The Wests Tigers have received a major boost, re-signing brothers Terrell and Taylan May until the end of 2030, amid interest from the Papua New Guinea Chiefs. <\/p>\n
The club announced the dual re-signing on Friday amid fears the pair may follow club captain Jarome Luai in signing for the NRL\u2019s newest franchise. <\/p>\n
Terrell \u2013 the club\u2019s reigning Kelly-Barnes medallist as the club\u2019s best player \u2013 had 18 months left on his contract, while his brother Taylan was contracted until the end of 2027.<\/p>\n
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Coach Benji Marshall said the club was \u201cso happy\u201d to sign the pair for the long-term. <\/p>\n
\u201cThey both bring so many things on and off the field to our club. I love who they are and what they stand for,\u201d Marshall said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m just really pleased for our fans that they get to have Terrell and Taylan and their families here for the next four seasons.\u201d <\/p>\n
Sources close to the club said Terrell\u2019s deal is worth more than $1m a season, according to the Sydney Morning Herald. <\/p>\n
The brothers \u2013 who have a podcast together called the \u2018Mayday\u2019 podcast \u2013 took to social media to prank fans minutes before the official announcement was made. <\/p>\n
\u201cMay brothers announce emotional exit! Set to leave club,\u201d the post read. <\/p>\n
In the video, both Terrell and Taylan look distressed. <\/p>\n
\u201cObviously with the rumours going around with contract stuff, me and Tiny (Taylan) want to be transparent with all you guys and announce an opportunity has come about to play with our older brother (Luai) in PNG in 2028,\u201d Terrell said in the video. <\/p>\n
Taylan added he was grateful towards the club for giving him a \u201csecond chance\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut like Benji (Marshall) said family comes first and I felt like that was the best decision for me and my brother and our family \u2026 we\u2019re still here until 2028,\u201d Taylan said. <\/p>\n
The club announced the pair\u2019s re-signing minutes later. <\/p>\n
On Tuesday, the PNG Chiefs announced Luai had signed a two-year deal with a player option for an extra season when they enter the competition in 2028 in what shapes as one of the biggest moves in NRL history.<\/p>\n
\u201cToday is a historic moment for the PNG Chiefs as we unveil Jarome Luai as the club\u2019s first-ever signing,\u201d Chiefs genera manager of football Michael Chammas said.<\/p>\n
\u201c(He\u2019s) a four-time premiership winner, State of Origin winner, and a World Cup finalist for Samoa. A player whose profile, personality, and ability transcends the game itself.<\/p>\n
\u201cSigning a player of Jarome\u2019s calibre sends an unmistakeable message to the competition \u2013 the PNG Chiefs are here, and we are serious.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Wests Tigers have received a major boost, re-signing brothers Terrell and Taylan May until the end of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":644158,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,39221,311722,311725,307190,4582,264253,761,762,43961,158,311723,231337,85,311724,4515],"class_list":["post-644157","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nrl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-club-captain","tag-coach-benji-marshall","tag-dual-re-signing","tag-harvey-constable","tag-jarome-luai","tag-kelly-barnes","tag-national-rugby-league","tag-nationalrugbyleague","tag-newswire-sport","tag-nrl","tag-re-signing-brothers","tag-rohan-kelly","tag-sports","tag-taylan-may","tag-wests-tigers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/644157","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=644157"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/644157\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/644158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=644157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=644157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=644157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}