{"id":283212,"date":"2025-11-14T04:31:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T04:31:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/283212\/"},"modified":"2025-11-14T04:31:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T04:31:09","slug":"titans-forward-pursued-by-new-nrl-rivals-for-2027-nrl-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/283212\/","title":{"rendered":"Titans forward pursued by new NRL rivals for 2027 &#8211; NRL News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/nrl\/teams\/perth-bears\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Perth Bears<\/a> are continuing to explore their options for the 2027 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NRL<\/a> season, and have reportedly begun an approach to Gold Coast Titans&#8217; second-rower <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/players\/beau-fermor\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Beau Fermor<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Bears have a full squad of 30 to build, and over $12 million to do it with.<\/p>\n<p>Already missing the boat on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/players\/cameron-munster\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cameron Munster<\/a>, who will remain in Melbourne, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/players\/luke-metcalf\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Luke Metcalf<\/a>, who has re-signed with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/nrl\/teams\/new-zealand-warriors\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New Zealand Warriors<\/a>, all eyes are firmly focused on a potential Bears raid of the Gold Coast.<\/p>\n<p>They have indicated they&#8217;d be willing to spend a million and a half per season to obtain Fermor&#8217;s teammate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/players\/tino-faasuamaleaui\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tino Fa&#8217;asuamaleaui<\/a>, but signing Fermor would be an enticing prospect for the NRL&#8217;s newest outfit.<\/p>\n<p>As they kick-off negotiations with players off-contract at the end of 2026, News Corp are reporting that Fermor is high on the shopping list for the Western Australian outfit, and he could be a realistic target.<\/p>\n<p>Fermor, at one stage during 2025, requested a release from the Titans.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s unclear if he still wants to leave the club given new coach <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/coaches\/josh-hannay\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Josh Hannay<\/a> has been installed to replace <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/coaches\/des-hasler\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Des Hasler<\/a>, but he will likely consider his options at free agency with a pay rise expected after he made his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/state-of-origin\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">State of Origin<\/a> debut in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>The 27-year-old has become one of the Titans&#8217; most consistent players, and while the club are desperate to retain him, the lure of Perth may speak to Fermor, who could be on the lookout for a fresh start away from Robina.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s understood the Titans have begun talks with Fermor, but it&#8217;s unclear how much progress has been made towards signing him on an extented contract.<\/p>\n<p>The Bears are believed to have not yet tabled a formal offer for the second-rower, but one will be on the way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Perth Bears are continuing to explore their options for the 2027 NRL season, and have reportedly begun&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":283213,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-283212","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\/283212","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=283212"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283212\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/283213"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=283212"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=283212"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=283212"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}