{"id":330848,"date":"2023-09-13T23:09:26","date_gmt":"2023-09-13T23:09:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=330848"},"modified":"2023-09-14T02:02:21","modified_gmt":"2023-09-14T02:02:21","slug":"cult-hero-given-permission-to-leave-tigers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=330848","title":{"rendered":"Cult hero given permission to leave Tigers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/wests-tigers\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"W\ufeffests Tigers\">W\ufeffests Tigers<\/a> forward Alex Twal has reportedly been given permission to speak to rival clubs after the club&#x27;s tumultuous season.<\/p>\n<p>Twal has gained cult hero status at the club, due to his long run \ufeffof 116 games without a try. The lock&#x27;s first four-pointer came in round 16 this year.<\/p>\n<p>However, due to the Tigers&#x27; poor run of form which resulted in them claiming the wooden spoon, the fan favourite could be a victim of a cleanout according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smh.com.au\/sport\/nrl\/tigers-cult-hero-given-permission-to-make-immediate-switch-20230913-p5e4al.html\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"The Sydney Morning Herald\">The Sydney Morning Herald<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nrl\/news-2023-phil-gould-questions-tyson-gamble-absence-jack-wighton-biting-judiciary-hearing-exclusive\/8b31c587-ecc5-4c4d-a8dc-6d286fa24b77\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>What bothered Gus about Knight&#x27;s biting claims<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/afl\/finals-2023-afl-elects-not-to-appeal-landmark-tribunal-decision-to-clear-brayden-maynard\/19e0e021-d6dc-4ade-ad2b-0e4de88d7a28\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>&#x27;Injustice&#x27; claims as AFL turns down appeal option<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/tennis\/news-2023-simona-halep-given-four-year-ban-for-antidoping-violations\/c703dfc6-e3b1-421c-8e35-8f2e683564d5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Serena Williams&#x27; pointed message after rival&#x27;s doping ban\"><strong>Serena Williams&#x27; pointed message after rival&#x27;s doping ban<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>According to The Herald, rivals clubs have been made aware of the Lebanon representative&#x27;s availability despite being contracted until the end of 2024.<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"5cd7c141-f3b4-45fd-91bb-3f39993750e8\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/5cd7c141-f3b4-45fd-91bb-3f39993750e8\" alt=\"\" data-width=\"3897\" data-height=\"2192\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If Twal was to secure a contract elsewhere, he would join Luke Brooks, Daine Laurie and Tommy Talau out the door. Ken Maumalo and Joe Ofahengaue were also released mid-season.<\/p>\n<p>Brothers Latu and Samuela Fainu, Aiden Sezer and Jayden Sullivan will join next season.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Stream the NRL premiership 2023 live and free on<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/9now.app.link\/NGHBKQkVweb\"><strong>9Now<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\ufeffThe news of Twal&#x27;s potential departure comes after the Tigers confirmed they have spoken to former NRL chief financial officer Tony Crawford about conducting a review.<\/p>\n<p>\ufeffTigers chief executive officer Justin Pascoe and chairman Lee Hagipantelis have been under pressure from fans over the club&#x27;s dire run, having not played finals since 2011.<\/p>\n<p>Fans have previously signed a petition for changes at the club, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smh.com.au\/sport\/nrl\/protest-by-tigers-fans-as-sorry-season-hammered-home-by-rampant-manly-20230901-p5e1g0.html\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"while &quot;end the Pascoe fiasco&quot; flyers were handed out during their last game at Brookvale Oval\">while &quot;end the Pascoe fiasco&quot; flyers were handed out during their last game at Brookvale Oval<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>W\ufeffests Tigers forward Alex Twal has reportedly been given permission to speak to rival clubs after the club&#x27;s tumultuous season. Twal has gained cult hero <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=330848\" title=\"Cult hero given permission to leave Tigers\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":330850,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330848"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=330848"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330848\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":330851,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330848\/revisions\/330851"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/330850"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=330848"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=330848"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=330848"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}