Tamou leaves Tigers call in safe hands

[hobbo1]

Doesn’t sound like he really wants to come here. Sounds like a last option only. This will be a disaster an ageing prop who doesn’t want to be here but has no choice. It’s not going to end well.

You could be right...another member of the WT retirement home....could be packer MK2

He has always played well from one club to the next ...his Cowboys form transferred to his Penrith form ...it will all come down to how much we are paying him

If it is around that 450 -500 k mark he is a good signing

Maths was never your strongest point
500k
Lmao

Did he steal the last sausage sanga before you at Bunnings in Valley Heights

He wouldn’t dare ..
No more plodders

Happy can't tell the difference between Dean Young and Jeremy Smith..

So maybe he thinks we are signing James Taumalolo..

Happy’s a dope ..I had to lie to him
(Sokka thread) to get 2 hours relief

 

[happy_tiger]

Doesn’t sound like he really wants to come here. Sounds like a last option only. This will be a disaster an ageing prop who doesn’t want to be here but has no choice. It’s not going to end well.

You could be right...another member of the WT retirement home....could be packer MK2

He has always played well from one club to the next ...his Cowboys form transferred to his Penrith form ...it will all come down to how much we are paying him

If it is around that 450 -500 k mark he is a good signing

Maths was never your strongest point
500k
Lmao

Did he steal the last sausage sanga before you at Bunnings in Valley Heights

He wouldn’t dare ..
No more plodders

No less Plodders

The Plodders United .......will always be defeated

 

[rustycage]

I'm not enthused about this -,especially if Penrith win the title. I'm yet to see a player at the end of their career make an impact at a club trying to "rebuild" especially if they come from a club who has just experienced a successful year. A forced move - simply to add to the retirement fund. Time will tell if he is an exception.

Petero went alright. Although maybe not from a premiership winning team.

 

[rustycage]

Signing Tamou at 31 years old would be a mistake but consistent with our woeful player recruitment and retention record. We need to continue to develop Mikaele and Musgrove to partner Aloiai, who's been great this year. Tamou is no Petro Civoniceva.

I was against the Tamou signing initially, but for $350k per year on a 2 year deal, there is no better option. We're also devoid of leadership in any way which he would bring.

Tamou makes more metres per game than all the players you listed and is a better defender. Realistically, he'd be the first middle forward picked. Aloiai has had his best year ever but his defence was exposed against Souths. Mikaele has been bitterly disappointing and Musgrove has played 4 games in the last 3 seasons.

I think Mikaele and Musgrove are both myths. They remind me of waiting for Ava and Sue.

Musgrove looked better than Mikaele when he played. He’s young and has all the makings of a good prop and we looked worse without him. Mikaele has a few great games then some terrible ones, all about consistency like majority of the team

Where is Musgrove. What even happened to him?

 

[happy_tiger]

Doesn’t sound like he really wants to come here. Sounds like a last option only. This will be a disaster an ageing prop who doesn’t want to be here but has no choice. It’s not going to end well.

You could be right...another member of the WT retirement home....could be packer MK2

He has always played well from one club to the next ...his Cowboys form transferred to his Penrith form ...it will all come down to how much we are paying him

If it is around that 450 -500 k mark he is a good signing

Maths was never your strongest point
500k
Lmao

Did he steal the last sausage sanga before you at Bunnings in Valley Heights

He wouldn’t dare ..
No more plodders

Happy can't tell the difference between Dean Young and Jeremy Smith..

So maybe he thinks we are signing James Taumalolo..

Happy’s a dope ..I had to lie to him
(Sokka thread) to get 2 hours relief

Derr You given me the bird by PM before the quote ...I knew you knew ...time to watch Deliverance again for you

 

[happy_tiger]

Signing Tamou at 31 years old would be a mistake but consistent with our woeful player recruitment and retention record. We need to continue to develop Mikaele and Musgrove to partner Aloiai, who's been great this year. Tamou is no Petro Civoniceva.

I was against the Tamou signing initially, but for $350k per year on a 2 year deal, there is no better option. We're also devoid of leadership in any way which he would bring.

Tamou makes more metres per game than all the players you listed and is a better defender. Realistically, he'd be the first middle forward picked. Aloiai has had his best year ever but his defence was exposed against Souths. Mikaele has been bitterly disappointing and Musgrove has played 4 games in the last 3 seasons.

I think Mikaele and Musgrove are both myths. They remind me of waiting for Ava and Sue.

Musgrove looked better than Mikaele when he played. He’s young and has all the makings of a good prop and we looked worse without him. Mikaele has a few great games then some terrible ones, all about consistency like majority of the team

Where is Musgrove. What even happened to him?

Possibly back this week

 

[Needaname]

In the meantime.
Dug up an old article from 2015 of all times.

WHEN the mother of James Tamou’s children recently flew to Canberra without a return ticket, the Kangaroos prop knew it was time to have a conversation with his Cowboys coach.

“The last time was a bit scary because she only bought a one-way ticket to Canberra and I thought jeez, I hope she comes back,” Tamou said.

Tamou has spoken publicly about his potential move to the Canberra Raiders for the first time, explaining to League Central the sensitive family issues that made him informally ask the Cowboys if a release was possible.

His manager Sam Ayoub has had informal negotiations with the Raiders to see if the rep star can join them next season.

Tamou hates the thought of being considered a back flipper and labelled as a typical Gen Y product who doesn’t know the meaning of a handshake.

