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Wests Tigers Have won a battle to sign a promising country centre - beating the Sydney Swans to gain his services.

Navren Willett, a tall 18-year-old from the NSW mid-north coast town of Taree, has agreed to a four year deal with the Tigers.

But not before the Swans tried to sway the youngster with a booming kicking game to play Australian

Willett played in Newcastle's Harold Matts team this season and also played some AFL in his spare time.

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"He is one of those kids who is just a natural all-round sportsman," Willett's manager Michael Hudson told Wide World of Sports.

"I had a lot of interest in him from NRL clubs and then the Swans' approach from left-field.

"But league is his preference and he will play in the Tigers' SG Ball team next year before hopefully progressing to the top 25 from there."

While centre appears Willett's best spot, he has also shown he can play at fullback and halfback.


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Shooter Mcgavin said:
Hastings is pretty underrated on here I reckon. He may not be super fast but he’s got basically everything else.

His biggest knocks I hear of are speed and power.

The former is a fair knock but speed alone will get you nowhere just ask Bevan French. It definitely helps but is one aspect of many needed to be a successful player.

The latter I think is not warranted. He may not break tackles like Tedesco but he’s strong and seems hard to put down and is often standing for a quick PTB and is good for PCM’s without being elite. His also averaged most metres for us in 2022 and was crucial in organising anything that resembled an NRL team. We win those game versing Titans and Warriors if he plays no doubt.

His intangible qualities and 1%ers are everything the club has lacked and we should be doing everything we can to ensure he remains.
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I'm not sure anyone is doubting his ability and passion. It's more about whether he is a no. 7.
 
WT2K said:
The Tigers are preparing to make Moses the highest paid player in the competition with a bumper deal to entice him back to the club while the Dolphins want Brown to be the club’s marquee player.

The Tigers remain in discussions with Klemmer about a potential immediate switch. (DT)
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Interesting position for Douehi with all this going on in the media - chasing Moses who dogged the club once, while no hurry to extend his contract, and there they are lining up together.
 
oldschooltiger said:
Wests Tigershave won a battle to sign a promising country centre - beating the Sydney Swans to gain his services.

Navren Willett, a tall 18-year-old from the NSW mid-north coast town of Taree, has agreed to a four year deal with the Tigers.

But not before the Swans tried to sway the youngster with a booming kicking game to play Australian Rules.


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Willett played in Newcastle's Harold Matts team this season and also played some AFL in his spare time.

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Wests Tigers have won a battle to sign a promising country centre - beating the Sydney Swans to gain the services of Navren Willett. (Getty)
"He is one of those kids who is just a natural all-round sportsman," Willett's manager Michael Hudson told Wide World of Sports.

"I had a lot of interest in him from NRL clubs and then the Swans' approach from left-field.

"But league is his preference and he will play in the Tigers' SG Ball team next year before hopefully progressing to the top 25 from there."

While centre appears Willett's best spot, he has also shown he can play at fullback and halfback.

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Apparently he is a pretty good footballer. We should also try and steal Ethan Ferguson from the knights. The kid looks a star in the making.
 
Telltails said:
Interesting position for Douehi with all this going on in the media - chasing Moses who dogged the club once, while no hurry to extend his contract, and there they are lining up together.
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I think they should be the 2024 combo.

Doueihi needs a bit of work, but hopefully with an injury free off season and he works on his defence they will complement each other.
 
Telltails said:
Interesting position for Douehi with all this going on in the media - chasing Moses who dogged the club once, while no hurry to extend his contract, and there they are lining up together.
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I think it could all be a ploy to get dougehi to resign. But I must admit when I first thought we were after moses I wasn’t keen to have him back here but after thinking about it he is 100% going to help us win football games get him back here
 
finnzo said:
I think it could all be a ploy to get dougehi to resign. But I must admit when I first thought we were after moses I wasn’t keen to have him back here but after thinking about it he is 100% going to help us win football games get him back here
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He won’t come if he doesn’t like the look of our forward pack. It has potential and is starting to look good.
 
oldschooltiger said:
Wests Tigers Have won a battle to sign a promising country centre - beating the Sydney Swans to gain his services.

Navren Willett, a tall 18-year-old from the NSW mid-north coast town of Taree, has agreed to a four year deal with the Tigers.

But not before the Swans tried to sway the youngster with a booming kicking game to play Australian

Willett played in Newcastle's Harold Matts team this season and also played some AFL in his spare time.

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"He is one of those kids who is just a natural all-round sportsman," Willett's manager Michael Hudson told Wide World of Sports.

"I had a lot of interest in him from NRL clubs and then the Swans' approach from left-field.

"But league is his preference and he will play in the Tigers' SG Ball team next year before hopefully progressing to the top 25 from there."

While centre appears Willett's best spot, he has also shown he can play at fullback and halfback.


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Four year deal straight off the cuff, wow!
He must have some talent.
Shades of plucking Marshall out of school footy maybe. Is this guy the answer to our centre woes?
 
WT2K said:
The Tigers are preparing to make Moses the highest paid player in the competition with a bumper deal to entice him back to the club while the Dolphins want Brown to be the club’s marquee player.

The Tigers remain in discussions with Klemmer about a potential immediate switch. (DT)
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I'd only be interested in Moses if you have a player like Yeo, Murray, Radley or Townsend. I've begrudgingly come to accept that Moses is a very good player. Particularly the last couple years, he's been good in big games, even when there's not much space or time. But he's not an organiser and I still don't think he has the right temperament to control the team.

Perhaps Hastings can be that player for Moses, I rate him highly.

Moses on an anchor less team will become inconsistent and overplay his hands and I wonder how he'd hold up defensively.

I know this is an unpopular comparison but I even wonder if he's all that much better than Brooks. That sounds like an insult but they're similar sort of high skill players who are also a little inconsistent. I think the gap between the players highlights how valuable the rest of the team is to halfbacks like brooks and Moses who can't organise teams.
 
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