OFFICIAL Jarome Luai - #295

Go_You_Good_Things said:
I feel sorry for you that you've had to keep your seething agenda to yourself for these past few weeks.
I really do. I can only begin to imagine the internal frustrations that it caused.
But now you have the remotest of long bows to connect something that may or may not lead to something which may or may not being a bad thing for WT . . . . into another HBG bash.
Puke, and then yawn
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😂😂😂😂

Timeline:
- Jarome was ready to remove the clauses
- HBG sack the board
- Jarome meets with HBG
- Benji announcing that Jarome wouldnt be removing the clauses
- Jarome ends up in PNG a few months later exploring moving to another club

If they didnt blow the place up, Luai and Bula would be signed and sealed until the end of 2029.

I know you lot are incapable of acknowledging they could do any wrong. Its your fatal flaw.
 
Mccarry said:
How on earth did Chammas score a CEO gig as complicated as the Chiefs. Blows my mind.
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It's not a traditional CEO role. I think they picked him because he knows how to play the media. Half the battle with PNG will be the public narrative once teams start travelling there.
 
Michael Chammas
is a former prominent NRL journalist for the Sydney Morning Herald and Nine Network who resigned in early 2026 to become the General Manager of Football for the new PNG Chiefs NRL franchise. He is responsible for building the team's roster and operations ahead of their 2028 entry into the competition.

  • Appointment: Headhunted by ARLC chairman Peter V'landys for the role.
 
Strider said:
Its all good if he goes in 2028. We would have this year and next. Helped us alot. We have Latu. Either way its chill.
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I think this year and next will be enough to setup the plan underneath him. We already have stuff brewing there anyway.

It's only 1 year less than what he originally signed for and at 30, it's fair to let him get a good pay day.

1.2 million spare in the cap buys us some quality.
 
Initially, I was a little disappointed to hear that Luai could be walking away at the end of 27. I think he's played a major part in changing the Tigers culture for the better. You could see it in the Rising videos and, before that, during last season's games. He hasn't made many outstanding contributions on the field (the Round 1 Cowboys game was one exception) but I've grown to like him, unlike his show pony days at Penrith. However, as many have stated, his departure might provide the perfect transition to Latu and Andrews, who are waiting in the wings and should be ready by 28. In the process, we save 1.2 mil. As long as this is done transparently with amicable conversations between Jarome and Benji, there are no negatives whatsoever. The only issue could be the distraction caused by all the media attention.
 
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