OFFICIAL: Wests Tigers sign James Tamou

[Strider]

42 mins 1 TRY 1 LB 3 TB 152m 31 tackles 0 missed..

Not a Plodder

I'm thinking he can do alot of work so our younger guys have more energy 👍

 

[Aceshigh]

The bloke will be an Asset to our team of plodders

 

[WT2K]

42 mins 1 TRY 1 LB 3 TB 152m 31 tackles 0 missed..

Not a Plodder

Might help unplod the plodders already here 🤔

 

[gallagher]

42 mins 1 TRY 1 LB 3 TB 152m 31 tackles 0 missed..

Not a Plodder

Might help unplod the plodders already here ?

42 mins 1 TRY 1 LB 3 TB 152m 31 tackles 0 missed..

Not a Plodder

Might help unplod the plodders already here ?

Unplod, my new fav word. Cheers.

Are some unplodable?

 

[WT2K]

42 mins 1 TRY 1 LB 3 TB 152m 31 tackles 0 missed..

Not a Plodder

Might help unplod the plodders already here ?

42 mins 1 TRY 1 LB 3 TB 152m 31 tackles 0 missed..

Not a Plodder

Might help unplod the plodders already here ?

Unplod, my new fav word. Cheers.

Are some unplodable?

Some are definitely unplodable. No matter how much you try unploding them.

 

[gallagher]

42 mins 1 TRY 1 LB 3 TB 152m 31 tackles 0 missed..

Not a Plodder

Might help unplod the plodders already here ?

42 mins 1 TRY 1 LB 3 TB 152m 31 tackles 0 missed..

Not a Plodder

Might help unplod the plodders already here ?

Unplod, my new fav word. Cheers.

Are some unplodable?

Some are definitely unplodable. No matter how much you try unploding them.

Luckily Madge is the best unploder in the game, but in the end it's up to the unplodee.

 

[the_third]

Some of ours are unploderable though.

 

[Yossarian]

42 mins 1 TRY 1 LB 3 TB 152m 31 tackles 0 missed..

Not a Plodder

Official?

 

[Yossarian]

Tamou may turn out to be an absolute bargain.

 

[Geo]

42 mins 1 TRY 1 LB 3 TB 152m 31 tackles 0 missed..

Not a Plodder

Official?

Yes 28 out of 25 on the official Wests Tigers Plodder Scale with an outstanding 10/5 for wrongness of head..

Not a Plodder

 

[Moh]

Tamou may turn out to be an absolute bargain.

We need some luck like that for a change.

 

[hodgo]

I think his biggest strength will be finding his front and getting us on the front foot. Alot of our younger players will make yards if they can get an edge of momentum early.

 

[Mighty_Tiger]

He is a very good pickup for us.
Everyone listens to what he says and he leads from the front. He also is a winner & doesn’t come with baggage.

He is a signing that I’m excited about joining us on various levels.

 

[Alex Seyfarth's #1 Fan]

Article about James Tamou. Says he is the most efficient prop in the NRL. Makes the most metres per minute in the NRL.

[**'Silent contract' spurs Tamou to top of NRL props in key metric**](https://www.nrl.com/news/2020/10/01/silent-contract-spurs-tamou-to-top-of-nrl-props-in-key-metric/)
By Dan Walsh, NRL.com Reporter
Thu 1 Oct 2020, 10:01 AM

A "silent contract" has not only kept James Tamou's career alive, but revived it to the point he is producing his best footy since challenging for the title of NRL's top prop almost a decade ago.

Tamou's resurgence has mirrored that of the young Panthers side he will lead against the Roosters on Friday night.

It has also landed him a two-year Wests Tigers contract for next season, with the club's recruitment analytics identifying Tamou as the game's most efficient prop when it comes to metres per minute in 2020.

Tamou's average of 146.6 metres in each Panthers outing ranks him behind teammate James Fisher-Harris (182.9m), Friday's foe Siosiua Taukeiaho (165.9m) and several rival front-rowers across the game.

With an average of 43 minutes a game, Tamou's 3.43 metres a minute is the best of the big men this season, a key factor in the Tigers pursuing him.

His post-contact metres (57.7 a game) and running numbers are both the best Tamou has produced since 2012/13, when he was a regular in the Australian Test side and ranked behind only then-Cowboys teammate Matt Scott among the game's best props.

It's a far cry from 2019, when Penrith's slide had the club paying for Reagan Campbell-Gillard, Waqa Blake and Dallin Watene-Zelezniak to move on.

Tamou's middling form and $700,000-plus salary had him being sized up for a similar shift by those outside Panthers HQ, but the 32-year-old says no such conversation was had with Ivan Cleary or Penrith hierarchy.

