Join now and get your first month for just $1<\/a>.<\/p>\nThe club confirmed Doueihi won\u2019t play in the nation\u2019s capital, with young gun Javon Andrews named to make his NRL debut in the halves alongside Jarome Luai.<\/p>\n
Code Sports first reported the news, with Doueihi not training on Thursday after he was told he\u2019d be playing lock instead of in the halves where he\u2019s shone as their best player this year.<\/p>\n
\u201cAdam won\u2019t be playing this weekend,\u201d Tigers chief executive Shaun Mielekamp told The Daily Telegraph.<\/p>\n
\u201cAdam and Benji met this morning to discuss a plan for the weekend. Benji made a call on what\u2019s best for the team but as a result Adam has asked for some time off and we agree to that.\u201d<\/p>\n
Speaking on Triple M on Thursday evening, Code Sports reporter David Riccio revealed another Tigers player met with coach Benji Marshall over the situation while others have \u201cvoiced their concerns\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cI would argue below the surface, there is still a lot more to play out here as far as the real reasons why Adam Doueihi has decided to step down from this game this weekend,\u201d Riccio said.<\/p>\n
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\u201cAt least one other player also spoke with Benji Marshall today, in fact I know he did. I won\u2019t name the player, I won\u2019t embarrass the player, and the name isn\u2019t ready to be reported as yet. <\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s no doubt that there are other players that have voiced their concerns, probably to the immediate response of Adam Doueihi making this decision to leave training early.<\/p>\n
Wide World of Sports, meanwhile, reported two players close to Doueihi have leapt to his defence.<\/p>\n
\u201cTwo of Adam\u2019s mates in the team believe we need him to win and are angry he won\u2019t be there at halfback,\u201d one Tigers player told nine.com.au.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a game we need to win and Javon is a top prospect but this isn\u2019t the time to blood him.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m staying out of it, most of the young blokes are the same.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe two players feel very strongly about it and have let the group know. It\u2019s a mess.\u201d<\/p>\n
Riccio, meanwhile, said he did not believe there was underlying issues between Marshall and Doueihi but that it was a \u201cline in the sand\u201d moment for the disgruntled player.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t think there\u2019s one real reason. I think there\u2019s many layers to it, and I think the moving to the lock forward position is only one of those layers,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think the situation of Jarome Luai being retained in the halves – when he\u2019s not at the football club – over Adam Doueihi, would be another layer.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am going on a number of conversations with key individuals that I\u2019ve had today involved in the Wests Tigers club that suggest that Adam\u2019s taking a line in the sand moment for some standards that he\u2019s not willing to walk past inside the football club, and ultimately it led to this.\u201d<\/p>\n
Despite the drama engulfing the club, Doueihi and Marshall – Riccio doesn\u2019t believe the relationship is untenable.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m not ready to declare it\u2019s all over for Adam Doueihi at the Wests Tigers,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think there is a genuine intent from CEO Shaun Mielekamp, who\u2019s completely across the entire detail of today\u2019s scenario, to at least meet on Monday morning to try and forge a relationship that allows Adam Doueihi to remain at the football club.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy understanding and my information is that this has unsettled Benji. It\u2019s disappointed him, that one of his greatest confidants in Adam Doueihi has decided to take this path.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think it\u2019s a line in the sand moment for Adam Doueihi, it may be a line in the sand moment for the football club as well.\u201d<\/p>\n
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