{"id":396312,"date":"2024-05-22T22:50:03","date_gmt":"2024-05-22T22:50:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=396312"},"modified":"2024-05-23T00:05:38","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T00:05:38","slug":"panthers-pounce-on-contracted-tigers-gun-in-stunner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=396312","title":{"rendered":"Panthers pounce on contracted Tigers gun in stunner"},"content":{"rendered":"

P\ufeffenrith<\/a> has swooped in to sign international backrower Isaiah Papali'i from the Wests Tigers<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Panthers on Thursday morning announced Papali'i will join the club in 2025 on a three-year deal – a surprise given that he was contracted with the Tigers until the end of next season.<\/p>\n

Papali'i's Tigers exit comes as new CEO Shane Richardson looks to put his imprint on the merger club's roster.<\/p>\n

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Papali'i was one of several players named in a Sydney Morning Herald report<\/a> claiming Richardson has flown to England to shop several stars around to Super League clubs.<\/p>\n

"We're thrilled to have secured Isaiah's services for the next three seasons," Panthers CEO Matt Cameron said.<\/p>\n

\"Isaiah<\/p>\n

"Not only does Isaiah bring a wealth of experience and leadership capabilities to our club, but he's also a world-class forward who has proven himself at the highest level."<\/p>\n

The 25-year-old began his NRL career at the Warriors in 2017 and played 63 games for them before heading to Parramatta.<\/p>\n

He played two seasons with the Eels – including the losing 2022 grand final against Penrith – before jumping ship to the Tigers.\ufeff He was a Dally M backrower of the year in 2021.<\/p>\n

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It's a quality signing for Penrith, who missed out on landing big-money Titans backrower David Fifita just a fortnight ago.\ufeff<\/p>\n

"Isaiah is a talented player, displaying not only exceptional skills but also a great attitude and work ethic," Penrith's football manager Shane Elford said.<\/p>\n

"We believe he will thrive in the Panthers system and we're eager to see his continued career progression at our club."<\/p>\n

The Tigers have won just two of 10 games this season.\ufeff<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

P\ufeffenrith has swooped in to sign international backrower Isaiah Papali'i from the Wests Tigers. The Panthers on Thursday morning announced Papali'i will join the club […]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":396314,"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\/396312"}],"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=396312"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/396312\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":396316,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/396312\/revisions\/396316"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/396314"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=396312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=396312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=396312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}