Jarome Luai

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The Wests Tigers have stepped up their interest in Jarome Luai after holding another meeting with the Penrith superstar aimed at securing his signature.

This masthead understands Luai met key Tigers powerbrokers on Tuesday as they continue a concerted campaign to convince the three-time premiership winner that he should choose the club over staying at the Panthers.

It is understood the Tigers tabled a four-year-deal worth in excess of $4.5 million for Luai late last week. Their offer is significantly more than the Panthers can offer the Samoan international, who has entered the final year of his deal with Penrith.

The Bulldogs are also believed to be monitoring the situation and it is understood club officials have held talks over a move for Luai.

However, the Tigers are believed to be more advanced in discussions with Luai as they look to tie up a deal for the 26-year-old before he returns to preseason training with Penrith at the end of next week.

Under the NRL’s new contracting model, Penrith will get confirmation from the NRL of the Tigers interest once Luai gives an indication that he ready to accept the rival offer.

The Panthers will then have 10 days to convince him to change his mind. It is understood negotiations have not reached that point yet, although the latest meeting between the Tigers and Luai could be seen as an indication that both sides have a genuine interest in getting a deal in place as soon as possible.

Luai is currently undergoing rehabilitation for a shoulder injury that he carried through the closing stages of the NRL season.

 
It’s definitely sounding good, the drums are getting louder. Once bitten, twice shy though. Still taking it all with a grain of salt. I’m sure the conspiracy theorists amongst us may think the media are only pushing us hard in the pursuit of him, only to kick us when we inevitably lose out to another club. I’ll be blaming the Chairman myself.
 
GNR4LIFE said:
It’s definitely sounding good, the drums are getting louder. Once bitten, twice shy though. Still taking it all with a grain of salt. I’m sure the conspiracy theorists amongst us may think the media are only pushing us hard in the pursuit of him, only to kick us when we inevitably lose out to another club. I’ll be blaming the Chairman myself.
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Once bitten? Feels like it's been a lot more than that
 
GNR4LIFE said:
It’s definitely sounding good, the drums are getting louder. Once bitten, twice shy though. Still taking it all with a grain of salt. I’m sure the conspiracy theorists amongst us may think the media are only pushing us hard in the pursuit of him, only to kick us when we inevitably lose out to another club. I’ll be blaming the Chairman myself.
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it's hard not to get excited, but you're right. the whole "what if" is in the back of the mind because of how many times we've been burnt.

this feels like Black Money are trying to get the Bulldogs to come to the table for one last crack. Luai's now toured WT HQ and met our admin and is close to going to Penrith for one last counter offer.
 
Buttface said:
Yeah I reckon our odds of signing AFB shorten big time if we jag Luai, and Olam would also add a little too. He’d have Fulton in his ear as well. This is why I think we should be all in for Luai, players will want to play with him, and he’s seems really competitive, so I can’t se him being a dud. Make him an offer he can’t refuse or just ask him what he wants and give it to him. The cap goes up, Brooks was on a mil, and Luai is worth 500k more than Brooks, so anything under 1.5m is a bargain. Go get him Benji.
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Luai might be worth 500k more than Brooks. But Brooks is worth about 650-700, not the million he got in his final year here. So Luai at 1.5mil is not a bargain and will only hamstring the club for the next few years if he were on that.
 
gregjm87 said:
Luai might be worth 500k more than Brooks. But Brooks is worth about 650-700, not the million he got in his final year here. So Luai at 1.5mil is not a bargain and will only hamstring the club for the next few years if he were on that.
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Reports seem to suggest our offer is around $1.1m x 4 years.

