OFFICIAL Luke Garner [Discussion]

[tony soprano]

I can't believe, in this age of health awareness, and all the professional guidelines as to how to add weight healthily, that a staff of the WT would simply say : eat dirty!

That will do me.

Yup. When we're wrong, we are wrong.

What else do u do if you can’t put on weight.

 

[tony soprano]

AAP
news.com.auDECEMBER 6, 20198:49AM

Stacking on the kilos by eating clean hasn’t worked for Wests Tigers star Luke Garner, so he’s being forced to gorge on junk food instead.

An aversion to indulgent foods is not a common problem among NRL athletes but Wests Tigers second-rower Luke Garner is struggling to “eat dirty” to gain weight. He’s tried it the right way, by eating larger volumes of “clean” foods, but on his trainer’s advice he has been forced to attempt a diet of pizza, burgers and ice cream to increase his size.

The 24-year-old back-rower weighs almost 100kg but he has representative ambitions for 2020 and beyond. And to achieve them, he needs to size up.

“First of all I’ve got to put on a little more weight. I’m a bit light for a back-rower now at 98, 99 kilos,” he said. “I’ve got three or four more I want to put on. “It’s so hard to put on weight because I don’t like eating too dirty. “I spoke to the trainer the last week and he said, ‘You have to eat dirty’.

"Over the weekend I just had chocolate, pizzas and burgers. I put on a little — about a kilo-and-a-half — but there’s more to go. “It’s not the worst situation to be in.”

Leading into the festive season, NRL players tend to avoid “I’ve been trying to put on weight for the past couple of years, and that’s been by eating clean, and I just can’t do it,” he said.“Maybe eating dirty might be the way.”

Garner made his NRL debut with the Tigers last year and had a breakout season in 2019, with seven tries in 14 games to establish a place in the pack.He recently signed a contract extension for a further two years, until the end of 2022, but will need to compete for a starting position on an edge with new recruit Luciano Leilua and Michael Chee Kam.

Still, he is amazed at what he has been able to achieve. “I looked back in the off-season and came to the realisation of what happened,” he said. “I was very happy with how my year went.

“I’m pretty excited to take that further into 2020 and hopefully my goal is to play representative football at some stage.”

98 for back row is tiny isn’t it?

 

[Nelson]

AAP
news.com.auDECEMBER 6, 20198:49AM

Stacking on the kilos by eating clean hasn’t worked for Wests Tigers star Luke Garner, so he’s being forced to gorge on junk food instead.

An aversion to indulgent foods is not a common problem among NRL athletes but Wests Tigers second-rower Luke Garner is struggling to “eat dirty” to gain weight. He’s tried it the right way, by eating larger volumes of “clean” foods, but on his trainer’s advice he has been forced to attempt a diet of pizza, burgers and ice cream to increase his size.

The 24-year-old back-rower weighs almost 100kg but he has representative ambitions for 2020 and beyond. And to achieve them, he needs to size up.

“First of all I’ve got to put on a little more weight. I’m a bit light for a back-rower now at 98, 99 kilos,” he said. “I’ve got three or four more I want to put on. “It’s so hard to put on weight because I don’t like eating too dirty. “I spoke to the trainer the last week and he said, ‘You have to eat dirty’.

"Over the weekend I just had chocolate, pizzas and burgers. I put on a little — about a kilo-and-a-half — but there’s more to go. “It’s not the worst situation to be in.”

Leading into the festive season, NRL players tend to avoid “I’ve been trying to put on weight for the past couple of years, and that’s been by eating clean, and I just can’t do it,” he said.“Maybe eating dirty might be the way.”

Garner made his NRL debut with the Tigers last year and had a breakout season in 2019, with seven tries in 14 games to establish a place in the pack.He recently signed a contract extension for a further two years, until the end of 2022, but will need to compete for a starting position on an edge with new recruit Luciano Leilua and Michael Chee Kam.

Still, he is amazed at what he has been able to achieve. “I looked back in the off-season and came to the realisation of what happened,” he said. “I was very happy with how my year went.

“I’m pretty excited to take that further into 2020 and hopefully my goal is to play representative football at some stage.”

98 for back row is tiny isn’t it?

It’s on the smaller side, but it’s not tiny. Plenty play around the 100kg mark or just above. Some play much smaller like Murray and Radley.

 

[bptiger]

iam glady to see that he has been told to get on to my diet, have been on it for some years now and can play at 120kg, with xmas here I think I can shovel on a few more kgs and start the season on about 126kg. LOL MERRY XMAS ALL AND A HAPPY NEY YEAR, GO THE MIGHTY TIGERS.

 

[Tiger_Steve]

iam glady to see that he has been told to get on to my diet, have been on it for some years now and can play at 120kg, with xmas here I think I can shovel on a few more kgs and start the season on about 126kg. LOL MERRY XMAS ALL AND A HAPPY NEY YEAR, GO THE MIGHTY TIGERS.