A 195cm, 114kg behemoth, Tamou has such a gentle demeanour that when he told Cowboys coach Paul Green about his family’s struggles in Townsville there were no requests or demands just suggestions he may need to leave.

When rumours first circulated in March that Tamou wanted out, he ­denied them emphatically.

The response from Cowboys fans at the time was apathy.

Until this month, Tamou’s form had been inconsistent and some questioned if he would ever return to his tackle-shredding best which propelled him to a maiden Blues jersey in 2012.

That year, Tamou busted 86 tackles in 24 games and averaged 159 metres.

Last season, Tamou managed just 25 tackle busts from 21 games.

He had a poor opening three games this season, including two bad missed tackles that led to tries in the Cowboys loss to the Broncos.

As his form waned few people knew his future in the game was in question late last year following spinal surgery that shaved bone off his vertebrae to help a nerve problem.

It also shed eight kilograms of muscle from his body as he struggled to even lift a weight bar. Since that loss to Brisbane, the Cowboys have won five games in a row and Tamou was man of the match in their victory over Newcastle last weekend.

He will start for the Kangaroos in Friday night’s Anzac Test at Suncorp Stadium with his partner Brittney McGlone due to give birth to their second child any day.

Off contract at the end of 2016, Tamou is unsure which jersey he will wear next year.

The Cowboys are sympathetic to Tamou’s family issues but they have built their 2016 roster with Tamou’s salary, around $500,000 per year, included. If the Cowboys tell Tamou they can’t release him he is prepared to do what it takes to make the ­situation work.

“I would love to stay in Townsville and I think when I retire I will live in Townsville,” he said.

“Everything with this is for family reasons mate.

“It is unfortunate the whole situation. My partner is from Canberra and her family is there.

“Having two kids is very hard and she is missing home.

“She has been home three times this year already.

“Being a mum can be a bit ­frightening. She wants that support around her.

“I have just taken a back seat with it all at the moment and tried to­ ­concentrate on footy.”

As fans and media questioned his future as an NRL player, few knew just how shattered his body was­ ­following spinal surgery.

He couldn’t lift weights and even now his body is far removed from the hulking frame it was pre-operation.

Not only could his body not handle the weight, the idea of putting a metal bar across his neck to do squats was frightening.

“Getting the bar across the back of my neck still hurts.

“Everything in the weight room made me nervous; especially putting the bar on the back of my neck … it was actually scary “My bench still isn’t great. I am doing 140 max and that’s not great compared to the guys in the team. “In pre-season all I was doing was rubber band tubing. I was doing no weights.

“I had to start from the bare minimum I had to start all over again. Everything was rubber bands.

“That’s what broke me down … my Cowboys teammates had finished a pre-season and were fit and strong and here I was coming back from ­surgery the opposite.”

On Friday night, the Kangaroos need Tamou at his best.

The Kiwis have won back to back Tests. Australia are still without key backline stars in the Morris brothers and Jarryd Hayne.

Tamou said he was treating this Test as if it would be his last.

“This could be my last game for Australia. You never know when your last game could be,”

“Just to be here is unreal.”

 

[JC99]

Signing Tamou at 31 years old would be a mistake but consistent with our woeful player recruitment and retention record. We need to continue to develop Mikaele and Musgrove to partner Aloiai, who's been great this year. Tamou is no Petro Civoniceva.

I was against the Tamou signing initially, but for $350k per year on a 2 year deal, there is no better option. We're also devoid of leadership in any way which he would bring.

Tamou makes more metres per game than all the players you listed and is a better defender. Realistically, he'd be the first middle forward picked. Aloiai has had his best year ever but his defence was exposed against Souths. Mikaele has been bitterly disappointing and Musgrove has played 4 games in the last 3 seasons.

I think Mikaele and Musgrove are both myths. They remind me of waiting for Ava and Sue.

Musgrove looked better than Mikaele when he played. He’s young and has all the makings of a good prop and we looked worse without him. Mikaele has a few great games then some terrible ones, all about consistency like majority of the team

Where is Musgrove. What even happened to him?

Foot injury has kept him out majority of the season

 

[izotope]

Another 48 hrs folks via David Riccio

Wests Tigers have finally landed a major scalp with the signing of former Test and premiership-winning prop James Tamou.

The leader of Penrith’s pack, Tamou has agreed to join the Tigers on a two-year deal, which is expected to be formally announced within the next 48 hours.

Hugely respected both on and off the field, Tamou’s experience and success at the highest level of the game will be pivotal to the Tigers desperate ambition to be considered a premiership force.

With 263-games worth of NRL experience, Tamou can reach the 300-club with the Tigers, having made his debut for North Queensland in 2009.

The 2015 premiership-winning prop with the Cowboys is an important and relieving signing for the Tigers who have missed out recently on Latrell Mitchell, Kurt Capewell, Jai Arrow, AJ Brimson and Matt Moylan.

With Penrith’s focus on retaining their rich young crop of talent, Tamou had been weighing-up an offer from St George-Illawarra, but knocked back the approach to link with the Tigers.

48 hours!!!

Tbh his "missed" out on list only really feel we missed out on AJ, would consider the others dodging a bullet

 

[4jtigers]

In the meantime.
Dug up an old article from 2015 of all times.

WHEN the mother of James Tamou’s children recently flew to Canberra without a return ticket, the Kangaroos prop knew it was time to have a conversation with his Cowboys coach.

