Tigerwould
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this is way its important to have a quality backup half in Latu Fainu
OFFICIAL Jarome Luai - #295
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Rock Hopper Steve
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Doesn't look too serious was thinking the worst for a moment there avoiding the worst bad luck that we would have had in the past.
Tigers_Wests
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Thanks for posting! Headline makes you think he is nearly gone for the season. "Emergency" scans is a very loose use of the word for something that happened last week and then scanned over the weekend.
BlackWhiteGold
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Daily Telegraph:
Co-captain Jarome Luai has sent an injury scare through the Wests Tigers camp after the star playmaker had to have emergency scans on a leg injury.
Likely scenario:
Co-captain Jarome Luai has been sent for precautionary scans by the Wests Tigers after picking up a leg injury last week and is only likely to miss one week of training.
Kaito
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✔️✔️✔️🫡
GNR4LIFE
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It’s a non story
Rock Hopper Steve
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Headline response seeking A holes they are
weststigerman
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Knee or ankle?
Bigscreentv
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Could be anything…they’d know if it was an acl without a scan. If minor plenty of time to recover for round 1.
weststigerman
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Hamstrings are a worry early in the season. Just ask Latu Fainu.
AmericanHistoryX
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Im hearing through the Star Enquirer that he bought a new boom box. Heavier than the last one. As he was putting it in his car the uneven surface off the car park unbalanced him. Eat you heart out @ the Mole
Tigers_Wests
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AmericanHistoryX
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Ahhhhh. Don't you feel better about your life.
BlackWhiteGold
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SMH: Scans deliver good news for Luai, Wests Tigers
Updated January 28, 2025 — 5.24pmfirst published January 22, 2025 — 2.00pmConcern at the Wests Tigers over the fitness of $6 million signing Jarome Luai has been eased after scans cleared the newly minted co-captain of serious injury.
Luai will be kept on ice for several days after sustaining a quad injury late last week, with the Tigers’ first trial game against the Bulldogs three weeks away.
The star Tigers recruit was sent for scans on the injury over the weekend and results have eased concerns of a hampered lead-in to his first campaign at the club.
Last week, Luai participated in a pre-season army camp in Queensland’s Moreton Bay, where he impressed club officials and camp organisers.
The 28-year-old’s move from four-time premiers Penrith to the wooden spooners makes him the biggest recruitment story in the NRL. Luai has been honing a new halves combination with rising star Lachlan Galvin for the past month.
The Tigers have trial matches scheduled against Canterbury (February 16) and Parramatta (February 21) ahead of a March 7 start to the season against Newcastle. Given the short turnaround between trials, it’s expected the Tigers will only field a full-strength spine in one of those games.
Luai is slated to be a senior voice in round one given co-captain and hooker Api Koroisau is serving the last week of a suspension from 2024, making for a young play-making spine of Galvin, fullback Jahream Bula and replacement No.9 Tallyn Da Silva around Luai at halfback.
Jarome Luai running the show at Tigers training.CREDIT: RHETT WYMAN
Luai’s rise to share the captaincy with Koroisau comes after Samoa’s tour of the UK meant he only arrived at Concord late last year, but the NSW Origin star has impressed plenty at the Tigers since.
“He’s been huge already for our young guys Lachie [Galvin] and [Latu] Fainu, he’s an Origin and grand final-winning half,” Koroisau said.
“Both the young guys are asking questions all the time and Romey’s very vocal anyway. You don’t have to ask for his opinion.
“That’s something we’ve needed. The more voices the better, and we need that guy leading the team at halfback. You can just see the confidence he gives people.”
Koroisau played alongside Luai in two premiership wins at Penrith before making his own move to the Tigers in 2023. Luai’s five-year, $6 million deal includes a player option for 2027 that could allow him to leave the club early, but Koroisau is backing him to be a circuit-breaking signing and deliver as a marquee recruit.
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“He’s very different these days,” Koroisau said.
“Romey did his job at Penrith, he didn’t need to be the big dog, the leading, mature guy.
“He was the guy that when you gave him the ball, he made something happen, and he did that quite well.
“But he’s progressed now too, he’s a leader, he’s older. He took the reins when Nath [Nathan Cleary] was out and you could see him maturing right in front of you. He can be the five-eighth with the big plays and the game manager, because he’s grown into such a good leader.”
Tiger-ferret
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2 clickbait stories for the price of one lol
GNR4LIFE
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What concern? It was a non story
happy_tiger
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SMH: Scans deliver good news for Luai, Wests Tigers
Updated January 28, 2025 — 5.24pmfirst published January 22, 2025 — 2.00pm
Concern at the Wests Tigers over the fitness of $6 million signing Jarome Luai has been eased after scans cleared the newly minted co-captain of serious injury.
Luai will be kept on ice for several days after sustaining a quad injury late last week, with the Tigers’ first trial game against the Bulldogs three weeks away.
The star Tigers recruit was sent for scans on the injury over the weekend and results have eased concerns of a hampered lead-in to his first campaign at the club.
Last week, Luai participated in a pre-season army camp in Queensland’s Moreton Bay, where he impressed club officials and camp organisers.
The 28-year-old’s move from four-time premiers Penrith to the wooden spooners makes him the biggest recruitment story in the NRL. Luai has been honing a new halves combination with rising star Lachlan Galvin for the past month.