I hope this means your 7 foot tall!

 

[Go_You_Good_Things]

I can't believe, in this age of health awareness, and all the professional guidelines as to how to add weight healthily, that a staff of the WT would simply say : eat dirty!

That will do me.

Yup. When we're wrong, we are wrong.

What else do u do if you can’t put on weight.

Sorry Tony, you are talking to the wrong bloke about not being able to put on weight. :grinning:

 

[TheDaBoss]

Garner determined to lock down starting spot
Author
Michael Algeri
Wests Tigers Contributor
Timestamp
Thu 12 Mar 2020, 04:13 PM

After a breakout 2019 season and a strong pre-season campaign under his belt, Wests Tigers forward Luke Garner is determined to lock down a starting spot in an ever-improving forward pack.

And while a new-look right edge with new recruits Joey and Luciano Leilua have taken up most of the headlines this pre-season, Garner believes that the left edge is equally as lethal — especially with the arrival of Adam Doueihi.

“We’ve done enough work to make a strong team,” Garner enthused.

“Each edge and the middle are all really strong, I think. I really think we’ve got a strong team this year.

"Just to hold that starting spot is my goal for the year.

"Obviously everyone’s goal at some point is to play representative footy, so whether that’s this year or not, that’s definitely a goal. But it's just about this year for me and doing my job for this team."

“I think the trials have been about building combinations. We’ve done the work, we’ve done the fitness, we’ve done the ball-work up until this point so now it’s just about strengthening those combinations going into the season."

Garner's Wests Tigers kick off their 2020 season this Sunday at 6:15pm AEDT at WIN Stadium, Wollongong when they take on the St. George-Illawarra Dragons

 

[Guest]

Whilst I really like the look of our right edge and how it develops, I do enjoy watching Garner play as he knows how to run a great line so I'm looking forward to seeing how he develops this year with Brooks.

 

[Tigerwould]

He’s got the makings of a very good second rower.
We

 

[Elderslie_Tiger]

It looks like we may have a team of BELIEVERS and everyone has their oars in the water this year well done MADGE

 

[TheDaBoss]

Garner looking to get more involved
Author
Dan Talintyre
Timestamp
Thu 25 Jun 2020, 07:31 AM


Wests Tigers forward Luke Garner says he's keen to get more involved after producing arguably his best performance of the season last weekend against the North Queensland Cowboys.

Recalled to the side in Round 6 having watched from the sidelines the week prior, Garner responded with a strong effort on the right edge outside Josh Reynolds — running for over 100 metres for the first time this year while also adding 25 tackles.

While pleased to be back in the side and playing 80 minutes, the 24-year-old said there was still plenty in his game to be improved on going forward.

"I was happy with how I went on the weekend but I know that I need to do better this weekend," Garner admitted.

"Defensively I still need to be better.

"I missed a few tackles on the weekend so I'll practice that throughout the week at training to really tighten up with my wrestle a bit.

"It's what I've wanted to do all year is put performances together... [so] I need to get a bit more involved in the game too. I need to try and get a bit more ball and have a few more carries.

"I've been talking to Josh about that and it's what we're going to do."

Benji’s spirits remain high despite not playingBenji’s spirits remain high despite not playing
Benji’s spirits remain high despite not playing

Having played the first four games of the year running outside of either Luke Brooks on the left edge or Benji Marshall on the right, Garner said he was enjoying the new challenges and opportunities of playing outside Reynolds — a player whose energy was "infectious" for the playing group every single day, according to Garner.

"Benji and I grew a bit of a combination early but I think Josh and I are really growing one now too," Garner said of the team change.

"We're pretty lucky to have so much depth at this club.

"You always have to be pushing up beside Josh because you don't know what can happen. Something might open up for me and I think all the boys are learning that.

"It's very infectious to see their energy.

It makes me happy and it puts a smile on my face every day, so I definitely look forward to seeing them when I come to training."

 

[happy_tiger]

Is it wise to talk about improving your wrestle ......nothing to see here refs ...lol

 

[tigerap]

don't just say it...do it, then tell us!

 

[BZN]

Garner looking to get more involved
Author
Dan Talintyre
Timestamp
Thu 25 Jun 2020, 07:31 AM


Wests Tigers forward Luke Garner says he's keen to get more involved after producing arguably his best performance of the season last weekend against the North Queensland Cowboys.

Recalled to the side in Round 6 having watched from the sidelines the week prior, Garner responded with a strong effort on the right edge outside Josh Reynolds — running for over 100 metres for the first time this year while also adding 25 tackles.

While pleased to be back in the side and playing 80 minutes, the 24-year-old said there was still plenty in his game to be improved on going forward.

