"Everyone would love to keep those players and in the perfect world you would," Woods said. "But footy is a business now, you have to think about your family and that's all Marty has done. Opposite sides: Aaron Woods, left, will do battle with Martin Taupau, right, for the first time when the Tigers face Manly on Monday. Credit:Getty Images "Its a tough one but if you're going to worry about that you'll just keep living in the past and the club won't move forward. It's one of those things where whoever you've got [in your team], you work with them. While Woods described Brooks and Moses as stars in the making the tough front rower said he wouldn't try to earbash them into signing a new deal. "At the end of the day the decision comes down to them," he said. "No one can pressure them because it's their call. However, I can say it'll never change the friendship we share.

"Regardless of whether they go or stay they're always going to be good mates of mine. I don't talk about contracts to any of the boys, all I want from them is that they come in and rip in." Woods said he would put aside his bond with Taupau for 80 minutes on Monday, predicting the strong man would try and rock the foundations of Leichhardt Oval. "He's a quality player, he's played for the Kiwis over the last two or three years and he's been one of their first picked," Woods said. "He's a big, intimidating thing - a monster - and adds a lot of intimidation to that Manly pack. And those biceps, oohh, they're massive and won't miss you. "People are saying to give Marty a nice welcome to Leichhardt but he's been there a few times and knows what to expect."

Wests Tigers coach Jason Taylor said he was under no illusions of what to expect from Taupau, the player he released: "Aggression." "That's what he plays with and what we're expecting," he said. "Interesting that he's been named in the back row. I'm not sure that he's played there very often in the past. So that'll be a change for him." Taylor suspects Manly counterpart Trent Barrett may also tinker with the side he named on Tuesday, despite the Sea Eagles coach claiming on Friday that veteran fullback Brett Stewart definitely would not play and may not for several weeks as he recovers from his nagging hamstring injury. "I imagine Brett Stewart's pushing to play there somewhere, so we'll see what their team is an hour before kick-off," Taylor said. "But the one that's been named is certainly one that we're wary of at this stage.

"But it's really hard to predict how they're going to play. There's a number of changes to their team and obviously they wouldn't be comfortable with the way things went last week [when they were defeated 28-6 by the Canterbury Bulldogs].. "The Bulldogs probably showed them the way to play last week and I think they'll take a fair bit of inspiration out of that and say we've got to be ready." "They will play with I'm sure a lot more commitment and a lot more energy right from the start." Loading with AAP