OFFICIAL Jarome Luai - #295

Needaname said:
Interestingly enough the core group they have retained besides Yeo whom was playing firsts from the 2014 season; all featured in the 2015 nyc cup team and debuted the following year in 2016.
everyone outside of that group seems to be valued slightly less. Martin might be the next to move on if his value continues to soar.
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time together and combinations are key. that's why this core from the 2022 Harold Matts side is super important. Da Silva, Galvin, the Laulili'i's, Mason, Craig and Miller have played a stack of games together for many years. the second crop which features your Large's, Makasini, Havea, Sheck and so forth.

identify the ones crucial to the system and lock them up.

as for Martin he's locked up til 2027 and he'll be 31 by the time he starts his new deal. I'd say he's a Panther for life.
 
jrtiger said:
time together and combinations are key. that's why this core from the 2022 Harold Matts side is super important. Da Silva, Galvin, the Laulili'i's, Mason, Craig and Miller have played a stack of games together for many years. the second crop which features your Large's, Makasini, Havea, Sheck and so forth.

identify the ones crucial to the system and lock them up.

as for Martin he's locked up til 2027 and he'll be 31 by the time he starts his new deal. I'd say he's a Panther for life.
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Didn’t realise re Martin, thought he only signed a 2 year extension a year ago.
 
jrtiger said:
time together and combinations are key. that's why this core from the 2022 Harold Matts side is super important. Da Silva, Galvin, the Laulili'i's, Mason, Craig and Miller have played a stack of games together for many years. the second crop which features your Large's, Makasini, Havea, Sheck and so forth.

identify the ones crucial to the system and lock them up.

as for Martin he's locked up til 2027 and he'll be 31 by the time he starts his new deal. I'd say he's a Panther for life.
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Who is Sheck?
 
jrtiger said:
time together and combinations are key. that's why this core from the 2022 Harold Matts side is super important. Da Silva, Galvin, the Laulili'i's, Mason, Craig and Miller have played a stack of games together for many years. the second crop which features your Large's, Makasini, Havea, Sheck and so forth.

identify the ones crucial to the system and lock them up.

as for Martin he's locked up til 2027 and he'll be 31 by the time he starts his new deal. I'd say he's a Panther for life.
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I agree with this. I actually think having those boys you listed (including the NRL contracted ones) play all together in Flegg instead of Cup this season (unless called up to NRL). Get them used to playing together week in week out and hopefully get a culture of winning week in week out
 
Camel2281 said:
I agree with this. I actually think having those boys you listed (including the NRL contracted ones) play all together in Flegg instead of Cup this season (unless called up to NRL). Get them used to playing together week in week out and hopefully get a culture of winning week in week out
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You would think the plan is to give all those contracted to our too 30, Train & Trial, Development opportunities at some stage during our two trial games.
 
Camel2281 said:
I agree with this. I actually think having those boys you listed (including the NRL contracted ones) play all together in Flegg instead of Cup this season (unless called up to NRL). Get them used to playing together week in week out and hopefully get a culture of winning week in week out
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x2.

Last year there was no plan. Da Silva played all over the place as did Laulilli.

I'd play Laulilli, Galvin, Da Silva, Miller all in Flegg when not in NRL.
 
weststigerman said:
x2.

Last year there was no plan. Da Silva played all over the place as did Laulilli.

I'd play Laulilli, Galvin, Da Silva, Miller all in Flegg when not in NRL.
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Yep, Feledy too, and if Latu and Samuela aren't ready for NRL play them with them too. Even Matamua and Tumeth if they're still young enough (borderline). Set out for consistency in the Flegg set up and try and win it
 
upthetigers said:
On social media people are saying Luai was a better 7 then Cleary coming through the juniors.
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Yea its been well known Luai was the better 7 as a youngster. While that's a positive, I wouldn't read too much into it. Generally players like Luai (halves with natural flare and athleticism) standout more then the Cleary types.
 
GNR4LIFE said:
Not sure if how they played in juniors is any longer relevant to either of them.
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Luai was never really given the chance to play regular footy at halfback in first grade because he has the best halfback in the NRL in his team as well as James Maloney who can also play halfback. But in his few opportunities since 2018, he played halfback in his starting debut in 2018 and killed it. He played halfback for Samoa and was excellent defensively and in attack. And he has done a great job filling in whenever Cleary is out for penrith. But not for an extended period. Ivan Cleary said he is "sure Luai could lead a team" but called it a risk on the money offered. Luai responded last week saying he's right but it shocked him (that the coach would say it publicly most likely)
 
king_sirro said:
Yea its been well known Luai was the better 7 as a youngster. While that's a positive, I wouldn't read too much into it. Generally players like Luai (halves with natural flare and athleticism) standout more then the Cleary types.
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Gus Gould has said this many times. And he was the guy in charge of watching promising juniors during that period. Have a look at his tweeting history if you can't find the clips but he has a huge wrap on luai.

This is an older tweet but an example:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1311984315501211651
 
rugbygoated said:
Luai was never really given the chance to play regular footy at halfback in first grade because he has the best halfback in the NRL in his team as well as James Maloney who can also play halfback. But in his few opportunities since 2018, he played halfback in his starting debut in 2018 and killed it. He played halfback for Samoa and was excellent defensively and in attack. And he has done a great job filling in whenever Cleary is out for penrith. But not for an extended period. Ivan Cleary said he is "sure Luai could lead a team" but called it a risk on the money offered. Luai responded last week saying he's right but it shocked him (that the coach would say it publicly most likely)
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As the saying goes, the numbers on their backs are irrelevant these days. What matters is that when he gets here, he’ll be the dominant half.
 
GNR4LIFE said:
As the saying goes, the numbers on their backs are irrelevant these days. What matters is that when he gets here, he’ll be the dominant half.
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in other words, the halfback. There's no current halves combination (maybe Walker/Keary) where the 5/8 is more dominant than the halfback. Numbers don't really matter as much as tradition goes
 
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