{"id":353186,"date":"2023-12-11T02:34:23","date_gmt":"2023-12-11T03:34:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=353186"},"modified":"2023-12-11T05:01:48","modified_gmt":"2023-12-11T05:01:48","slug":"wests-tigers-trainers-fuming-over-stars-walkout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=353186","title":{"rendered":"Wests Tigers trainers &#039;fuming&#039; over star&#039;s walkout"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Star winger <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nrl\/david-nofoaluma\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"David Nofoaluma\">David Nofoaluma<\/a> is back at <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/wests-tigers\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Wests Tigers\">Wests Tigers<\/a> training &#8211; but his future may be decided by the club&#x27;s final 2023 board meeting on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n<p>Nofoaluma <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nrl\/wests-tigers-news-2023-david-nofoaluma-refusing-to-train-benji-marshall-rlpa-complaint\/86ee0458-30f1-40ea-bd9d-dd6f7c024d83\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"walked out on the club in sensational circumstances\">walked out on the club in sensational circumstances<\/a> last week, alleging unfair treatment at training by officials.<\/p>\n<p>The club&#x27;s leading all-time try-scorer returned to the club on Monday.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/cricket\/bbl-news-2023-renegades-scorchers-abandoned-gmhba-stadium-pitch\/bb68b46b-bb5b-4e11-8647-7669af19c90f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Bosses promise refunds, investigation after BBL farce<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/cricket\/news-2023-matt-kuhnemann-exclusive-australia-india-series-ravindra-jadeja\/e632950b-07f4-41fb-9497-db0ca62581c4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>What spin ace told Aussie rookie after &#x27;whirlwind&#x27; debut<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/cricket\/news-2023-australia-side-against-pakistan-andrew-mcdonald-press-conference\/27e189a0-071d-4be3-b183-c8d9a19a960a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>McDonald&#x27;s selection hint as Marsh question dodged<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Club insiders say Tueday&#x27;s board meeting will be crucial to Nofoaluma&#x27;s future.<\/p>\n<p>The speedy winger is a favourite of Tigers chairman Lee Hagipantelis, who is fighting to keep his job in the wake of an internal review.<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"874e7dd2-9f25-43ba-b416-d6b80e1ab4ff\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/874e7dd2-9f25-43ba-b416-d6b80e1ab4ff\" alt=\"David Nofoaluma of the Wests Tigers celebrates with teammates after scoring a try against the St George Illawarra Dragons.\" data-width=\"3000\" data-height=\"2001\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If Hagipantelis survives, Nofoaluma may too &#8211; if there is a coup then the veteran winger is likely to leave.<\/p>\n<p>Nofoaluma lodged an official complaint with the Rugby League Players Association over his treatment and the training staff are believed to be fuming with his actions.<\/p>\n<p>The coaching staff weren&#x27;t happy with Nofoaluma&#x27;s fitness and pushed him hard &#8211; and the walkout was the result.<\/p>\n<p>Nofoaluma didn&#x27;t complete Monday&#x27;s session due to a leg injury but did work out in the gym.<\/p>\n<p>It&#x27;s a good sign for a club battling to regain stability &#8211; but there is still plenty of doubt as to whether he will remain a Tiger in 2024.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Star winger David Nofoaluma is back at Wests Tigers training &#8211; but his future may be decided by the club&#x27;s final 2023 board meeting on <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=353186\" title=\"Wests Tigers trainers &#039;fuming&#039; over star&#039;s walkout\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":352533,"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\/353186"}],"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=353186"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353186\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":353188,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353186\/revisions\/353188"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/352533"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=353186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=353186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=353186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}