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Luai’s not-so-cryptic “know your worth” post on Instagram the next morning spoke to his heartbreak, and he admits he felt betrayed. “When he first said that, I thought it was a shot at me,” he said. “But I think it was a way for him to sort of try and fend off other clubs. It was his strategy...

https://www.smh.com.au/sport/nrl/he-s-batman-and-i-m-robin-i-want-to-be-batman-20240604-p5jj59.html ‘He’s Batman and I’m Robin. I want to be Batman’ An emotional Jarome Luai shares the motivation behind his enormous decision to leave the Panthers, and why he wants to do NSW proud after...

Six months ago Lachlan Galvin wanted out of the Tigers, now the rookie is rallying club’s best teens to commit long-term Lachlan Galvin has gone from wanting to leave the Wests Tigers six months ago to rallying the club’s best rookies to stick with the joint venture long-term. Boom rookie...

(Part 2) BR: The other notable change over the offseason has been the departure of David Nofoaluma. What can you say about David and his contribution to the Tigers? BM: I played with David and he spilt a lot of blood, sweat and tears for our club. He’s obviously the club’s leading all-time...

(Part 1) https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/nrl/nrl-2024-wests-tigers-coach-benji-marshall-breaks-silence-on-nofoaluma-exit/news-story/6cfd7f22b8572bb744334638abf457d6 NRL 2024: Wests Tigers coach Benji Marshall breaks silence on Nofoaluma exit It’s been an eventful first pre-season for...

To'o is contracted to the Panthers until end of 2027 https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nrl-premiership/nrl-2023-transfer-centre-brian-too-resigns-penrith-panthers-extension-contract-player-movement/news-story/0b1555845be85bc0a0e3b723daa92250

Some points from this morning's SEN interview with Richo: * Luai sent over the signed paper work the night before (2nd of January). Richo was aware that Luai wanted to hold a press conference, but had no idea when. He was made aware of the press conference at 10am yesterday morning * "(Luai) is...

This is fantastic haha

There's also a good chance that the deal is done, but also waiting for Shane Richardson to officially start before announcing it to the public. If not tomorrow, then I would expect it to be announced either 2nd or 3rd of January.

I don't believe he was offered a new deal, along with Tuki Simpkins and Brandon Wakeham

This happens to a lot of clubs with large catchments for junior talent. Given that we are positioning ourselves as a development club, the number of promising juniors coming through will increase. A number of things we need to realise: 1) We can't keep them all and we will inevitably lose some...

They can look all they want. We have Galvin locked up until 2026. When Luai comes on board, "teams looking at Galvin" stories / tweets will be commonplace. Why? Journalists are lazy and Wests Tigers stories get more clicks than any other team.

Galvin, on one knee, is almost taller than Reilly 😅

Is it for $700k, registered as a centre and a pinky promise that he will play in that position for the 2024 season?

I don't know how they can afford it Jake Turbo: $900k Tommy Turbo: $1.1M DCE: $1.2M (according to Zero Tackle) Brooks: $650k Schuster: ~$500 - 600k Koula extended to 2027 .. and now Olakauatu on a big deal?