{"id":414468,"date":"2026-05-06T11:38:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T11:38:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/414468\/"},"modified":"2026-05-06T11:38:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T11:38:12","slug":"details-surface-around-why-titans-let-young-gun-walk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/414468\/","title":{"rendered":"Details surface around why Titans let young gun walk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/players\/alofiana-khan-pereira\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Alofiana Khan-Pereira<\/a> has been a revelation at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/nrl\/teams\/new-zealand-warriors\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New Zealand Warriors<\/a>, proving his pace and try-scoring instincts are very much alive in the top grade.<\/p>\n<p>The Titans&#8217; clean-out at the end of last year that saw <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/players\/david-fifita\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">David Fifita<\/a> head to the Rabbitohs also saw the winger sign with the Warriors after being told he could look for an opportunity at another club.<\/p>\n<p>Interestingly, the Titans&#8217; decision to let Khan-Pereira go had nothing to do with what he could do on the field.<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/nrl\/teams\/gold-coast-titans\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Gold Coast Titans<\/a> source told WWOS\u00a0that the split came down to attitude concerns and off-field issues.<\/p>\n<p>Khan-Pereira has scored six tries in his four appearances with the Warriors, including his most recent game against the Eels, where he scored a double in the 36-14 win.<\/p>\n<p>WWOS also reported that the Warriors are delighted with his professionalism, and that he has made a fantastic start to life in Auckland, even if it did take him a number of weeks to get into the first-grade set-up.<\/p>\n<p>Injuries allowed him to force his way in, but the young gun, who is on track with the fastest try-scorers in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NRL<\/a> history, will be hard to dislodge given his form once the Warriors are back at full strength.<\/p>\n<p>His contract has been signed as a long-term deal, and he will be joined in Auckland by current <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/nrl\/teams\/melbourne-storm\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Melbourne Storm<\/a> flyer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/players\/will-warbrick\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Will Warbrick<\/a> next year, with the duo expected to be the Warriors&#8217; wingers moving forward.<\/p>\n<p>        &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n        &#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; Alofiana Khan-Pereira has been a revelation at the New Zealand Warriors, proving his pace and try-scoring&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":414469,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[111,139,69,213],"class_list":["post-414468","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\/414468","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=414468"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414468\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/414469"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=414468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=414468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=414468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}