Penrith aren't budging on their offer of $850k x 2 years.
 
jrtiger said:
it's hard not to get excited, but you're right. the whole "what if" is in the back of the mind because of how many times we've been burnt.

this feels like Black Money are trying to get the Bulldogs to come to the table for one last crack. Luai's now toured WT HQ and met our admin and is close to going to Penrith for one last counter offer.
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I think this is one of the only times while Penrith are the powerhouse that they are that if it’s between us and them, we are clear favourites. Because I don’t see them budging, and if it goes that far, clearly he prefers our offer. Our biggest danger is a club like the Dogs. I really think they are the only club standing in our way now. I thought the Sharks might have a made a play, but they don’t seem overly interested. And the Dragons attention appears to be elsewhere
 
GNR4LIFE said:
I think this is one of the only times while Penrith are the powerhouse that they are that if it’s between us and them, we are clear favourites. Because I don’t see them budging, and if it goes that far, clearly he prefers our offer. Our biggest danger is a club like the Dogs. I really think they are the only club standing in our way now. I thought the Sharks might have a made a play, but they don’t seem overly interested. And the Dragons attention appears to be elsewhere
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I think Penrith might give him an additional year, but they'll steer clear of a four year deal or increasing their offer, which as you say does put us in the box seat.

there's still a little bit to play out I think in regards to the Dogs. there's every chance that Ciraldo and Gus, who have been directly involved with Luai's development, may not view him as a 7 and may look elsewhere. I still expect them to come in late, but it is surprising there hasn't been anything concrete.
 
GNR4LIFE said:
I think this is one of the only times while Penrith are the powerhouse that they are that if it’s between us and them, we are clear favourites. Because I don’t see them budging, and if it goes that far, clearly he prefers our offer. Our biggest danger is a club like the Dogs. I really think they are the only club standing in our way now. I thought the Sharks might have a made a play, but they don’t seem overly interested. And the Dragons attention appears to be elsewhere
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Doesn't the fact that Penrith only offered him $850.00 and 2 years tell you something
 
jrtiger said:
it's hard not to get excited, but you're right. the whole "what if" is in the back of the mind because of how many times we've been burnt.

this feels like Black Money are trying to get the Bulldogs to come to the table for one last crack. Luai's now toured WT HQ and met our admin and is close to going to Penrith for one last counter offer.
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I'm not excited. Nothing counts until it's official. I do think we'll get him though.
 
jrtiger said:
The Wests Tigers have stepped up their interest in Jarome Luai after holding another meeting with the Penrith superstar aimed at securing his signature.

This masthead understands Luai met key Tigers powerbrokers on Tuesday as they continue a concerted campaign to convince the three-time premiership winner that he should choose the club over staying at the Panthers.

It is understood the Tigers tabled a four-year-deal worth in excess of $4.5 million for Luai late last week. Their offer is significantly more than the Panthers can offer the Samoan international, who has entered the final year of his deal with Penrith.

The Bulldogs are also believed to be monitoring the situation and it is understood club officials have held talks over a move for Luai.

However, the Tigers are believed to be more advanced in discussions with Luai as they look to tie up a deal for the 26-year-old before he returns to preseason training with Penrith at the end of next week.

Under the NRL’s new contracting model, Penrith will get confirmation from the NRL of the Tigers interest once Luai gives an indication that he ready to accept the rival offer.

The Panthers will then have 10 days to convince him to change his mind. It is understood negotiations have not reached that point yet, although the latest meeting between the Tigers and Luai could be seen as an indication that both sides have a genuine interest in getting a deal in place as soon as possible.

Luai is currently undergoing rehabilitation for a shoulder injury that he carried through the closing stages of the NRL season.

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I hope latu is still a priority for the club if they get luai.
 
jrtiger said:
$850k is all they can afford without blowing their cap model to pieces. 2 years is to ensure that when Jett Cleary is of age he can partner his brother at the scrumbase. that's what's going on here.
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Thet have others coming thru too...
If they did up their offer over $850 it wld upset a few theyve kept...and wld leve him unemplyed in 2 years time
 
tony soprano said:
I hope latu is still a priority for the club if they get luai.
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I think he is the priority outside of Luai. if Luai is to play halfback as rumoured then Fainu is more likely to get the opportunity over Sullivan to partner him. once Luai retires/moves on then Fainu will move to 7 with Onitoni Large to play 6. not terrible succession planning if it all comes to fruition.
 
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