OFFICIAL Kai Pearce-Paul #304

https://www.weststigers.com.au/news...e-paul-to-join-wests-tigers-from-2026-season/
Signings

Kai Pearce-Paul to join Wests Tigers from 2026 season​

Author Wests Tigers
Timestamp Fri 6 Jun 2025, 10:35 AM

Wests Tigers are pleased to announce that Kai Pearce-Paul will join the club ahead of the 2026 season on a three-year deal.

The English international edge forward has played 32 NRL games for the Knights since joining Newcastle for the 2024 season and previously played 61 games for Wigan from 2020-23.


A Super League Grand Final winner in 2023, the towering forward stands at 6’6” and weighs 108 kg.

Pearce-Paul has impressed since making the move to Australia, with the 24-year-old possessing an imposing frame and skilful offloading ability.

His performances for the English national side include appearances at the 2022 World Cup and their successful Test series against Samoa in 2024.

Kai is delighted to commit his future to Wests Tigers.

"I am excited to join the Wests Tigers in 2026. It is a fantastic opportunity, and I cannot wait," said Pearce-Paul.

"I grew up watching Benji and have always looked up to him, so being coached by him will be pretty special."

Pearce-Paul has averaged 118 running metres and 40 tackles per match in 2025.

Wests Tigers CEO Shane Richardson was pleased to secure the back-rower’s services.

"Kai is a rising talent and already an international player with England. He’s also a quality person from a great family," said Richardson.

At just 24, he brings professionalism and talent, and we see him as an important part of our future.

Shane RichardsonWests Tigers CEO

Head Coach Benji Marshall believes Pearce-Paul will prove a great addition to the squad.

"Kai is a powerful, mobile forward who really suits what we’re building here," said Marshall.

"He’s not only a great athlete but also a great person, and he’ll bring strong qualities to our team.

"I’m really looking forward to coaching him and seeing the impact he’ll have on our squad.”

 

[Demps]

What a tosser.

The government banned social media for kids under 16, that should be extended to ignorant adults that spill abuse on social media too.

+ Karl Stevanovic

 

[Leck]

+ Karl Stevanovic

I agree. However, at least Karl is intelligent and understands the media.

He's trying to be provocative to build an audience, in the same way that Tucker Carlson and Joe Rogan have done.

 

[Lestronge]

Nothing wrong with north of the Tweed river let me tell ya

No one said there was…. Just a higher intolerance for skin pigmentation changes , that’s all. Hey my family included .

 

[weststigers]

What a tosser.

The government banned social media for kids under 16, that should be extended to ignorant adults that spill abuse on social media too.

It is already against the law. Do we need more laws? More government? Do old people think before they make calls for more restrictions and government punishment mechanisms for the sake of punishing a small minority.

Please...temper your emotions. Our laws already cover this extensively.

 

[Lestronge]

+ Karl Stevanovic

Anybody who thinks the issues Karl has been sacked over , aren’t issues…. Especially in the uk … I’ve got a bridge to sell you . The problem is the messenger . Much in the same way that I don’t begrudge middle eastern people for being anti west , due to our foreign policy , nor do I begrudge a guy and his mates being pissed off and hate filled because their cousin turned up in hospital after being gang raped in Luton Town .
I had a mate who hated indigenous … and you’d call him racist right ? He was bashed and put in a coma by a group when he was 10 . Needed a year of rehab to re learn his motor functions .
late 90s people had similar stories out if cabra , with the Vietnamese , go back40 years to the 80s and gay dudes around Oxford street had similar stories .
At the end of the day we humans can be subhuman and often are . Evil behaviour should be met with equal and righteous responses.
The problem is there’s too many people out there using identity politics to mask their disgusting behaviour. Whether it’s young men in luton gang raping girls , or guys going out gay bashing , or other guys flying nazi flags and saluting , saying death to Jews etc.
it’s making it real hard to determine which people are genuine or using a situation to propagate hate speech .
My worry is we are all going to get forced to pick one of 2 sides . Often trying to determine which is the lesser of 2 evils . I hope it never comes to that .

