{"id":44243,"date":"2025-08-05T02:15:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T02:15:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/44243\/"},"modified":"2025-08-05T02:15:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T02:15:07","slug":"adam-doueihi-wests-tigers-contract-offer-dragons-counter-paul-gallen-slap-in-the-face-comments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/44243\/","title":{"rendered":"Adam Doueihi Wests Tigers contract offer, Dragons counter, Paul Gallen ‘slap in the face’ comments"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sharks premiership captain Paul Gallen<\/a> pointed to the depth of young players in the halves at Wests Tigers and Adam Doueihi’<\/a>s injury history as the possible catalysts behind the club’s low ball offer to keep the utility.<\/p>\n

Doueihi, a local junior, will be out of contract in November and last week was offered a one-year extension for $350,000, which is the current value of his current contract per year.<\/p>\n

However, after a man-of-the-match performance in the 24-18 win over the Bulldogs<\/a>, the club revised its offer by adding another year to the deal.<\/p>\n

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The Dragons have reportedly offered Doueihi a two-year contract at $500,000-a-season<\/a>, which is widely viewed as a closer reflection of the utility’s true value.<\/p>\n

When asked if he thought the Tigers’ offer was a “slap in the face”, Gallen conceded to Nine’s 100% Footy that it was, “a little bit”.<\/p>\n

“He’s a good player, he’s been around a long time. He has had some injury issues over his career, no doubt about that. I think he’s playing really good at 13,” Gallen added.<\/p>\n

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Having undergone three ACL surgeries on the same knee, the utility, who has pitched in at halfback, five-eighth, centre and lock throughout the season, would reportedly prefer to stay at the Tigers if a fair deal is forthcoming.<\/p>\n

However, with Jarome Luai and Latu Fainu viewed as the long-term halves at the club, Doueihi is likely to be surplus to requirements in the halves, leaving the lock role or the increasingly important No.14 bench utility position as more realistic options if he stays at Concord.<\/p>\n

\"SYDNEY,<\/p>\n

Jarome Luai, Adam Doueihi and Sunia Turuva of the Wests Tigers celebrate victory during the round 22 NRL match between Wests Tigers and Canterbury Bulldogs at CommBank Stadium, on August 03, 2025, in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Mark Evans\/Getty Images)\u00a0Getty<\/p>\n

“The Tigers might have a few more younger guys coming through. Whereas the Dragons have got a few more senior guys. if I was the Dragons, I’d be hoping he goes there,” Gallen said.<\/p>\n

“He’s a good ballplayer, he’s tough and he’s a big body. I think he’s playing at 13, and if I was the Dragons, I’d be hoping he comes. They’re both similar clubs to me. They’re both sort of rebuilding.”<\/p>\n

While the Dragons seem to be the only other team chasing Doueihi’s signature, it’s understood European rugby clubs have also expressed interest.<\/p>\n

Doueihi’s cousin, former Wallabies coach Michael Cheika, told The Sydney Morning Herald<\/a> the Tigers player could make noise in the rival code as a running fly-half.<\/p>\n

“As he gets older, Adam’s thinking about his next move and what will help him play his best footy, rather than what will get him the most money,” Cheika said.<\/p>\n

“I know for a fact there’s interest from European rugby. I’ve had correspondence from clubs over there about Adam because they know he played the game when he was younger.<\/p>\n

“He could play No.10, No.12 or No. 13 any day of the week. He’s got a long kicking game, he’s a big body, and a good defender. He’s a run threat, kick threat, pass threat.<\/p>\n

“I know they keep trying to put him into lock in rugby league, but he’s a running half in my mind.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sharks premiership captain Paul Gallen pointed to the depth of young players in the halves at Wests Tigers…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":44244,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-44243","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\/44243","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=44243"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44243\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44244"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44243"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}