{"id":158549,"date":"2023-06-28T11:39:24","date_gmt":"2023-06-28T01:39:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/?p=158549"},"modified":"2023-06-28T11:39:24","modified_gmt":"2023-06-28T01:39:24","slug":"wests-tigers-expected-to-meet-with-manly-youngster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/wests-tigers-expected-to-meet-with-manly-youngster-158549\/","title":{"rendered":"Wests Tigers expected to meet with Manly youngster"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/nrl\/teams\/wests-tigers\/\">Wests Tigers<\/a> are expected to meet with young <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/nrl\/teams\/manly-sea-eagles\/\">Manly Sea Eagles<\/a> playmaker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/players\/latu-fainu\/\">Latu Fainu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Following the announcement that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/players\/luke-brooks\/\">Luke Brooks<\/a> will leave the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/nrl\/teams\/wests-tigers\/\">Wests Tigers<\/a> at the end of the season to join the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/nrl\/teams\/manly-sea-eagles\/\">Manly Sea Eagles<\/a>, the\u00a0<em>Sydney Morning Herald\u00a0<\/em>reports that assistant coach <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/coaches\/benji-marshall\/\">Benji Marshall<\/a> is expected to meet with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/players\/latu-fainu\/\">Latu Fainu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This comes after reports from\u00a0<em>News Corp\u00a0<\/em>that the Tigers emerged as favourites to pick him and his brother Samuela up.<\/p>\n<p>Fainu has reportedly been granted permission to leave the Sea Eagles and negotiate with other clubs after joining them at the age of 16.<\/p>\n<p>One of the most promising and talented playmakers, he has progressed well through the junior grades at Manly. 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