The Wests Tigers are inching closer to landing a man mountain who could help fill the void left by Ben Matulino's retirement after the NRL cleared Zane Musgrove to start training with the joint venture.

Just a day after they sensationally withdrew an offer to Latrell Mitchell, the Tigers are on the cusp of adding some more grunt to their forward pack amid a huge roster overhaul.

Samoan international and former South Sydney prop Musgrove was on the brink of joining Michael Maguire's Tigers late last year before police charged him with three counts stemming from an incident on the dance floor of the Coogee Bay Hotel, part of the code's "summer of hell".

Musgrove entered not guilty pleas to the charges, but the NRL declined to register his contract at the time until his case was resolved.