{"id":51831,"date":"2025-08-08T02:23:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T02:23:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/51831\/"},"modified":"2025-08-08T02:23:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T02:23:07","slug":"wests-tigers-utility-back-set-to-sign-with-new-team-nrl-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/51831\/","title":{"rendered":"Wests Tigers utility back set to sign with new team – NRL News"},"content":{"rendered":"

Samoan international Charlie Staines<\/a> is set to link up with a new team for the 2026 season, which will not only see him depart the Wests Tigers<\/a> but also the NRL<\/a> competition.<\/p>\n

One of the fastest players in the NRL<\/a>, Staines was the Tigers’ most consistent back-line player in 2024, which saw him nearly feature in every single game, but he has failed to have the same success this season.<\/p>\n

Overlooked in favour of Luke Laulilii<\/a>, Jeral Skelton<\/a>, Sunia Turuva<\/a> and Taylan May<\/a>, Staines has been relegated to the NSW Cup<\/a> for the majority of this season.<\/p>\n

However, when he has been called up to the first-grade squad, he has scored four tries, made 16 tackle busts and averaged 161 running metres in seven total appearances.<\/p>\n

After being told that the Wests Tigers<\/a> won’t re-sign him, Staines is set to make the move to the Catalans Dragons<\/a> in the Super League<\/a> next season, which will see him link up with teammate Solomona Faataape<\/a>, per All Out Rugby League.<\/a><\/p>\n

Still relatively young, the utility back will look to impress in the overseas competition and push his case to return to the NRL<\/a> in the coming years, especially with the introduction of two expansion clubs before the 2030 season – the Perth Bears<\/a> and PNG 2028<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The move overseas comes after the ‘Forbes Ferrari’ admitted that he was keen to remain at the Wests Tigers<\/a> in 2026.<\/p>\n

“For sure, for sure. Hopefully, I can play some good footy and we’ll see what happens from there,” Staines said when asked if he wants to remain at the club long-term in July.<\/a><\/p>\n

“I obviously want to stay for sure. I love the club and it’s great coming in every day.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Samoan international Charlie Staines is set to link up with a new team for the 2026 season, which…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":51832,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-51831","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\/51831","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=51831"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51831\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51832"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}