“The last time was a bit scary because she only bought a one-way ticket to Canberra and I thought jeez, I hope she comes back,” Tamou said.

Tamou has spoken publicly about his potential move to the Canberra Raiders for the first time, explaining to League Central the sensitive family issues that made him informally ask the Cowboys if a release was possible.

His manager Sam Ayoub has had informal negotiations with the Raiders to see if the rep star can join them next season.

Tamou hates the thought of being considered a back flipper and labelled as a typical Gen Y product who doesn’t know the meaning of a handshake.

A 195cm, 114kg behemoth, Tamou has such a gentle demeanour that when he told Cowboys coach Paul Green about his family’s struggles in Townsville there were no requests or demands just suggestions he may need to leave.

When rumours first circulated in March that Tamou wanted out, he ­denied them emphatically.

The response from Cowboys fans at the time was apathy.

Until this month, Tamou’s form had been inconsistent and some questioned if he would ever return to his tackle-shredding best which propelled him to a maiden Blues jersey in 2012.

That year, Tamou busted 86 tackles in 24 games and averaged 159 metres.

Last season, Tamou managed just 25 tackle busts from 21 games.

He had a poor opening three games this season, including two bad missed tackles that led to tries in the Cowboys loss to the Broncos.

As his form waned few people knew his future in the game was in question late last year following spinal surgery that shaved bone off his vertebrae to help a nerve problem.

It also shed eight kilograms of muscle from his body as he struggled to even lift a weight bar. Since that loss to Brisbane, the Cowboys have won five games in a row and Tamou was man of the match in their victory over Newcastle last weekend.

He will start for the Kangaroos in Friday night’s Anzac Test at Suncorp Stadium with his partner Brittney McGlone due to give birth to their second child any day.

Off contract at the end of 2016, Tamou is unsure which jersey he will wear next year.

The Cowboys are sympathetic to Tamou’s family issues but they have built their 2016 roster with Tamou’s salary, around $500,000 per year, included. If the Cowboys tell Tamou they can’t release him he is prepared to do what it takes to make the ­situation work.

“I would love to stay in Townsville and I think when I retire I will live in Townsville,” he said.

“Everything with this is for family reasons mate.

“It is unfortunate the whole situation. My partner is from Canberra and her family is there.

“Having two kids is very hard and she is missing home.

“She has been home three times this year already.

“Being a mum can be a bit ­frightening. She wants that support around her.

“I have just taken a back seat with it all at the moment and tried to­ ­concentrate on footy.”

As fans and media questioned his future as an NRL player, few knew just how shattered his body was­ ­following spinal surgery.

He couldn’t lift weights and even now his body is far removed from the hulking frame it was pre-operation.

Not only could his body not handle the weight, the idea of putting a metal bar across his neck to do squats was frightening.

“Getting the bar across the back of my neck still hurts.

“Everything in the weight room made me nervous; especially putting the bar on the back of my neck … it was actually scary “My bench still isn’t great. I am doing 140 max and that’s not great compared to the guys in the team. “In pre-season all I was doing was rubber band tubing. I was doing no weights.

“I had to start from the bare minimum I had to start all over again. Everything was rubber bands.

“That’s what broke me down … my Cowboys teammates had finished a pre-season and were fit and strong and here I was coming back from ­surgery the opposite.”

On Friday night, the Kangaroos need Tamou at his best.

The Kiwis have won back to back Tests. Australia are still without key backline stars in the Morris brothers and Jarryd Hayne.

Tamou said he was treating this Test as if it would be his last.

“This could be my last game for Australia. You never know when your last game could be,”

“Just to be here is unreal.”

I met JTamou at Quakers Hill years and years ago - my son was playing for QH and JTamou was there visiting watching his nephew play. I got to talk to him and I think his mum was there too. Very nice people and asked him if my son can take a photo with him, he obliged and didn't even think twice, likes to talk to a lot of people.

While a few weeks later after that Gallen was visiting QH, geez you'd think he was VIP - so aloof and didn't hang around, he had body guards too I think... I just LOLed.

 

[hobbo1]

Doesn’t sound like he really wants to come here. Sounds like a last option only. This will be a disaster an ageing prop who doesn’t want to be here but has no choice. It’s not going to end well.

You could be right...another member of the WT retirement home....could be packer MK2

He has always played well from one club to the next ...his Cowboys form transferred to his Penrith form ...it will all come down to how much we are paying him

If it is around that 450 -500 k mark he is a good signing

Maths was never your strongest point
500k
Lmao

Did he steal the last sausage sanga before you at Bunnings in Valley Heights

He wouldn’t dare ..
No more plodders

Happy can't tell the difference between Dean Young and Jeremy Smith..

So maybe he thinks we are signing James Taumalolo..

Happy’s a dope ..I had to lie to him
(Sokka thread) to get 2 hours relief

Derr You given me the bird by PM before the quote ...I knew you knew ...time to watch Deliverance again for you

? ?

 

[OzLuke]

In the meantime.
Dug up an old article from 2015 of all times.

WHEN the mother of James Tamou’s children recently flew to Canberra without a return ticket, the Kangaroos prop knew it was time to have a conversation with his Cowboys coach.

“The last time was a bit scary because she only bought a one-way ticket to Canberra and I thought jeez, I hope she comes back,” Tamou said.