Instead it was his own "silent contract" to keep pace with younger teammates and keep his place in a rising pack that drove Tamou's turnaround.

"Looking back at that year, that pain and suffering still burns strong," Tamou said.

"I guess that's the enthusiasm that's [been] brought into this year for myself anyway.

"I wanted to show that I wasn't passed it and still had my best footy ahead of me.

"If I knew something wasn't right I wouldn't have stuck around with the club.

"It was a silent contract with myself that I wanted to be the best.

"So I needed to put in a big pre-season and I wanted to lead this young side and put my best foot forward.

"There wasn't any big discussion, I just knew within myself that I had to improve to still be in this team with such a good young forward group.

"I had to use everything that I had learned from the year before and take it into this year. As much as it hurt last year, I wouldn't change a thing."

Tamou's pre-season impressed Cleary enough for him to keep him as captain.

His continued standard bearing throughout the COVID-19 hiatus validated the coach's call.

And while Tamou doesn't win fitness tests or break tin-shifting records in the gym, his 24/7 commitment is plain for all at Penrith to see, according to head of performance Hayden Knowles.

Tamou's payoff is also apparently the envy of his younger teammates in his 13th year of first grade.

"The evidence doesn't lie when he takes his shirt off," Knowles laughs.

"Jimmy's just ripped, and his durability, toughness and discipline is just outstanding.

"The numbers that impress me are that he didn't miss a game last year, and has played every game this year until we rested him for one.

"In the old days you'd see a front-rower carrying a few kilos. Here at Penrith he's led their training, so now if you had a photoshoot with our middle forwards, they're all ripped and Jimmy's the most ripped of them all.

"He doesn't have a blowout at all. Every day weighing in, he's 110 kilos.

"There's no binge weekend where he eats shit, it's 110 every single day.

"And every week he's knocking on your door asking 'how can I get better?'

"For a while there it was a battle to get him to ease up his training, to show him he doesn't need to rip in every single day. The young blokes just can't help but follow that example."

 

[Jedi_Tiger]

He will be a very good signing for us, our forwards are powder puffs he will add some go forward and winning attitude

 

[JC99]

Article about James Tamou. Says he is the most efficient prop in the NRL. Makes the most metres per minute in the NRL.

[**'Silent contract' spurs Tamou to top of NRL props in key metric**](https://www.nrl.com/news/2020/10/01/silent-contract-spurs-tamou-to-top-of-nrl-props-in-key-metric/)
By Dan Walsh, NRL.com Reporter
Thu 1 Oct 2020, 10:01 AM

A "silent contract" has not only kept James Tamou's career alive, but revived it to the point he is producing his best footy since challenging for the title of NRL's top prop almost a decade ago.

Tamou's resurgence has mirrored that of the young Panthers side he will lead against the Roosters on Friday night.

It has also landed him a two-year Wests Tigers contract for next season, with the club's recruitment analytics identifying Tamou as the game's most efficient prop when it comes to metres per minute in 2020.

Tamou's average of 146.6 metres in each Panthers outing ranks him behind teammate James Fisher-Harris (182.9m), Friday's foe Siosiua Taukeiaho (165.9m) and several rival front-rowers across the game.

With an average of 43 minutes a game, Tamou's 3.43 metres a minute is the best of the big men this season, a key factor in the Tigers pursuing him.

His post-contact metres (57.7 a game) and running numbers are both the best Tamou has produced since 2012/13, when he was a regular in the Australian Test side and ranked behind only then-Cowboys teammate Matt Scott among the game's best props.

It's a far cry from 2019, when Penrith's slide had the club paying for Reagan Campbell-Gillard, Waqa Blake and Dallin Watene-Zelezniak to move on.

Tamou's middling form and $700,000-plus salary had him being sized up for a similar shift by those outside Panthers HQ, but the 32-year-old says no such conversation was had with Ivan Cleary or Penrith hierarchy.

Instead it was his own "silent contract" to keep pace with younger teammates and keep his place in a rising pack that drove Tamou's turnaround.

"Looking back at that year, that pain and suffering still burns strong," Tamou said.

"I guess that's the enthusiasm that's [been] brought into this year for myself anyway.

"I wanted to show that I wasn't passed it and still had my best footy ahead of me.

"If I knew something wasn't right I wouldn't have stuck around with the club.

"It was a silent contract with myself that I wanted to be the best.

"So I needed to put in a big pre-season and I wanted to lead this young side and put my best foot forward.

"There wasn't any big discussion, I just knew within myself that I had to improve to still be in this team with such a good young forward group.