"I was happy with how I went on the weekend but I know that I need to do better this weekend," Garner admitted.

"Defensively I still need to be better.

"I missed a few tackles on the weekend so I'll practice that throughout the week at training to really tighten up with my wrestle a bit.

"It's what I've wanted to do all year is put performances together... [so] I need to get a bit more involved in the game too. I need to try and get a bit more ball and have a few more carries.

"I've been talking to Josh about that and it's what we're going to do."

Benji’s spirits remain high despite not playingBenji’s spirits remain high despite not playing
Benji’s spirits remain high despite not playing

Having played the first four games of the year running outside of either Luke Brooks on the left edge or Benji Marshall on the right, Garner said he was enjoying the new challenges and opportunities of playing outside Reynolds — a player whose energy was "infectious" for the playing group every single day, according to Garner.

"Benji and I grew a bit of a combination early but I think Josh and I are really growing one now too," Garner said of the team change.

"We're pretty lucky to have so much depth at this club.

"You always have to be pushing up beside Josh because you don't know what can happen. Something might open up for me and I think all the boys are learning that.

"It's very infectious to see their energy.

It makes me happy and it puts a smile on my face every day, so I definitely look forward to seeing them when I come to training."

Really encouraging outlook from Garner.
Exactly what us Wests Tigers fans need to hear and see more of right now.

 

[Fade.To.Black]

Garner looking to get more involved
Author
Dan Talintyre
Timestamp
Thu 25 Jun 2020, 07:31 AM


Wests Tigers forward Luke Garner says he's keen to get more involved after producing arguably his best performance of the season last weekend against the North Queensland Cowboys.

Recalled to the side in Round 6 having watched from the sidelines the week prior, Garner responded with a strong effort on the right edge outside Josh Reynolds — running for over 100 metres for the first time this year while also adding 25 tackles.

While pleased to be back in the side and playing 80 minutes, the 24-year-old said there was still plenty in his game to be improved on going forward.

"I was happy with how I went on the weekend but I know that I need to do better this weekend," Garner admitted.

"Defensively I still need to be better.

"I missed a few tackles on the weekend so I'll practice that throughout the week at training to really tighten up with my wrestle a bit.

"It's what I've wanted to do all year is put performances together... [so] I need to get a bit more involved in the game too. I need to try and get a bit more ball and have a few more carries.

"I've been talking to Josh about that and it's what we're going to do."

Benji’s spirits remain high despite not playingBenji’s spirits remain high despite not playing
Benji’s spirits remain high despite not playing

Having played the first four games of the year running outside of either Luke Brooks on the left edge or Benji Marshall on the right, Garner said he was enjoying the new challenges and opportunities of playing outside Reynolds — a player whose energy was "infectious" for the playing group every single day, according to Garner.

"Benji and I grew a bit of a combination early but I think Josh and I are really growing one now too," Garner said of the team change.

"We're pretty lucky to have so much depth at this club.

"You always have to be pushing up beside Josh because you don't know what can happen. Something might open up for me and I think all the boys are learning that.

"It's very infectious to see their energy.

It makes me happy and it puts a smile on my face every day, so I definitely look forward to seeing them when I come to training."

Really encouraging outlook from Garner.
Exactly what us Wests Tigers fans need to hear and see more of right now.

Hopefully we do more seeing than hearing though mate.

 

[avocadoontoast]

I'm sure i'm in the minority here but I don't really like these fluff pieces.

 

[tiger_one]

I'm sure i'm in the minority here but I don't really like these fluff pieces.

So true.
"Fluff pieces" come out and inform us of what?
If any club wants their fans to feel good, what about honest up-to-date player info, reasons for minutes during a game, player attitudes & KPIs, all squad member updates (ie including those not in the top 17 - what's happeneing with them etc) and real info that has relevance.
No club provides fans the real inside info.

 

[GNR4LIFE]

I'm sure i'm in the minority here but I don't really like these fluff pieces.

I doubt you are. They’re ridiculous, but clubs have to always present themselves in an upbeat, positive light. Real supporters can see through the intention of these articles. Nothing of substance.

 

[avocadoontoast]

I'm sure i'm in the minority here but I don't really like these fluff pieces.

I doubt you are. They’re ridiculous, but clubs have to always present themselves in an upbeat, positive light. Real supporters can see through the intention of these articles. Nothing of substance.

Yeah it's the same template every week just with a different player. Total waste of time.

 

[TheDaBoss]

I'm sure i'm in the minority here but I don't really like these fluff pieces.

I doubt you are. They’re ridiculous, but clubs have to always present themselves in an upbeat, positive light. Real supporters can see through the intention of these articles. Nothing of substance.

Yeah it's the same template every week just with a different player. Total waste of time.

yea

i think they are better off just doing the interviews and leave it at that, Highlighting stuff like this isnt necessary imo