Koroisau made Tigers captain despite mockery

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Apisai Koroisau has been appointed Wests Tigers skipper contempt sparking contention when helium laughed astatine the embattled club's prospects of winning an NRL premiership.

The prized enlistee is the captaincy replacement for James Tamou, who departed for the Cowboys pursuing the 2022 season.

Koroisau, a three-time premiership-winner, made a mockery of the Tigers' rubric aspirations portion speaking connected signifier during the Panthers' premiership celebrations successful October.

"This spot has been unthinkable the past 3 years I've been here. It's turned into a household for me," Koroisau said.

"There's truthful overmuch young talent.

"To spell retired connected a precocious similar that ... it's beauteous incredible, and I'll astir apt bash the aforesaid happening astatine the Tigers," helium added, earlier bursting into hysterics.

Koroisau, who signed with the 2022 wooden-spooners connected a two-year deal, spoke with a vastly antithetic tune aft being appointed Tigers skipper.

"To beryllium asked to pb this squad successful my archetypal twelvemonth astatine the nine means a lot," Koroisau said.

"This is simply a terrific radical of players and I americium honoured to beryllium their captain.

"From the infinitesimal I joined this club, my household and I person been made to consciousness truthful welcome.

"It's been a large commencement to my clip arsenic a Wests Tigers subordinate and I look guardant to helping this squad and this nine beryllium the champion it tin be."

Koroisau is the archetypal skipper successful Tim Sheens' 2nd stint arsenic Tigers caput coach, successful which the seasoned mentor is teaching Benji Marshall the trade earlier handing implicit the reins up of the 2025 season.

"We person respective precise susceptible leaders successful this team, and Api is 1 of them," Sheens said.

"He is precise good respected wrong the group, and I cognize he'll bash a large job.

"I congratulate him connected earning the role."

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Tigers main enforcement Justin Pascoe besides applauded Koroisau.

"In the abbreviated clip he's been with us, Api has demonstrated and embraced our halfway values arsenic a club," Pascoe said.

"His enactment connected the tract is vitally important, arsenic is what helium does successful different areas of our business.

"I deliberation it's a tremendous assignment and I'm definite helium volition thrive with the added responsibility."

The Tigers volition statesman their 2023 run successful a clash with the Titans astatine Leichhardt Oval connected March 5.

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