{"id":318191,"date":"2023-07-23T04:41:38","date_gmt":"2023-07-23T04:41:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=318191"},"modified":"2023-07-23T08:59:10","modified_gmt":"2023-07-23T08:59:10","slug":"tigers-stars-special-moment-after-injury-comeback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=318191","title":{"rendered":"Tigers star's 'special moment' after injury comeback"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wests Tigers<\/a> coach Brett Kimmorley has heaped praise on captain Botille Vette-Welsh\ufeff after the fullback made an inspirational comeback from injury to kickstart the club's NRLW<\/a> campaign in style.<\/p>\n

Vette-Welsh\ufeff made history as the club's first ever try scorer in the competition, running through the Eels in the sixth minute.<\/p>\n

The Tigers went on to win 36-8 in a dominant performance.<\/p>\n

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Vette-Walsh suffered a knee injury in March last year<\/a> when playing for the Eels and hadn't played an NRLW game since the incident.<\/p>\n

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\ufeffThe fullback is one of Kimmorley's star signings for the Tigers inaugural season and the coach was impressed with her performance on Sunday afternoon.<\/p>\n

"It's a special moment just to have her back playing, she's been through a lot of setbacks, she's our co-captain, a lot of the ladies wanted to play with her or look up to her as a role model," he said.<\/p>\n

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"She's been outstanding in and around the club for a period of time.<\/p>\n

"She made her comeback two weeks ago which was her first game in 15 months. <\/p>\n

"That wasn't a huge amount of minutes but it was to provide confidence knowing today was going to be a big day for her to come back here and play against Parramatta.<\/p>\n

"She's done a heap of work and got herself in a position to play today and she's really happy."<\/p>\n

\"Togatuki<\/p>\n

The Tigers are Vette-Walsh's fourth club in the NRLW, having debuted for the Roosters and spending two stints there while also playing for the Dragons and Eels.<\/p>\n

Cross-code superstar Jakiya Whitfield also shined for the Tigers, scoring two tries.<\/p>\n

The Eels will play the Dragons next Saturday while the Tigers face Cronulla on Sunday. \ufeff<\/p>\n

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