{"id":460861,"date":"2026-06-04T16:18:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T16:18:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/460861\/"},"modified":"2026-06-04T16:18:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T16:18:13","slug":"tigers-sign-star-outside-back-on-long-term-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/460861\/","title":{"rendered":"Tigers sign star outside back on long-term deal"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Wests Tigers<\/a> have pulled off a major signing, securing the services of Dolphins<\/a> outside back Jake Averillo<\/a> on a massive four-year deal priced at $2.75 million.<\/p>\n

Averillo will be in the mix for a spot in the centres next year, but is earmarked as Jarome Luai’s halves successor when he departs the club for the PNG Chiefs<\/a> at the end of 2027.<\/p>\n

It is being reported by the Daily Telegraph that the 25-year-old will return to Sydney after agreeing to terms.<\/p>\n

Given that Latu Fainu<\/a> and Jock Madden’s contracts expire at the end of next year, it gives Benji Marshall<\/a> flexible options to tweak his halves pairing for the long-term future of the Tigers.<\/p>\n

Averillo has played 132 NRL<\/a> games across stints at the Bulldogs and the Dolphins<\/a>, and currently sits behind Jack Bostock<\/a> and Herbie Farnworth<\/a> in the centre stocks in Redcliffe.<\/p>\n

An attacking threat with speed to burn, Averillo shapes up as an elite signing for the Tigers who has shown glimpses of an elite game-breaker.<\/p>\n

There was a cluster of Sydney clubs in the mix for Averillo’s services for next year, including the Cronulla Sharks<\/a>, Manly Sea Eagles<\/a> and St George Illawarra Dragons<\/a>.<\/p>\n

However, Averillo has opted to link with the Tigers, who are fresh off a massive re-signing spree involving multiple current stars.<\/p>\n

Terrell and Taylan May<\/a>, Jahream Bula<\/a>, Sunia Turuva<\/a>, and Heamasi Makasini<\/a> have all agreed to stay long term at the club.\u00a0<\/p>\n

With the future of many outside backs locked up at the joint venture, it is the strongest indication that Averillo’s fate at the club will be most-likely spent in the halves beyond next year.<\/p>\n

Samuela Fainu<\/a> also needs to be locked up before November 1, otherwise rival clubs will no-doubt be monitoring his contract situation closely for 2028.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Wests Tigers have pulled off a major signing, securing the services of Dolphins outside back Jake Averillo…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":460862,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[111,139,69,213],"class_list":["post-460861","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\/460861","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=460861"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/460861\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/460862"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=460861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=460861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=460861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}