{"id":96387,"date":"2021-07-07T09:51:04","date_gmt":"2021-07-07T09:51:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=96387"},"modified":"2021-07-07T09:59:16","modified_gmt":"2021-07-07T09:59:16","slug":"tigers-star-stripped-of-leadership-role-after-boozy-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=96387","title":{"rendered":"Tigers star stripped of leadership role after boozy night"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wests Tigers winger David Nofoaluma has reportedly been stood down from the club&#x27;s leadership group allegedly after showing up to training hungover.<\/p>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smh.com.au\/sport\/nrl\/tigers-star-stood-down-from-leadership-group-as-player-discontent-grows-20210707-p587lv.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Sydney Morning Herald\"><em>Sydney Morning Herald<\/em><\/a>, Nofoaluma attended the wedding of Tigers chairman Lee Hagipantelis&#x27; daughter, and subsequently showed up to training the following morning allegedly hungover and unable to finish the session.<\/p>\n<p>Coach Michael Maguire, chief executive Justin Pascoe and head of football Adam Hartigan were also at the wedding, the newspaper reports.<\/p>\n<p>The incident occurred three days after the club&#x27;s Round 11 loss to the Warriors, but Nofoaluma was cleared to play the following round in a clash against the Dragons, in which he scored a try as the club defeated St George Illawarra.<\/p>\n<p>The Tigers&#x27; senior leadership group now only features James Tamou, Luke Brooks, Alex Twal and Adam Doueihi.<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"d395c502-3a5e-426a-ab56-55e732baff58\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/d395c502-3a5e-426a-ab56-55e732baff58\" alt=\"David Nofoaluma of the Wests Tigers\" data-width=\"1396\" data-height=\"785\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It&#x27;s understood 27-year-old Nofoaluma shares a close relationship with Hagipantelis&#x27; daughter after he stood by her side during a leukaemia battle in 2014.<\/p>\n<p>The report by the <em>Herald<\/em> also claims sources have revealed to them a growing discontent among the playing group in regard to Maguire is at an all-time high.<\/p>\n<p>It comes after the Tigers coach said the club needs &quot;to find men that are going to be accountable&quot; following the 38-22 loss to South Sydney.<\/p>\n<p>The comments were during the post-match press conference, with that same media hearing also featuring a back and forth between South Sydney coach Wayne Bennett and journalists over club management issues with rival teams.<\/p>\n<p><img data-video-id=\"6262282858001\" src=\"https:\/\/vms-network-images-prod.s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/2021\/07\/367913\/pickerImage.jpg\" alt=\"Wayne clashes with journalists over the state of NRL clubs\" data-vms-id=\"ref:ckqoyerhi00190gpm0zyndb8u\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Following a Saturday fixture of NRL, which saw <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nrl\/live-scores\/canterbury-bankstown-bulldogs-v-manly-warringah-sea-eagles-nrl-telstra-premiership-2021\/321164\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Manly defeat the Bulldogs by 66\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Manly defeat the Bulldogs by 66<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nrl\/live-scores\/canberra-raiders-v-gold-coast-titans-nrl-telstra-premiership-2021\/321165\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Gold Coast down Canberra by 38\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gold Coast down Canberra by 38<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nrl\/live-scores\/newcastle-knights-v-north-queensland-cowboys-nrl-telstra-premiership-2021\/321166\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Knights with a 38-point win\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Knights with a 38-point win<\/a> over the Cowboys, the South Sydney coach was asked if he thought players were struggling to cope with the NRL&#x27;s new rules.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Management of clubs has a huge result on performances at the moment,&quot; Bennett told reporters after the match.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Clubs have to take a hell of a lot more responsibly than what they&#x27;re taking for the way the game is being played. It&#x27;s as simple as that.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;I&#x27;m not going to name names and I&#x27;m not going to name clubs, but if you look at some clubs and the decisions they&#x27;ve made, some of the things that have happened with players, I wouldn&#x27;t want to be in that club.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;I know if I was in that club I wouldn&#x27;t be playing very well.&quot;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/login.nine.com.au\/login?client_id=wwos&amp;redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fwwos.nine.com.au&amp;newsletter=true\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by clicking here!\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><strong>For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by clicking here!<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Wests Tigers winger David Nofoaluma has reportedly been stood down from the club&#x27;s leadership group allegedly after showing up to training hungover. 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