{"id":402565,"date":"2024-06-13T07:16:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-13T07:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=402565"},"modified":"2024-06-13T09:05:31","modified_gmt":"2024-06-13T09:05:31","slug":"sullivan-vows-to-fight-despite-tough-tigers-reveal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=402565","title":{"rendered":"Sullivan vows to fight despite &#039;tough&#039; Tigers reveal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>J\ufeffayden Sullivan is adamant he will be at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/sport\/nrl\/wests-tigers\" title=\"Wests Tigers\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wests Tigers<\/a> next season, despite the club giving the halfback permission to leave the club at the end of 2024.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/sport\/nrl\/news-2024-wests-tigers-jayden-sullivan-contract-super-league-early-release-brent-naden-20240610-p5jkof.html\" title=\"As first reported by Wide World of Sports on Monday night\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">As first reported by Wide World of Sports on Monday night<\/a>, the joint-venture had found a suitor for Sullivan in the Super League, despite having three years to run on his deal.<\/p>\n<p>The 22-year-old signed a long-term contract worth an estimated $2.6 million with the Tigers in the off-season, \ufeffbut has struggled for form and was overlooked early in the season in favour of Aidan Sezer and <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/sport\/nrl\/news-2024-lachlan-galvin-contract-tampering-wests-tigers-andrew-abdo-comments-20240612-p5jlak.html\" title=\"Lachlan Galvin\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lachlan Galvin<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/sport\/nrl\/news-2024-damien-cook-dragons-contract-south-sydney-rabbitohs-wayne-bennett-shane-flanagan-mario-tartak-20240613-p5jlh2.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Bunnies shake-up begins with rival set to swoop on star<\/strong><\/a><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/sport\/cricket\/t20-world-cup-2024-virat-kohli-india-usa-ricky-ponting-commentary-20240613-p5jlhn.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Ponting&#x27;s freakish prediction ahead of Kohli&#x27;s fall<\/strong><\/a><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/sport\/nrl\/tips-round-15-2024-expert-predictions-andrew-johns-brad-fittler-20240613-p5jlhz.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Tips: Why Joey expects Broncos&#x27; freefall to continue<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sullivan&#x27;s future appeared to be headed overseas given the interest and his current club&#x27;s attempts to offload him, but in an interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smh.com.au\/sport\/nrl\/i-m-not-going-anywhere-sullivan-s-message-to-tigers-20240613-p5jlhi.html\" title=\"The Sydney Morning Herald\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Sydney Morning Herald<\/a>, he has doubled down on his desire to remain at Concord and fight for his NRL career.<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"40f8f91a-db01-486d-a234-f302e6e5662a\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/40f8f91a-db01-486d-a234-f302e6e5662a\" alt=\"\" data-width=\"2000\" data-height=\"1125\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&quot;One-hundred per cent, I don&#x27;t plan on going anywhere anytime soon,&quot; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;I&#x27;m a Wests Tiger for the next four years, that&#x27;s what I plan on doing. Personally, I don&#x27;t think anything has changed. At the end of the day we are all human, and it probably does take an effect on me. But I&#x27;ve got a really good support base around me.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;It&#x27;s been tough, but it will only make me stronger.&quot;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Watch the 2024 NRL premiership live and free on Nine and <\/strong><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/9now.app.link\/NGHBKQkVweb\"><em><strong>9Now<\/strong><\/em><\/a><em><strong>.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>With the arrival of Jarome Luai next season, as well as the presence of both Galvin and Latu Fainu, it&#x27;s no secret that Sullivan faces an uphill battle to lock down a halves spot.<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"5543ca9a-18b0-4b6f-b8e4-3d5b04b24453\" src=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/5543ca9a-18b0-4b6f-b8e4-3d5b04b24453\" alt=\"\" data-width=\"1920\" data-height=\"1080\" \/><\/p>\n<p>But the talented playmaker is determined to make things work at the Tigers.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Everyone wants to play first grade,&quot; Sullivan said. \ufeff<\/p>\n<p>&quot;That&#x27;s what I want to do, play my best footy and be in the starting 17.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;I love the club, I feel the move has been really good for me.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Sullivan will miss the next fortnight after injuring his finger against the Dragons. \ufeff<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>J\ufeffayden Sullivan is adamant he will be at the Wests Tigers next season, despite the club giving the halfback permission to leave the club at <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=402565\" title=\"Sullivan vows to fight despite &#039;tough&#039; Tigers reveal\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":402570,"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\/402565"}],"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=402565"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/402565\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":402572,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/402565\/revisions\/402572"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/402570"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=402565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=402565"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=402565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}