The Tigers have trial matches scheduled against Canterbury (February 16) and Parramatta (February 21) ahead of a March 7 start to the season against Newcastle. Given the short turnaround between trials, it’s expected the Tigers will only field a full-strength spine in one of those games.
Luai is slated to be a senior voice in round one given co-captain and hooker Api Koroisau is serving the last week of a suspension from 2024, making for a young play-making spine of Galvin, fullback Jahream Bula and replacement No.9 Tallyn Da Silva around Luai at halfback.
Jarome Luai running the show at Tigers training.CREDIT: RHETT WYMAN
Luai’s rise to share the captaincy with Koroisau comes after Samoa’s tour of the UK meant he only arrived at Concord late last year, but the NSW Origin star has impressed plenty at the Tigers since.
“He’s been huge already for our young guys Lachie [Galvin] and [Latu] Fainu, he’s an Origin and grand final-winning half,” Koroisau said.
“Both the young guys are asking questions all the time and Romey’s very vocal anyway. You don’t have to ask for his opinion.
“That’s something we’ve needed. The more voices the better, and we need that guy leading the team at halfback. You can just see the confidence he gives people.”
Koroisau played alongside Luai in two premiership wins at Penrith before making his own move to the Tigers in 2023. Luai’s five-year, $6 million deal includes a player option for 2027 that could allow him to leave the club early, but Koroisau is backing him to be a circuit-breaking signing and deliver as a marquee recruit.
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“He’s very different these days,” Koroisau said.
“Romey did his job at Penrith, he didn’t need to be the big dog, the leading, mature guy.
“He was the guy that when you gave him the ball, he made something happen, and he did that quite well.
“But he’s progressed now too, he’s a leader, he’s older. He took the reins when Nath [Nathan Cleary] was out and you could see him maturing right in front of you. He can be the five-eighth with the big plays and the game manager, because he’s grown into such a good leader.”
Moreton Bay and Samford are miles apart lolSMH: Scans deliver good news for Luai, Wests Tigers
Updated January 28, 2025 — 5.24pmfirst published January 22, 2025 — 2.00pm
Concern at the Wests Tigers over the fitness of $6 million signing Jarome Luai has been eased after scans cleared the newly minted co-captain of serious injury.
Luai will be kept on ice for several days after sustaining a quad injury late last week, with the Tigers’ first trial game against the Bulldogs three weeks away.
The star Tigers recruit was sent for scans on the injury over the weekend and results have eased concerns of a hampered lead-in to his first campaign at the club.
Last week, Luai participated in a pre-season army camp in Queensland’s Moreton Bay, where he impressed club officials and camp organisers.
The 28-year-old’s move from four-time premiers Penrith to the wooden spooners makes him the biggest recruitment story in the NRL. Luai has been honing a new halves combination with rising star Lachlan Galvin for the past month.
The Tigers have trial matches scheduled against Canterbury (February 16) and Parramatta (February 21) ahead of a March 7 start to the season against Newcastle. Given the short turnaround between trials, it’s expected the Tigers will only field a full-strength spine in one of those games.
Luai is slated to be a senior voice in round one given co-captain and hooker Api Koroisau is serving the last week of a suspension from 2024, making for a young play-making spine of Galvin, fullback Jahream Bula and replacement No.9 Tallyn Da Silva around Luai at halfback.
Jarome Luai running the show at Tigers training.CREDIT: RHETT WYMAN
Luai’s rise to share the captaincy with Koroisau comes after Samoa’s tour of the UK meant he only arrived at Concord late last year, but the NSW Origin star has impressed plenty at the Tigers since.
“He’s been huge already for our young guys Lachie [Galvin] and [Latu] Fainu, he’s an Origin and grand final-winning half,” Koroisau said.
“Both the young guys are asking questions all the time and Romey’s very vocal anyway. You don’t have to ask for his opinion.
“That’s something we’ve needed. The more voices the better, and we need that guy leading the team at halfback. You can just see the confidence he gives people.”
Koroisau played alongside Luai in two premiership wins at Penrith before making his own move to the Tigers in 2023. Luai’s five-year, $6 million deal includes a player option for 2027 that could allow him to leave the club early, but Koroisau is backing him to be a circuit-breaking signing and deliver as a marquee recruit.
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“He’s very different these days,” Koroisau said.
“Romey did his job at Penrith, he didn’t need to be the big dog, the leading, mature guy.
“He was the guy that when you gave him the ball, he made something happen, and he did that quite well.
“But he’s progressed now too, he’s a leader, he’s older. He took the reins when Nath [Nathan Cleary] was out and you could see him maturing right in front of you. He can be the five-eighth with the big plays and the game manager, because he’s grown into such a good leader.”
Samford is northern Brisbane .....Moreton Bay is heading down South .....lol
Someone has it wrong
crazycat
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What's with the 3 headed jersey?
Seriously???
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PS - Darren Smith was NEVER vice-captain under Terry Lamb at the Bulldogs before leaving for the Broncos (or following his return to Canterbury after winning a Premiership against them in 1998 - & returning to rep footy while in Brisbane)...
Your memories routinely fail you (as they do to all of us) - but given you are posting to this forum online - there are open source online resources you can use to check facts before posting faded memories....
Darren Smith - Playing Career - Rugby League Project
A summary of the career stats for Versatile player, a potent attacking force at centre or in the second row, came to C’bury from Brisbane Easts in 1990. Smith…
www.rugbyleagueproject.org
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