{"id":369123,"date":"2026-04-08T07:12:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T07:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/369123\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T07:12:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T07:12:08","slug":"trai-fuller-responds-to-dragons-contract-offer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/369123\/","title":{"rendered":"Trai Fuller responds to Dragons contract offer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/nrl\/teams\/st-george-illawarra-dragons\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">St George Illawarra Dragons<\/a> will have to continue their hunt for Clint Gutherson&#8217;s succession plan, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/nrl\/teams\/dolphins\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dolphins<\/a> fullback <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/players\/trai-fuller\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Trai Fuller<\/a> informing the club that he won&#8217;t be taking up their offer to join them in Wollongong.<\/p>\n<p>To add more pressure to the Dragons in the midst of their slip in form, the Red V has been rejected by the live wire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/nrl\/teams\/dolphins\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dolphins<\/a> player, with Nine reporting that he won&#8217;t be coming to the club in any capacity.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">LATEST: Trai Fuller has informed the Dragons he won\u2019t be taking up their offer. Scott Drinkwater is still a target. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/9NewsSyd?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@9NewsSyd<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NRLonNine?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@NRLonNine<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Danny Weidler (@Danny_Weidler) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Danny_Weidler\/status\/2041700046564159538?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">April 8, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Although their focus remains on signing a big-name player, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/players\/scott-drinkwater\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Scott Drinkwater<\/a> still in the target sights for the Dragons.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Jaxon Purdue&#8217;s recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/cowboys-extend-purdue-in-3-million-blockbuster-232395\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">monster re-signing<\/a> has indicated that the Cowboys may be looking to go in another direction without Drinkwater as their fullback.<\/p>\n<p>With <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/players\/hamiso-tabuai-fidow\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow<\/a> locking down the fullback position in Redcliffe, speculation has mounted widely that Fuller would take his talents elsewhere, given he is skilled enough to walk into most <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NRL<\/a> starting sides.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Since his debut in 2023, he has looked electric when given the opportunity in the top grade, and it looks like he is set to stay put to apply his trade for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/nrl\/teams\/dolphins\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dolphins<\/a> when given the chance.<\/p>\n<p>With the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/state-of-origin\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">State of Origin<\/a> period around the corner, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/nrl\/teams\/dolphins\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dolphins<\/a> will rely on Fuller to step in for Tabuai-Fidow and potentially Cobbo when the squad gets depleted, helping the side not miss a beat in their stars&#8217; absence.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>        <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The St George Illawarra Dragons will have to continue their hunt for Clint Gutherson&#8217;s succession plan, with Dolphins&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":369124,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[111,139,69,213],"class_list":["post-369123","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/369123","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=369123"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/369123\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/369124"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=369123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=369123"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=369123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}