There should be a pathway through this negotiation for both parties to be happy.
Api is, inevitably, going to start handing over minutes and Tallyn, who's not ready yet, should be starting to receive more minutes.
There is a world where the timing is right.
Api extends for 1 year in 27, to play 50/50 role.
Tallyn to take over starting during late 26/early 27.
Haywood to understudy Tallyn from 28.
In 2028, Tallyn will be 23 with, if he stays the course, an inside running on the starting hooking role at his junior club and the club he loves. He will also have another 2 years under one of the best hookers of the NRL era and will have the hooking role support of another quality up and comer in Haywood.
However, all the messaging out of the Tigers seems to point, already - for some reason, to TDS walking away. I can't for the life of me understand why.