Tamou has spoken publicly about his potential move to the Canberra Raiders for the first time, explaining to League Central the sensitive family issues that made him informally ask the Cowboys if a release was possible.

His manager Sam Ayoub has had informal negotiations with the Raiders to see if the rep star can join them next season.

Tamou hates the thought of being considered a back flipper and labelled as a typical Gen Y product who doesn’t know the meaning of a handshake.

A 195cm, 114kg behemoth, Tamou has such a gentle demeanour that when he told Cowboys coach Paul Green about his family’s struggles in Townsville there were no requests or demands just suggestions he may need to leave.

When rumours first circulated in March that Tamou wanted out, he ­denied them emphatically.

The response from Cowboys fans at the time was apathy.

Until this month, Tamou’s form had been inconsistent and some questioned if he would ever return to his tackle-shredding best which propelled him to a maiden Blues jersey in 2012.

That year, Tamou busted 86 tackles in 24 games and averaged 159 metres.

Last season, Tamou managed just 25 tackle busts from 21 games.

He had a poor opening three games this season, including two bad missed tackles that led to tries in the Cowboys loss to the Broncos.

As his form waned few people knew his future in the game was in question late last year following spinal surgery that shaved bone off his vertebrae to help a nerve problem.

It also shed eight kilograms of muscle from his body as he struggled to even lift a weight bar. Since that loss to Brisbane, the Cowboys have won five games in a row and Tamou was man of the match in their victory over Newcastle last weekend.

He will start for the Kangaroos in Friday night’s Anzac Test at Suncorp Stadium with his partner Brittney McGlone due to give birth to their second child any day.

Off contract at the end of 2016, Tamou is unsure which jersey he will wear next year.

The Cowboys are sympathetic to Tamou’s family issues but they have built their 2016 roster with Tamou’s salary, around $500,000 per year, included. If the Cowboys tell Tamou they can’t release him he is prepared to do what it takes to make the ­situation work.

“I would love to stay in Townsville and I think when I retire I will live in Townsville,” he said.

“Everything with this is for family reasons mate.

“It is unfortunate the whole situation. My partner is from Canberra and her family is there.

“Having two kids is very hard and she is missing home.

“She has been home three times this year already.

“Being a mum can be a bit ­frightening. She wants that support around her.

“I have just taken a back seat with it all at the moment and tried to­ ­concentrate on footy.”

As fans and media questioned his future as an NRL player, few knew just how shattered his body was­ ­following spinal surgery.

He couldn’t lift weights and even now his body is far removed from the hulking frame it was pre-operation.

Not only could his body not handle the weight, the idea of putting a metal bar across his neck to do squats was frightening.

“Getting the bar across the back of my neck still hurts.

“Everything in the weight room made me nervous; especially putting the bar on the back of my neck … it was actually scary “My bench still isn’t great. I am doing 140 max and that’s not great compared to the guys in the team. “In pre-season all I was doing was rubber band tubing. I was doing no weights.

“I had to start from the bare minimum I had to start all over again. Everything was rubber bands.

“That’s what broke me down … my Cowboys teammates had finished a pre-season and were fit and strong and here I was coming back from ­surgery the opposite.”

On Friday night, the Kangaroos need Tamou at his best.

The Kiwis have won back to back Tests. Australia are still without key backline stars in the Morris brothers and Jarryd Hayne.

Tamou said he was treating this Test as if it would be his last.

“This could be my last game for Australia. You never know when your last game could be,”

“Just to be here is unreal.”

I met JTamou at Quakers Hill years and years ago - my son was playing for QH and JTamou was there visiting watching his nephew play. I got to talk to him and I think his mum was there too. Very nice people and asked him if my son can take a photo with him, he obliged and didn't even think twice, likes to talk to a lot of people.

While a few weeks later after that Gallen was visiting QH, geez you'd think he was VIP - so aloof and didn't hang around, he had body guards too I think... I just LOLed.

being such an outstanding boxer and peptide user I'm suprised gallen needed anybody around him.....

 

[4jtigers]

In the meantime.
Dug up an old article from 2015 of all times.

WHEN the mother of James Tamou’s children recently flew to Canberra without a return ticket, the Kangaroos prop knew it was time to have a conversation with his Cowboys coach.

“The last time was a bit scary because she only bought a one-way ticket to Canberra and I thought jeez, I hope she comes back,” Tamou said.

Tamou has spoken publicly about his potential move to the Canberra Raiders for the first time, explaining to League Central the sensitive family issues that made him informally ask the Cowboys if a release was possible.

His manager Sam Ayoub has had informal negotiations with the Raiders to see if the rep star can join them next season.

Tamou hates the thought of being considered a back flipper and labelled as a typical Gen Y product who doesn’t know the meaning of a handshake.

A 195cm, 114kg behemoth, Tamou has such a gentle demeanour that when he told Cowboys coach Paul Green about his family’s struggles in Townsville there were no requests or demands just suggestions he may need to leave.

When rumours first circulated in March that Tamou wanted out, he ­denied them emphatically.

The response from Cowboys fans at the time was apathy.

Until this month, Tamou’s form had been inconsistent and some questioned if he would ever return to his tackle-shredding best which propelled him to a maiden Blues jersey in 2012.

That year, Tamou busted 86 tackles in 24 games and averaged 159 metres.

Last season, Tamou managed just 25 tackle busts from 21 games.

