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After spending time training with the Wests Tigers<\/a> during pre-season, an outside back has decided to depart the club and will make a cross-code switch in the process.<\/p>\n Initially signing a NSWRL (NSW Cup<\/a>) deal with the Tigers, which included a block of several training weeks with the first-grade, Max Lehmann will now depart the club and return home to the United States of America.<\/p>\n In returning to his birth country, the outside back has signed with the New England<\/a> Free Jacks in the Major League Rugby competition on a one-year contract until the end of the 2026 season.<\/p>\n While it will be his first time playing professional rugby union, he was previously a member of the Junior NSW Waratahs squad and will bring a wealth of experience and skill to the club’s roster.<\/p>\n Over the years, Lehmann has also featured overseas for the Bradford Bulls<\/a>, in the\u00a0NSW Cup<\/a>\u00a0for the\u00a0Parramatta Eels<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0South Sydney Rabbitohs<\/a> and won a\u00a0QLD Cup<\/a>\u00a0premiership with the Brisbane Tigers.<\/p>\n The 25-year-old scored six tries and made 18 tackle busts and five line-breaks during the 2025\u00a0NSW Cup<\/a>\u00a0season for the Rabbitohs before deciding to make the switch to Manly League, in which he played a pivotal role in them winning the\u00a0Sydney Shield<\/a> title.<\/p>\n
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