{"id":458902,"date":"2026-06-03T13:54:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T13:54:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/458902\/"},"modified":"2026-06-03T13:54:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T13:54:09","slug":"tigers-provide-injury-report-return-timeline-update-for-multiple-stars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/458902\/","title":{"rendered":"Tigers provide injury report, return timeline update for multiple stars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/nrl\/teams\/wests-tigers\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Wests Tigers<\/a> have provided an injury update on four of their stars as the joint venture builds momentum at the midway mark of the season.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Tigers&#8217; horror injury toll this year has robbed them of playing consistent football in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>They started off red-hot in March, but as the casualty ward grew, they began to drop games and have had to rely on their squad depth to get them through.<\/p>\n<p>In what looked to be a season-ending injury in their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/nrl\/magic-round\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Magic Round<\/a> clash against Manly, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/players\/taylan-may\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Taylan May<\/a> will return from a right shoulder dislocation in roughly two to three weeks.<\/p>\n<p>First-choice halfback <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/players\/adam-doueihi\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Adam Doueihi<\/a> is also in the final stages of recovery from a shoulder injury sustained in Round 9 when scoring a try. He is set to also return in two to three weeks alongside May.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/players\/alex-twal\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Alex Twal<\/a> is set to be sidelined for four to six weeks following scans confirming he has injured his MCL in the Tigers&#8217; win over the Bulldogs on Saturday. It comes as a great shame for Tigers fans, who were enjoying Twal in career-best form this year and has been consistently one of the club&#8217;s best players week-in, week-out.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Left-side second rower <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/players\/samuela-fainu\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Samuela Fainu<\/a> will also remain out for another six to seven weeks following a right foot injury sustained in Round 9 this year.<\/p>\n<p>With all four troops back on deck by the final stages of the season, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/coaches\/benji-marshall\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Benji Marshall<\/a> will have his side primed for a strong backend to the year as they look for a rare finals appearance, a feat that hasn&#8217;t been achieved since 2011.\u00a0<\/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; The Wests Tigers have provided an injury update on four of their stars as the joint&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":458903,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[111,139,69,213],"class_list":["post-458902","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\/458902","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=458902"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458902\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/458903"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=458902"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=458902"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=458902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}