Brisbane Broncos star David Fifita turns down historic South Sydney Rabbitohs offer

Broncos prodigy David Fifita reportedly turned down a lucrative South Sydney Rabbitohs offer that would have made him the highest paid forward in the NRL.

On Monday, it was reported that Fifita was offered a multi-year $5 million deal to join supercoach Wayne Bennett in Redfern, but it has now been revealed that figure was much higher than initially thought.

According to Newscorp, Fifita was actually tabled an extraordinary five-year deal worth around $1.2 million a season which would have made him the highest-paid forward in the NRL.

Retired Rabbitohs legend Sam Burgess reportedly met with Fifita, tasked with luring the forward to Redfern on one of the largest NRL deals ever.

It is understood Fifita, who turns 20 on Tuesday, politely declined Souths' lucrative offer suggesting it would take a miracle to see him defect from Red Hill.

The astronomical sum would have seen Fifita enter a select league of lucrative stars in the NRL earning over the coveted $1 million mark a season.

The only other forward who commands such a price tag is Cowboys wrecking ball Jason Taumalolo who is understood to be on 10-year deal worth around $1 million a season.

The news comes after the Gold Coast Titans expressed interest in stealing Fifita off their Queensland rivals as league icon Mal Meninga beings a rebuild of the battling franchise.

But the Broncos are more than confident in Fifita's desire to remain in Brisbane.