CONFIRMED: Wests Tigers lock down star forward ahead of November 1

Key points

• Wests Tigers have signed star back rower Samuela Fainu to a two-year contract extension that keeps him at the club until at least the end of 2029. The 22-year-old has become one of the club's most important forwards, and head coach Benji Marshall saw securing him as critical.
• The new deal takes him off the market on November 1, out of reach of rivals including the PNG Chiefs.
• Code Sports reports the contract is worth around $800,000 a season, with ratchet clauses that could lift it past $1 million from 2028.