PAUL Gallen isn’t the only Shark lifting some serious tin in the gym.

We reveal why veteran forward Tim Grant could remain at the Wests Tigers next season.

Plus, the latest on Ash Taylor’s future at the Titans, as Private Ryan takes a look behind the scenes of the greatest game of all.

TIGERS WAIT ON GRANT

Round 19

Wests Tigers prop Tim Grant could remain at the club next season.

Private Ryan can reveal the former NSW Origin prop has a player option in his contract for 2018

Turning 30 in February, the former Panther and Rabbitoh has until the end of August to activate his option.

With almost 200 first grade games to his name, it’s unclear whether he has any suitors for his services which would influence his decision.

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CHAMPION ACT FOR FAMILY IN NEED

Matt Gillett donating a Maroons jersey. Source: Supplied

No sport rallies around those in need quite like rugby league. This is yet another example of that.

Players like Manly skipper Daly Cherry-Evans and Queensland star Matt Gillett have got behind a family in need.

Hine (Hinerake), a 25-year-old mother to four children under seven is seriously ill with no cure for her extremely rare form of cancer called Alveolar Soft Part Sarcoma.

There are only three known cases of this cancer in the country and Hine has become completely bedridden by its effects.

Daly Cherry-Evans donates a jersey. Source: Supplied

Her partner Miles has been forced to stop working to care for her and their children.

A fundraiser will be held at the Brighton Roosters Rugby League club on Saturday July 22 with the donated jerseys up for auction. Eels star Josh Hoffman has donated a pair of signed boots, while DCE and Gillett have provided signed jerseys.

SPEEDSTER TURNS STRONG MAN

Cronulla has crowned an unlikely strong man in the gym.

Sosaia Feki weighs in at 101 kilos but is quickly earning a reputation inside the Sharks’ weights room as a heavy lifter.

The winger, who made his NRL debut in 2013, recently produced a 240 kilo deadlift.

Those numbers put him in the top bracket of elite lifters.

Sosaia Feki celebrates with team mates after scoring a try. Source: AAP

The deadlift is 2.38 times his body weight.

These efforts in the gym are indicative of the transformation in the role of wingers.

Edge men like Feki are more than speedsters but strong bodies responsible for starting their team’s sets with a powerful carry.

DID YOU KNOW ...

Melbourne star Will Chambers is part-way through a carpentry apprenticeship at TAFE as he plans for life after football.

Having re-signed with the Storm for another three seasons earlier this year, Chambers admits it could very well be his final NRL deal and has a life outside the football field to consider.

“It’s three years and I’ll be 32 at the end of it,” Chambers said.

Will Chambers in action for the Maroons. Source: News Corp Australia

“You’d like to think you can go around a bit longer but three years is a long time in rugby league. We’ll have to see how the body holds up.

“I’m closer to the end than you think. I wanted to make sure I had something. Whether it’s one day a week at TAFE or on the tools, it’s something.”

SPOTTED

Melbourne had the bye last week and while some teams trained through their breaks the Storm gave their players the week off.

Some stuck around Victoria while others went interstate and even overseas.

Half Ryley Jacks visited family in Brisbane while Suli Vunivalu went home to Fiji.

HUSH, HUSH

Which off-contract player has been offered a new deal from his current club worth $200,000 less than his current contract?

TITANS TO MOVE ON TAYLOR

Ash Taylor is a homeowner and his property is on the Gold Coast.

Make of this what you will.

It was only a few years ago Daly Cherry-Evans purchased a home on the coast before backflipping on his agreement to move to the Titans.

Ashley Taylor in action for the Titans. Source: News Corp Australia

It certainly doesn’t mean Taylor’s re-signed with the club but this column can confirm the club is poised to ramp up talks.

In fact they are yet to table him a deal but are in the process of compiling a lengthy and lucrative package they will present to him next month.

Having presented their offer, the Titans will have three months to exclusively negotiate before he becomes open slather for rival clubs.