OFFICIAL Jarome Luai - #295

[Garrry]

Seriously all jokes aside, financially how good is Luai travelling, TPA from the cheifs being paid and they're not playing in the nrl, is that allowed??? Or is this another albanese government payment to sweeten the deal ??? Wait till png actually start, alot of clubs / fans will be complaining

 

[TigerBurnsy]

Where would everyone rank him among our signings when it’s all said and done, personally I think he’s been one of the worst when you look at the money vs impact and the constant circus with him, the Galvin saga, team first, the quotes, png etc

 

[Tom Shines]

Seriously all jokes aside, financially how good is Luai travelling, TPA from the cheifs being paid and they're not playing in the nrl, is that allowed??? Or is this another albanese government payment to sweeten the deal ??? Wait till png actually start, alot of clubs / fans will be complaining

Assume he would need to be getting the money from a PNG based company for local promotion work …personally I don’t care if it means he has walked away and potentially saved as some cash as some are saying

 

[Demps]

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That other clown Bulldog Richie claiming Bears putting in an offer.

 

[Tom Shines]

Misleading picture 😂

Still a circus

I thought Humphreys was a good signing fior them… they are battling.., maybe worse than us

 

[426Tlgerland]

Leader of the bears first up then on to PNG , not as stupid as it sounds , it goes into the record books , don’t be surprised if this happens , I still feel eels so no moving family but , but , but the I am the man could come in

 

[Demps]

Leader of the bears first up then on to PNG , not as stupid as it sounds , it goes into the record books , don’t be surprised if this happens , I still feel eels so no moving family but , but , but the I am the man could come in

Add a few more spoons to the trophy case.

 

[Tiger_Yoshi]

I've heard the contract for 2027 is going to be cancelled. But we are paying luai $300k to break the contract he already signed. That makes Luai a free agent. If true it means we aren't paying any club to take him

Laui and his manager secured his 2027 contract, BEFORE this story came out in the media, then the WT release was negotiated…..$300k to get him out of the club, great deal if I should say so

 

[Droppy05]

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The head knocks have taken their toll on poor Mick.

 

[Demps]

The head knocks have taken their toll on poor Mick.

Such a ridiculous take.
Said it like it was some breaking news, loll.
Never going to happen.

 

[Jedi_Tiger]

Laui and his manager secured his 2027 contract, BEFORE this story came out in the media, then the WT release was negotiated…..$300k to get him out of the club, great deal if I should say so

good deal from the tigers

 

[weststigerman]

Where would everyone rank him among our signings when it’s all said and done, personally I think he’s been one of the worst when you look at the money vs impact and the constant circus with him, the Galvin saga, team first, the quotes, png etc

Might be time to look inwards. I can’t think of any big money signing that has been better.

Blair, Mbye, Reynolds, Packer all disappointed.

No one player can fix this place on their own.

 

[GCfan]

Maybe the money we were freeing up with laulili etc is for Jerome to be paid on this years cap

What I’m saying is we had a registered contract for Jarome for 2027 for $1.2M. Both parties have allegedly agreed to terminate the contract and settle with a $300K payment. So what I’m wondering is does the NRL accept this and say, “no worries Tigers, you can have the $900K or $1.2M back in your 2027 cap” of the Tigers do pay the $300K this year, or do they say, no, the $1.2M stays on the cap or a variation like given you’ve paid out $300K, you can have that back for the 2027 cap.

I’m really not sure what the rules applied look like.

 

[mtd#2]

How does that work from a cap perspective? If we have $900K back on the cap for 2027 that’s a brilliant outcome. I’d have thought we’d have to wear some money from the breaking contract in the cap….

I have zero idea the rules when it comes to contracts so I'm out of my depth there sorry mate

 

[hammertime]

Seriously all jokes aside, financially how good is Luai travelling, TPA from the cheifs being paid and they're not playing in the nrl, is that allowed??? Or is this another albanese government payment to sweeten the deal ??? Wait till png actually start, alot of clubs / fans will be complaining

The supposed nature of TPAs are that they are independent from the club. But companies do pay them based on a player signing with a certain club.

