{"id":18923,"date":"2025-07-24T16:27:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T16:27:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/18923\/"},"modified":"2025-07-24T16:27:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T16:27:10","slug":"solomona-faataape-set-for-super-league-stint-before-potential-nrl-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/18923\/","title":{"rendered":"Solomona Faataape set for Super League stint before potential NRL return"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Solomona Faataape\u2019s time at Wests Tigers is officially coming to a close, with the young centre informing the club of his intention to depart at the end of the season ahead of a likely move to the Super League.<\/p>\n<p>The 24-year-old is expected to join French outfit Catalans Dragons in 2026, as part of a growing list of NRL players heading to the south of France.<\/p>\n<p>MORE:\u00a0<a onclick=\"dataLayer.push({event: &#039;element_click&#039;,item_type: &#039;affiliate link&#039;,item_id: &#039;https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/au\/rugby-league\/news\/craig-bellamy-storm-injury-return-melbourne-ryan-papenhuyzen\/1ef51aa5e408f3395713bc45&#039;,item_name: &#039;Bellamy left in the dark over Storm star\u2019s injury return&#039;,cta_type: &#039;contextual_link&#039;,cta_id: &#039;&#039;});\" target=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/au\/rugby-league\/news\/craig-bellamy-storm-injury-return-melbourne-ryan-papenhuyzen\/1ef51aa5e408f3395713bc45\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Bellamy left in the dark over Storm star\u2019s injury return<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>While no deal has been formally inked, his manager Kif Chowdhury confirmed that Faataape\u2019s next destination is effectively locked in.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We\u2019ve finalised a destination&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re beyond grateful for the opportunity that the Wests Tigers have provided for Solomona Faataape,\u201d Chowdhury told <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/wests-tigers-centre-confirms-departure-at-seasons-end-224583\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Zero Tackle<\/a>. \u201cThe belief and faith shown by Benji Marshall and Shane Richardson will never be forgotten by the Faataape family.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added: \u201cWe\u2019ve been working through our options and I think we\u2019ve finalised a destination. Our priority is to give Sol a genuine platform to showcase his talent whilst continuing to develop his game as the NRL expansion teams near entry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Faataape has drawn interest from several overseas clubs but appears set to join Catalans alongside fellow Australian signings Toby Sexton and Zac Lipowicz. Chowdhury hinted that the Super League move could serve as a springboard back to the NRL.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA move to the Super League for a year or two would strongly benefit him. I hear the weather is nicer over in the south of France.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Solomona Faataape\u2019s time at Wests Tigers is officially coming to a close, with the young centre informing the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18924,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-18923","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nrl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-national-rugby-league","tag-nationalrugbyleague","tag-nrl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18923","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18923"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18923\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18924"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18923"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18923"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18923"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}