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'Stef, don't leave': Tigers plead with Utoikamanu

Tiger burning bright: Stefano Utoikamanu's teammates are hopeful the prop will stay with the club. (Mark Evans/AAP PHOTOS)

Api Koroisau wants Stefano Utoikamanu at Wests Tigers for life as the prop's State of Origin omission moves him one step closer to the open market.

Utoikamanu's career-best form to start the year wasn't enough to secure him a second NSW cap in Wednesday's Origin series opener, with new coach Michael Maguire instead preferring Isaah Yeo and Spencer Leniu as middle-forward options on his bench.

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