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Star recruit's $2m answer that will worry Tigers - CtrlF.XYZ

Star recruit's $2m answer that will worry Tigers

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Prized enlistee Isaiah Papali'i continues to beryllium non-committal to his big-money Wests Tigers contract, which starts successful November.

The Kiwi backrower signed a three-year woody with the Concord nine that's said to beryllium worthy conscionable shy of $2 million.

But since the Tigers sacked Michael Maguire from the coaching chair midway done the 2021 campaign, the Eels prima has had 2nd thoughts astir making the switch.

When pressed connected the contented by Nine's NRL newsman Danny Weidler, Papali'i level retired refused to accidental helium volition definitively honour the deal.

"There's thing I tin truly accidental astir my aboriginal astatine the moment," Papali'i said connected Tuesday.

"(The Tigers have) reached retired to maine a mates times, conscionable checking successful connected maine and I admit that.

"They recognize that (playing finals) is simply a monolithic accidental for (Parramatta)."

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Papali'i has antecedently admitted helium shirked astatine the thought of joining the Tigers pursuing the sacking of Maguire, who was caput manager erstwhile the forward's declaration was agreed to.

Last period league fable Billy Slater took Papali'i to task for those comments.

"You're signing with a club. You're not signing with a coach, you're not signing with a subordinate — you're signing with a club. Go to the club," Slater told Nine.

Slater's emphatic telephone amid Papali'i shambles

"You're not allowed to locomotion distant from a contract. It's conscionable pressure, nationalist unit if you privation out.

"If you motion with a club, you privation to instrumentality that wealth and you motion the deal, spell to the club."

The Eels are preparing to question to Townsville wherever they'll instrumentality connected the Cowboys successful a preliminary last connected Friday.

If they lose, their play is over.

The mode Papali'i is talking, helium knows helium won't beryllium staying astatine Parramatta adjacent if helium does backflip connected the Tigers.

"I deliberation I'm conscionable soaking up small moments astir here," helium told Weidler.

"Sometimes I adjacent get present earlier than I should and conscionable locomotion astir and person a laughter with the boys."

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