"I had to use everything that I had learned from the year before and take it into this year. As much as it hurt last year, I wouldn't change a thing."

Tamou's pre-season impressed Cleary enough for him to keep him as captain.

His continued standard bearing throughout the COVID-19 hiatus validated the coach's call.

And while Tamou doesn't win fitness tests or break tin-shifting records in the gym, his 24/7 commitment is plain for all at Penrith to see, according to head of performance Hayden Knowles.

Tamou's payoff is also apparently the envy of his younger teammates in his 13th year of first grade.

"The evidence doesn't lie when he takes his shirt off," Knowles laughs.

"Jimmy's just ripped, and his durability, toughness and discipline is just outstanding.

"The numbers that impress me are that he didn't miss a game last year, and has played every game this year until we rested him for one.

"In the old days you'd see a front-rower carrying a few kilos. Here at Penrith he's led their training, so now if you had a photoshoot with our middle forwards, they're all ripped and Jimmy's the most ripped of them all.

"He doesn't have a blowout at all. Every day weighing in, he's 110 kilos.

"There's no binge weekend where he eats shit, it's 110 every single day.

"And every week he's knocking on your door asking 'how can I get better?'

"For a while there it was a battle to get him to ease up his training, to show him he doesn't need to rip in every single day. The young blokes just can't help but follow that example."

Hopefully our young forwards follow his example, it will only do them good. Doesn’t sound like he will slack off once he’s here I hope

 

[avocadoontoast]

Article about James Tamou. Says he is the most efficient prop in the NRL. Makes the most metres per minute in the NRL.

[**'Silent contract' spurs Tamou to top of NRL props in key metric**](https://www.nrl.com/news/2020/10/01/silent-contract-spurs-tamou-to-top-of-nrl-props-in-key-metric/)
By Dan Walsh, NRL.com Reporter
Thu 1 Oct 2020, 10:01 AM

A "silent contract" has not only kept James Tamou's career alive, but revived it to the point he is producing his best footy since challenging for the title of NRL's top prop almost a decade ago.

Tamou's resurgence has mirrored that of the young Panthers side he will lead against the Roosters on Friday night.

It has also landed him a two-year Wests Tigers contract for next season, with the club's recruitment analytics identifying Tamou as the game's most efficient prop when it comes to metres per minute in 2020.

Tamou's average of 146.6 metres in each Panthers outing ranks him behind teammate James Fisher-Harris (182.9m), Friday's foe Siosiua Taukeiaho (165.9m) and several rival front-rowers across the game.

With an average of 43 minutes a game, Tamou's 3.43 metres a minute is the best of the big men this season, a key factor in the Tigers pursuing him.

His post-contact metres (57.7 a game) and running numbers are both the best Tamou has produced since 2012/13, when he was a regular in the Australian Test side and ranked behind only then-Cowboys teammate Matt Scott among the game's best props.

It's a far cry from 2019, when Penrith's slide had the club paying for Reagan Campbell-Gillard, Waqa Blake and Dallin Watene-Zelezniak to move on.

Tamou's middling form and $700,000-plus salary had him being sized up for a similar shift by those outside Panthers HQ, but the 32-year-old says no such conversation was had with Ivan Cleary or Penrith hierarchy.

Instead it was his own "silent contract" to keep pace with younger teammates and keep his place in a rising pack that drove Tamou's turnaround.

"Looking back at that year, that pain and suffering still burns strong," Tamou said.

"I guess that's the enthusiasm that's [been] brought into this year for myself anyway.

"I wanted to show that I wasn't passed it and still had my best footy ahead of me.

"If I knew something wasn't right I wouldn't have stuck around with the club.

"It was a silent contract with myself that I wanted to be the best.

"So I needed to put in a big pre-season and I wanted to lead this young side and put my best foot forward.

"There wasn't any big discussion, I just knew within myself that I had to improve to still be in this team with such a good young forward group.

"I had to use everything that I had learned from the year before and take it into this year. As much as it hurt last year, I wouldn't change a thing."

Tamou's pre-season impressed Cleary enough for him to keep him as captain.

His continued standard bearing throughout the COVID-19 hiatus validated the coach's call.

And while Tamou doesn't win fitness tests or break tin-shifting records in the gym, his 24/7 commitment is plain for all at Penrith to see, according to head of performance Hayden Knowles.

Tamou's payoff is also apparently the envy of his younger teammates in his 13th year of first grade.

"The evidence doesn't lie when he takes his shirt off," Knowles laughs.

"Jimmy's just ripped, and his durability, toughness and discipline is just outstanding.