In reality, these are nudged into reality by the club itself, but if that tie can't be proven, then its just a company paying a player to promote their business. Nothing wrong about it.

 

[Halbrowne61]

Didn’t he offer him $800k to retain him ?

Token, he knew it wouldn’t be accepted.

 

[Halbrowne61]

Where would everyone rank him among our signings when it’s all said and done, personally I think he’s been one of the worst when you look at the money vs impact and the constant circus with him, the Galvin saga, team first, the quotes, png etc

He’s right up there with Moses Embye and. The Grub !! All on mega bucks and all failed to deliver !

 

[Furious1]

What I’m saying is we had a registered contract for Jarome for 2027 for $1.2M. Both parties have allegedly agreed to terminate the contract and settle with a $300K payment. So what I’m wondering is does the NRL accept this and say, “no worries Tigers, you can have the $900K or $1.2M back in your 2027 cap” of the Tigers do pay the $300K this year, or do they say, no, the $1.2M stays on the cap or a variation like given you’ve paid out $300K, you can have that back for the 2027 cap.

I’m really not sure what the rules applied look like.

I’m not sure either. I will say though, if we payed 300k to terminate, it’s no different to paying 300k for him to play somewhere else. They both come off the cap.

 

[rugbygoated]

The double standards on luai is crazy. He has not lived up to the lofty expectations on the field but the outrage and pile on in the last few days has been ridiculous. He's had great games this year and terrible games, and a bunch of quiet ones.

Season overview so far.
Makes permanent switch to 6 in off season. Great game vs Cowboys round 1 with multiple try assists with taylan may getting bad injury. 2 try assists vs Rabbitohs in an average performance where game is locked up then both halves get injured late and Rabbits win it. 3 weeks without him and Taylan the team wins and plays very well beating a great warriors team, eels easter monday and knights understrength. The fans are relentless saying luai should not be put back in the team with jock and AD on fire. Broncos game is a toss of the coin and game is decided in the end by some poor errors by Makasini and a silly play where all 3 players AD, madden and luai spread ball to the left rather than setting up for field goal. The following week Raiders at leichhardt is a good team win with AD man of the match.

A few days later Luai travels to PNG to check things out and signs a few days later.

Since then, 3 weeks vs Sharks, Storm, Manly are all floggings with Hope, Madden and Toa in particular poor in defence. 3/4 of the spine were all out during these weeks with reserve grade backup players like Madden, Hope and Mason.

The bulldogs game luai was one of the best players and defensively was targeted all 2nd half by Tupouniua but stood up. The following week is the worst loss of the year and luai's worst performance individually. Following week he scores a hat trick in a comeback win to farewell Leichhardt. Dolphins after that luai has 4 try assists in a losing team. Knights game luai is a ghost and misses a key tackle at end of game leading to match winner. Delayed concussion rules him out of dragons game which we lose 24-10 in a lacklustre performance. Last night jarome played rubbish and probably was mentally impacted by the news and attention on him.

The past month or 2 luai has played better than bula, turuva, koroisau, terrell may and other key players but is copping the most (simply because he's on big coin). Scapegoating him doesn't solve anything. The injuries to key players has been horrific and terrible timing with Luai's announcement. The media and external pressure seems to be too much. It's the club moving Luai on. Everyone having a go at him not being loyal to Benji or the club or comparing it to the Galvin situation should remember he backed Benji during the Galvin situation and was influential in getting Terrell May in Samoa camp in 2024 to the Tigers as a late November signing. No one had this same level of vitriol for DCE last year who is a club legend who played over a decade at Manly. I liken this situation to Ben Hunt who was booed towards the back end of his dragons career and had a falling out with the coach.

 

[Halbrowne61]

I’m not sure either. I will say though, if we payed 300k to terminate, it’s no different to paying 300k for him to play somewhere else. They both come off the cap.

It sounds to me like there’s already been an offer ? Parra perhaps ?