OFFICIAL Jarome Luai - #295

Telltails · 2026-09-01T10:45:15+1000

This Chiefs deal has got a lot riding on it hence the liberties that they have been given allowed to sign players that is against everything the salary cap is supposed to prevent. Luai is the face of it and his involvement with any other club till then will be considered secondary.
I think the clubs actions already demonstrated that his role at the club was no longer deemed valuable

innsaneink · 2026-09-01T10:53:31+1000

The clubs actions are detrimemtal to the club

TonyTiger · 2026-09-01T11:25:20+1000

Cultured_Bogan said:
Sets a great example for the squad once he's gone, making a rod for their own backs.

"But you let Jarome do it..."

Can’t wait to watch the reactions of Mitchell Moses next year when Luai tries to take control of the side and struts around like he’s chewing a Mintee with his arse!

Tiger Stripes · 2026-09-01T11:30:46+1000

tig_prmz said:
PNG is bigger than Wests Tigers

He's basically the NRLs pin up boy there.

That won't last long when they see his dancing looking for holes to run through-----that don't exist.

mtd#2 · 2026-09-01T12:33:36+1000

He did it because he can

What are the wests tigers going to do?

If they had any balls theyd make an example out of him...
But they won't.
The same way they didnt with douhei.

Cats by name, cats by nature.

TigerBurnsy · 2026-09-01T12:53:23+1000

mtd#2 said:
He did it because he can

What are the wests tigers going to do?

If they had any balls theyd make an example out of him...
But they won't.
The same way they didnt with douhei.

Cats by name, cats by nature.

They should drop the rat for his last game

jirskyr · 2026-09-01T12:58:14+1000

magpies forever said:
Thanks. Certainly didn't know that. Scotch eggs were a treat when I lived over there in late 80's. Stovies was my regular dinner. There was a small free weekly Australian news magazine that I would pick up on my way to work that had oz rugby league and union information for a minor dose of league news from the antipodes.

I know this because my wife is Scottish and careful to pick out anything inappropriately attached to Scotland, particularly if the word "scotch" is used.

One explanation is "scotched" used to mean mincing of food, hence scotch around the egg.

Droppy05 · 2026-09-01T14:13:58+1000

upthetigers said:
Money should not be your primary motivator. When you die you don't take the money with you. Be humble. Stay loyal. Always.

It's possible to be humble ,loyal and enjoy your wealth at the same time. As you said, we can't take it with us when we die.Need to enjoy it in life.

mtd#2 · 2026-09-01T14:23:42+1000

Droppy05 said:
It's possible to be humble ,loyal and enjoy your wealth at the same time. As you said, we can't take it with us when we die.Need to enjoy it in life.

I wish I could enjoy my football team in life.

The reality is I am riding a roller-coaster of false hope and disappointment, while a bunch of useless pricks behind the scenes are throwing money at women's a league sides and putting 3 magpies on a wests tigers jersey - more magpies than tigers on a wests tigers jersey.

Leck · 2026-09-01T15:10:21+1000

Looks like Luai is getting a send off this weekend. They'll probably retire his jersey too!

Luai to get farewell Tigers game despite controversial PNG visit

Wests Tigers are set to name the playmaker in their team to play Penrith on Sunday, despite being blindsided by his whirlwind trip to Port Moresby at the weekend.

www.smh.com.au

GNR4LIFE · 2026-09-01T15:16:47+1000

Leck said:
Looks like Luai is getting a send off this weekend. They'll probably retire his jersey too!

Luai to get farewell Tigers game despite controversial PNG visit

Wests Tigers are set to name the playmaker in their team to play Penrith on Sunday, despite being blindsided by his whirlwind trip to Port Moresby at the weekend.

www.smh.com.au

Not sure why this is a shock. I said a month ago that Benii would ride the dead horse all the way to the finish line, and here we are.

Leck · 2026-09-01T15:28:16+1000

GNR4LIFE said:
Not sure why this is a shock. I said a month ago that Benii would ride the dead horse all the way to the finish line, and here we are.

I'm not shocked; however a lot of forum members predicted he would be dropped.

If only it were a home game, he could have done a lap of dishonour around Campbellton Oval.

TigerBurnsy · 2026-09-01T15:33:00+1000

Leck said:
I'm not shocked; however a lot of forum members predicted he would be dropped.

If only it were a home game, he could have done a lap of dishonour around Campbellton Oval.

Wish it was at Leichhardt so everyone could heckle and boo the shit out of him all game

hammertime · 2026-09-01T15:58:45+1000

GNR4LIFE said:
Not sure why this is a shock. I said a month ago that Benii would ride the dead horse all the way to the finish line, and here we are.

Yep. Benji had no choice. As he said, he respects people who show respect. Benji is trying to set cultural standards and clear lines of what he accepts and what he doesn't.

If Benji were to have dropped Luai, after he did everything right contractually and with respect to the club. What message would that send? It would impact our recruitment chances in the future.

Benji played it correctly.

Bellend · 2026-09-01T17:05:39+1000

hammertime said:
Yep. Benji had no choice. As he said, he respects people who show respect. Benji is trying to set cultural standards and clear lines of what he accepts and what he doesn't.

If Benji were to have dropped Luai, after he did everything right contractually and with respect to the club. What message would that send? It would impact our recruitment chances in the future.

Benji played it correctly.

Yes and No you can't have standards that Benji set on one hand and have people take advantage of that on the other. Luai would not have done this stunt at Penrith,Roosters or Storm.

mtd#2 · 2026-09-01T17:28:11+1000

Bellend said:
Yes and No you can't have standards that Benji set on one hand and have people take advantage of that on the other. Luai would not have done this stunt at Penrith,Roosters or Storm.

Penrith, Roosters and Storm would NEVER paid him $1.2million a season. There is a reason Penrith let him go.

Bellend · 2026-09-01T17:47:17+1000

mtd#2 said:
Penrith, Roosters and Storm would NEVER paid him $1.2million a season. There is a reason Penrith let him go.

Yes fully agree

Rock Hopper Steve · 2026-09-01T18:09:11+1000

mtd#2 said:
Penrith, Roosters and Storm would NEVER paid him $1.2million a season. There is a reason Penrith let him go.

Remember at the time the Riff only offered 800k and Ivan said in not so many words he wasn't worth any more than that.

Surprise, surprise he went after the money and probably thought I'll show him, big on ego but not talent unfortunately.

hank37w · 2026-09-01T18:18:40+1000

I thought Ivan valued him at a bit less than that, around 700k.

hammertime · 2026-09-01T18:28:17+1000

Bellend said:
Yes and No you can't have standards that Benji set on one hand and have people take advantage of that on the other. Luai would not have done this stunt at Penrith,Roosters or Storm.

You mean specifically the Pepsi thing? Im not sure. Its a very unique situation. You wouldn't know at any other club because its all australian based.

OFFICIAL Jarome Luai - #295

Well-known member

Moderator

Well-known member

Well-known member

Well-known member

Well-known member

Well-known member

Well-known member

Well-known member

Well-known member

Well-known member

Well-known member

Well-known member

Well-known member

Well-known member

Well-known member

Well-known member

Well-known member

Well-known member

Well-known member