"The numbers that impress me are that he didn't miss a game last year, and has played every game this year until we rested him for one.

"In the old days you'd see a front-rower carrying a few kilos. Here at Penrith he's led their training, so now if you had a photoshoot with our middle forwards, they're all ripped and Jimmy's the most ripped of them all.

"He doesn't have a blowout at all. Every day weighing in, he's 110 kilos.

"There's no binge weekend where he eats shit, it's 110 every single day.

"And every week he's knocking on your door asking 'how can I get better?'

"For a while there it was a battle to get him to ease up his training, to show him he doesn't need to rip in every single day. The young blokes just can't help but follow that example."

Hopefully our young forwards follow his example, it will only do them good. Doesn’t sound like he will slack off once he’s here I hope

I don't think he will. He's a bit of a pro. Hasn't really ever had a stinker of a season from memory.

 

[Alex Seyfarth's #1 Fan]

Article about James Tamou. Says he is the most efficient prop in the NRL. Makes the most metres per minute in the NRL.

[**'Silent contract' spurs Tamou to top of NRL props in key metric**](https://www.nrl.com/news/2020/10/01/silent-contract-spurs-tamou-to-top-of-nrl-props-in-key-metric/)
By Dan Walsh, NRL.com Reporter
Thu 1 Oct 2020, 10:01 AM

A "silent contract" has not only kept James Tamou's career alive, but revived it to the point he is producing his best footy since challenging for the title of NRL's top prop almost a decade ago.

Tamou's resurgence has mirrored that of the young Panthers side he will lead against the Roosters on Friday night.

It has also landed him a two-year Wests Tigers contract for next season, with the club's recruitment analytics identifying Tamou as the game's most efficient prop when it comes to metres per minute in 2020.

Tamou's average of 146.6 metres in each Panthers outing ranks him behind teammate James Fisher-Harris (182.9m), Friday's foe Siosiua Taukeiaho (165.9m) and several rival front-rowers across the game.

With an average of 43 minutes a game, Tamou's 3.43 metres a minute is the best of the big men this season, a key factor in the Tigers pursuing him.

His post-contact metres (57.7 a game) and running numbers are both the best Tamou has produced since 2012/13, when he was a regular in the Australian Test side and ranked behind only then-Cowboys teammate Matt Scott among the game's best props.

It's a far cry from 2019, when Penrith's slide had the club paying for Reagan Campbell-Gillard, Waqa Blake and Dallin Watene-Zelezniak to move on.

Tamou's middling form and $700,000-plus salary had him being sized up for a similar shift by those outside Panthers HQ, but the 32-year-old says no such conversation was had with Ivan Cleary or Penrith hierarchy.

Instead it was his own "silent contract" to keep pace with younger teammates and keep his place in a rising pack that drove Tamou's turnaround.

"Looking back at that year, that pain and suffering still burns strong," Tamou said.

"I guess that's the enthusiasm that's [been] brought into this year for myself anyway.

"I wanted to show that I wasn't passed it and still had my best footy ahead of me.

"If I knew something wasn't right I wouldn't have stuck around with the club.

"It was a silent contract with myself that I wanted to be the best.

"So I needed to put in a big pre-season and I wanted to lead this young side and put my best foot forward.

"There wasn't any big discussion, I just knew within myself that I had to improve to still be in this team with such a good young forward group.

"I had to use everything that I had learned from the year before and take it into this year. As much as it hurt last year, I wouldn't change a thing."

Tamou's pre-season impressed Cleary enough for him to keep him as captain.

His continued standard bearing throughout the COVID-19 hiatus validated the coach's call.

And while Tamou doesn't win fitness tests or break tin-shifting records in the gym, his 24/7 commitment is plain for all at Penrith to see, according to head of performance Hayden Knowles.

Tamou's payoff is also apparently the envy of his younger teammates in his 13th year of first grade.

"The evidence doesn't lie when he takes his shirt off," Knowles laughs.

"Jimmy's just ripped, and his durability, toughness and discipline is just outstanding.

"The numbers that impress me are that he didn't miss a game last year, and has played every game this year until we rested him for one.

"In the old days you'd see a front-rower carrying a few kilos. Here at Penrith he's led their training, so now if you had a photoshoot with our middle forwards, they're all ripped and Jimmy's the most ripped of them all.

"He doesn't have a blowout at all. Every day weighing in, he's 110 kilos.

"There's no binge weekend where he eats shit, it's 110 every single day.

"And every week he's knocking on your door asking 'how can I get better?'

"For a while there it was a battle to get him to ease up his training, to show him he doesn't need to rip in every single day. The young blokes just can't help but follow that example."

