{"id":65407,"date":"2025-08-13T15:43:31","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T15:43:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/65407\/"},"modified":"2025-08-13T15:43:31","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T15:43:31","slug":"round-24-nrl-media-wrap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/65407\/","title":{"rendered":"Round 24: NRL Media Wrap"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Several Wests Tigers players discussed the importance of the inaugural Gadhu Gathering ahead of Sunday\u2019s showdown with Manly at Allianz Stadium.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@weststigers\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch via Wests Tigers YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n  &#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;<br \/>\n    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"inline-image__image o-shadowed-box\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/api.jpg\"\/>&#13;<br \/>\n  &#13;<br \/>\n  &#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;<br \/>\n  &#13;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/UxRX_MdgLuQ?si=zrAplpSHtLgSpcEt\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube: Api Koroisau \u2013 Player Media<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s massive\u2026 pretty much the ones with all the energy are Indigenous in our team, so it\u2019s always good to get this round out and really represent what they do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Reflecting on the recent rain-soaked win over the Dogs:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was just a good, fun game&#8230; it was like going back to being a kid again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When asked about closing the season strongly:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe just want to build on Round 22 and really take that into what we can this week against them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n  &#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;<br \/>\n    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"inline-image__image o-shadowed-box\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/jeral.jpg\"\/>&#13;<br \/>\n  &#13;<br \/>\n  &#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;<br \/>\n  &#13;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/BIOIOTPxXlw?si=N6WaAKZGM8CJiOYW\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube: Jeral Skelton \u2013 Player Media<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Discussing his bye week downtime:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was good to just get a little rest after all those games\u2026 reset and go again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sizing up the Sea Eagles ahead of Sunday:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI still expect that they\u2019re gonna bring their best game against us\u2026 I still respect their team.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n  &#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;<br \/>\n    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"inline-image__image o-shadowed-box\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/tito-1.jpg\"\/>&#13;<br \/>\n  &#13;<br \/>\n  &#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;<br \/>\n  &#13;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/zG3FdSGNK-w?si=NwketDqc_NTzQmPm\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube: Sunia Turuva \u2013 Player Media<\/a><\/p>\n<p>On the value of the bye week for focus and wellbeing:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was good. Just get the mind, get the body right and reconnect with family and friends is always good.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Addressing the possibly challenging conditions:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo be honest, it could be anything. I don&#8217;t think anything could be more crazy than what Parramatta was last week.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n  &#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;<br \/>\n    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"inline-image__image o-shadowed-box\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/heath.jpg\"\/>&#13;<br \/>\n  &#13;<br \/>\n  &#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;<br \/>\n  &#13;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/bgXIRGn-2VE?si=yM6pMwl__2q8aa5T\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube: Heath Mason \u2013 Player Media<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Explaining what the Gadhu Gathering means to him and his family:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt obviously means a lot to the culture and my family in particular\u2026 pretty cool\u2026 a good cultural crowd.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On the team\u2019s recognition of Indigenous Round and Gadhu Gathering:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll the boys that aren&#8217;t Indigenous\u2026 they really got behind us and showed the importance of what it means\u2026 that was pretty cool.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Highlighting the jersey as a symbol of connection:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA group of kids\u2026 put their dreams and what they want in life into it\u2026 play in pride and give it back to them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wests Tigers take on the Manly Sea Eagles this Sunday at 2:00 pm, with the Gadhu Gathering shining as a celebration of culture and unity on and off the field.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Several Wests Tigers players discussed the importance of the inaugural Gadhu Gathering ahead of Sunday\u2019s showdown with Manly&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":65408,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-65407","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\/65407","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=65407"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65407\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}