Signings, Suggestions & Rumours Discussion

426Tlgerland said:
No way we will pay one cent , he requested a release and was given one , he leaves we pay zero , $ 640/$ 700 k in the bank and Richo already on a plane to UK on search of players for next season , maybe already has a target or 2 lined up but I feel after last week we will see at least 6 players depart at season end
Ipap , Naden , Staines , Seyfart , Sullivan , Tumeth , Matta , just to start
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Ice pay was increased to $750k next season apparently/.. lets see what they get back …

Richo ain’t in search of new players in UK … he is looking to get rid of them already under contract
 
Tom Shines said:
Ice pay was increased to $750k next season apparently/.. lets see what they get back …

Richo ain’t in search of new players in UK … he is looking to get rid of them already under contract
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"Richardson will also meet with prospective players, which is likely to be used as the reason for his trip, but multiple sources confirmed that his primary objective was to try and shed money in the salary cap and make roster spots available for next year."

Primary objective is to shed players, but will be looking at potential options too.
 
Some good names being thrown up from Sitili Tupouniua, Connelly Lemielu, Kai Pearce-Paul, Jacob Preston, Teig Wilton.
All are genuine strike second rowers, maybe we are finally learning.
 
It would be nice if we could sign a first grade team instead of playing a reserve grade team each week. With the exception of Api, Bula and maybe Klem, Stef and Bateman on their best days only, the squad is sub par NRL standard. Richo can see this from miles away. Richo needs to sign 10 NRL regular players at least to start to get competitive. Leave your Twals, Seyfarths, Stains etc as nothing more then fill in when the real players get injured. Tigers are starting from a pretty good place as they have their 2nd tier team already, now just have to sign an NRL team to put on the park.
 
weststigers said:
What a top CEO.

If he can flick the players mentioned, he would get a tick from me.

Not entirely happy about the dickhead who leaked to Chammas though.
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I’d say the club has informed Chammas.

An NRL CEO hanging around the North of England would be almost impossible to hide.

In fact, the club may have intentionally informed the media to cover the fact that it may actually be a recruitment mission rather than just a clean-out mission.
 
Wests Tigers chief executive Shane Richardson has flown to England to begin cleaning out the club’s underperforming roster and is set to seek expressions of interest from Super League clubs for a number of his players.

Richardson flew out of Sydney on Tuesday night bound for the United Kingdom as part of a selling spree that could have major ramifications on the joint venture club.

Sources with knowledge of the situation talking under the condition of anonymity in order to speak freely said that Richardson will meet with several clubs to gauge their appetite in striking a deal with the club to release some of their players from deals.

The managers of those players are unaware of Richardson’s secret mission. Richardson could not be reached. Wests Tigers chairman Barry O’Farrell did not respond to calls.

Multiple sources told the Herald that halfback Jayden Sullivan is on top of Richardson’s list of players to offload. Sullivan is on a deal worth around $500,000 a season. That will increase to about $600,000 in the final years of his four-year deal.

Sullivan joined the club in the off-season but Richardson, who wasn’t at the club when the deal was struck, is now trying to find the halfback a new home.

Sullivan was a priority target for coach Benji Marshall, who endorsed the deal that was struck by former recruitment manager Scott Fulton. He was also given Aidan Sezer over Jack Cogger.

Richardson has since invested $1.2 million a season in Panthers star playmaker Jarome Luai for the next five years (from 2025) and has to find money to keep boom rookie Lachlan Galvin.

The club is also paying $450,000-a-season for the services of young gun Latu Fainu after he signed one of the most lucrative deals for a player who hadn’t played in the NRL.

Other players the Tigers are willing to speak to Super League clubs about are expected to include Brent Naden (contracted until 2025 on around $300,000) and John Bateman (2026 on $600,000).

Richardson will also meet with prospective players, which is likely to be used as the reason for his trip, but multiple sources confirmed that his primary objective was to try and shed money in the salary cap and make roster spots available for next year.

The Tigers have one spot remaining on their 30-man roster for 2025 and recently offered injured utility Adam Doueihi a minimum-wage contract, which he declined.

It comes as back-rower Isaiah Papali’i has been granted permission to explore options at other clubs. Richardson met Papali’i’s manager a month ago, with rival clubs informed of his availability over the past few days.

The deal he signed to join the Tigers from Parramatta was for $650,000-a-season as the Dally M back-rower of the year. However, the deal included a 15 per cent ratchet clause that has since taken his salary to around $750,000. Papali’i isn’t interested in playing in the Super League.

The Tigers have lost seven games on the trot and take on the Cowboys this weekend.
 
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