Hopefully our young forwards follow his example, it will only do them good. Doesn’t sound like he will slack off once he’s here I hope

I don't think he will. He's a bit of a pro. Hasn't really ever had a stinker of a season from memory.

2018 was his worst season since 2011 in terms of running metres. 93m per game. Most of our forwards would be stoked to do that.

 

[avocadoontoast]

Article about James Tamou. Says he is the most efficient prop in the NRL. Makes the most metres per minute in the NRL.

[**'Silent contract' spurs Tamou to top of NRL props in key metric**](https://www.nrl.com/news/2020/10/01/silent-contract-spurs-tamou-to-top-of-nrl-props-in-key-metric/)
By Dan Walsh, NRL.com Reporter
Thu 1 Oct 2020, 10:01 AM

A "silent contract" has not only kept James Tamou's career alive, but revived it to the point he is producing his best footy since challenging for the title of NRL's top prop almost a decade ago.

Tamou's resurgence has mirrored that of the young Panthers side he will lead against the Roosters on Friday night.

It has also landed him a two-year Wests Tigers contract for next season, with the club's recruitment analytics identifying Tamou as the game's most efficient prop when it comes to metres per minute in 2020.

Tamou's average of 146.6 metres in each Panthers outing ranks him behind teammate James Fisher-Harris (182.9m), Friday's foe Siosiua Taukeiaho (165.9m) and several rival front-rowers across the game.

With an average of 43 minutes a game, Tamou's 3.43 metres a minute is the best of the big men this season, a key factor in the Tigers pursuing him.

His post-contact metres (57.7 a game) and running numbers are both the best Tamou has produced since 2012/13, when he was a regular in the Australian Test side and ranked behind only then-Cowboys teammate Matt Scott among the game's best props.

It's a far cry from 2019, when Penrith's slide had the club paying for Reagan Campbell-Gillard, Waqa Blake and Dallin Watene-Zelezniak to move on.

Tamou's middling form and $700,000-plus salary had him being sized up for a similar shift by those outside Panthers HQ, but the 32-year-old says no such conversation was had with Ivan Cleary or Penrith hierarchy.

Instead it was his own "silent contract" to keep pace with younger teammates and keep his place in a rising pack that drove Tamou's turnaround.

"Looking back at that year, that pain and suffering still burns strong," Tamou said.

"I guess that's the enthusiasm that's [been] brought into this year for myself anyway.

"I wanted to show that I wasn't passed it and still had my best footy ahead of me.

"If I knew something wasn't right I wouldn't have stuck around with the club.

"It was a silent contract with myself that I wanted to be the best.

"So I needed to put in a big pre-season and I wanted to lead this young side and put my best foot forward.

"There wasn't any big discussion, I just knew within myself that I had to improve to still be in this team with such a good young forward group.

"I had to use everything that I had learned from the year before and take it into this year. As much as it hurt last year, I wouldn't change a thing."

Tamou's pre-season impressed Cleary enough for him to keep him as captain.

His continued standard bearing throughout the COVID-19 hiatus validated the coach's call.

And while Tamou doesn't win fitness tests or break tin-shifting records in the gym, his 24/7 commitment is plain for all at Penrith to see, according to head of performance Hayden Knowles.

Tamou's payoff is also apparently the envy of his younger teammates in his 13th year of first grade.

"The evidence doesn't lie when he takes his shirt off," Knowles laughs.

"Jimmy's just ripped, and his durability, toughness and discipline is just outstanding.

"The numbers that impress me are that he didn't miss a game last year, and has played every game this year until we rested him for one.

"In the old days you'd see a front-rower carrying a few kilos. Here at Penrith he's led their training, so now if you had a photoshoot with our middle forwards, they're all ripped and Jimmy's the most ripped of them all.

"He doesn't have a blowout at all. Every day weighing in, he's 110 kilos.

"There's no binge weekend where he eats shit, it's 110 every single day.

"And every week he's knocking on your door asking 'how can I get better?'

"For a while there it was a battle to get him to ease up his training, to show him he doesn't need to rip in every single day. The young blokes just can't help but follow that example."

Hopefully our young forwards follow his example, it will only do them good. Doesn’t sound like he will slack off once he’s here I hope

I don't think he will. He's a bit of a pro. Hasn't really ever had a stinker of a season from memory.

2018 was his worst season since 2011 in terms of running metres. 93m per game. Most of our forwards would be stoked to do that.

If he can average 100m a game next season and continue defending the way he does he’ll be a great signing.

 

[TheDaBoss]

my eyes or on him tonight

prefer panthers over roosters