 2025 season.
George Piggins Medal winners:
| Year | Winner |
|---|---|
| 2025 | Jai Arrow |
| 2024 | Jack Wighton |
| 2023 | Campbell Graham |
| 2022 | Tevita ‘Junior’ Tatola |
| 2021 | Cody Walker |
| 2020 | Cody Walker |
| 2019 | Damien Cook |
| 2018 | Damien Cook |
| 2017 | Sam Burgess |
| 2016 | Sam Burgess |
| 2015 | Greg Inglis |
| 2014 | Sam Burgess |
| 2013 | Greg Inglis and John Sutton |
| 2012 | John Sutton |
| 2011 | Nathan Merritt |
| 2010 | Issac Luke |
| 2009 | John Sutton |
| 2008 | Luke Stuart |
| 2007 | Roy Asotasi |
| 2006 | David Fa’alogo |
| 2005 | Peter Cusack |
| 2004 | Ashley Harrison |
| 2003 | Bryan Fletcher |
