Heighington and Payten re-sign with Wests Tigers

[joe_s_magpies]

Does this mean the Tigers are now not going after James Graham for 2012\. I hope not. I would lovwe to have Graham in the side.

 

[Knuckles]

Masterstroke

Well done to Tim and Stephen on procuring two vital signatures

 

[softlaw]

Excellent news!

 

[Guest]

Giggidy! Awesome news and a great way to cap off the working week.

 

[Spartan117]

Made my Day… Both are absolute epitomy of the tiger spirit. " Do the Best with what you got"

Only Chris L to lock up ....

Ps... with all this positive news, momentum breeding expectation, How does the cosmos expect us Tiger tragics survive unitl the games start next year????

 

[hybrid_tiger]

Great news on both.

Hope we can still snare Graham for 2012 though…

 

[Spartan117]

The Official Website Article

Payten and Heighington sign new deals with Wests Tigers
10/12/2010 12:14:38 PM
Wests Tigers has today announced new deals for two of the Club's most experienced forwards in prop Todd Payten and second-rower Chris Heighington.

Both off contract at the end of next season, Payten's new one-year deal will see him remain at Wests Tigers until the end of 2012.

Heighington has extended his contract for a further two years and will remain at Wests Tigers until the end of the 2013 season.

The respected forwards have played 402 NRL matches between them.

"One of the milestones I am looking to achieve is to play 300 NRL games,'' Payten said, who has played 247 matches in the NRL.

"I do need a few things to go my way but I think it would be a pretty fair achievement for a front-rower to do that in his career."

Heighington said he jumped at the chance to re-sign with the Club that he began with in 2003\. He would have spent 11 seasons at Wests Tigers by the time his new deal finishes in 2013.

“I’m very happy at Wests Tigers. I enjoy the Club and the camaraderie amongst the players, so it feels like home,'' he said.

“I owe a fair bit to coach Tim Sheens and to the Club. Wests Tigers will always have first bite at keeping me. "

Post 1600 for me.

 

[underdog]

Great news!

Payten would be a smoky for our next coach if we can't secure sheens beyond then as well, and Heigno is just the Lynchpin of our forward pack.

 

[AmericanHistoryX]

premiership winning pack without a shadow of a doubt.

 

[Tigerdave]

excellent news, just need to get Lawrence all signed up for a few more years now

 

[redemption]

excellent news, just need to get Lawrence all signed up for a few more years now

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This from Farah via Twitter today:

about 2 hours ago via Twitter for iPhone

 

[tigeress]

This is tremendous news for our club to have players of this calibre re-sign for a further 1 & 2 years, now all we need is similar news on Lawrence :sign:

 

[Raptor]

Best news I've heard today, these guys are my two fav players..

 

[farahfan]

great news those are solid signings

lawrence has to be next on the radar

 

[fainty]

Interseting! I'm very happy with both signings. I think payton is sooo underated, if he plays against the dragons…we win!

 

[william_rodgers]

Great news on these two backing up again, all we need now is for rowdy & then get james graham for 2012, keep up the good work tim & steve.

 

[dannygreen11]

Great news for the club