He had a poor opening three games this season, including two bad missed tackles that led to tries in the Cowboys loss to the Broncos.

As his form waned few people knew his future in the game was in question late last year following spinal surgery that shaved bone off his vertebrae to help a nerve problem.

It also shed eight kilograms of muscle from his body as he struggled to even lift a weight bar. Since that loss to Brisbane, the Cowboys have won five games in a row and Tamou was man of the match in their victory over Newcastle last weekend.

He will start for the Kangaroos in Friday night’s Anzac Test at Suncorp Stadium with his partner Brittney McGlone due to give birth to their second child any day.

Off contract at the end of 2016, Tamou is unsure which jersey he will wear next year.

The Cowboys are sympathetic to Tamou’s family issues but they have built their 2016 roster with Tamou’s salary, around $500,000 per year, included. If the Cowboys tell Tamou they can’t release him he is prepared to do what it takes to make the ­situation work.

“I would love to stay in Townsville and I think when I retire I will live in Townsville,” he said.

“Everything with this is for family reasons mate.

“It is unfortunate the whole situation. My partner is from Canberra and her family is there.

“Having two kids is very hard and she is missing home.

“She has been home three times this year already.

“Being a mum can be a bit ­frightening. She wants that support around her.

“I have just taken a back seat with it all at the moment and tried to­ ­concentrate on footy.”

As fans and media questioned his future as an NRL player, few knew just how shattered his body was­ ­following spinal surgery.

He couldn’t lift weights and even now his body is far removed from the hulking frame it was pre-operation.

Not only could his body not handle the weight, the idea of putting a metal bar across his neck to do squats was frightening.

“Getting the bar across the back of my neck still hurts.

“Everything in the weight room made me nervous; especially putting the bar on the back of my neck … it was actually scary “My bench still isn’t great. I am doing 140 max and that’s not great compared to the guys in the team. “In pre-season all I was doing was rubber band tubing. I was doing no weights.

“I had to start from the bare minimum I had to start all over again. Everything was rubber bands.

“That’s what broke me down … my Cowboys teammates had finished a pre-season and were fit and strong and here I was coming back from ­surgery the opposite.”

On Friday night, the Kangaroos need Tamou at his best.

The Kiwis have won back to back Tests. Australia are still without key backline stars in the Morris brothers and Jarryd Hayne.

Tamou said he was treating this Test as if it would be his last.

“This could be my last game for Australia. You never know when your last game could be,”

“Just to be here is unreal.”

I met JTamou at Quakers Hill years and years ago - my son was playing for QH and JTamou was there visiting watching his nephew play. I got to talk to him and I think his mum was there too. Very nice people and asked him if my son can take a photo with him, he obliged and didn't even think twice, likes to talk to a lot of people.

While a few weeks later after that Gallen was visiting QH, geez you'd think he was VIP - so aloof and didn't hang around, he had body guards too I think... I just LOLed.

being such an outstanding boxer and peptide user I'm suprised gallen needed anybody around him.....

:joy: :joy: :joy: :joy: :joy: :joy: :joy: :joy: :joy: :joy:

 

[happy_tiger]

In the meantime.
Dug up an old article from 2015 of all times.

WHEN the mother of James Tamou’s children recently flew to Canberra without a return ticket, the Kangaroos prop knew it was time to have a conversation with his Cowboys coach.

“The last time was a bit scary because she only bought a one-way ticket to Canberra and I thought jeez, I hope she comes back,” Tamou said.

Tamou has spoken publicly about his potential move to the Canberra Raiders for the first time, explaining to League Central the sensitive family issues that made him informally ask the Cowboys if a release was possible.

His manager Sam Ayoub has had informal negotiations with the Raiders to see if the rep star can join them next season.

Tamou hates the thought of being considered a back flipper and labelled as a typical Gen Y product who doesn’t know the meaning of a handshake.

A 195cm, 114kg behemoth, Tamou has such a gentle demeanour that when he told Cowboys coach Paul Green about his family’s struggles in Townsville there were no requests or demands just suggestions he may need to leave.

When rumours first circulated in March that Tamou wanted out, he ­denied them emphatically.

The response from Cowboys fans at the time was apathy.

Until this month, Tamou’s form had been inconsistent and some questioned if he would ever return to his tackle-shredding best which propelled him to a maiden Blues jersey in 2012.

That year, Tamou busted 86 tackles in 24 games and averaged 159 metres.

Last season, Tamou managed just 25 tackle busts from 21 games.

He had a poor opening three games this season, including two bad missed tackles that led to tries in the Cowboys loss to the Broncos.

As his form waned few people knew his future in the game was in question late last year following spinal surgery that shaved bone off his vertebrae to help a nerve problem.

It also shed eight kilograms of muscle from his body as he struggled to even lift a weight bar. Since that loss to Brisbane, the Cowboys have won five games in a row and Tamou was man of the match in their victory over Newcastle last weekend.

He will start for the Kangaroos in Friday night’s Anzac Test at Suncorp Stadium with his partner Brittney McGlone due to give birth to their second child any day.

Off contract at the end of 2016, Tamou is unsure which jersey he will wear next year.

The Cowboys are sympathetic to Tamou’s family issues but they have built their 2016 roster with Tamou’s salary, around $500,000 per year, included. If the Cowboys tell Tamou they can’t release him he is prepared to do what it takes to make the ­situation work.

