teacher, Luke warns his "smitten" colleague that pursuing a relationship with Tug will ruin her career. When Tug and Beth share a "romantic dinner" together and she realises that "sparks are indeed flying" between them. She is left with the decision of choosing Tug or her career. A reporter from Inside Soap noted that this was a "scandal" storyline and Tug and Beth's romance rocked Summer Bay. Tug and Beth begin spending time together when she is assigned to give him private lessons. Beth attempts to deny her feelings but soon succumbs to temptation. Pearen explained to Ally Oliver from Inside Soap that the relationship develops because Beth is "really lonely, she's got a new job in a brand new town and she doesn't have any friends". They attempt to keep their romance a secret, especially from their headmaster Donald, though their relationship is later exposed. Pearen said that other characters ask Beth to control her "desire" for Tug. But as she noted it was "much too late" for that to happen. Departure Tug was written out of the series in 1994. A writer from TV Week first reported that Tug had been axed alongside the characters of Sarah, Luke Cunningham (John Adam) and Roxanne Miller (Lisa Lackey). They added that producers did not inform them and their report was the first they would know of their departures. Lackey later denied the claims, but Bancks confirmed he was leaving. Bancks told Fiona Parker and David Hancock from the Daily Mirror that he had a great two and half years working on Home and Away, but was content in pursuing other projects. Bancks told Soap's Taylor that Tug would depart the show in September 1994 and admitted he was not sure how he would leave. But he revealed that Tug would not be killed off. Taylor stated that this was due to the other characters leaving around the same time. She added that "producers are anxious not to go over the top with the storylines and do anything overly dramatic". When his exit storyline played out on-screen he was depicted leaving Summer Bay on a tractor. The actor later told Josephine Monroe from TVTimes that he hoped to never return to the show. Storylines Tug transfers to Summer Bay High and begins bullying Damian Roberts (Matt Doran). Damian's friends Blake Dean (Les Hill) and Simon Fitzgerald (Richard Norton) warn Tug and