{"id":25315,"date":"2025-07-27T05:54:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-27T05:54:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/25315\/"},"modified":"2025-07-27T05:54:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-27T05:54:09","slug":"walker-brothers-swear-to-unlock-david-fifita-no-question-nrl-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/25315\/","title":{"rendered":"Walker brothers swear to “unlock David Fifita, no question\u201d – NRL News"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ben and Shane Walker have made a dramatic promise to the Gold Coast Titans<\/a>\u00a0in a bid to snatch a coaching role away from Des Hasler<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Titans have struggled to make any sort of noise for years, and despite being home to the likes of Tino Fa’asuamaleaui<\/a> and David Fifita<\/a>, the club still hasn’t fired.<\/p>\n

According to the\u00a0Daily Telegraph,\u00a0the Walker brothers have contacted Titans chairman Dennis Watt in hopes of convincing him they are worthy of an NRL<\/a> coaching job.<\/p>\n

Part of their pitch was Fifita himself, who the pair believe they can get the best out of.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe would find the key to unlock David Fifita<\/a>, no question,\u201d Ben Walker told the Daily Telegraph.<\/p>\n

\"NRLGOLD COAST, AUSTRALIA – JULY 16: David Fifita<\/a> of the Titans is tackled during the round 18 NRL<\/a> match between the Gold Coast Titans<\/a> and the Brisbane Broncos<\/a> at Cbus Super Stadium, on July 16, 2022, in Gold Coast, Australia<\/a>. (Photo by Chris Hyde\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Fifita has had a disastrous season in 2025, dropping in and out of first grade due to form and injury.<\/p>\n

Many reports indicate Fifita’s poor form and constant demotions are due his relationship with Hasler, with the former Maroon eerily stating that the “real truth will come out one day.”<\/p>\n

The Walkers believe that their appointment as the club’s coaches would improve his form.<\/p>\n

\u201cPoor Dave Fifita has been battered and pushed around,” Walker added.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWe would need to meet with Fifita and find out what makes him tick, but we tend to get the best out of anyone we coach.”<\/p>\n

They pointed to their success with Kurt Capewell<\/a>, a project for the pair that worked in their favour.<\/p>\n

\u201cKurt Capewell<\/a> is proof we can save a career,” Walker continued<\/p>\n

\u201cHe had two stints in the under-20s with the Broncos and Roosters and when the Roosters let him go, he was done. But he came to us at Ipswich and the rest is history.<\/p>\n

\u201cLook at him now. He is an Origin player.”<\/p>\n

The brothers’ confidence in their ability to boost Fifita to match the quality his $1 million price tag commands is sure to raise heads at the Titans.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf we couldn’t get the best out of Dave, it would be a failure on us,” he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cDavid Fifita<\/a> is a rare talent and I know we would get the best out of him for the Titans.\u201d<\/p>\n

The club is yet to make a call on Hasler’s future, but it is no secret that the Walker brothers will be waiting for the call-up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ben and Shane Walker have made a dramatic promise to the Gold Coast Titans\u00a0in a bid to snatch…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":25316,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-25315","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\/25315","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=25315"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25315\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25316"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25315"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25315"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}