{"id":7640,"date":"2025-07-20T05:01:08","date_gmt":"2025-07-20T05:01:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/7640\/"},"modified":"2025-07-20T05:01:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-20T05:01:08","slug":"tigers-on-edge-after-star-player-spotted-in-bulldogs-territory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/7640\/","title":{"rendered":"Tigers on edge after star player spotted in Bulldogs territory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wests Tigers fullback Jahream Bula has sparked speculation about his future after being seen in the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs members section during their thrilling Round 20 win over St George Illawarra.<\/p>\n<p>The 23-year-old\u2019s presence may be linked to his close friendship with former teammate and the Bulldogs\u2019 newly appointed No.7, Lachlan Galvin, who delivered the match-winning pass to seal their stunning comeback against the Dragons.<\/p>\n<p>However, what\u2019s raising eyebrows among Wests Tigers fans and officials isn\u2019t just where Bula was seen \u2014 it\u2019s who he was spotted with.<\/p>\n<p>Photos circulating show the young Tigers star alongside agent Adam Brame, who represents Isaac Moses\u2019 management agency.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>MORE:\u00a0<a target=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/au\/rugby-league\/news\/nrl-contracts-mid-season-player-transfers-rlpa-galvin\/44e16b9f2dffe6c9487f9fb6\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Is an NRL contract worth anything any more?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bula\u2019s new management under twice deregistered agent Isaac Moses is likely to raise concerns for Wests Tigers CEO Shane Richardson and coach Benji Marshall, who are well aware of the considerable influence Moses wields over player movements.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/au\/rugby-league\/news\/lachlan-galvin-contract-bulldogs-official-tigers-exit\/f211168dee209360fd2c561f\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Earlier this year,<\/a> Moses orchestrated Galvin\u2019s unexpected departure from the Tigers \u2013 despite the playmaker having 18 months left on his contract \u2013 with Galvin subsequently joining the very club where Bula was recently spotted.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Despite the visuals, Tigers CEO Shane Richardson has downplayed any concerns about the young star being spotted in another club\u2019s members\u2019 section.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are not overly concerned,\u201d Richardson told foxsports.com.au.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJahream\u2019s got family with ties to the Bulldogs and he also attended the Parramatta game when Lachlan Galvin debuted for the Dogs.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Bula is currently signed to the Wests Tigers until the end of the 2026 season, with a mutual option for 2027.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>If the club decides to activate the extension, it will cost the Tigers $900,000 for the season. However, if Bula opts to trigger the clause himself, the value is slightly lower, at $800,000.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Wests Tigers fullback Jahream Bula has sparked speculation about his future after being seen in the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7641,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-7640","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\/7640","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=7640"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7640\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7641"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7640"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7640"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7640"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}