Wests Tigers re-sign three players
Source: Wests Tigers Media
Wests Tigers have re-signed Chris Heighington, Rocky Trimarchi and William Mataka to new deals.
Second-rowers Heighington and Mataka will be at the club now until the end of the 2008 season. Trimarchi has signed on to the end of the 2009 season.
Heighington has played 62 games for the Wests Tigers since making his first grade debut against St George Illawarra at Telstra Stadium in round one of the 2003 season.
Since then,Heighington has gone on to become one of the real workhorses in the Wests Tigers forward pack. He played 21 games for the Wests Tigers in 2006.
Heighington has also been a tremendous ambassador for the club off the field, winning the inaugural Wests Tigers community award in 2006.
Trimarchi is one of the club’s most promising back-rowers and was a member of the Wests Tigers Apprentice Program in 2006.
He has recovered well from shoulder surgery and will be looking to cement a permanent place in the Wests Tigers forward pack in coming seasons.
Trimarchi made a memorable first grade debut against the Sharks in round six at Campbelltown Sports Stadium last season, scoring a try. The following week, Trimarchi suffered the season ending shoulder injury.
A strong attacking player, Mataka is rated by Wests Tigers officials as one of the emerging second-rowers coming through the ranks at Western Suburbs.
He went on the Australian U18 Schoolboys tour at the end of last season alongside Wests Tigers player Chris Lawrence and Ratu Peni Tagive from Wests Magpies.
Trimarchi and Mataka continue the tradition of Wests Tigers bringing young local players through the club.
