OFFICIAL Jarome Luai - Official

[twentyforty]

We seem to do better without a board!

 

[Spartan117]

Great for Recruitment and Retention of our young stars.

 

[SeanT]

You and I don't know what Canterbury offered but I'll bet it was a lot more than $800k. It may have been close to our offer which would mean money wasn't the deciding factor.

1.05 mill.what i heard but dont know. We needed a half the most. The dogs need a front rower the most.

Hope they get stuff all.

 

[Merlot]

Finally, the fat lady has sung.

 

[GNR4LIFE]

Great for Recruitment and Retention of our young stars.

I put a lot of this down to Api. There was nothing going on for us this year, and out of nowhere he re-commits for another three years. Sent a signal to players at other clubs that if a player of his calibre could show so much faith, something good must be going on.

 

[Moh]

Brilliant news, and a great start to '24.

Initial annoucement on our official Instagram had him shopped in Tigers jersey - which was pulled down and swapped with NSW. Lol.

 

[GNR4LIFE]

Brilliant news, and a great start to '24.

Initial annoucement on our official Instagram had him shopped in Tigers jersey - which was pulled down and swapped with NSW. Lol.

Hugging Api if I’m not mistaken. Fitting.

 

[watersider]

This might be naive and falling for the press conference rhetoric, but it sounded more like, once he decided to leave Penrith, he wanted a new start at tigers, rather than join something like the more familiar Panthers lite at the Bulldogs. Full of appreciation for ciraldo as a father figure, but wanting the challenge of leading a new team under Benji.

If that is genuine then that's really good for us.

 

[GNR4LIFE]

This might be naive and falling for the press conference rhetoric, but it sounded more like, once he decided to leave Penrith, he wanted a new start at tigers, rather than join something like the more familiar Panthers lite at the Bulldogs. Full of appreciation for ciraldo as a father figure, but wanting the challenge of leading a new team under Benji.

If that is genuine then that's really good for us.

We were in the right place at the right time.

 

[TK from Lidcombe]

Is the presser online anywhere?
Fox playing BS sillybuggers

From Pratten Park, Lidcombe & sadly Leichhardt Oval, the Wests Tigers need to move on. There can only be one future, sustainable home for the WESTS TIGERS and that is Campbelltown. This is where the bulk of the juniors come from. The NSW Government needs to invest in this growth area and upgrade the current stadium. Train in Concord, play all our home games at Campbelltown. BTW, why do we lose a home game in magic round to the Dolphins? Then a few weeks later we play the Dolphins at Suncorp!!!!!!!

 

[krissy]

It's been funny to see SMH get the inside scoops on this the whole way through. Luai can clearly hold a grudge (rightly so imo).

So can this petty Tiger fan, I hope it has ruined Ivan Cleary’s day.

 

[Curaeus]

Great for Recruitment and Retention of our young stars.

I believe that will prove to be as important, if not more important than the signing itself

 

[TK from Lidcombe]

Wonderful news!

Well done Benji and Tigers

Bring on 2025.

Guys, 2025 is 12 months away. Let us first bring on 2024.

 

[innsaneink]

Hey, if people would rather wallow and not focus on one of the best days in the clubs history, more power to them,

Its not wallowing.
Its people expressing themselves genuinely and sincerely

Hey...theres an idea

 

[GNR4LIFE]

Its not wallowing.
Its people expressing themselves genuinely and sincerely

Hey...theres an idea

Eh, I don’t care

 

[Needaname]

Strange game implying people arent pumped because they offer an opinion Munster would have been a bigger name signing.

Nothing to do with levels of excitement for the Luai signing. Thats in your head.

Your right. However the offer to Munster was around 1.5million. So bigger yeah, bigger cost.
But let me say this. Munster may be more of an instinctive player but I reckon Luai has more composure and control in his game which benefits to what we want to achieve in getting a dominating playmaker to lead our team.

 

[Tcat]

Luai's comments in the SMH were very interesting. It seems Canterbury were a lot closer to getting him than some of us thought. He talked about his brothers at the club and described Ciraldo as his second father. it'd be interesting to see what the clincher was for him coming to WT. Was it money or something else?

$$ for sure. Regarding the dogs, Ciraldo is on borrowed time. If the dogs are hanging around the bottom of the ladder in 24 and 25. He will be out of a job. The dogs will spit him out without a question. Benji will be given way more time to build his vision and I think Luai knows it.

 

[Needaname]

Pretty small thing in the scheme of things but awkward for the social media team. Not Eels level incompetence of posting the wrong player at least.

Who, when was that?

 

[Mighty_Tiger]

Big signing for us.

He speaks really well considering the questions aimed at him & like how he wants to nip it now to focus on season ahead.

It’s clear the driver to come here was to go alone and prove people wrong.

Wouldn’t be surprised if he is future captain at one point.

 

[TK from Lidcombe]

So can this petty Tiger fan, I hope it has ruined Ivan Cleary’s day.

I believe that will prove to be as important, if not more important than the signing itself

I genuinely hope that Jerome Luai takes the Wests Tigers to the promised land. And yes, in his short time at the Wests Tigers Ivan did sign a few over-priced duds.