“I would love to stay in Townsville and I think when I retire I will live in Townsville,” he said.

“Everything with this is for family reasons mate.

“It is unfortunate the whole situation. My partner is from Canberra and her family is there.

“Having two kids is very hard and she is missing home.

“She has been home three times this year already.

“Being a mum can be a bit ­frightening. She wants that support around her.

“I have just taken a back seat with it all at the moment and tried to­ ­concentrate on footy.”

As fans and media questioned his future as an NRL player, few knew just how shattered his body was­ ­following spinal surgery.

He couldn’t lift weights and even now his body is far removed from the hulking frame it was pre-operation.

Not only could his body not handle the weight, the idea of putting a metal bar across his neck to do squats was frightening.

“Getting the bar across the back of my neck still hurts.

“Everything in the weight room made me nervous; especially putting the bar on the back of my neck … it was actually scary “My bench still isn’t great. I am doing 140 max and that’s not great compared to the guys in the team. “In pre-season all I was doing was rubber band tubing. I was doing no weights.

“I had to start from the bare minimum I had to start all over again. Everything was rubber bands.

“That’s what broke me down … my Cowboys teammates had finished a pre-season and were fit and strong and here I was coming back from ­surgery the opposite.”

On Friday night, the Kangaroos need Tamou at his best.

The Kiwis have won back to back Tests. Australia are still without key backline stars in the Morris brothers and Jarryd Hayne.

Tamou said he was treating this Test as if it would be his last.

“This could be my last game for Australia. You never know when your last game could be,”

“Just to be here is unreal.”

I met JTamou at Quakers Hill years and years ago - my son was playing for QH and JTamou was there visiting watching his nephew play. I got to talk to him and I think his mum was there too. Very nice people and asked him if my son can take a photo with him, he obliged and didn't even think twice, likes to talk to a lot of people.

While a few weeks later after that Gallen was visiting QH, geez you'd think he was VIP - so aloof and didn't hang around, he had body guards too I think... I just LOLed.

being such an outstanding boxer and peptide user I'm suprised gallen needed anybody around him.....

If you asked Gallen his shadow could knock anyone out

 

[OzLuke]

In the meantime.
Dug up an old article from 2015 of all times.

WHEN the mother of James Tamou’s children recently flew to Canberra without a return ticket, the Kangaroos prop knew it was time to have a conversation with his Cowboys coach.

“The last time was a bit scary because she only bought a one-way ticket to Canberra and I thought jeez, I hope she comes back,” Tamou said.

Tamou has spoken publicly about his potential move to the Canberra Raiders for the first time, explaining to League Central the sensitive family issues that made him informally ask the Cowboys if a release was possible.

His manager Sam Ayoub has had informal negotiations with the Raiders to see if the rep star can join them next season.

Tamou hates the thought of being considered a back flipper and labelled as a typical Gen Y product who doesn’t know the meaning of a handshake.

A 195cm, 114kg behemoth, Tamou has such a gentle demeanour that when he told Cowboys coach Paul Green about his family’s struggles in Townsville there were no requests or demands just suggestions he may need to leave.

When rumours first circulated in March that Tamou wanted out, he ­denied them emphatically.

The response from Cowboys fans at the time was apathy.

Until this month, Tamou’s form had been inconsistent and some questioned if he would ever return to his tackle-shredding best which propelled him to a maiden Blues jersey in 2012.

That year, Tamou busted 86 tackles in 24 games and averaged 159 metres.

Last season, Tamou managed just 25 tackle busts from 21 games.

He had a poor opening three games this season, including two bad missed tackles that led to tries in the Cowboys loss to the Broncos.

As his form waned few people knew his future in the game was in question late last year following spinal surgery that shaved bone off his vertebrae to help a nerve problem.

It also shed eight kilograms of muscle from his body as he struggled to even lift a weight bar. Since that loss to Brisbane, the Cowboys have won five games in a row and Tamou was man of the match in their victory over Newcastle last weekend.

He will start for the Kangaroos in Friday night’s Anzac Test at Suncorp Stadium with his partner Brittney McGlone due to give birth to their second child any day.

Off contract at the end of 2016, Tamou is unsure which jersey he will wear next year.

The Cowboys are sympathetic to Tamou’s family issues but they have built their 2016 roster with Tamou’s salary, around $500,000 per year, included. If the Cowboys tell Tamou they can’t release him he is prepared to do what it takes to make the ­situation work.

“I would love to stay in Townsville and I think when I retire I will live in Townsville,” he said.

“Everything with this is for family reasons mate.

“It is unfortunate the whole situation. My partner is from Canberra and her family is there.

“Having two kids is very hard and she is missing home.

“She has been home three times this year already.

“Being a mum can be a bit ­frightening. She wants that support around her.

“I have just taken a back seat with it all at the moment and tried to­ ­concentrate on footy.”

As fans and media questioned his future as an NRL player, few knew just how shattered his body was­ ­following spinal surgery.

He couldn’t lift weights and even now his body is far removed from the hulking frame it was pre-operation.

Not only could his body not handle the weight, the idea of putting a metal bar across his neck to do squats was frightening.

“Getting the bar across the back of my neck still hurts.

“Everything in the weight room made me nervous; especially putting the bar on the back of my neck … it was actually scary “My bench still isn’t great. I am doing 140 max and that’s not great compared to the guys in the team. “In pre-season all I was doing was rubber band tubing. I was doing no weights.

