Scott Fulton sacked

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Wests Tigers have sacked highly regarded recruitment boss Scott Fulton.

Fulton received a phone call from the club’s chief executive Shane Richardson on Tuesday morning to say his services were no longer required.

Fulton was a controversial appointment by previous management because both former head coach Tim Sheens and new coach Benji Marshall were kept in the dark over his recruitment to the club.

His relationship with Marshall has been strained for several months.

Fulton, however, is a huge loss for the Tigers.

He has a tremendous contact network with player managers and has delivered the highly rated Fainu brothers, Latu and Samuela, from Manly and Jayden Sullivan from St George Illawarra for 2024 season.

The club also signed Panthers superstar Jarome Luai on a five-year deal, $6 million deal from 2025, because the Penrith playmaker had confidence in the roster rebuild that Fulton was overseeing.

He previously played a key role in building the Sea Eagles roster by securing the likes of Haumole Olakau’atu and speedsters Tolutau Koula and Jason Saab to the club.

Fulton declined to comment when contacted by this masthead.

Fulton knocked back offers from two other NRL clubs to join the Wests Tigers because he was excited about the future of the club and the nursery in Campbelltown.

 
The club also signed Panthers superstar Jarome Luai on a five-year deal, $6 million deal from 2025, because the Penrith playmaker had confidence in the roster rebuild that Fulton was overseeing.

Lol, yeah... sensationalism at its best.
 
I feel Fulton should have been given this year to show what he can do,i am not rejoicing he has been dismissed so quickly.It will be interesting who takes over and they will need to hit the ground running as the season is close to starting.
It better not be that fraud Macca again
 
Demps said:
The club also signed Panthers superstar Jarome Luai on a five-year deal, $6 million deal from 2025, because the Penrith playmaker had confidence in the roster rebuild that Fulton was overseeing.

Lol, yeah... sensationalism at its best.
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Interesting wording how "the club" signed Luai, with no mention of Fulton being involved but saying he signed because of Fulton? Reckon there might be some liberty being taken with that comment
 
it was always going to happen, just a matter of when. Richo's wasted no time as you would expect. you can't have a bloke in recruitment publicly undermining the coach and leaking to their Godfather the hourly happenings of the club.

the only question is to do with the Fainu brothers given their close affinity. other than that, this is a positive move.
 
Will be interesting the response of Fulton’s supposed good friend Mario Tartak who has about 10 of our players on his books. I am sure Richo has already made calls to him & other managers to explain situation and way forward.
 
Pbulk said:
Interesting wording how "the club" signed Luai, with no mention of Fulton being involved but saying he signed because of Fulton? Reckon there might be some liberty being taken with that comment
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Luai wasn't coming until Richardson picked up the phone and sold him the dream. Fulton had zero to do with it.
 
Iron Fist said:
All you need to know is he's gone. Lee and Pascoe brought him in, and once they were dismissed, it was always likely he would be too.

Don't buy too much into anything else you read or hear. Fulton has lots of mates in the media loyal to his father. Fulton will probably give his 'version' of events to them, and they'll be going into bat for him.
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Stupid if he does - not the best way to get another club to take him on. Two clubs happy to be rid of him within 12months if he was smart he should tell his media mates to shut up. The Fulton name is becoming less relevant in the game, as are some of his dad's old mates.
 
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