Koroisau cops phone call from Tigers over jibe

Wests Tigers president Lee Hagipantelis said the wooden-spooners reached retired to Api Koroisau's absorption pursuing the premiership winning hooker's comments aft Penrith's grand last victory.

Koroisau's determination to the Wests Tigers was ruthlessly mocked by his Penrith teammates successful a video released connected societal media, wherever the hooker was showing disconnected his 3 premiership rings erstwhile different Panthers subordinate tin beryllium heard successful the inheritance saying. "Last ones. Don't get those astatine the Tigers".

Koroisau continued the gag connected Monday astatine BlueBet Stadium portion celebrating the premiership triumph with 3000 loyal fans, erstwhile helium burst into laughter speaking astir winning a premiership astatine the Tigers.

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"The past fewer years I've been (at Penrith) this spot has turned into a household for me," Koroisau said.

"So overmuch young talent, and conscionable to spell retired connected a precocious similar that, it's beauteous incredible.

"And we'll astir apt bash the aforesaid happening astatine the Tigers," helium added, earlier chuckling sarcastically.

Koroisau's Tigers woody is worthy astir $2 cardinal implicit 3 seasons.

The comments were delivered successful jest but Koroisau was wide criticised for talking astir a nine that volition commencement paying him handsomely successful little than a month.

Koroisau and chap expansive last prima Isaiah Papali'i are the weapon signings joining the struggling associated task for adjacent season, with some signed with a presumption to lifting the standards astatine the club.

But with some expressing regret astatine their moves successful antithetic ways, the question indispensable present beryllium asked, volition their caller teammates beryllium consenting to travel them?

Hagipantelis said Koroisau should person handled the concern better.

"We reached retired to Api Koroisau's manager and the substance has been dealt with privately," Hagipantelis told SEN Radio.

"Api is simply a thoroughly decent idiosyncratic and if helium had his clip again I deliberation he'd re-think those comments."

Speaking to The Sydney Morning Herald, Panthers Group main enforcement Brian Fletcher said of Koroisau's remarks: "He couldn't person played immoderate amended than helium did here, truthful I don't cognize however he'll play amended determination to triumph a title.

"Good luck to them. It's a caller play adjacent year. Everyone dreams astir winning it. All I cognize is we'll beryllium competitory again.

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"You'd emotion to support Api. Who wouldn't privation him? It's the aforesaid arsenic Viliame Kikau. You'd emotion to support him, but the figures don't let you to bash it due to the fact that their worth goes up truthful overmuch erstwhile you triumph a comp."

The contention came during a drama-filled aftermath to the expansive last victory arsenic the NRL opened an probe into Jarome Luai for a deleted societal media station and James Fisher Harris sparked disapproval erstwhile helium told fans astatine Penrith stadium: "I conscionable privation to say, Parra are our sons. Right here, close now, that's fact."

As the fans started yelling out, "We hatred Parra," Fisher-Harris added that the Panthers squad was the champion successful the club's history.

Parramatta large Brett Kenny told 2GB that Fisher-Harris' comments "showed a deficiency of respect and a small spot of immaturity."

Isaiah Papali'i volition articulation the Tigers contempt expressing doubt. (Getty Images)

As for the different expansive last prima joining the Tigers, Parramatta's Papali'i, helium publically questioned honouring the declaration helium signed past November.

However, helium confirmed aft the expansive last helium volition marque the move, portion acknowledging however hard it was knowing helium won't person a accidental to atone for the expansive last nonaccomplishment with his Eels teammates.

"It's conscionable going to marque maine bare ... I decidedly privation to beryllium backmost successful this presumption to get the accidental again to travel retired connected top," Papali'i told AAP.

"That's footy, you've got to determination on, tomorrow's a caller day.

"You've got to marque definite you springiness yourself the accidental to beryllium present again and effort our champion to get retired connected top.

"There's a batch of emotion, but adjacent clip I'm astir present I tin decidedly accidental I've experienced it each before."

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