Wests Tigers star Ryan Matterson has been granted leave from the club for the rest of the 2019 season for "personal reasons".
The club revealed via the official website that the forward had requested the leave, while making no further comment on the matter.
It comes following reports that Matterson had failed to turn up to training over the last few days.
He is understood to be on the radar of a number of rival clubs and appears likely to leave the Tigers during the off-season.
When foxsports.com.au asked Matterson’s agent Gavin Orr if he had been skipping training, he responded: “No he’s crook and has doctor’s orders to be off training”.
Following on from their loss to Cronulla, Michael Maguire instructed that his players train all the way up until the grand final.