“I had to start from the bare minimum I had to start all over again. Everything was rubber bands.

“That’s what broke me down … my Cowboys teammates had finished a pre-season and were fit and strong and here I was coming back from ­surgery the opposite.”

On Friday night, the Kangaroos need Tamou at his best.

The Kiwis have won back to back Tests. Australia are still without key backline stars in the Morris brothers and Jarryd Hayne.

Tamou said he was treating this Test as if it would be his last.

“This could be my last game for Australia. You never know when your last game could be,”

“Just to be here is unreal.”

I met JTamou at Quakers Hill years and years ago - my son was playing for QH and JTamou was there visiting watching his nephew play. I got to talk to him and I think his mum was there too. Very nice people and asked him if my son can take a photo with him, he obliged and didn't even think twice, likes to talk to a lot of people.

While a few weeks later after that Gallen was visiting QH, geez you'd think he was VIP - so aloof and didn't hang around, he had body guards too I think... I just LOLed.

being such an outstanding boxer and peptide user I'm suprised gallen needed anybody around him.....

If you asked Gallen his shadow could knock anyone out

thought gallen's sense of self worth was so huge that it didn't have room for a shadow???

 

[Needaname]

Rested this week from the Queensland trip.
With both us and Panthers playing interstate, is this the perfect time to sneak into Tigers HQ and sign a contract, followed by a sneaky announcement?

Panthers: Mitch Kenny is in at hooker for Api Koroisau after his head knock last week. **James Tamou will also sit out a week, with Moses Leota starting at prop.** Kurt Capewell and Jack Hetherington in his first game back from a Warriors loan deal join the bench with Zane Tetevano also out.

 

[Needaname]

In the meantime.
Dug up an old article from 2015 of all times.

WHEN the mother of James Tamou’s children recently flew to Canberra without a return ticket, the Kangaroos prop knew it was time to have a conversation with his Cowboys coach.

“The last time was a bit scary because she only bought a one-way ticket to Canberra and I thought jeez, I hope she comes back,” Tamou said.

Tamou has spoken publicly about his potential move to the Canberra Raiders for the first time, explaining to League Central the sensitive family issues that made him informally ask the Cowboys if a release was possible.

His manager Sam Ayoub has had informal negotiations with the Raiders to see if the rep star can join them next season.

Tamou hates the thought of being considered a back flipper and labelled as a typical Gen Y product who doesn’t know the meaning of a handshake.

A 195cm, 114kg behemoth, Tamou has such a gentle demeanour that when he told Cowboys coach Paul Green about his family’s struggles in Townsville there were no requests or demands just suggestions he may need to leave.

When rumours first circulated in March that Tamou wanted out, he ­denied them emphatically.

The response from Cowboys fans at the time was apathy.

Until this month, Tamou’s form had been inconsistent and some questioned if he would ever return to his tackle-shredding best which propelled him to a maiden Blues jersey in 2012.

That year, Tamou busted 86 tackles in 24 games and averaged 159 metres.

Last season, Tamou managed just 25 tackle busts from 21 games.

He had a poor opening three games this season, including two bad missed tackles that led to tries in the Cowboys loss to the Broncos.

As his form waned few people knew his future in the game was in question late last year following spinal surgery that shaved bone off his vertebrae to help a nerve problem.

It also shed eight kilograms of muscle from his body as he struggled to even lift a weight bar. Since that loss to Brisbane, the Cowboys have won five games in a row and Tamou was man of the match in their victory over Newcastle last weekend.

He will start for the Kangaroos in Friday night’s Anzac Test at Suncorp Stadium with his partner Brittney McGlone due to give birth to their second child any day.

Off contract at the end of 2016, Tamou is unsure which jersey he will wear next year.

The Cowboys are sympathetic to Tamou’s family issues but they have built their 2016 roster with Tamou’s salary, around $500,000 per year, included. If the Cowboys tell Tamou they can’t release him he is prepared to do what it takes to make the ­situation work.

“I would love to stay in Townsville and I think when I retire I will live in Townsville,” he said.

“Everything with this is for family reasons mate.

“It is unfortunate the whole situation. My partner is from Canberra and her family is there.

“Having two kids is very hard and she is missing home.

“She has been home three times this year already.

“Being a mum can be a bit ­frightening. She wants that support around her.

“I have just taken a back seat with it all at the moment and tried to­ ­concentrate on footy.”

As fans and media questioned his future as an NRL player, few knew just how shattered his body was­ ­following spinal surgery.

He couldn’t lift weights and even now his body is far removed from the hulking frame it was pre-operation.

Not only could his body not handle the weight, the idea of putting a metal bar across his neck to do squats was frightening.

“Getting the bar across the back of my neck still hurts.

“Everything in the weight room made me nervous; especially putting the bar on the back of my neck … it was actually scary “My bench still isn’t great. I am doing 140 max and that’s not great compared to the guys in the team. “In pre-season all I was doing was rubber band tubing. I was doing no weights.

“I had to start from the bare minimum I had to start all over again. Everything was rubber bands.

“That’s what broke me down … my Cowboys teammates had finished a pre-season and were fit and strong and here I was coming back from ­surgery the opposite.”

On Friday night, the Kangaroos need Tamou at his best.

The Kiwis have won back to back Tests. Australia are still without key backline stars in the Morris brothers and Jarryd Hayne.

Tamou said he was treating this Test as if it would be his last.

