Former Wests Tigers centre Tim Simona is reportedly making a formal bid to be allowed to return to the sport.New Zealand-born Simona was suspended "indefinitely" for betting on NRL matches in 2017. He was also found to have defrauded charities by selling signed jerseys and keeping the money.Simona, who played for the Tigers between 2011-2016 and also represented Samoa, will make a submission to the Rugby League Players' Association this week to overturn the ban, according to the Daily Telegraph.“I just have to have a football in my hands,’’ the 27-year-old said. “I have to have rugby league in my life.“I go to the park with a football nearly every day and I dream of once again playing in the NRL. I want it more
than anything.’’As well as submitting a dossier that states the community work he has undertaken since his ban, he has also penned a letter to the RLPA detailing the lessons he has learned and difficulties he has faced.“The past two years have been the hardest of my life,’’ Simona wrote. “I appreciate the invaluable lessons I have learnt, which have been many.“I have established that my true friends have gone from in the hundreds to a handful. I have been cut off, laughed at, made fun of, accused of things I didn’t do.“My family had relied on me and my income to pay for food, rent, bills and holidays. In my culture the children support the parents and relatives overseas and I have not been able to do that, I have let them down.“They are everything, they’ve kept me positive, made me realise that I’m not a bad person. I appreciate life more, I take nothing for granted.’’
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