 

[Leck]

It is already against the law. Do we need more laws? More government? Do old people think before they make calls for more restrictions and government punishment mechanisms for the sake of punishing a small minority.

Please...temper your emotions. Our laws already cover this extensively.

It was a tongue in cheek comment, but seriously some people spoil the online and social media experience.

That comment was not only racist but also showed how close minded that bloke is.

Some people don't deserve nice things.

 

[weststigers]

It was a tongue in cheek comment, but seriously some people spoil the online and social media experience.

That comment was not only racist but also showed how close minded that bloke is.

Some people don't deserve nice things.

That's not for you to decide - be careful what you wish for.

I have watched this country go from being relatively free to having the government involved in every aspect of life in the last 20 or 30 years. Enough is enough - we can deal with a few racists easily, but once the government gets more control, you give that freedom away for life.

 

[Leck]

That's not for you to decide - be careful what you wish for.

I have watched this country go from being relatively free to having the government involved in every aspect of life in the last 20 or 30 years. Enough is enough - we can deal with a few racists easily, but once the government gets more control, you give that freedom away for life.

Hey @weststigers , I'm not wishing for anything. I'm on the same train as you are. I've grown up in the digital and social media era, and I continue to see its ongoing effects.

What I've noticed is that people are much more personally disconnected today. Before the internet became available in Australia in 1994, and before social media platforms like Friendster (2002), MySpace (2003), and Facebook (2004), we would catch up in person and chat about social / community issues without being conditioned by a computer.

Now there are so many keyboard warriors and bots that the conversation has become murky. I'm concerned about how much more difficult it will be for my kids to distinguish true information from misinformation.

However, freedom of speech and its boundaries are the biggest concern.

I love this George Orwell quote:

"If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear."

 

[TheEnz]

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What is wrong with people? Posting this here in case any of you know this see you next Tuesday.

This idiot has been posting the same thing on multiple WT threads on Insta.

 

[weststigers]

Hey @weststigers , I'm not wishing for anything. I'm on the same train as you are. I've grown up in the digital and social media era, and I continue to see its ongoing effects.

What I've noticed is that people are much more personally disconnected today. Before the internet became available in Australia in 1994, and before social media platforms like Friendster (2002), MySpace (2003), and Facebook (2004), we would catch up in person and chat about social / community issues without being conditioned by a computer.

Now there are so many keyboard warriors and bots that the conversation has become murky. I'm concerned about how much more difficult it will be for my kids to distinguish true information from misinformation.

However, freedom of speech and its boundaries are the biggest concern.

I love this George Orwell quote:

"If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear."

Firstly, apologies if it came across as having a crack - I just detest the idea that people look to governments to solve all the problems and any mention of it triggers a visceral reaction in me. I appreciate your considered response in any case.

On a philosophical level, yes it's a concern, but is it any more of a concern than when governments were lying to us through Channel 9 or the ABC or the newspapers? I simply don't trust the government, media or big institutions anymore - they have failed us and lied to us in my view.

The internet and the ability to carry a camera in your pocket is the only thing that has brought them to account by decentralising who controls the message and allows news and the truth to get out at an incredible speed without intervention.

I accept there is misinformation out there, but we would be fools to think misinformation never existed before the internet and social media. I think people are becoming more sceptical and much better at understanding what is and isn't trustworthy.

Hitler rose to power well before any of this. Stalin, Mao etc. they were able to get the most terrible messages out without any technology and brainwashed whole nations using newspapers and film.

With the amount of sources out there now and the ability to carry a computer in your pocket, I just trust enough people get enough of the right message in amongst all the drivel. For all the negatives of social media, I think misinformation is the least of our concerns.

Perhaps this is another perspective some have not considered, so I thought I'd share.

 

[rugbygoated]

I think that was the implication, captain obvious.

Thanks bro. Really didn't know