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However, his career took an unexpected turn at the end of the 2024 season, a couple of months after he made his NRL debut, when the Tigers terminated his two-year contract worth around $600,000.<\/p>\n
The joint venture\u2019s decision came after the front-rower received two breach notices for arriving late to training.<\/p>\n
Miller has previously maintained there were extenuating circumstances surrounding the second breach, revealing in an interview he had been required to assist police with a domestic violence matter unrelated to him.<\/p>\n
Jordan Miller of the Wests Tigers. (Photo by Jason McCawley\/Getty Images)Source: Getty Images<\/p>\n
Suddenly without a club, he kept wondering what came next, admitting he had lost his way during a difficult period away from the game. <\/p>\n
\u201cWhen I left the Tigers I didn\u2019t really know what I was going to do at the end of that year, 2024,\u201d Miller told foxsports.com.au. <\/p>\n
\u201cI probably let myself go a bit after I left the Tigers.<\/p>\n
\u201cI really didn\u2019t think (about hanging up the boots). It was more that I didn\u2019t know what my next move was. I sort of lost myself a bit and gained a bit of weight.\u201d<\/p>\n
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As his rugby league future looked uncertain, the Parramatta Eels offered Miller a lifeline, giving him an opportunity to rebuild his career and prove he still had plenty to offer.<\/p>\n
The move has since paid dividends, with the 21-year-old rediscovering his confidence on the field and earning selection to represent Fiji Bati at this year\u2019s World Cup.<\/p>\n
\u201cEver since I started up at Parra again, I\u2019m just finding myself a bit more on the footy field,\u201d he said<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m so grateful for them. They gave me a second chance and it\u2019s been refreshing over there. It\u2019s been good. <\/p>\n
\u201cMy manager reached out to them and they were pretty keen to get me on board.\u201d<\/p>\n
(L-R) Jordan Miller and Heath Mason after their NRL debut for Wests Tigers v Gold Coast Titans, Saturday, June 15, 2024 at Leichhardt Oval. Picture: Wests TigersSource: News Corp Australia<\/p>\n
The World Cup selection not only lets Miller represent his father\u2019s heritage on the international stage but also rewards his persistence after a difficult period in his career.<\/p>\n
Since joining the Eels, he has made just two NSW Cup appearances, spending the majority of his time in the Under-21s Jersey Flegg Cup side.<\/p>\n
But his opportunity with Fiji gives him the perfect chance to keep knocking on the door of NRL selection for Parramatta.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s exciting and I\u2019m grateful to represent my country at the World Cup and I\u2019m so excited,\u201d Miller continued.<\/p>\n
\u201cTwelve months ago, if you asked me, I wouldn\u2019t have thought I\u2019d be back here this soon, so it\u2019s been good.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If you had asked Jordan Miller 12 months ago whether he would be preparing to represent Fiji at…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":930769,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-930768","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\/930768","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=930768"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/930768\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/930769"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=930768"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=930768"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=930768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}