GNR4LIFE
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Can he bring the coach?
OFFICIAL Jarome Luai - #295
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426Tlgerland
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Good words from Mosses , maybe just maybe if Luai comes in next year and helps up go up maybe just maybe Mosses may want to comeback , those 2 together would be unreal with our young guys coming along , I would take it , just to get the club up the ladder , that’s the only reason ,
Halbrowne61
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Well we tried to get him back before but he didn’t seem that interested, except for us pushing his value up.
I’d really love to see them as our halves but highly unlikely !
Tito Santana
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Still can’t believe we have signed him.
Would have loved to have signed both Chrichtons to help him out.
Would have loved to have signed both Chrichtons to help him out.
twentyforty
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I’m cautiously optimistic on Luai maintaining his form when he comes next year. We have a history of putting weights in players’ saddles.
Halbrowne61
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Yes, he won’t quite have the same cattle around him !
Tucker
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Not unless we surround him with better talent than we currently plan to.
old_man_tiger
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He played a beautiful game tonight. Out of all the halves NSW tried in the last 2 or 3 series he now looks the most consistent and comfortable
Saw him interviewed recently. Forget the question to him but there was an undertone of regret about leaving the Tigers/not being there at this point in time, as he spoke.
innsaneink
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"He's a great team player, he always puts the team first. Whatever game plan we have, he is buying straight into it," Moses said.Luai can be the man to turn the Tigers around: Moses
Jul 15, 2024, 02:30 PM
Mitch Moses has backed Jarome Luai to be Wests Tigers' long-awaited saviour, declaring his NSW State of Origin halves partner can turn the club around as chief playmaker.
Moses and Luai will attempt to make history on Wednesday night, as the first Blues pairing to win a decider at Suncorp Stadium since Braith Anasta and Andrew Johns in 2005.
But Luai faces an equally daunting challenge on his arrival at the Tigers next year.
The joint-venture have not won a premiership since 2005, while their most recent finals appearance was way back in 2011.
Moses knows as well as anyone the challenge that Luai will face at the Tigers next year.
He played 77 games at the club during their finals drought, before leaving for Parramatta midway through 2017.
And he has no doubt Luai can be the man to help turn the long-suffering Tigers around.
"He's a quality player, I think he can do whatever he is trying to do," Moses said.
"To be a halfback is a tough job, but I think he is ready for it. I back him 100 per cent, I think he will change that club at the Tigers."
Most questions around Luai's five-year, $6 million Tigers contract have centred around his ability to lead a team.
But the 27-year-old has been able to deliver while stepping up without Nathan Cleary in the No.7 jersey at Penrith for the past two months.
Luai has been Penrith's best through that period, winning four of the five games he has played without Cleary, with his kicking having also improved.
That form has carried into the Origin arena, where Luai and Moses were both on song in the Blues' 38-10 win in Melbourne three weeks ago.
Luai will wear No.6 on Wednesday night, and is unlikely to play halfback again this year with Cleary to return from injury for Penrith against the Dolphins on Sunday.
But Moses has seen enough to know what Luai can bring to a club, and what he will be able to do alongside Lachlan Galvin next year.
"He's a great team player, he always puts the team first. Whatever game plan we have, he is buying straight into it," Moses said.
"He puts the team first and competes on everything. He is such a great bloke. He is well liked around the squad here.
Luai can turn the Tigers around: Mitch Moses
Mitch Moses has backed Jarome Luai to be Wests Tigers' long-awaited saviour, declaring his NSW State of Origin halves partner can turn the club around as chief playmaker.www.espn.com.au
Benji better get to work on gameplans then
innsaneink
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He did really well tonite despite QLD being in his face every time he got the ball
Broke the game open and set the Blues on their way to thump qld
rugbygoated
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Luai will not change the team by himself, but the club has to do things to set him up to play well. Forwards, defence coaches, edge players, no leaks, etc. It will take quite some time, but there has to be a belief that he is the man to change things around no matter how bad things get before they get good
jirskyr
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I beg to differ.
Tonight's Origin ticked two boxes for me: Moses played well enough for NSW to win, but he also tore his biceps when the game could not be lost.
Fraze23
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Pass the ball to Luai is going to be the game plan.
Red88_Tiger
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Think he’s matured is all
twentyforty
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Luai’s on field leadership is what we’ve been missing for over a decade. He got in DCEs face and won that battle last night I thought, which surely inspired his teammates.