“This could be my last game for Australia. You never know when your last game could be,”

“Just to be here is unreal.”

I met JTamou at Quakers Hill years and years ago - my son was playing for QH and JTamou was there visiting watching his nephew play. I got to talk to him and I think his mum was there too. Very nice people and asked him if my son can take a photo with him, he obliged and didn't even think twice, likes to talk to a lot of people.

While a few weeks later after that Gallen was visiting QH, geez you'd think he was VIP - so aloof and didn't hang around, he had body guards too I think... I just LOLed.

Nice story mate, not surprised of the Gallen comparison

 

[4jtigers]

In the meantime.
Dug up an old article from 2015 of all times.

WHEN the mother of James Tamou’s children recently flew to Canberra without a return ticket, the Kangaroos prop knew it was time to have a conversation with his Cowboys coach.

“The last time was a bit scary because she only bought a one-way ticket to Canberra and I thought jeez, I hope she comes back,” Tamou said.

Tamou has spoken publicly about his potential move to the Canberra Raiders for the first time, explaining to League Central the sensitive family issues that made him informally ask the Cowboys if a release was possible.

His manager Sam Ayoub has had informal negotiations with the Raiders to see if the rep star can join them next season.

Tamou hates the thought of being considered a back flipper and labelled as a typical Gen Y product who doesn’t know the meaning of a handshake.

A 195cm, 114kg behemoth, Tamou has such a gentle demeanour that when he told Cowboys coach Paul Green about his family’s struggles in Townsville there were no requests or demands just suggestions he may need to leave.

When rumours first circulated in March that Tamou wanted out, he ­denied them emphatically.

The response from Cowboys fans at the time was apathy.

Until this month, Tamou’s form had been inconsistent and some questioned if he would ever return to his tackle-shredding best which propelled him to a maiden Blues jersey in 2012.

That year, Tamou busted 86 tackles in 24 games and averaged 159 metres.

Last season, Tamou managed just 25 tackle busts from 21 games.

He had a poor opening three games this season, including two bad missed tackles that led to tries in the Cowboys loss to the Broncos.

As his form waned few people knew his future in the game was in question late last year following spinal surgery that shaved bone off his vertebrae to help a nerve problem.

It also shed eight kilograms of muscle from his body as he struggled to even lift a weight bar. Since that loss to Brisbane, the Cowboys have won five games in a row and Tamou was man of the match in their victory over Newcastle last weekend.

He will start for the Kangaroos in Friday night’s Anzac Test at Suncorp Stadium with his partner Brittney McGlone due to give birth to their second child any day.

Off contract at the end of 2016, Tamou is unsure which jersey he will wear next year.

The Cowboys are sympathetic to Tamou’s family issues but they have built their 2016 roster with Tamou’s salary, around $500,000 per year, included. If the Cowboys tell Tamou they can’t release him he is prepared to do what it takes to make the ­situation work.

“I would love to stay in Townsville and I think when I retire I will live in Townsville,” he said.

“Everything with this is for family reasons mate.

“It is unfortunate the whole situation. My partner is from Canberra and her family is there.

“Having two kids is very hard and she is missing home.

“She has been home three times this year already.

“Being a mum can be a bit ­frightening. She wants that support around her.

“I have just taken a back seat with it all at the moment and tried to­ ­concentrate on footy.”

As fans and media questioned his future as an NRL player, few knew just how shattered his body was­ ­following spinal surgery.

He couldn’t lift weights and even now his body is far removed from the hulking frame it was pre-operation.

Not only could his body not handle the weight, the idea of putting a metal bar across his neck to do squats was frightening.

“Getting the bar across the back of my neck still hurts.

“Everything in the weight room made me nervous; especially putting the bar on the back of my neck … it was actually scary “My bench still isn’t great. I am doing 140 max and that’s not great compared to the guys in the team. “In pre-season all I was doing was rubber band tubing. I was doing no weights.

“I had to start from the bare minimum I had to start all over again. Everything was rubber bands.

“That’s what broke me down … my Cowboys teammates had finished a pre-season and were fit and strong and here I was coming back from ­surgery the opposite.”

On Friday night, the Kangaroos need Tamou at his best.

The Kiwis have won back to back Tests. Australia are still without key backline stars in the Morris brothers and Jarryd Hayne.

Tamou said he was treating this Test as if it would be his last.

“This could be my last game for Australia. You never know when your last game could be,”

“Just to be here is unreal.”

I met JTamou at Quakers Hill years and years ago - my son was playing for QH and JTamou was there visiting watching his nephew play. I got to talk to him and I think his mum was there too. Very nice people and asked him if my son can take a photo with him, he obliged and didn't even think twice, likes to talk to a lot of people.

While a few weeks later after that Gallen was visiting QH, geez you'd think he was VIP - so aloof and didn't hang around, he had body guards too I think... I just LOLed.

Nice story mate, not surprised of the Gallen comparison

well Gallen was so up himself... my boys were excited to see him but after they saw how he acted they were like "wow he is acting like he's precious" so they started running plays again and didn't even bother coming around to see him... most that are interested were the ladies lol

 

[tig_prmz]

haha this is a good way to deal with the press

"I don't know man, just ask my wife"

 

[Magpie1969]

Remember BMM and Matt Goat? Both promising juniors that never lived up to the hype.
Really need an experience NRL hardeden Prop to lead the young chargers.