Written by Wests Tigers | 03 March 2010
Posted in First Grade - Player Contracts

The impressive retention drive of Wests Tigers has continued with the re-signing of half-back Robert Lui for the next two years. Off contract this season, Lui has agreed to a new two-year deal that keeps him at Wests Tigers until the end of 2012. Following impressive performances for Wests Tigers in the U20s competition in 2009, Lui made his first grade debut against Cronulla Sharks in round 23. In his three first grade games, Lui showed enough ability to stamp himself as a player of the future.

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Written by The Australian | 25 February 2010
Posted in First Grade - Player Contracts

BENJI Marshall is going nowhere. The Wests Tigers' talismanic five-eighth will today announce he has signed a four-year extension to his existing contract, which had a further two years to run.

It means Marshall will remain with the club until the end of 2015 -- making his new contract one of the longest and most lucrative deals in NRL history.

Sources confirmed that Marshall's new deal would place him among the top-five earners in the game. It also includes clauses which allow for renegotiation should the salary cap change in coming years.

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Written by Wests Tigers Forum | 04 February 2010
Posted in First Grade - Player Contracts

Whilst there was an buzz of eager anticipation around the internet throughout the morning, just after 3pm Wests Tigers finally confirmed the worst kept secret of the summer: Lote Tuqiri had signed!
The deal, believed to be a back-ended $400,000 contract topped up by a third party sponsor (X-Blades), will see the dual international at the club until the end of 2012. WestsTigersForum.com understands that the bulk of the arrangement had been agreed upon back in October, however final confirmation from Tuqiri was finally secured by Wests Tigers CEO Stephen Humphreys on Wednesday night in Leicester, UK. Meanwhile, the cause of some of the delays has been revealed as being an issue with the third party sponsor X-Blades who, according the Sydney Morning Herald, threatened to pull out of the deal.

The club wasted no time in utilising the full marketing potential of Tuqiri, who is arguably one of the most recognised sports players in Australia, by updated their website and sending out a SMS message "from Lote" to fans urging them to sign up as members. The official Wests Tigers website splash-page was also updated to include a picture of Tuqiri with the quote “I’ve signed, have you?”.



The official site experienced severe lagging during the afternoon, likely to have been caused by the massive amount of public interest generated by the signing. This signing of Tuqiri is a massive boon for the club, likely to generate huge amounts of corporate and public interest in the club across the country.
Tuqiri is set to take the field for the joint venture at the end of March, approximately Round 4. Click HERE to join the discussion on the forum, or click “Read More” to view all the articles posted by the media since his signing was announced (Progressively updated).

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Written by Sydney Morning Herald | 28 January 2010
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THE saga of Lote Tuqiri and Wests Tigers is all but over. The club is set to finalise the signature of the dual international within days - and he might turn out for them sooner than expected.
The Herald understands Tigers chief executive Stephen Humphreys left the country last night for Britain, where he is expecting to confirm the signing of the 30-year-old.

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Written by Wests Tigers Media Release | 19 November 2009
Posted in First Grade - Player Contracts

Wests Tigers today announced that Tim Moltzen, Blake Ayshford and Beau Ryan had all extended their contracts until the end of Season 2012.

Read the full article on the official Wests Tigers website .