Titans secure long-term Tino commitment

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The Gold Coast Titans person received a important boost with young guardant Tino Fa'asuamaleaui re-committing to the nine connected a semipermanent deal.

The 21-year-old's declaration hold volition spot him stay successful the Gold Coast done the 2026 season.

After starting his NRL vocation astatine the Melbourne Storm, Fa'asuamaleaui made the determination up northbound anterior to the 2021 play earlier winning the Paul Broughton Medal arsenic the Titans' subordinate of the twelvemonth successful his archetypal play astatine the club.

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Fa'asuamaleaui's debut play besides saw his broadside scope the finals for the archetypal clip since 2016, and manager Justin Holbrook was thrilled to unafraid his semipermanent commitment.

Tino Fa'asuamaleaui fends disconnected a would-be tackler during the Titans' clash against the Roosters successful 2021 (Getty)

"Tino is not conscionable a large player, helium is simply a large person," Holbrook said.

"He's lone entering his 2nd pre-season present astatine the Titans, but helium has already made a immense interaction connected the players, unit and everyone progressive successful our club.

"Tino is our hardest moving subordinate who sets precise precocious standards for himself and is ever doing extras aft grooming to amended his game.

"He is wholly invested successful what we are processing present connected the Coast with his agelong word hold proving this and alongside a radical of mates that are each astir the aforesaid age, we've got a fantastic halfway radical of young players that tin bring occurrence to the Gold Coast successful the years to come."

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