Adam Doueihi expected to return to Wests Tigers training following crisis talks
Wests Tigers player Adam Doueihi is expected to return to training following crisis talks with club management. The meeting addressed tensions regarding his position on the field and rumors of a fractured relationship with the coach.
Why it matters
The resolution of this internal conflict is critical for the team's stability as they struggle through a difficult season.
Doueihi refused to play in the club's match against Canberra on the weekend. ( Getty Images: Cameron Spencer )
Link copied Share Share article Adam Doueihi has smoked the peace pipe with Wests Tigers powerbrokers and is expected to return to training on Tuesday.
Doueihi and his manager Isaac Moses met coach Benji Marshall, chief executive Shaun Mielekamp and football manager Pat Richards at the club's Concord headquarters on Monday morning to thrash out their differences.
Mielekamp emerged from the crisis talks claiming the meeting was "positive" after weekend fears Doueihi had played his last game for the Tigers.
Benji Marshall has slammed "bull**** rumours" claiming a fractured relationship with Jarome Luai contributed to the star five-eighth's early exit from Wests Tigers.
Contracted until the end of the 2029 NRL season, Doueihi was said to have fallen out with Marshall after making himself unavailable for Saturday's 56-10 loss to Canberra.
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